Movies like Getting In
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Getting In (1994)
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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:
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, disorder, deadly, dark humor, cons and scams and satire mostly in Comedy, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like Getting In: All-American Murder (1991), Shut Up and Shoot! (2006), Out Cold (1989), Freshman Orientation (2004), A Good Night to Die (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, talky, cynical, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
murder, college, woman with a gun, campus, frame up, investigation, law enforcement, serial killer, race against time, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, college life ...
Time:
90s
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95%
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, semi serious, biting ...
Plot:
murder, satire, actor's life, dark humor, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, politics, cons and scams, filmmaking, showbiz, suspense, hollywood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
868
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:
cynical, realistic, semi serious, rough, witty ...
Plot:
private investigator, infidelity, halloween, private detective, murder, frame up, love triangle, frozen body, hunting, dark humor, couples, disorder ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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, fraternity, coming out, pretending to be gay, lesbian, sorority, hidden identity, looking for love, teenage life, unlikely couple, dishonesty, misfit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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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:
gangsters, hitman, working undercover, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, betrayal, dark humor, disorder, cons and scams, murder, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Films like Drop Dead Gorgeous
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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:
semi serious, cynical, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
murder, infidelity, crime gone awry, goofy hero, vengeance, dishonesty, dark humor, couples, disorder, husband wife relationship, adultery, extramarital affair ...
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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:
realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot:
marijuana, gang, abandoned, nothing goes right, drug dealing, crime gone awry, youth, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, college, cons and scams, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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, cynical, not serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
farce, satire, murder, riddles and clues, down on your luck, disorder, uncover truth, twins, investigation, serial killer, nothing goes right, amateur detective ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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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:
cynical, biting, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
neighbor, feud, prank, professor, terror, dark humor, couples, disorder, family relations, society, human nature, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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, realistic ...
Plot:
hitman, dishonesty, fish out of water, love affair, fall in love, dark humor, social relations, couples, parents and children, small town, cons and scams, faked death ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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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, surprise ending
Audience:
teens
Plot:
infidelity, media, crime gone awry, rivalry, dishonesty, nothing goes right, vengeance, life is a bitch, dark humor, showbiz, cons and scams, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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
Plot:
private investigator, murder, private detective, who done it, investigation, uncover truth, goofy hero, disorder, celebrity culture, journalism, dishonesty, media ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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, psychopath, dark humor, mental illness, warden, small town, mind game, secret agents, mentally unstable, dishonesty ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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:
cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, criminal heroes, dishonesty, vengeance, on the run, psychopath, disorder, estrangement, dark humor, on the road, parents and children, store ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, dark humor, mind game, death, suspense, party, student, violence, woman in danger, who done it ...
Place:
las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Films like Mallrats
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
Style:
feel good, realistic, witty, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, filmmaking, couple relations, hidden identity, frame up, fall in love, love and romance, lifestyle, dishonesty, actor's life, disorder, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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:
realistic, serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
kidnapping, murder, kidnapped, home invasion, revenge, sex scene, heist, woman in danger, mistaken identity, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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:
psychotronic, scary, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
artist, sculptor, serial killer, murder, unlikely criminals, artists and showbiz, dark humor, beach, performer's life, police officer, hanging, undercover cop ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Brilliant trivia whiz Paul Tarson is great at answering little questions but horrible at answering the big ones – like what’s he going to do after grad school? When his father withdraws his funding, Paul is forced to confront his future and much ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, captivating
Audience:
teens
Plot:
adolescence vs adulthood, college, contests and competitions, rivalry, family relations, introspection, youth, goofy hero, college life, university, hopes, underdog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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:
humorous, feel good, clever, witty, not serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
beauty pageant, physical appearance, murder, small town, farce, obsession, satire, cheerleading, teenager, twists and turns, manipulation, blind ambition ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place:
minnesota, usa, plymouth
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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, tense ...
Plot:
murder, friendship, who to trust, buddies, betrayal, homeless, female corpse, best friend, car accident, friends, twists and turns, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, utah, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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:
semi serious, realistic, biting, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
cheerleader, junior high school, ruler, serial killer, love, gymnastics, murder, media satire, small town, high school, parents and children, small town life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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:
cynical, realistic, semi serious, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cons and scams, heist, drowning, blackmail, insurance scam, disorder, rivalry, dishonesty, prank, terrorism, mind game, woman in danger ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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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:
realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous
Plot:
goofy hero, law enforcement, dishonesty, unfulfillment, couple relations, false accusation, murder, kidnapping, missing person, injustice, dark humor, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, biting, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, murder, dishonesty, workplace, workplace situations, working class, cons and scams, dark humor, down on your luck, loser, suspense, store ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Movies like Cheerleader Camp
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Steve is a college freshman who plays tennis for the school. But he falls desperately in love with Shelly, also a tennis player. It's all downhill from there. Steve can't eat, he can't sleep, his grades drop, and he gets kicked off ...
Style:
sex comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
tennis, teenager, transvestite, teenage sex, cross dressing, college, cons and scams, gender bending, comedy of errors, friendship, mistaken identity, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, witty, clever ...
Plot:
job, hollywood, filmmaking, satire, disorder, showbiz, workplace situations, hijacking, cons and scams, dangerous animal, artists and showbiz, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
498
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four students who work on different jobs during their vacations in summer are tired of doing the same thing every year. Therefore they decide to open up a moving company together and confront themselves with the former boss of one of them.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friends, gangsters, contests and competitions, partners, buddies, youth, workplace, dishonesty, cons and scams, workplace situations, college, school ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
This sexy comedy finds the world's greatest, most eccentric supermodels gathered on a deserted island for the swimsuit photo shoot from hell
Style:
sexy, parody, suspenseful, humorous, slasher
Plot:
murder, serial killer, rivalry, isolation, teenage life, island, disorder, supermodel, fashion model, satire, desert, gays and lesbians ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Three spoiled college girls are held responsible for a handicapped boys death.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, train, nude, false accusation, college, mistaken identity, family life, mental illness, school, family relations, disorder, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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