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Nobel Son (2007)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, dark comedy, suspense, black comedy, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, fast ...
Plot:
locker, revenge, ransom, dark humor, professor, college, twists and turns, confined, cons and scams, family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family problems, dishonesty, father son relationship, corpse, infidelity, kidnapping, sex, airplane, teacher, student, murder, divorce, cannibalism ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, dark comedy, suspense and clever films with plots about murder, dishonesty, storytelling, twists and turns, violence, dialogue and dark humor mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Nobel Son: The Ice Harvest (2005), Wish You Were Dead (2001), Suicide Kings (1997), Novocaine (2001), Judas Kiss (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, kansas
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Christopher Walken shines in this cult-favorite dark comedy as Charlie, a former mobster who is abducted by five privileged young men (Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, Henry Thomas) desperate to raise a $2 million ransom ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspenseful, black comedy, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
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Plot:
kidnapping, mafia, dark humor, twists and turns, hostage, crime gone awry, manipulation, gangster, organized crime, mobster, profanity, stupidity ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, suspenseful, tricky, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
wisconsin, usa, arizona, france
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91%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The shooting of a U.S. senator's wife raises the stakes for kidnappers seeking a hefty ransom for a computer magnate.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blackmail, murder, betrayal, cons and scams, state affairs, police investigation, criminal, dishonesty, danger, crime gone awry, politics, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa, los angeles, venezuela
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Rich, successful Bryce meets beautiful Lissa at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really who she seems. What unfolds next is a dangerous, tangled web of double-crosses and seduction.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, tricky, cynical ...
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, twists and turns, manipulation, small town, betrayal, murder, cons and scams, nothing goes right, dishonesty, disorder, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, nevada, portland oregon
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
oklahoma, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, tense, sad, realistic ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, gangster, family business, going straight, hitman, down on your luck, drug abuse, love affair, cons and scams, dishonesty, betrayal, buddies ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A comedy about an angry married couple, a private investigator, and a walk-in freezer.
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, cynical, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, private investigator, infidelity, male nudity, halloween, partner, private detective, frame up, murder, hunting, frozen body, love triangle ...
Time:
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Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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:
hawaii, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, hilarious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong
Similarity:
55%
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
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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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Country: USA
Duration: 108 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:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
murder, twists and turns, dark humor, accident, multiple perspectives, chase, vandalism, crime gone awry, car accident, police, obsession, creativity ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
black comedy, talky, suspenseful, suspense, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
40%
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22K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Casey has given up drug dealing for a suburban idyll in Houston, a job as an architect and a new wife. They are even planning to adopt a child. But Casey's past arrives on the doorstep in the shape of Nick, an old business partner. And all hell ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
austin texas, usa, texas, los angeles
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Desperate to be free from her drunken, unloving mother Diane, the beautiful, scheming young Mini seduces her stepfather Martin and soon convinces him to join her in a sadistic scheme to have Diane declared insane. But their conspiracy soon escalates ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
non-linear, talky, witty, clever, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
80s, year 1998
Place:
chicago, usa, london
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
australia, melbourne, sydney australia, new zealand, new jersey
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, north dakota, usa, persia
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, sexy, clever, scary, serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, psychopath, hostage, ransom, asthma, psycho killer, family bonds, happy ending, profanity, blackmail, captive, betrayal ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, oregon, seattle, san francisco, new orleans
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered.
Style:
psychological, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, suspense ...
Plot:
making love, murder, betrayal, investigation, dishonesty, couples, family relations, dealing with death, parents and children, college, shakespeare, sex scene ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of Linda Litzke and Chad Feldheimer, the two gym employees see a chance to make enough money for her to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, funny, cynical, absurd ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, virginia, persia, america ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A shy bank clerk orders a Russian mail order bride, and finds his life turned upside down.
Style:
sexy, harsh, suspenseful, enigmatic, black comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mail order bride, sex scene, robbery, bank clerk, voyeur, brutality, female nudity, manipulation, gangster, couple relations, romancing a criminal, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, europe, england
Similarity:
36%
10K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He ...
Style:
dark comedy, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
hitman, murder, midlife crisis, therapy, secrets, family business, character study, psychologist, infidelity, love affair, going straight, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
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