Movies like The Jerky Boys

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The Jerky Boys (1995)
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The Jerky Boys (1995)
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 "Jerky Boys" of crank call fame) are wanted by the local mafia, the police, and their neighbor.
Style: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious, parody, clever, unusual plot structure, suspense, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot: prank telephone call, gangster, vengeance, dishonesty, mafia, sarcasm, hip hop, hitman, unemployment, gay slur, friends, on the run, partner, disorder, prank, buddies, police officer, police, clown, magician, stripper, crime boss, taxi, construction, radio ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, chicago, usa
Keyword: gangsters, partners

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Most similar movies to The Jerky Boys

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and independent film films with plots about gangster, disorder, dishonesty, partner, mafia, friends and cons and scams mostly in Comedy, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Jerky Boys: My Blue Heaven (1990), 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997), Half Baked (1998), We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992), The Shipment (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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My Blue Heaven (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith ...
Style: humorous, funny, light, talky, intense ...
Plot: fbi agent, gangster, small town, organized crime, witness protection, fbi, fish out of water, district attorney, switching roles, hidden identity, vengeance, hitman ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, new york, usa, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mafia hitman Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) is flying to San Diego with a bag that holds eight severed heads, which he's bringing to his superiors to prove that some troublesome rival mobsters are permanently out of the picture. When his bag gets ...
Style: clever, dark comedy, humorous, smart, twisted ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, mafia, murder, gangster, farce, vacation, mobster, killer, airport, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, on the run ...
Time: 90s
Place: mexico, latin america, baltimore, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Half Baked (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.
Style: funny, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, hood ...
Plot: weed, marijuana, stoner, drug, stupidity, drug dealer, satire, drug addict, urban, voice over narration, breaking the fourth wall, rottweiler ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: mobster, scam, sting operation, politician, mafia, get rich quick scheme, gangster, partner, violent content, best friend, disorder, friends ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Shipment (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A mob enforcer is hired to recover a shipment of Viagra gone awry.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot: gangster, hitman, drug dealing, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, disorder, partner, sexual humor, viagra
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Crew (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.
Style: humorous, funny, stylized, witty, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, unlikely criminals, hitman, partner, farce, dishonesty, rivalry, human nature, dark humor, disorder, cons and scams, aging ...
Time: 90s
Place: miami, usa, florida, miami beach
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
I Got the Hook Up (1998)
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 ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, hood, semi serious ...
Plot: hip hop, gangster, justice, ghetto, dishonesty, disorder, stoner, odd couple, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, buddies, misfit ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: los angeles, south central los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Another You (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognize George as the missing millionaire ...
Style: black comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Plot: beer, sanitarium, con man, hustler, manipulation, partner, misfit, odd couple, femme fatale, friendship, dishonesty, forgery ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, usa, beverly hills, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York. The weaker gang use incredibly a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeeds to stop one of the gang, while the other remain without the Boss.
Style: slapstick, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: mafia, gangster, gang, silly humor, disorder, hitman, goofy hero, criminal heroes, assassination attempt, gang war, lion, police ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Wise Guys (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.
Style: buddy comedy, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, gambling, hitman, gangster, buddies, frame up, criminal heroes, dishonesty, goofy hero, siblings relations, cons and scams, heist ...
Time: 80s
Place: atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
True Identity (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.
Style: light, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty
Plot: hitman, satire, mafia, gangster, silly humor, disorder, switching roles, on the run, opposites attract, hidden identity, dishonesty, society ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Grilled (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Two meat salesmen (Romano, James) will stop at nothing to get a sale.
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: nothing goes right, fall in love, dishonesty, friendship, buddies, disorder, hitman, workplace situations, farce, cooking and food, salesman, meat ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Izzy & Moe (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers who become two of the best prohibition agents in the 1920's.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: undercover, prohibition era, partner, gangster, silly humor, actor's life, espionage, criminal heroes, buddies, friends, unemployment, smuggler ...
Time: 1920s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But ...
Style: action comedy, black comedy, detective, independent film, semi serious ...
Plot: blaxploitation, black, african american, urban, disco, ghetto, train, partner, gangster, escape, cons and scams, friendship ...
Time: year 1976, year 1975, 70s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Quick Change (1990)
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, light, absurd, cult classic ...
Plot: heist, bank robbery, robbery, buddies, friendship, partner, friends, disorder, cons and scams, runaway, love and romance, bank robber ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Made (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two aspiring boxers lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Style: funny, humorous, dark comedy, realistic, clever ...
Plot: friendship, organized crime, crime gone awry, dark humor, boxing, nothing goes right, partner, buddies, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, mafia ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: los angeles, new york, usa, california, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Crime Spree (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of ...
Style: humorous, funny, witty, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot: heist, gangster, organized crime, mafia, robbery, caper, fbi, brutality, comedy of errors, gang, partner, fish out of water ...
Time: year 2003
Place: chicago, usa, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Stand Up Guys (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gangster Val reunites with his former partners in crime, Doc and Hirsch, for a night on the town. As the three men revisit old haunts, reflect on their ...
Style: humorous, talky, semi serious, cult classic, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: aging, friendship, gang, gangster, life philosophy, redemption, mafia, criminal heroes, partners in crime, dishonesty, moral dilemma, revenge ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Hot Dog (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Mistakenly believing that he will be let go from the company, Philippe decides to sabotage the production at Saucibec. Upon learning that he is not the one who will be laid off, he will go to great lengths to right his wrongs ... but it's ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, tense, feel good ...
Plot: revenge, vengeance, rivalry, gangster, dishonesty, mistaken identity, disorder, crime boss, kidnapping, lawsuit, hot dog, factory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Set in 1920's New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. The catch is that Nick's girl friend Olive Neal ...
Style: light, humorous, funny, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, backstage, murder, actor, writers, playwright, actress, rehearsal, satire, friendship, showbiz ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Meet the Mobsters (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Down-and-out lounge singer Johnny Slade is hired by a mystery man to open a hot new club, the catch being he's given a new--and terrible--song to sing each night. Noticing that whenever he sings one a new crime is committed, Johnny gradually ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: gangster, ambition, disorder, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, dishonesty, introspection, moral dilemma, hidden identity, musician's life, mistaken identity, hitman ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
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, melancholic, intense, satirical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghetto, fish out of water, street gang, gangster, gang, justice, betrayal, father son relationship, family relations, disorder, partner, goofy hero ...
Place: california, los angeles, malibu california, south central los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A mobster named Jimmy the Tulip agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison; he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: hitman, murder, assassin, adultery, dark humor, organized crime, mafia, bandit, gangster, violence, opposites attract, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: montreal, chicago, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The Hollywood Sign (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant comeback.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: hollywood, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, gangster, elderly, criminal heroes, dishonesty, disorder, cons and scams, heist, filmmaking ...
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in the 1930s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
Style: funny, parody, spoof, humorous, light ...
Plot: gangster, organized crime, chase, rivalry, cons and scams, dishonesty, rise to the top, goofy hero, disorder, mobster, satire, crime boss ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1910s, year 1935
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Safe Men (1998)
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, heist, mistaken identity, organized crime, comedy of errors, cons and scams, gangster, farce, caper, justice, crime boss, unlikely criminals ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: rhode island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.9
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Hoods (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Angelo, together with a group of five other people, is ordered by his father, an Italian mobster, to kill the son of an enemy of his, who has destroyed one of his buildings with a bomb. The problems grow bigger when they discover that the person ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mobster, child in peril, gangster, criminal heroes, introspection, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, buddies, disorder ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Live Free or Die (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: It's not the crime, it's the cover-up. In small-town, hard-scrabble New Hampshire, foul-mouthed all-talk slacker John "Rugged" Rudgate fancies himself a criminal. When a local plumber stares him down at a pub, Rugged vows ...
Style: humorous, funny, suspenseful, semi serious, hilarious ...
Plot: small town, mentor, police, police investigation, unlikely criminals, character study, cons and scams, nothing goes right, vengeance, robbery, dumb criminal, gangster ...
Time: year 2006
Place: new hampshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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On the Run (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Portugal, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from prison, Albert's quiet existence is permanently disrupted. what ensues is one long, crazy night ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, biting, cynical ...
Plot: escape, vampire, friendship, on the run, fugitives, chases and races, nothing goes right, city life, prison, urban, dark humor, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.5
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Baby on Board (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Maria (Carol Kane) is the wife of a murdered Mafia bookkeeper. With her baby in tow, she tracks the hitman to the airport, intending to shoot the man. A pickpocket causes the gun to discharge prematurely, and now it's Maria who is being ...
Style: independent film, slapstick, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: taxi, driver, chase, gangster, hitman, disorder, fall in love, dishonesty, vengeance, rivalry, chases and races, babies and infants ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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