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Lucky Numbers (2000)
11K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.
Style:
dark comedy, clever, stylized, humorous, feel good, realistic, not serious, black comedy, offbeat, witty ...
Plot:
lottery, murder, profanity, crime gone awry, dark humor, snow, murder investigation, financial crisis, blackmail, femme fatale, voice over narration, small town, justice, weatherman, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, couple relations, cons and scams, stripper, gambling, sexualized violence, christmas, police officer, truck ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, year 1988, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, florida, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, dark comedy and witty films with plots about disorder, crime gone awry, dishonesty, dialogue, storytelling, dark humor and mentor mostly in Comedy, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Lucky Numbers: Stealing Harvard (2002), The Big White (2005), Trapped in Paradise (1994), Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Gold Diggers (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.
Style:
humorous, clever, dark comedy, black comedy, cult classic ...
Plot:
dark humor, nothing goes right, kidnapping, murder, snow, disorder, comedy of errors, down on your luck, held captive, life insurance, frozen body, winter ...
Time:
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Place:
alaska, usa, minnesota
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Firpo Brothers can get away with anything. They just can't get away!
Style:
entertaining, humorous, absurd, funny, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
christmas, small town, redemption, nothing goes right, partner, bank robbery, holiday, criminal heroes, winter, disorder, snow, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, future
Place:
pennsylvania, new york, usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
workplace, sex tape, happy ending, obnoxious boss, nothing goes right, buddies, vengeance, sex addict, revenge, friendship, unlikely criminals, disorder ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers is a black comedy about two losers in their twenties, Calvin Menhoffer (Will Friedle) and Leonard Smallwood (Chris Owen), who are out to get the good life without working for it. The two young men try to rob two ...
Style:
humorous, absurd, intense, funny, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
buddies, erotica, women, stupidity, adaptation, brutality, murder, dishonesty, friends, partner, nothing goes right, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Every man has a different recollection of the beautiful young woman who wreaked havoc on their lives during one heated night.
Style:
sexy, dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, hilarious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, dark humor, sex scene, manipulation, obsession, seductress, nothing goes right, murder, sexual manipulation, female nudity, attempted rape ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
missouri, california, st. louis missouri
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
professional killer, sex scene, cell mate, biker, killer, women, hospital, conspiracy, disorder, hitman, dark humor, prodigy ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Joe McBeth is a hard-working but unambitious doofus who toils at a hamburger stand alongside his wife Pat, who has much smarter. Pat believes she could do better with the place than their boss Norm is doing, so she plans to usurp Norm, convincing ...
Style:
humorous, parody, dark comedy, black comedy, disturbing ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, shakespeare, murder, crime gone awry, food, eccentricity, disorder, police detective, nothing goes right, couple relations, goofy hero, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 2001, 1930s, 18th century
Place:
pennsylvania, nova scotia, bosnia, europe, former yugoslavia ...
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The story of two lads from Belfast as they stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful employment'. This being the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidise their respective giros. 9 ...
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat ...
Plot:
gay interest, lgbt, amateur detective, gay, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, dark humor, life is a bitch, buddies, nothing goes right, dishonesty, friendship ...
Place:
london, england, ireland, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
Style:
witty, talky, humorous, stylized, melancholic ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, love and romance, caper, corruption, robbery, unlikely criminals, bank robber, disorder, overnight success, couple relations, cons and scams ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, ...
Style:
clever, funny, humorous, cult classic, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
debt, hollywood, movie business, producer, gangster, filmmaking, gambling, dark humor, mobster, organized crime, loan shark, mafia ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
miami, los angeles, california, florida, usa ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
It's 1983, and hopeless junkie Dick gets an unwelcome visit from the past - his seriously sleazy former cellmate, Bug, to be precise. Bug requires a crash course in the 80s: different music, different drugs, and machines in walls that dispense ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
morphine, robbery, buddies, nothing goes right, friends, disorder, heist gone wrong, greed, attempted robbery, gang, danger, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
canada
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In an effort to avoid paying off a massive gambling debt to a notorious mobster in England, a couple flees to Los Angeles and hatch a jewel theft plot.
Style:
absurd, humorous, entertaining, dark comedy
Plot:
heist, dark humor, gambling, tall woman, husband wife relationship, crime gone awry, partner, farce, fraud, caper, con woman, mafioso ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
texas, latin america, usa, mexico
Similarity:
35%
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, semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
beer, sanitarium, con man, hustler, manipulation, partner, femme fatale, nothing goes right, misfit, odd couple, forgery, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, beverly hills, california
Similarity:
35%
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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, dark comedy, funny, stylized, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
year 1968, 90s, 60s
Place:
miami, florida, usa, miami beach, new jersey
Similarity:
34%
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:
34%
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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, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, nothing goes right, hitman, gambling, gangster, buddies, frame up, criminal heroes, goofy hero, dishonesty, cons and scams, siblings relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlor located in Tacoma, Washington, and has been married to Rosalie for years. Rosalie is horrified to discover that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time. Based on the true story of ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
pizza, womanizer, revenge, stupidity, attempted murder, dysfunctional family, remorse, incompetence, infidelity, food, hippie, hitman ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Style:
dark comedy, witty, humorous, talky, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, gangster, psychopath, screenwriter, dog, murder, serial killer, crime gone awry, mob boss, strong violent content, buddies, violent ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, year 1947, year 1963, year 1954 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, united kingdom, america, usa ...
Similarity:
34%
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, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
heist, bank robber, desert, robbery, small town, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, bank, friends, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, employee ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
33%
169K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben ...
Style:
funny, humorous, clever, psychological, crying ...
Plot:
gangster, psychiatrist, mafia, organized crime, anger, childhood trauma, canceled wedding, mob hit, guilt, hitman, psychiatrist patient relationship, therapist ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century, year 1957
Place:
new york, florida, miami beach, usa, miami ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
Style:
black comedy, humorous, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, dark humor, unlikely criminals, comedy of errors, crime gone awry, manipulation, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, snow, winter, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, wisconsin
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and ...
Style:
humorous, crime thriller, realistic, semi serious, offbeat ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
robbery, dysfunctional family, heist, caper, dark humor, crime gone awry, hooker, sexual harassment, infidelity, female nudity, interracial, armored truck ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, california, australia
Similarity:
33%
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:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A local New York City mobster named Tony Thick is expecting $5 million in cash to be delivered by Lenny Long from Los Angeles. Soon enough he realizes Lenny is missing, and it's unknown whether he is dead or he stole the money and ran away. ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
mafia, voyeur, voyeurism, mistress, gangster, nothing goes right, chases and races, disorder, silly humor, criminal heroes, blonde, coma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, new york
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with ...
Style:
dark comedy, erotic, humorous, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot:
serial killer, sex scene, dark humor, desert, murder, waitress, investigation, infidelity, nudity, murder of a nude woman, strong female character, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Richie, a sneaker sole designer, and his cousin Evan, a brain surgeon, are spending this weekend with their girlfriends in Atlantic City. When one of them ends up with a $436,000 jackpot, sour grapes is what results. Even though Richie uses two ...
Style:
humorous, intense, semi serious, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, greed, friendship, stupidity, unlikely friendships, partner, nothing goes right, dishonesty, change of luck, dark humor, vengeance ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, bulgaria, las vegas
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Coen Brothers tell the story of a absurd yet likable family with an unproductive couple as the focal point. The couple has gotten themselves into some trouble while kidnapping a baby and give Hollywood one of the most memorable chase scenes to ...
Style:
witty, humorous, funny, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
33%
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