Movies like Greedy
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Greedy (1994)
17K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, surprise ending, funny, light, feel good, twisted, light hearted, clever ...
Plot:
wealth, greed, millionaire, uncle nephew relationship, eccentric family, disorder, private detective, family relations, last will and testament, old man, deception, dysfunctional family, debt, manipulation, uncle niece relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, farce, cousin cousin relationship, family gatherings, vandalism, grandfather, parents and children, cons and scams, family life, couples ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
washington d.c.
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Most similar movies to Greedy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and feel good films with plots about family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family, disorder, father son relationship and vengeance mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Greedy: Life Stinks (1991), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Relative Strangers (2006), Four Christmases (2008), Passed Away (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless woman.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious ...
Plot:
homeless, wealth, goofy hero, satire, poverty, homelessness, businessman, rags to riches, self discovery, survival, switching roles, social differences ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
arizona, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman are very rich but not happy Dave is a hard working business man, his wife is only interested in yoga, aerobics and other meditation classes, and he sleeps with the house maid. Their teenage son is ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, laugh out loud, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
homeless, dog, satire, dysfunctional family, swimming, closeted gay, wealth, hobo, thanksgiving, homeless man, homelessness, suicide attempt ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bickering siblings are reunited at their Texas home as their father lies on his deathbed in this black comedy.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, independent film ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, siblings relations, life is a bitch, family problems, dark humor, betrayal, eccentric family, parents and children, family life, terminal illness, estate, siblings ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An uptight professional meets his lower-class biological parents for the first time.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
odd couple, meet the parents, adoption, eccentric family, family life, nothing goes right, parents and children, parent child relationship, family gatherings, family problems, disorder, estrangement ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas time, couple relations, dysfunctional family, family bonds, new year, nothing goes right, in-laws, family drama, brothers, marriage ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A bunch of eccentric relatives gather for their patriarch's funeral.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, laugh out loud, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
funeral, family relations, pregnancy, midlife crisis, dark humor, family problems, couples, eccentric family, family life, family gatherings, suburbs, death in the family ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Can two clueless Georgia homegirls with big hearts -- and even bigger hair -- find happiness, fame and thrills in the swank hills of Beverly? Anything is possible when you are B.A.P.'s. They revive Blakemore's interest for life, and he ...
Style:
black comedy, cult classic, rom com, cynical, biting ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
female bonding, fish out of water, ambition, impersonation, class differences, rags to riches, african american, terminal illness, inheritance, female protagonist, culture clash, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, georgia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living, gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
Style:
funny, talky, humorous, raunchy comedy, surprise ending ...
Plot:
gambling, insomnia, father daughter relationship, beer, wedding, farce, christmas, greed, drinking, wedding night, birthday party, faked death ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Paolo and his wife are waiting a baby and deciding his name, but it seems that Paolo's family and friends don't really like the chosen name.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
family gatherings, family problems, family relations, pregnancy, disorder, ego clash, friendship, couples, parents and children, family life, parenthood, humour ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, funny, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
gay rape, dysfunctional family, court, old woman, love at first sight, oedipus complex, judge, emotional blackmail, gang, undercover, dementia, nurse ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, tokyo
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.
Style:
humorous, black comedy, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
friendship, stupidity, dysfunctional family, dentist, teenage girl, mistaken identity, redemption, debt, father daughter relationship, loan shark, african american, lawyer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
You slipped into my life as easily as vermouth into a glass of gin, purrs reclusive singing star Angela Arden. Arden is not only haunted by a secret, she's treated like dirt by her louse of a husband, her snoopy maid, and her petulant daughter. ...
Style:
humorous, witty, melancholic, satirical, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
murder, transvestism, dysfunctional family, family relations, artists and showbiz, eccentric family, lifestyle, family life, parents and children, dark humor, love affair, male nudity ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 50s, 1950s, 60s ...
Place:
spain, greenwich village manhattan new york city, hong kong
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, funny, light ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, funeral, dark humor, farce, secret, male nudity, sarcasm, corpse, novelist, secret lover, public nudity, blackmail ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, europe, london, seattle
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, humorous, realistic, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family life, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, pregnancy, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, single mother, little girl, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
missouri, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, light, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gambling, casino, dysfunctional family, obsession, desert, family relations, farce, road trip, nothing goes right, teenage life, parents and children, vacation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, chicago, usa, nevada
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
All hilarity breaks loose in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy when three generations of Fiedlers collide in a crazy family reunion. As they prepare for the biggest Bar Mitzvah on the block, they begin to see that they're much more alike ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
rabbi, eccentric family, social differences, lifestyle, couples, family life, family gatherings, estrangement, parents and children, coming of age, youth, bar mitzvah ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, new mexico, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future wife, Sarah. Clifford is fixated on the idea of visiting a famed theme park, and Martin, an ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, realistic, funny, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
amusement park, prank, nothing goes right, father son relationship, family relations, parents and children, fish out of water, disorder, eccentric family, kids in trouble, mischievous children, youth ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, future
Place:
hawaii, los angeles, usa, san francisco, antarctica
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When two couples with mixed feelings about having kids hatch a plan to share one baby, it seems like the perfect compromise-until things spiral out of control.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
pregnancy and birth, plan, couple relations, husband wife relationship, parents and children, male female relationship, family relations, birth, couples, compromise, humour, escapades ...
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bobby is a gay man in the closet in 2003, afraid to come out to his three older brothers, even though he's at least 30 and is being pressed by his sister, his boyfriend, and his lesbian beard to tell the lads. The death of his father and a ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, forbidden love, gender bending, male male relationship, american football, gay lead character, family relations, self discovery, eccentric family, closeted gay, best friend ...
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
18%
189K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns (with some exciting new additions) for more summertime laughs. Lenny (Adam Sandler) has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are ...
Style:
humorous, hilarious, funny, feel good, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
friendship, stupidity, adulthood, friends, party, sexual attraction, family relations, unlikely friendships, midlife crisis, parenthood, buddy, ex classmate ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Members of a dysfunctional family settle their differences after a series of misadventures during their summer reunion
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, nothing goes right, family problems, eccentric family, parents and children, siblings relations, disorder, african american, black, family relations, silly humor, family gatherings ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, texas
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, black comedy, light, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
farce, zoo, greed, father son relationship, monty python, moral ambiguity, danger, obnoxious boss, workplace intrigue, businessman, sarcasm, marketing ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe, seattle
Similarity:
17%
14K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A grown man is still caught in the crossfire of his parents' 15 year divorce. He discovers he was unknowingly part of a study on divorced children and is enlisted in a follow-up years later, which wreaks new havoc on his family.
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
parents separation, dysfunctional family, remarry, parents and children, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, siblings relations, family feud, couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea.
Style:
satirical, funny, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
sister sister relationship, sisters, eccentric family, problem, social satire, family life, family problems, satire, sister, humour, rivalry, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A "relatively" romantic comedy about a professional heartbreaker (and cynical bachelor) who teams up with his attractive cousin from the UK in order to fool his friends into believing he is capable of a relationship. Hijinks and laughs ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cousin cousin relationship, disorder, unlikely couple, fall in love, cons and scams, family relations, looking for love, society, friendship, incest, comedy of errors, forbidden love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
AAA can't help the roadside emergency that is the JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION. Even the on-board navigation system has a meltdown on Nate Johnson and his family's cross-country trek to their annual family reunion/grudge match. Reluctantly ...
Style:
sexy, funny, humorous, black comedy, road movie ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
interracial romance, teenager, road trip, nothing goes right, hip hop, family relations, on the road, eccentric family, family life, mischievous children, parents and children, black ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, missouri, los angeles
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
As a baby, Bobo gets separated from his family during a camping trip. After being raised by wild dogs for twenty years, Bobo is discovered by animal researcher Penny, who brings him back to his family and attempts to teach Bobo how to readjust to ...
Style:
funny, light, sentimental, humorous, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fish out of water, farce, lost child, stupidity, getting home, misfit, self discovery, family life, inheritance, feral man, judge, cat ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
alaska, boston
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Senor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special, though: When the order is for a pizza with extra anchovies, it means the female customers are looking for some loving. ...
Style:
sex comedy, funny, humorous, laugh out loud, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
pizza delivery boy, summer job, milf, farce, college, older woman younger man relationship, teenager, pizzeria, gigolo, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, sex ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, beverly hills, california
Similarity:
17%
120K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, light, touching ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, happy ending, family values, child care, when the parents are away, parents and children, babysitter, fish out of water, respect, mischievous children, siblings relations, babysitting ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, minnesota, wisconsin, usa ...
Similarity:
17%
21K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
Style:
black comedy, funny, dark comedy, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
revenge, infidelity, novelist, mistress, dysfunctional marriage, adultery, embezzlement, mansion, extramarital affair, dark humor, divorce, breakup ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
17%
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