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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, justice, ghetto, stoner, disorder, dishonesty, heist, misfit, nothing goes right, odd couple, buddies, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, african american, profanity, urban, black, rap, rapper, marijuana, black cast, hip hop culture, discrimination, prostitute ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, hawaii, new orleans
Keyword:
gangsters, partners
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, black comedy and semi serious films with plots about gangster, disorder, partner, dishonesty, hip hop, buddies and african american mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like I Got the Hook Up: Friday (1995), Next Friday (2000), Stealing Harvard (2002), Chain of Fools (2000), Tough Guys (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
african american, weed, hip hop, ghetto, marijuana, drug, friendship, rap, friends, rapper, stoner, hip hop culture ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles
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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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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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, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
robbery, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, partner, disorder, cons and scams, nothing goes right, buddies, couple relations, dishonesty, father daughter relationship, toilet humor ...
Time:
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Place:
harvard university, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ 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, road movie, funny, light, humorous ...
Plot:
prison, aging, gangster, police investigation, partner, unlikely friendships, odd couple, nothing goes right, elderly, dishonesty, stalking, buddies ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
stock market, prostitute, switching roles, fish out of water, beggar, wrongful arrest, social satire, wager, rags to riches, poverty, investor, christmas ...
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Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, arizona, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
yuma arizona, chicago, usa, phoenix arizona, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, humorous, melancholic, intense, satirical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
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33%
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:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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30%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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29%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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