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Getting In (1994)
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Getting In (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Gabriel Higgs has failed to get into Johns Hopkins to study medicine. He's sixth on a list of backup candidates, and must persuade the five people ahead of him to drop out. Gabriel has a family tradition to live up to. Things don't go to plan.
Style: dark comedy, independent film, slasher, clever, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, semi serious
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, medical school, college, frame up, satire, computer cracker, school, dark humor, youth, rivalry, contests and competitions, disorder, amateur detective, college life, dishonesty, cons and scams, female nudity, university, suicide, laboratory, library, computer nerd, strangulation, sabotage, burned alive ...
Time: 90s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and suspenseful films with plots about dishonesty, murder, deadly, dark humor, disorder, cons and scams and satire mostly in Comedy, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Getting In: Wish You Were Dead (2001), Head Above Water (1993), Head Above Water (1996), Underworld (1996), Shut Up and Shoot! (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Wish You Were Dead (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two bad women fight over one man in a back-stabbing, money-grabbing, insurance-hustling, double-dealing, two-timing caper.
Style: suspenseful, semi serious, witty, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: dark humor, hitman, fall in love, dishonesty, danger, fish out of water, love affair, couples, social relations, parents and children, cons and scams, small town ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Head Above Water (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Einar and Bjørn leave Lene on the island for a fishing trip. Then her former lover, Gaute, drops by unexpectedly. Drunk, he sleeps in the double bed. Lene sleeps on the couch and wakes up when the men come back. She tries to wake Gaute, but then ...
Style: dark comedy, cult classic, dark, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: jealous husband, murder, nudity, nothing goes right, dishonesty, investigation, dealing with death, unlikely criminals, couples, dark humor, fishing, female nudity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Head Above Water (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Judge George (Harvey Keitel) brings his young wife, Nathalie (Cameron Diaz), to a remote island for a vacation. But while George accompanies their only neighbor -- Nathalie's childhood friend Lance (Craig Sheffer) -- on a fishing trip, Nathalie ...
Style: humorous, suspenseful, dark comedy, funny, light ...
Plot: boat, murder, farce, twists and turns, investigation, beach house, vacation, dishonesty, couple relations, honeymoon, murder mystery, woman in danger ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.7
 782
Underworld (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A crook sets out to get revenge on the thugs who hurt his father in this bloody noir-style crime drama. After being released from prison, Johnny Crown (Denis Leary) goes after Frank (Joe Mantegna), one of the mobsters involved in a series of ...
Style: neo noir, independent film, realistic, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot: prison, vengeance, gangster, woman with a gun, cons and scams, dishonesty, rivalry, buddies, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, partner, mass murder ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Shut Up and Shoot! (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A movie producer hatches a scheme to have an actor (Silvio Pollio) kill his fellow filmmakers.
Style: realistic, cynical, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: murder, satire, actor's life, dark humor, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, politics, cons and scams, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
All-American Murder (1991)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Artie Logan is the new guy on Campus. Suddenly, he meets Tally Fuller: the most popular and beautiful girl at Fairfield college and she finally agrees to go on a date with him. But that night she is brutally killed by a blowtorch-wielding maniac and ...
Style: slasher, independent film, talky, cynical, serious ...
Plot: murder, college, woman with a gun, campus, frame up, investigation, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, dishonesty, race against time, serial killer, false accusation ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
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29%
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Out Cold (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A comedy about an angry married couple, a private investigator, and a walk-in freezer.
Style: dark comedy, independent film, cynical, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: male pubic hair, private investigator, infidelity, halloween, partner, private detective, murder, frame up, male nudity, frozen body, hunting, love triangle ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
A Cold Day in August (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three years ago. August has become a real problem for some of the bosses around town, and Ronnie will ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, working undercover, betrayal, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, dark humor, disorder, murder, cons and scams, danger, dishonesty, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Freshman Orientation (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A typical Midwestern 18 year-old freshman at a large state university eager to delve into the college party life, instead discovers that school is not the beer-driven, sexual fantasy of his imagination. Determined to do anything to obtain the girl ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: college, sorority, fraternity, lesbian, pretending to be gay, hidden identity, teenage life, looking for love, lifestyle, unlikely couple, love and romance, youth ...
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The Highwayman (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A dark, comedic thriller about fraud, bank robbers and a search for love.
Style: independent film, cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: dishonesty, on the run, vengeance, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, estrangement, psychopath, disorder, dark humor, store, parents and children, heist ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
A Shock to the System (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: murder, advertising, revenge, competition, police investigation, contests and competitions, business, workplace intrigue, advertising agency, dark humor, unlikely criminals, rise to the top ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are ...
Style: mockumentary, dark comedy, black comedy, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: beauty pageant, murder, small town, farce, obsession, satire, dark humor, twists and turns, manipulation, blind ambition, cheerleader, trailer park ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 1995
Place: minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
A Bucket of Blood (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Walter Paisley, a busboy at a cappuccino bar called the Jabberjaw, is praised as a genius after he kills his landlady's cat and covers it in plaster. Pressured to produce more work, he goes after bigger subjects.
Style: dark comedy, psychotronic, horror comedy, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sculptor, artist, serial killer, murder, beach, dark humor, artists and showbiz, unlikely criminals, performer's life, performance art, sculpture, poet ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.0
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Lansdown (2001)
Genre: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In this dark comedy, defense lawyer Jake Jorgenson's carefully constructed life begins to unravel when he kills his wife's lover.
Style: humorous, semi serious, cynical, witty, offbeat ...
Plot: murder, infidelity, vengeance, goofy hero, crime gone awry, couples, dark humor, dishonesty, disorder, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, adultery ...
Place: new jersey
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The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When her daughter Shanna is disqualified from competing for her Junior High School cheer leading squad, Wanda Holloway tries to get her ex-husband's brother, Terry Harper, to hire a hitman to incapacitate Shanna's rival or the girl's ...
Style: dark comedy, biting, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: cheerleader, ruler, junior high school, serial killer, gymnastics, love, murder, dark humor, family relations, hitman, high school, family life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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24%
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Next Door (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Matt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbours whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud errupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.
Style: slapstick, cynical, biting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: feud, neighbor, prank, professor, terror, disorder, family relations, dark humor, couples, contests and competitions, human nature, society ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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Two Hundred Thousand Dirty (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Welcome to the monotonous, oppressive modern American byproduct of suburban sprawl: the urban strip-mall. Native to this environment and products of outdated pop culture are Rob (Mark Greenfield) and Manny (Coolio), the unsuccessful, unrefined and ...
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, independent film, dark comedy ...
Plot: satire, murder, dishonesty, workplace, working class, cons and scams, workplace situations, dark humor, down on your luck, loser, rapper, store ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Stranger Than Fiction (2000)
Genre: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Lives spiral out of control when four friends cover up a murder.
Style: psychological, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot: murder, friendship, who to trust, betrayal, buddies, homeless, car crash, best friend, female corpse, friends, twists and turns, small town ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: utah, usa, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Pretty Poison (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young man gets in over his head when he convinces a small-town girl he's a secret agent.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: murder, murderous pair, cheerleader, dark humor, psychopath, mental illness, parole officer, small town, female criminal, secret agent, special agent, dishonesty ...
Time: 60s
Place: usa, new england
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Scarfies (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story: This dark comedy is set in Dunedin, New Zealand. A university student finds an old "abandoned" house and proceeds to invite other students to share. It even has running electricity. But what is the catch?
Style: cult classic, semi serious, realistic, cynical, suspenseful ...
Plot: weed, caper, marijuana, gang, abandoned, youth, criminal heroes, drug dealing, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, cons and scams ...
Time: 90s
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Lonely Street (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Bubba Mabry, a gullible private detective, becomes the prime suspect in a tabloid reporter's murder after being hired to snoop on him by a mysterious celebrity.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, detective
Plot: private investigator, murder, private detective, who done it, goofy hero, investigation, uncover truth, celebrity culture, disorder, media, amateur detective, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
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Hiding Out (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Hauser and go back to high school for protection from the mob.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, independent film
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: high school, teenager, gangster, murder, geek, mafia, age difference, fall in love, education, stoned, bike, in love ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: delaware
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The Alarmist (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman, and is an instant success. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers there's more to this business and his boss Heinrich than he previously suspected.
Style: humorous, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, cynical ...
Plot: satire, dark humor, workplace, forgery, innocence lost, dishonesty, investigation, screwball, cons and scams, workplace situations, oral sex
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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22%
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Remarkable Power (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A late night talk show host masterminds an elaborate scheme to save his canceled show and avenge his wife's affair, entangling an eclectic collection of tinsel towners in the process.
Style: cynical, realistic, humorous, independent film, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: infidelity, media, crime gone awry, rivalry, vengeance, nothing goes right, dishonesty, life is a bitch, dark humor, cons and scams, showbiz, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
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R.S.V.P. (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young man invites a group of his closest friends to a party, where he proceeds to discreetly kill them all.
Style: slasher, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, dark humor, death, student, party, violence, who done it, woman in danger, college, professor ...
Place: las vegas
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A House in the Hills (1993)
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An aspiring actress gets a housesitting job and finds herself in a cat-and-mouse game with a deadly ex-con.
Style: independent film, serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, kidnapped, home invasion, revenge, sex scene, cons and scams, woman in danger, mistaken identity, heist, disorder, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
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Hijacking Hollywood (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An aspiring director working as a lowly production assistant, conspires with his aspiring producer roommate to steal the reels of a mega budgeted film he's working on.
Style: independent film, cynical, realistic, semi serious, clever ...
Plot: filmmaking, job, satire, hollywood, disorder, workplace situations, cons and scams, showbiz, hijacking, workplace, vengeance, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Shooting Elizabeth (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Before a man (Jeff Goldblum) can kill his nagging wife (Mimi Rogers) as planned, she disappears and he's charged with murder.
Style: black comedy, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous
Plot: murder, dishonesty, unfulfillment, law enforcement, danger, couple relations, goofy hero, disorder, couples, injustice, dark humor, kidnapping ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Frauds (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The film is a story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping interferes in and manipulates the lives of others with outrageous games and gimmicks. Eventually he becomes involved in an escalating vendetta with a couple who make an ...
Style: independent film, psychological, semi serious, realistic, cynical ...
Plot: heist, cons and scams, rock, drowning, insurance scam, blackmail, disorder, danger, dishonesty, prank, terrorism, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Blondes Have More Guns (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A scarf, a chainsaw, and a mysterious blonde are the only clues to a growing number of stiffs (and not all of them are dead bodies!) Who can the police turn to? Harry Bates, of course, the smartest officer on the force. TOO BAD HARRY CAN’T OUTWIT ...
Style: parody, grindhouse, independent film, cynical, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: farce, satire, murder, down on your luck, riddles and clues, disorder, law enforcement, nothing goes right, serial killer, investigation, uncover truth, danger ...
Time: 90s
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