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I Got the Hook Up (1998)
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Original name: I Got the Hook-Up
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two broke buddies feel lucky when they come upon a truckload of cellular phones and begin selling them out of the back of their van. Trouble arises though, when the phones develop faults. The two friends then not only have to deal with unsatisfied customers but also the FBI.
Style:
funny, humorous, light, hood, semi serious, black comedy, entertaining, realistic, stylized, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, gangster, ghetto, justice, stoner, disorder, dishonesty, heist, misfit, nothing goes right, odd couple, buddies, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, african american, profanity, urban, black, rap, prostitute, neighborhood, pimp, television, cell phone, car crash ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, north america, hawaii, new orleans
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, black comedy and funny films with plots about disorder, gangster, partner, buddies, dialogue, mentor and storytelling mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like I Got the Hook Up: Friday (1995), Next Friday (2000), Stealing Harvard (2002), Tough Guys (1986), Mo' Money (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
Style:
hood, funny, independent film, feel good, light ...
Plot:
african american, ghetto, hip hop, weed, marijuana, friendship, drug, rap, friends, rapper, friendship between men, drug dealer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ice Cube returns as Craig Jones, a streetwise man from South Central Los Angeles who has a knack for getting into trouble. This time out, Craig is still trying to outsmart neighborhood bully Debo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.); after Craig gets ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hood, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
marijuana, uncle nephew relationship, father son relationship, hip hop, african american, black, weed, revenge, voice over narration, cousin cousin relationship, dogcatcher, profanity ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, y2k
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her ...
Style:
funny, humorous, stylized, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
money, robbery, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, partner, cons and scams, disorder, buddies, nothing goes right, couple relations, dishonesty, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
harvard university, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie Lang (Douglas) are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, light, road movie, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prison, partner, aging, nothing goes right, gangster, police investigation, odd couple, dishonesty, buddies, elderly, stalking, disorder ...
Time:
80s, year 1956, year 1986
Place:
bolivia, mexico, new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of ...
Style:
light, intense, humorous, hood, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
reluctant partners, credit card, cons and scams, twists and turns, dishonesty, love and romance, urban, criminal heroes, investigation, black, chase, hip hop ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for ...
Style:
humorous, talky, realistic, suspenseful, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
private detective, police investigation, reluctant partners, who done it, black, justice, fbi, undercover, investigation, injustice, disorder, murder ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
los angeles, egypt, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Swede (Marlon Brando), a prison warden, rules his family and his prison with an iron hand in one of the coldest parts of North Dakota. When an inmate dies under mysterious circumstances, however, the FBI sends in agent Karen Polarski (Mira ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, suspenseful, dark comedy ...
Plot:
prison, partner, fbi, government agency, cons and scams, special agent, confined, criminal heroes, dishonesty, heroes, friends, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, absurd, light, cult classic ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, crime gone awry, robbery, nothing goes right, buddies, bank robber, hostage, friendship, partner, disorder, friends ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While they're on vacation in the Southwest, Rae finds out her man Michael spent their house money on a classic car, so she dumps him, hitching a ride to Vegas for a flight home. A kid promptly steals Michael's car, leaving him at the Zip ...
Style:
light, humorous, absurd, semi serious, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
small town, hostage, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, robbery, mistaken identity, nothing goes right, comedy of errors, african american, sheriff, save the day, partner, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
yuma arizona, chicago, usa, arizona, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.
Style:
clever, humorous, witty, black comedy, funny ...
Plot:
violence, crime gone awry, dark humor, love and romance, suicide, eccentricity, transvestite, drug, mentor, childhood, adaptation, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New ...
Style:
black comedy, action comedy, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, boxing, hypnosis, black, african american, gambling, urban, fight, church, gang, money, stoner ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
new orleans, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Paper Soldiers follows an overeager burglar named Shawn (Kevin Hart) through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, hood, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, african american, gangster, partner, drug dealing, dishonesty, hip hop, unlikely criminals, ambition, criminal heroes, disorder, urban ...
Place:
usa, memphis
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who ...
Style:
parody, hood, funny, absurd, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
gang, friendship, stoner, dumb, youth, ghetto, social satire, african american, gangster, hip hop, city life, stupidity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two shady concert promoters get into hot water when their chance to book a superstar rapper goes awry.
Style:
not serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, hood ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, disorder, artists and showbiz, showbiz, partner, nothing goes right, performer's life, lifestyle, celebrity culture, urban, bigger dreams, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
With the rent due and his car booted, Sean (Dr. Dre) has to come up with some ends...and fast. When his best buddy and roommate Dee Loc (Snoop Dogg), suggests that Sean get a job busting suds down at the local car wash.
Style:
absurd, humorous, black comedy, hood, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, weed, gang, nothing goes right, partner, stoner, kidnapping, urban, rescue, odd couple, workplace situations, down on your luck ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hollywood hopeful Tom Murphy and his posse are pinning their dreams of success on having Tom’s famous girlfriend star in their first feature. That is, until she dumps him. Now the plan is to steal a case of government-issued marijuana, return it ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, disorder, showbiz, crime gone awry, mute or deaf, couples, hollywood, buddies, stash, nothing goes right, friendship, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his girlfriend gave him. Caffery is then bent on revenge and getting his ring back with the help of his ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, funny, intense, semi serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
vengeance, robbery, nothing goes right, businessman, storytelling, criminal's revenge, disorder, rivalry, dishonesty, cons and scams, destiny, black ...
Place:
washington d.c., boston, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Durell and LeeJohn are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they end up spending ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, black comedy, hood, entertaining ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, friendship, hostage, church, criminal heroes, black, crime gone awry, partner, society, disorder, urban, forceful separation ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
baltimore
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic ...
Style:
light, humorous, melancholic, absurd, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
safecracker, mistaken identity, organized crime, comedy of errors, cons and scams, gangster, farce, justice, caper, crime boss, unlikely criminals, heist ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
rhode island, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any ...
Style:
black comedy, hood, funny, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
nightclub, gangster, urban, black, organized crime, african american, fight scenes, mobster, husband and wife, corruption, gang, hip hop ...
Time:
1930s, year 1989, 1920s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, north america ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby team up in this hilarious misadventure as buddies Steve and Wardell, who head uptown to a swanky nightclub. Unfortunately, thieves hit the club and steal Steve's wallet -- which happens to hold a winning lottery ...
Style:
funny, parody, independent film, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
blaxploitation, african american, lottery, black, caper, hip hop, robbery, chase, urban, gangster, gambling, black american ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.
Style:
funny, humorous, satirical, hood, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghetto, hip hop, gangster, street gang, gang, fish out of water, satire, father son relationship, justice, betrayal, partner, family relations ...
Place:
california, malibu california, south central los angeles, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is juvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought of as a real bad dude, if only ...
Style:
hood, feel good, funny, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
high school, hip hop, black, urban, mistaken identity, urban ghetto life, discrimination, love, gang, hip hop culture, african american protagonist, school ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Style:
humorous, clever, dark comedy, witty, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, heist, dark humor, gangster, crime gone awry, disorder, organized crime, nothing goes right, scheme, friends, violent, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
london, britain, united kingdom, england, europe ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run-down Baptist church mistakes him and his best friend Junior for replacement ministers, he grabs at ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
gangster, partner, crime gone awry, chases and races, dishonesty, friends, race against time, disorder, cons and scams, society, friendship, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in a separate storyline not related to the "Trailer Park Boys" Television show, but with the same lovable characters. The boys get arrested for robbing an ATM machine and spend 18 months in jail. When the get out, they decide to pull ...
Style:
cult classic, stylized, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dark humor, buddies, disorder, robbery, society, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, misfit, social misfits, anti hero, drug dealing, marijuana ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia, canada, nova scotia, canada, tokyo, australia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes ten people's lives forever.
Style:
hood, realistic, humorous, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, urban, profanity, comedy of errors, danger, crime gone awry, drug dealing, disorder, black, criminal heroes, escapades, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It isn't long before Johnny and Kamal (the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, semi serious, realistic, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
prank telephone call, gangster, vengeance, dishonesty, sarcasm, mafia, gay slur, hip hop, hitman, unemployment, on the run, prank ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, new york, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, light hearted ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
buddies, friendship, buddy, drug lord, betrayal, buddy cop, justice, unlikely friendships, adaptation, criminal heroes, working undercover, hidden identity ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
arizona, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
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