Movies like Johnny Dangerously

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Johnny Dangerously (1984)
 6.5
 16K
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, cult classic, laugh out loud, exciting, captivating, spooky ...
Plot: gangster, organized crime, chase, rivalry, rise to the top, disorder, dishonesty, goofy hero, cons and scams, satire, mobster, crime boss, criminal's revenge, hunting, mafioso, coming of age, name calling, nightclub, family relations, self discovery, siblings relations, silly humor, criminal heroes, violent content, prison escape ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1910s, year 1935, 80s, 30s
Place: new york
Keyword: gangsters, doctors, movie theatre

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Most similar movies to Johnny Dangerously

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and funny films with plots about disorder, gangster, silly humor, partner, mobster, dishonesty and mob mostly in Comedy, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Johnny Dangerously: Wise Guys (1986), The Godson (1998), My Blue Heaven (1990), Corky Romano (2001), The Godfather: Part V (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
95%
 3.3
 2K
The Godson (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After the death of his older brother, Guiseppe "the guppy" Calzone (Kevin McDonald, "KIDS IN THE HALL") becomes head of the Calzone Mob family. His aging father (Dom DeLuise) knows his son is not cut out for the job, so he sends ...
Style: parody, independent film, fast, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: satire, mobster, mafia, gangster, family relations, disorder, college, parents and children, university, silly humor, mafia don, phone sex ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 6.2
 22K
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 ⇓
74%
 4.7
 14K
Corky Romano (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Corky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to infiltrate the local FBI and retrieve and destroy evidence being used to incriminate Pops for ...
Style: humorous, light, absurd, funny, not serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: gangster, undercover, unlikely criminals, fish out of water, goofy hero, organized crime, espionage, family relations, disorder, dumb, mafia, farce ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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The Godfather: Part V (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Young-goo the son of mafia boss Don Carini, is too foolish to be part of the mafia elite. One day, Young-goo comes to his father and is trained by Tony V to be his father's successor. A few days later, Young-goo accidentally rescues Nancy, the ...
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: mafia, gangster, mob boss, disorder, family relations, rivalry, goofy hero, unlikely criminals, parents and children, uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes, crime boss ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 5.9
 3K
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 ⇓
69%
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, feel good, satirical ...
Audience: family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot: unemployment, robbery, heist, caper, loss of job, bankruptcy, business, gangster, husband wife relationship, satire, greed, couples ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.. this adds to Frank's ...
Style: parody, spoof, hilarious, humorous, funny ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot: farce, police, terrorism, law enforcement, sexual humor, stupidity, undercover, gangster, race against time, save the day, master criminal, danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1988, year 1994, 70s
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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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 ⇓
63%
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 ⇓
62%
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 ⇓
61%
The Whole Ten Yards (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit. Suddenly, an uninvited and unwelcome connection ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, witty, funny ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, organized crime, kidnapping, gangster, hitman, vengeance, happy ending, betrayal, dentist, danger, criminal heroes, assassin ...
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 5.8
 4K
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 ⇓
61%
Madigan's Millions (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: humorous, semi serious, exciting, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, cons and scams, disorder, partner, dishonesty, chase, crime gone awry, goofy hero, money, gangster, police, hooligan ...
Time: 60s
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Bumbling cop Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, hilarious, detective ...
Audience: girls' night, family outing, date night, teens
Plot: police, satire, usa president, conspiracy, cop, stoner, police investigation, law enforcement, president, kidnapping, good versus evil, humour ...
Time: 20th century, year 1988, 90s
Place: washington d.c., los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)
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: robbery, storytelling, nothing goes right, disorder, cons and scams, rivalry, dishonesty, destiny, black, stoner, hip hop, thief ...
Place: washington d.c., boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, detective ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, date night
Plot: police, deadpan, stupidity, investigation, assassin, satire, gunfight, creativity, sarcasm, cop, dimwit, terrorist ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place: los angeles, usa, california, beirut lebanon
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.8
 296
Very Mean Men (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, the Minetti's who work out of an Italian restaurant in the East San Fernando Valley, and the ...
Style: parody, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: gang war, criminal, revenge, organized crime, father daughter relationship, mob hit, murder, mobster, bartender, bullet wound, weather, dead animal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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 6.1
 25K
Harlem Nights (1989)
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: hood, funny, black comedy, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: nightclub, gangster, urban, black, organized crime, fight scenes, african american, mobster, corruption, gang, hip hop, blaxploitation ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 5.3
 441
Framed (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A painter is accused of art-forging. He thinks his girlfriend betrayed him, so it's time for revenge.
Style: exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: frame up, partner, violent content, profanity, performer's life, disorder, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, criminal's revenge, forgery, rivalry, unlikely partners ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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 ⇓
58%
 4.5
 59K
Little Man (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After leaving the prison, the dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins to his moron brother Percy to steal an expensive huge diamond in a jewelry for the mobster Walken. They are chased by the police, and Calvin hides the stone in the purse of the executive ...
Style: funny, parody, humorous, not serious, absurd ...
Plot: gangster, heist, father son relationship, adoption, midget, black, ghetto, stupidity, money, criminal, african american, thief ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his ...
Style: retro, spoof, parody, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: robin hood, mafia, forgery, dancing, crime boss, gangster, smuggler, prohibition era, christmas, speakeasy, orphanage, tap dance ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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 5.5
 16K
Mafia! (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, light, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, mafia, father son relationship, farce, dumb, stupidity, multiple storylines, satire, justice, adaptation, goofy hero, assassination ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, year 1938, year 1967, year 1933
Place: italy, sicily, usa, europe, las vegas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 5.9
 7K
Scorched (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Three bank tellers. One goal: knock the place over. The ultimate inside jobs, plotted by three people with nothing to lose.
Style: funny, melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot: heist, bank robber, robbery, small town, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, friends, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, employee, partner, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 2003
Place: nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, absurd, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, boys' night
Plot: partners against crime, buddies, buddy, police, law enforcement, cocaine, buddy cop, mad scientist, satire, police investigation, gunfight, chase ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 4.8
 1K
The Squeeze (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Harry Berg is both a con artist and an actual artist -- he constructs large sculptures out of television sets -- but he is not particularly successful in either role. He owes some money, which gets him involved with Rachel Dobs, a police detective ...
Style: humorous, exciting, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: lottery, inventor, murder, partner, disorder, cons and scams, gambling, dishonesty, law enforcement, corpse, police, amateur detective ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.5
 22K
The Freshman (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings, Clark meets Carmine "Jimmy the Toucan" Sabatini, an "importer" bearing a startling ...
Style: funny, parody, witty, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: kids
Plot: mafia, gangster, fish out of water, endangered species, zoo, food, college, affection, godfather, mobster, corruption, filmmaking ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: vermont, new york, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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 ⇓
54%
 6.1
 154K
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, entertaining, hilarious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: buddy, cocaine, buddy cop, car chase, police, drug, police investigation, organized crime, gangster, police detective, drug lord, justice ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2004, 2000s
Place: california, usa, chicago, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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