Movies like Lucky Break
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Lucky Break (2001)
2K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?
Style:
intense, feel good, semi serious, humorous, talky, touching, realistic, psychological, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, buddies, moral ambiguity, fall in love, prison life, confined, cons and scams, social worker, friendship, stage play, jail, coming of age, friends, love and romance, dishonesty, love, airplane, bank robbery, police, suicide, hollywood, sadism, male female relationship, convict ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
england
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Most similar movies to Lucky Break
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about friends, love and romance, friendship, dishonesty, couples, buddies and disorder mostly in Comedy, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Lucky Break: Bandits (2001), Doing Time (1979), Jail Breakers (2002), The Best Man (2005), Bigger Than the Sky (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
74K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, hilarious, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
heist, robbery, prison, friendship, bank robbery, bored housewife, on the run, stockholm syndrome, hostage, caper, home invasion, unhappy marriage ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, california, usa, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, prisoner, escape, anti hero, partner, disorder, friends, troublemaker, buddies, nothing goes right, confined ...
Time:
year 1979, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Two inmates break out of a prison only to discover afterwards that they are up for parole. Desperate to get their lives back on track, they realize their best move is to break back into the prison without being noticed.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prison, escape, prison escape, prison life, fugitives, undercover, friendship, chases and races, partner, criminal heroes, lovers reunited, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Hungary, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after losing all his money. Things start to look up when Olly's college pal James asks him to be the best man at his wedding. Prior ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love, wedding, love triangle, fall in love, best friend, couples, cons and scams, party, romantic triangle, writers, high school friends, clumsy ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After being dumped by his girlfriend, a man stuck in a deadend life decides to audition for a small role in a local community theatre's production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Despite having no experience as an actor, he lands the lead role, which ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good, spiritual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, starting over, love triangle, fish out of water, couple relations, fall in love, couples, hopes, love and romance, friends, disorder, mine ...
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two escaped cons only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
Style:
sexy, humorous, feel good, clever, captivating ...
Plot:
prison, mistaken identity, escape, religion, small town, monk, clergy, priest, monastery, on the run, fish out of water, buddies ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s, year 1935, 1930s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Inspired by his fiancée (who dumped him), a man publishes a break-up handbook for men, becoming a bestselling author in the process.
Style:
romantic, black comedy, entertaining, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
battle of the sexes, breakup, dating, black, love and romance, looking for love, love triangle, comedy of errors, friendship, dishonesty, couple relations, hip hop ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank Robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
Style:
humorous, offbeat, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, bank robbery, victorian england, robbery, caper, female journalist, safecracker, crime gone awry, master criminal, dishonesty, odd couple ...
Time:
year 1976, victorian era, 19th century, 1890s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
54%
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117
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Clemence is a brilliant young lawyer who has just settled herself in a comfortable chair. She does not want to be involved in love.
Style:
realistic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, psychotronic
Plot:
friendship, love and romance, fall in love, lifestyle, family relations, friends, best friend, parents and children, singleness, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, cynical, romantic, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
unlikely criminal, planning, robbery, partners in crime, cons and scams, friends, criminal heroes, fall in love, false accusation, bank robbery, ex convict, caper ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Instructeur dans une compagnie aérienne, Yann Kerbec évalue la capacité des pilotes sur les simulateurs de vols dans des conditions extrêmes. Mais il a un problème : il a peur de l'avion, une peur panique liée à sa naissance et qui, dans ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, looking for love, love affair, couples, buddies, fall in love, friends, love and romance, instructor, ford mustang, radio announcer, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france, paris france
Similarity:
53%
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, captivating, feel good, atmospheric ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, fall in love, buddies, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, hitman, disorder, farce, workplace situations, friendship, cooking and food, food ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
53%
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:
53%
Genre: Crime, Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Franck and Paul are working as team buddies in their Paris police unit. They are sent on a mission in Toulon to solve a drug traffic mystery, but things get out of hand when Paul learns that Franck has an affair with Valeria, his wife, who also ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, humorous
Plot:
police investigation, partners against crime, love triangle, buddies, partner, infidelity, couple relations, law enforcement, drug dealing, friendship, betrayal, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
52%
84
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A small town guy tries to decide between staying with his current girlfriend or going back to his psycho ex.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot:
love triangle, ex girlfriend, friends, small town, couples, love, rivalry, choice, youth, disorder, dishonesty, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Coming & Going is an irreverent romantic comedy that poses the question: How far would you go to capture the heart of the one you love? Lee (Rhys Darby) is a young, skilled OBGYN who lacks confidence when it comes to talking to women outside ...
Style:
humorous, touching, light, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
disability, looking for love, disorder, misfit, lie, couples, friendship, dishonesty, cons and scams, social misfits, love and romance, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Are all relationships based on lies? Jake Bianski runs a fish market in north Boston, surrounded by Italians. For years, he's carried a torch for Isabella, an ex-girlfriend now married with three children and no interest in Jake. Yet, he tells ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love affair, hidden identity, starting over, hopes, disorder, fall in love, dishonesty, love and romance, urban, male female relationship, first date, sexy woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Africa
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The loyal, committed and very decent Elvis (Kenneth Nkosi) leaves Johannesburg en route to pick up his best friend and best man Tumi (Rapulana Seiphemo) in Durban. The two will then journey on to Cape Town to begin rehearsals for Elvis’s wedding ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, black comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wedding, friends, on the road, disorder, couples, nothing goes right, race against time, buddies, friendship, love, rivalry, interracial love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Tony Danza stars as a thief named Jack Clayton. When Jack is about to be caught at the mall, he dresses up as Santa Claus and hops on the bus to Evergreen. He is mistaken for the new Santa at Sarah Gibson's tree store. He is very reluctant at ...
Style:
humorous, witty, touching, feel good, christmas classics ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
small town, christmas, christmas eve, redemption, disorder, fall in love, dishonesty, family life, cons and scams, bank, criminal, false identity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, hilarious, tricky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
escape, unlikely partners, prison escape, prison, escaped prisoner, buddies, bank robbery, stupidity, buddy, dumb, odd couple, mental institution ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003
Place:
france, europe, paris france, poland, argentina
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
John Twiller takes down his high school yearbook and begins to reminiscence about that time he first moved into the neighborhood in 1956. His teenage self, Jack is obsessed with Lily one of the more popular girls around. The sole obstacle is Angelo, ...
Style:
touching, humorous, sentimental, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
prom, high school, couple relations, teenage love, little brother, friendship, fish out of water, youth, friends, self discovery, fall in love, couples ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
california
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard ...
Style:
sitcom, talky, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
prison, warden, christmas, convict, imprisonment, judge, sketch, theft, security guard, manipulation, friends, rules and policies ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hungary, USA, UK, Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Small time Hungarian matchmakers get the job to make a Hollywood star fall in love with a Russian businessman's spoiled brat sister. They get one million dollars if they succeed, but if they fail, they will have to pay with their lives.
Style:
humorous, romantic comedy, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
mistaken identity, fall in love, disorder, comedy of errors, silly humor, cons and scams, dishonesty, couples, friendship, rivalry, deception, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hungary, budapest
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
New Yorkers, Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe, have no jobs and no prospects. They decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, and land jobs as woodpeckers to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a ...
Style:
funny, witty, feel good, humorous, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
prison, wrongful conviction, injustice, convict, cell mate, lawyer, marijuana, profanity, on the road, prison escape, partner, comedy of errors ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, north america, arizona
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Carter (O'Bryan) wonders if he's ever going to find a woman who wants to be more than "just friends." His conniving best friend Pat and beautiful step-sister Erin (Vanessa Marcil) both know what's causing the problem: ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, best friend, bittersweet, wooing, looking for sex, sexual relations, infidelity, looking for love, singleness, cons and scams, couples, friends ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kentucky, usa, louisville kentucky
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ryan, a good-natured slacker, is tempted into a money laundering scheme while working for a lottery magazine. A capitalistic comedy that asks the question - when is "enough" enough?
Style:
humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, clever ...
Plot:
weed, couples, unemployment, cons and scams, drug abuse, couple relations, rise to the top, dishonesty, buddies, youth, love and romance, breakup ...
Place:
vancouver, canada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A high-energy romantic comedy that follows three bachelors, speeding through life and scheming on women. When it comes to the opposite sex, it’s about the “chase” and “finish line.” Dog (Chico Benymon, Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
singleness, lifestyle, battle of the sexes, couples, fall in love, looking for love, silly humor, nightlife, buddies, love and romance, sex, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After dating several cheating husbands who pretended to be single, Rylee devises a scheme for revenge. She gets a married man drunk, convinces him that they slept together, then shows up a year later with a baby and demands money. Her blackmail plan ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
infidelity, battle of the sexes, manipulation, disorder, couples, family relations, nothing goes right, womanizer, dishonesty, vengeance, gender, love and romance ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Jewish Jack-the-lad David seriously fancies smart, rich Anglo-Saxon Carrie as soon as he first offends her in a Boston bar. They run into each other again and though she still says she finds him appalling he works on it and they are soon together. ...
Style:
romantic comedy, independent film, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
friendship, best friend, friends, couples, religions or cults, love and romance, society, battle of the sexes, fall in love, social differences, wooing, looking for love ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Robert picked the wrong time to meet his soul mate! After being fired from his own father's company, he feels like his luck has run out - until Morgan enters into his life.
Style:
humorous, feel good, touching, erotic, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love triangle, fall in love, black, couple relations, couples, unemployment, friendship, family relations, black american, african american, amor, black romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
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