Movies like High Anxiety

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High Anxiety (1977)
 6.6
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High Anxiety (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dr. Richard Thorndyke arrives as new administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous to discover some suspicious goings-on. When he's framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own psychiatric condition, "high anxiety," in order to clear his name.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, absurd, clever, humorous, suspenseful, witty, slapstick, mind bending ...
Plot: medical, satire, murder, mental institution, false accusation, hotel, elevator, psychopath, hospital, psychiatry, fetish, paranoid, insane, therapy, recovery, mental health, going crazy, insane asylum, phone sex, framed for murder, psychiatric hospital, hitman, lighthouse, industrialist, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
Keyword: doctors, gangsters, challenge, retrospective

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Most similar movies to High Anxiety

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, not serious and parody films with plots about disorder, satire, danger, deadly, murder, silly humor and investigation mostly in Comedy, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like High Anxiety: Wrongfully Accused (1998), Murder by Death (1976), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), They Might Be Giants (1971), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Wrongfully Accused (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, absurd, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: fugitives, on the run, frame up, farce, false accusation, stupidity, screwball, protagonist as suspect, satire, dishonesty, goofy hero, race against time ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: usa, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Murder by Death (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are ...
Style: parody, surprise ending, humorous, spoof, funny ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: murder, whodunit, private detective, butler, old mansion, dark and stormy night, old dark house, murder mystery, who done it, mansion, riddles and clues, plot twist ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby ...
Style: black and white, spoof, parody, neo noir, cult classic ...
Audience: family friendly, kids
Plot: private detective, satire, murder mystery, murder, world war two, investigation, deadpan, peace, coin, law enforcement, humour, manipulation ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, peru, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
They Might Be Giants (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: They Might be Giants chronicles the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in modern-day New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes is a psychotic paranoid and Dr. Watson is a female psychiatrist fascinated by his case is almost beside the ...
Style: surreal, offbeat, mind bending, psychedelic, slasher ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: mental illness, satire, dark humor, psychiatrist, superhero, marriage, female psychiatrist, delusion, psychiatry, doctors and patients, investigation, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world (and Charles Dreyfus) believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently, and taking advantage ...
Style: hilarious, funny, slapstick, humorous, colorful ...
Audience: kids
Plot: pink panther, farce, law enforcement, investigation, car chase, murder mystery, weirdo, police detective, pirate, damage, inspector, disorder ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Cheap Detective (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Spoofing the entire 1940s detective genre, and his own performances as a bumbling private detective, Peter Falk plays Lou Pekinpaugh, a San Francisco private detective accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress, the ...
Style: parody, spoof, detective, funny, slapstick ...
Plot: private detective, world war two, nazi, murder, law enforcement, femme fatale, whodunit, death, private investigator, mysticism, pianist, nightclub ...
Time: year 1978, 1940s, 20th century, year 1940, year 1939
Place: san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Late Show (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who had gotten himself involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and a kidnapped ...
Style: neo noir, detective, offbeat, clever, funny ...
Plot: private detective, murder, cat, investigation, private investigator, partner, violent content, love and romance, elderly, dishonesty, odd couple, law enforcement ...
Time: year 1977, 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.8
 17K
Foul Play (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Style: detective, humorous, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: murder, conspiracy, spy, fall in love, librarian, police investigation, assassination plot, car chase, danger, irreverence, karate, amateur detective ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: san francisco, phoenix arizona, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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The Silence of the Hams (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.
Style: parody, spoof, not serious, humorous, sweet ...
Plot: serial killer, who done it, fbi, special agent, law enforcement, exodus, halloween, satire, voyeur, fbi agent, pizza, destiny ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Genre: Comedy, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: roman empire, spanish inquisition, satire, ancient, torture, peplum, revolution, farce, ancient rome, knight, stoner, criticism of religion ...
Time: 18th century, 20th century, year 1981, 1st century, future ...
Place: france, rome italy, greece, arizona, ancient greece ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Dr. van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the count.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dracula, vampire, supernatural, vampire bite, farce, love, satire, stupidity, goofy hero, hypnosis, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 20th century, 90s, 1890s
Place: europe, england, transylvania, romania, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.9
 11K
Life Stinks (1991)
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, greed, rags to riches, social differences, survival, switching roles, self discovery, wager, homelessness, poverty, fish out of water ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: arizona, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.7
 259K
Airplane! (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, absurd ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids
Plot: airplane, airport, pilot, food poisoning, stewardess, passenger, aviation, absurd humor, air disaster, deadpan, fear of flying, disaster ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
Place: chicago, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.1
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Spaceballs (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: space travel, space and aliens, space opera, alien, satire, space, farce, wilhelm scream, star wars, outer space, human in outer space, princess ...
Time: future, 80s
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Where's Marlowe? (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After making a 3-hour fiasco about New York City's water supply, a two-man film crew decides to take it up a notch by documenting life in the private investigator offices of "Boone and Murphy". Cheating husbands and missing dogs fail ...
Style: entertaining, satirical, semi serious, humorous, funny ...
Plot: private detective, filmmaking, murder, existentialism, investigation, artists and showbiz, satire, chase, filmmaker, manipulation, surveillance, death ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, new york, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The original 70's TV family is now placed in the 1990's, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
Style: humorous, parody, satirical, funny, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: house, family relations, fighting the system, fish out of water, save the day, parents and children, satire, disorder, rivalry, siblings relations, high school, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Wake Up Ron Burgundy (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may mean...
Style: funny, parody, humorous, not serious, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: journalism, nothing goes right, ambition, ego clash, buddies, workplace, battle of the sexes, rivalry, media satire, farce, workplace situations, satire ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, california, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Silent Movie (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, funny, satirical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: filmmaking, showbiz, mime, hollywood, creativity, actor's life, disorder, comeback, alcohol abuse, goofy hero, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: And Now for Something Completely Different is a film spin-off from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring favourite sketches from the first two seasons.
Style: surreal, funny, absurd, spoof, cult classic ...
Plot: monty python, satire, social commentary, obstacle course, surrealism, serial killer, exploitation, sketch, migration, legal, buddies, explosions ...
Time: year 1971, 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false identities, stolen ...
Style: parody, spoof, slapstick, psychotronic, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sherlock holmes, satire, private detective, amateur detective, partners against crime, dishonesty, danger, hidden identity, investigation, rivalry, misfit partners, desire for fame ...
Time: 19th century, year 1975, 1890s, victorian era
Place: buckingham palace, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.7
 116K
Hot Shots! (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, absurd, light ...
Audience: kids, date night, family outing, teens
Plot: airplane, goofy hero, satire, stupidity, aviation, heroic mission, air force, save the day, disorder, military base, love and romance, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1971, year 1975
Place: iraq, mediterranean sea, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.2
 553
Trenchcoat (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An aspiring mystery writer becomes accidently embroiled in an international plot during a two-week stay in Malta.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, spoof
Audience: family outing
Plot: writers, conspiracy, who done it, island, uncover truth, writer's life, intrigue, undercover, farce, woman in danger, espionage, amateur detective ...
Time: year 1983, 80s, 20th century
Place: europe, malta, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Film noir parody with a private eye trying to solve the murder of his milkman.
Style: spoof, dark comedy, independent film, parody, not serious ...
Plot: private investigator, investigation, murder, small town, disorder, social relations, goofy hero, danger, law enforcement, private detective, small town life, milkman ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, humorous, atmospheric, feel good ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, kids
Plot: murder, age difference, investigation, spy, funeral, espionage, love and romance, divorce, plot twist, deception, love story, heist ...
Time: 20th century, year 1963, 60s, year 1944
Place: paris france, france, europe, alps, persia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Plump Fiction (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Follows the plot of Pulp Fiction, also parodying scenes from other movies
Style: parody, spoof, spooky, independent film, fast ...
Audience: teens
Plot: partner, silly humor, hitman, disorder, psychopath, cons and scams, dishonesty, clergy, memory lapse, memory, diabetes, sense of smell ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.8
 3K
Up! (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Up! is a 1976 soft core sex comedy film directed by American filmmaker Russ Meyer. The plot centers around a bizarre murder mystery involving the death of former Nazi Adolf Schwartz, a caricature of Adolf Hitler, who was living in hiding in a ...
Style: erotic, grindhouse, surreal, dark comedy, controversial ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sexploitation, rape, lesbian, lesbian sex, native american, policewoman, nazi, sexual favor, big breasts, lust, erotica, bondage ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: northern california, los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon Queen who is the ...
Style: detective, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot: private detective, charlie chan, serial killer, police officer, murderer, murder mystery, investigation, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, goofy hero, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: california, san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Groove Tube (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Chevy Chase makes his film debut in this riotous collection of live skits. Directed by Ken Shapiro and featuring Chase, Richard Belzer and others, The Groove Tube mocks TV Land and its trappings by spoofing kids' shows -- from a ...
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, witty, sketch comedy ...
Plot: rising to stardom, culture clash, showbiz, lifestyle, rise and fall, actor's life, ambition, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, buddies, sexual relations, workplace situations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, kentucky, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Bogus Witch Project (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A series of short films spoofing "The Blair Witch Project."
Style: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, light ...
Plot: buddies, desire for fame, filmmaking, escapades, nothing goes right, disorder, obsessive quest, artists and showbiz, media satire, danger, woods, found footage ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.7
 31K
Club Dread (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort -- a hedonistic island paradise for swingers --- it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence ... or at least hide it!
Style: parody, sexy, humorous, scary, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, farce, masked killer, resort, machete, island, murder, nothing goes right, goofy hero, blood, satire, isolation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: costa rica, central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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