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The Troops & Troop-ettes (1982)
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The Troops & Troop-ettes (1982)
Original name: Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes
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 fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, exciting, tense, slapstick, eighties, cult film
Audience: family outing
Plot: gendarme, kidnapping, police, policewoman, law enforcement, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, goofy hero, workplace situations, beach, yacht, mother superior, battle of the sexes, disorder, police detective, farce, french police, gendarmerie, friends, escapades, conspiracy, nun, colonel, sergeant, harbor ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, saint tropez, provence, south of france, mediterranean sea, riviera, french riviera ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, not serious and slapstick films with plots about disorder, silly humor, police, law enforcement, goofy hero, farce and police officer mostly in Comedy, Crime and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Troops & Troop-ettes: The Troops of St. Tropez (1964), The Troops Get Married (1968), The Troops in New York (1965), The Troops on Vacation (1970), The Discord (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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100%
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 ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, detective ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, date night
Plot: police, deadpan, stupidity, investigation, assassin, satire, gunfight, creativity, sarcasm, cop, dimwit, terrorist ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place: los angeles, usa, california, beirut lebanon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
52%
The Troops on Vacation (1970)
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 ...
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, captivating ...
Plot: gendarme, nude beach, amateur detective, retirement, goofy hero, save the day, nun, colleague, memory loss, chases and races, nothing goes right, dull life ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: france, saint tropez, french riviera, europe, cote d'azur ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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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 ⇓
100%
 6.9
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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%
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Reno 911! (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story: Reno 911! is an American comedy television series on Comedy Central that ran from 2003 to 2009. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically COPS, with comic actors playing the police officers. Most of the ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, parody, mockumentary, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: law enforcement, improv, workplace, police station, incompetent police, escapades, disorder, policewoman, workplace situations, silly humor, police brutality, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nevada, usa, reno nevada
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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%
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 ⇓
28%
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%
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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 ⇓
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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 ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, algeria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 ⇓
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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 ⇓
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 ⇓
25%
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Taxi 2 (2000)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
Style: humorous, exciting, hilarious, not serious, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: car chase, chase, taxi, yakuza, kidnapping, police investigation, gang, police, buddy, creativity, stereotypes, hostage ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, 90s
Place: france, marseille, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
Style: funny, slapstick, humorous, absurd, light ...
Audience: kids
Plot: kidnapping, farce, law enforcement, vengeance, chase, pink panther, spy, save the world, manic, comedy of errors, goofy hero, fighting crime ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: munich germany, west germany, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 ⇓
24%
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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 ⇓
24%
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The Band (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The ...
Style: not serious, humorous, stylized, exciting, feel good ...
Plot: farce, choreographer, audition, ballet, quibbling, goofy hero, artists and showbiz, workplace situations, car accident, yacht, disorder, power relations ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: rome italy, monaco, french riviera, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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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 ⇓
24%
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The Under-Gifted (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot: prank, youth, disorder, high school life, high school, rebelliousness, rebellion, hardcase students, exam, private school, school, torture ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, versailles, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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The Vexxer (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Scotland Yard investigators have to prevent the murder of Victoria Dickman when her name is found on a death list.
Style: parody, humorous, gothic, exciting, touching ...
Plot: master criminal, police detective, murder, police, nun, investigation, police investigation, inspector, law enforcement, goofy hero, disorder, estate ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Nuns on the Run (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave" he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. B&C decide to steal the money for themselves, but ...
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, laugh out loud ...
Plot: cross dressing, nun, chase, priest, fish out of water, farce, on the run, disguise, convent, disorder, odd couple, partner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Screwed (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
Style: funny, humorous, intense, feel good, witty ...
Plot: mistaken identity, crime gone awry, fish out of water, comedy of errors, friendship, nothing goes right, partner, hostage, cons and scams, disorder, goofy hero, misfit ...
Time: 90s
Place: pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Restaurant (1966)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime (Louis de Funès), is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of his famous guests disappears.
Style: humorous, exciting, realistic, feel good, tense ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: food, dishonesty, false accusation, hospitality, abduction, restaurant, cooking, boss, waiter, comedy of errors, workplace situations, escapades ...
Time: 60s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Jo (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Selling author, Antoine Brisebard is a victim of a blackmailer, Jo, which threatens to jeopardize his reputation by revealing the past of his wife Sylvia. While the latter must pass the same night to take possession of the money required, Brisebard ...
Style: dark comedy, funny, atmospheric, detective, metafiction ...
Plot: hide and seek, hidden corpse, blackmail, blackmailer, police detective, disposing of a dead body, dead body, pistol, telephone call, gangster, corpse, darkness ...
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The eighth and last of the Pink Panther series. The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.
Style: humorous, slapstick, colorful, hilarious, anamorphic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: pink panther, police investigation, law enforcement, chase, kidnapping, farce, rescue, female martial artist, missing person, cons and scams, down on your luck, working undercover ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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