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The Troops on Vacation (1970)
 6.5
 7K
The Troops on Vacation (1970)
Original name: Le Gendarme en balade
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't even allowed to do the simple works. But when one of the clique suffers from amnesia after an accident, all of the others reunite and kidnap him, to take him on a tour to their old working places and through their memories. In their old uniforms they turn St. Tropez upside down.
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, captivating, slapstick, cult film
Plot: gendarme, nude beach, amateur detective, retirement, goofy hero, save the day, nun, colleague, memory loss, chases and races, nothing goes right, disorder, dull life, nudism, police, beach, nudity, friendship, escapades, small town, amnesia, french police, prank, rocket, bare butt ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: france, saint tropez, europe, french riviera, provence, cote d'azur, mediterranean sea ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, not serious and exciting films with plots about disorder, silly humor, law enforcement, police, goofy hero, farce and nothing goes right mostly in Comedy, Crime and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Troops on Vacation: The Troops of St. Tropez (1964), The Troops & Troop-ettes (1982), The Troops in New York (1965), The Troops Get Married (1968), The Troops & Aliens (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The ambitious police officer Cruchot (Louis de Funès) is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling ...
Style: funny, humorous, realistic, light, satirical ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: gendarme, police, seaside, father daughter relationship, art theft, goofy hero, beach, incompetent police, yacht, comedy of errors, fighting crime, investigation ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: france, french riviera, cote d'azur, saint tropez, riviera ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Troops & Troop-ettes (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the ...
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: gendarme, kidnapping, police, policewoman, law enforcement, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, goofy hero, workplace situations, yacht, beach, mother superior ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, saint tropez, provence, riviera, mediterranean sea ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
The Troops in New York (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The second installment of Gendarmes series, tells the story of Sergeant Cruchot (Louis De Funes), who, together with his faithful comrades, has been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.
Style: humorous, realistic, exciting, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: gendarme, law enforcement, stowaway, fish out of water, police, comedy of errors, daughter, goofy hero, nothing goes right, misfit, chase, family relations ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, france, new york, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
The Troops Get Married (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis de Funès) relishes the assignment, which he pursues with a manic zeal. Cruchot is after an offending driver, who turns out to be Josépha (Claude ...
Style: humorous, realistic, exciting, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: gendarme, nun, farce, fall in love, father daughter relationship, boss and employee, goofy hero, marriage, humiliation, disorder, nothing goes right, workplace ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: france, french riviera, saint tropez, cote d'azur, riviera ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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The Troops & Aliens (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The bungling inspector Cruchot (Funès) finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products, is that ...
Style: slapstick, not serious, exciting, humorous, fun
Plot: alien, evil alien, gendarme, police, gendarmerie, ufo, conspiracy, french police, space, visitor, clone, police officer ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: french riviera, cote d'azur, saint tropez, france, riviera ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
 6.9
 12K
Fantomas (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance.
Style: neo noir, funny, intellectual, humorous, not serious ...
Plot: fantomas, heist, superhero, anti hero, conspiracy, motorcycle chase, kidnapping, chase, newspaper, press conference, police operation, thief ...
Time: 60s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.3
 1K
The Dope (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their way to Paris to begin careers as recording artists, the pair stumbles across a potent type of ...
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good, light ...
Plot: drug dealing, friends, partner, misfit partners, buddies, nothing goes right, chase, chases and races, drug abuse, disorder, silly humor, marijuana ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Halal State Security (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Someone is killing Parisians of Arab ethnicity. When an Algerian diplomat is murdered by the same assailant, two Algerian detectives are sent to help the French with the investigation and they have their own ways of doing things.
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, partner, odd couple, buddies, disorder, fish out of water, racism, chase, society, investigation, buddy cop, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, algeria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Let's Rob the Bank (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family's life savings in an African mine, on his banker's recommendation. When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock worthless, he considers himself shamelessly robbed by the bank; ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, spoof ...
Plot: heist, tunnel, bank, cons and scams, dark humor, parents, gold, disorder, crime gone awry, dancer's life, dishonesty, love and romance ...
Time: 60s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Let's Not Get Angry (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: One-time gangster Antoine is enjoying retirement on the coast, now managing a boating club. He receives a visit from a former accomplice who asks for a loan. The money will be repaid by a crook who is now in hiding; Antoine intends to recover his ...
Style: dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot: gangster, criminal heroes, englishman, thief, haunted by the past, escape, killing, theft, car trunk, gang, horse, hotel room ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: french riviera, france, riviera, south of france, nice france
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Fantomas Unleashed (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor ...
Style: parody, not serious, exciting, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: perfect crime, gadget, farce, kidnapping, disorder, danger, law enforcement, partners against crime, working undercover, french police, master of disguise, gendarme ...
Time: 60s
Place: europe, france, rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Arab on the City (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: 25-year-old Khalid Belkacem has failed at everything: college education, summer camp instructor's permit, driver's license, and even his BCG. He never expected to become the first "positive discrimination" member of the police ...
Style: humorous, not serious, parody, captivating, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fish out of water, farce, goofy hero, police investigation, serial killer, silly humor, interracial relations, society, danger, urban ghetto life, disorder, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.2
 718
Flic Story (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to play the role of a loving ...
Style: cynical, realistic, not serious, witty, humorous
Plot: cop, human trafficking, nudity, gangster, murder of a nude woman, disorder, fish out of water, working undercover, nothing goes right, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: france, french riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.6
 31K
Taxi 4 (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy ...
Style: feel good, realistic, not serious, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: taxi, car chase, chase, goofy hero, disorder, friends, prisoners exchange, escapades, danger, master criminal, nothing goes right, partners against crime ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: marseille, europe, france, provence, monaco
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply.
Style: humorous, not serious, captivating, feel good, intellectual ...
Plot: perfect crime, police, master criminal, mastermind, goofy hero, chase, disguise, gadget, castle, anti hero, fantomas, criminal ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: europe, france, scottish highlands, united kingdom, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Inspector Blunder (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She's been interviewed on TV and has questioned the virility of a mobster who kidnaps her later.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, detective
Plot: law enforcement, french police, reporter, rescue, kidnapping, gangster, confined, dishonesty, journalism, disorder, silly humor, son ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.3
 8K
The Sucker (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it ...
Style: road movie, semi serious, humorous, realistic, funny ...
Audience: kids
Plot: car chase, anti hero, hitchhiker, gangster, odd couple, dishonesty, partner, disorder, drug dealing, criminal heroes, chase, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 60s
Place: france, paris france, naples italy, rome italy, southern italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.5
 3K
The Tattoo (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, spoof
Plot: art dealer, veteran, tattoo, castle, retired, recovery, satire, silly humor, quibbling, disorder, obsession, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Madigan's Millions (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: humorous, semi serious, exciting, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, cons and scams, disorder, partner, dishonesty, chase, crime gone awry, goofy hero, money, gangster, police, hooligan ...
Time: 60s
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.4
 4K
The Discord (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His ...
Style: funny, slapstick, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Plot: basement, factory, ecology, factory owner, small town, silly humor, eccentric family, technology gone awry, inventions and discoveries, environmental health, relationship vs career, farce ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.6
 3K
All for One (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Four rogues, who were best friends as kids, have one big problem: they're sitting on both sides of the law. Martin is a policeman, while Nikolai, Ralf, and Timo can't distinguish between personal possessions and the possessions of others! ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot: friendship, buddies, partner, disorder, cons and scams, nothing goes right, unfulfillment, undercover, police officer, escapades, rivalry, friends ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Witless Protection (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The story centers on a small-town sheriff who witnesses what he believes is a kidnapping and rushes to rescue a woman. The kidnappers turn out to be FBI agents assigned to protect her and deliver her to a big Enron-type corruption trial in Chicago ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: law enforcement, fbi, comedy of errors, dumb, woman in danger, hidden identity, goofy hero, on the run, disorder, wrong place wrong time, fish out of water, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mississippi, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Inspector Späck (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A dead body is found and police detective Mårten Späck draws the conclusion that a serial suicide killer is at large. Späck with his colleagues Grünvald Karlsson and Irene Snusk suspect a gang who distributes pirated DVD's of ...
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, captivating, light ...
Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: feel good, exciting, witty, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: chase, comedy of errors, reluctant partners, fugitives, bank robbery, goofy hero, odd couple, disorder, nothing goes right, chases and races, unlikely criminals, nobody believes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 7.5
 7K
Oscar (1967)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his daughter is pregnant, an employee stole a large ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, sincere, entertaining ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, farce, family relations, comedy of errors, disorder, fraud, blackmail, boss and employee, power relations, parents and children, cons and scams, greed ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Torrente 3: The Protector (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A popular and beautiful politician plans to expose the evil-doings of a multinational corporation. Hoping to silence her, the corporation's top executives decide to hire the most incompetent detective they can find to act as her bodyguard.
Style: exciting, not serious, humorous, realistic, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, partners against crime, partner, gangster, buddies, chases and races, heroes, escapades, society, investigation, racism, silly humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Vive la France (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Muzafar and Feruz are two easy going shepherds from Taboulistan, a tiny country in Asia that is unknown to the rest of the world. To alert the world to his country’s existence, the son of Taboulistan’s president decides to instigate a program of ...
Style: not serious, humorous, funny, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night, chick flick
Plot: nude beach, terrorism, fish out of water, culture clash, farce, partner, mistaken identity, goofy hero, nothing goes right, disorder, society, terrorist attack ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.6
 5K
Scotland, PA (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Joe McBeth is a hard-working but unambitious doofus who toils at a hamburger stand alongside his wife Pat, who has much smarter. Pat believes she could do better with the place than their boss Norm is doing, so she plans to usurp Norm, convincing ...
Style: humorous, dark comedy, disturbing, talky, witty ...
Plot: shakespeare, murder, eccentricity, disorder, law enforcement, nothing goes right, couple relations, goofy hero, police detective, farce, comedy of errors, business venture ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 2001
Place: pennsylvania, nova scotia, europe, former yugoslavia, bosnia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.0
 3K
The Pimp (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.
Style: humorous, not serious, exciting, witty, realistic
Plot: pimp, goofy hero, twins, gang, heroes, lifestyle, stereotypes, impostor, gadget, danger, farce, rivalry ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.1
 477
Bikini Bandits (2002)
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: The Bikini Bandits are sent to hell after their car goes off a cliff.
Style: humorous, not serious, captivating, light, exciting ...
Plot: good versus evil, murderous pair, escapades, prodigy, youth, rebelliousness, prank, rivalry, vigilantism, college life, silly humor, best friend ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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