Movies like Serial Lover

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Serial Lover (1998)
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Serial Lover (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house specialising in crime novels. One day, she invites all of her boyfriends to her birthday dinner so that she can pick out her would-be fiancé. But an accident happens when Claire is getting the dinner ready.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, dark comedy, realistic, neo noir
Plot: serial killer, murder, dark humor, disorder, looking for love, thirty something, writers, misfit, freak, dinner, gory, police, death, tragedy, blood, accidental death, deadly, crime, crimes
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france

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Most similar movies to Serial Lover

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and dark comedy films with plots about deadly, dark humor, murder, serial killer, disorder, police and couples mostly in Comedy, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Serial Lover: Clay Pigeons (1998), The Red Inn (2007), Heads (1994), Arab on the City (2011), Halal State Security (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Clay Pigeons (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Germany
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, clever, humorous, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot: serial killer, dark humor, desert, murder, sex scene, investigation, infidelity, waitress, nude, coming of age, killer, making love ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: montana, usa
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The Red Inn (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard. The story unfolds as the monk ...
Style: humorous, captivating, tense, offbeat, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, hotel, murder, isolation, dark humor, family relations, priest, murderer, criminal, satire, danger, serial murder ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: france
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34%
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Heads (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A proofreader at a small-town newspaper decides to try to solve a series of decapitation murders, and reluctantly gets involved with the nutty daughter of his editor. Before long he discovers that he is the prime suspect in the murders.
Style: dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, parody, suspenseful ...
Plot: small town, newspaper, decapitation, serial killer, murder, media, journalism, law enforcement, social relations, dark humor, psychopath, who done it ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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33%
Arab on the City (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: 25-year-old Khalid Belkacem has failed at everything: college education, summer camp instructor's permit, driver's license, and even his BCG. He never expected to become the first "positive discrimination" member of the police ...
Style: humorous, not serious, parody, captivating, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fish out of water, farce, goofy hero, police investigation, serial killer, silly humor, interracial relations, society, danger, urban ghetto life, disorder, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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31%
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Halal State Security (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Someone is killing Parisians of Arab ethnicity. When an Algerian diplomat is murdered by the same assailant, two Algerian detectives are sent to help the French with the investigation and they have their own ways of doing things.
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, partner, odd couple, buddies, disorder, fish out of water, racism, chase, society, investigation, buddy cop, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, algeria, europe
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31%
A Sense of Humor (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A serial killer abducts two stand-up comedians after they mock him as part of their on-stage act. If they teach him how to be funny, he might let them live.
Style: realistic, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious
Plot: serial killer, partner, buddies, psychopath, disorder, dark humor, performer's life, power relations, unlikely partners, kidnapping, swearing, village life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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Carom Shots (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy to pay for the modern lifestyle he is buying on credit. Seeing that marrying his immediate superior's daughter will not get him the results he ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy
Plot: ambition, firm, dark humor, career, comedy of errors, murder, workplace intrigue, workplace, rise to the top, hierarchy, frog
Time: 60s, 20th century
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The Villain (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: With gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, still lives. An unscrupulous property developer, Korazy, is buying up the neighborhood to turn it ...
Style: humorous, cynical, realistic, not serious, dark comedy
Plot: uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, homecoming, family problems, robbery, vengeance, starting over, hopes, parents and children, bank, re-education, dark humor ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
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27%
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R.S.V.P. (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young man invites a group of his closest friends to a party, where he proceeds to discreetly kill them all.
Style: slasher, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, dark humor, death, student, party, violence, who done it, woman in danger, college, professor ...
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Locked Out (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Once upon a time, somewhere... a homeless guy finds a policeman's uniform...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: police, suicide, hidden identity, mistaken identity, family problems, disorder, social relations, social misfits, misfit, farce, kidnapping, child in peril ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Lucky (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A wannabe serial killer wins the lottery and pursues his lifelong crush.
Style: humorous, dark comedy, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot: lottery, serial killer, teenage crush, couple relations, murder, confession, police detective, crush, violent content, dark humor, disorder, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, iowa, hawaii
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24%
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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
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23%
The Census Taker (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When George (Greg Mullavey) and Martha (Meredith MacRae) let Harvey (Garrett Morris), an annoying census taker, into their home, they find themselves under a barrage of increasingly abusive questions. Furious at his intrusiveness, and at their ...
Style: dark comedy, detective, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, family relations, flirting, police detective, dark humor, family life, family business, law enforcement, investigation, amateur detective, aging, private detective ...
Time: 80s
Place: austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Killer (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An innocent cab driver is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is sprung by a mob boss who needs "Killer" for a few more jobs.
Style: dark comedy, exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: hitman, mistaken identity, serial killer, mafia, renaissance, contract killer, danger, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, disorder, taxi, polish ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: poland, eastern europe, europe
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23%
The Perfume Of The Lady In Black (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Newly married, Mathilde and Robert are honeymooning at a resort owned by their friends Edith and Arthur, the Chateau d'Hercule. But an unpleasant shock is in store for them.
Style: humorous, suspenseful, atmospheric, semi serious, stylized ...
Plot: mysterious character, uncover truth, investigation, missing person, amateur detective, who done it, riddles and clues, murder, odd couple, danger, dishonesty, silly humor ...
Time: 19th century
Place: france
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The Ruination of Men (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two men jump out from behind some cacti and beat a man over the head with a rock. They then take the body to the dead man's hut, and sit with his body for the night while they talk, complain and dance. Later at the police station, two women ...
Style: cynical, rough, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: murder, police station, love triangle, betrayal, dark humor, widow, corpse, dealing with death, unlikely partners, couples, baseball, radio ...
Time: 90s
Place: mexico, latin america
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Some Guy Who Kills People (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A former mental patient's repressed anger reaches the boiling point, leading him to embark on a mission of revenge against the thugs who once subjected him to severe physical and mental trauma.
Style: witty, slasher, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy ...
Plot: serial killer, misfit, dark humor, vengeance, social misfits, rivalry, medieval, violence spree, breaking point, twists and turns, basketball, freak ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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22%
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Family Values (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
Plot: family relations, manipulation, life turned upside down, couples, couple relations, dishonesty, family life, parents and children, disorder, husband wife relationship, secret, robbery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, brazil
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22%
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Crime Scene Cleaner (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 26 min.
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Story: Heiko Schotte (Schotty) works for a cleaning company, cleaning all kind of crime scenes. There he sometimes meets weird people and tries to solve difficult situations.
Style: semi serious, humorous, funny, slapstick, talky ...
Plot: murder, alienation, dark humor, stereotypes, crime scene, corpse, gory, vicious, dead body, homicide, dead man, police ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: germany
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22%
Inspector Blunder (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She's been interviewed on TV and has questioned the virility of a mobster who kidnaps her later.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, detective
Plot: law enforcement, french police, reporter, rescue, kidnapping, gangster, confined, dishonesty, journalism, disorder, silly humor, son ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: france, paris france
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Boystown (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Victor works in a real estate agency in the well-known Chueca neighborhood of Madrid. He hides a terrible secret: he makes apartments available for sale by murdering the old ladies owners that live in them. Then, refurbishes and decorates the ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, gay couple, real estate agent, inheritance, who done it, gay sex, gender, dark humor, couples, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, madrid, europe
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9 Dead Gay Guys (2002)
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, lgbt, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, dark humor, nothing goes right, amateur detective, friendship, dishonesty, life is a bitch, buddies, cons and scams ...
Place: london, europe, ireland, england
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22%
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High Strung (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Thane Furrows, an extremely cynical but unintentionally hilarious children's book writer, wakes up one morning, and, since pretty much everyone and everything annoys him, begins another day of complaining to himself. However, the day proves to ...
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: death, disorder, dark humor, buddies, confined, nothing goes right, losing-it hero, writers, uninvited guest, friends, isolation, breaking the fourth wall ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: usa
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22%
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Let's Not Get Angry (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: One-time gangster Antoine is enjoying retirement on the coast, now managing a boating club. He receives a visit from a former accomplice who asks for a loan. The money will be repaid by a crook who is now in hiding; Antoine intends to recover his ...
Style: dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot: gangster, criminal heroes, englishman, thief, haunted by the past, escape, killing, theft, car trunk, gang, horse, hotel room ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: french riviera, france, riviera, south of france, nice france
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21%
Inspector Späck (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A dead body is found and police detective Mårten Späck draws the conclusion that a serial suicide killer is at large. Späck with his colleagues Grünvald Karlsson and Irene Snusk suspect a gang who distributes pirated DVD's of ...
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, captivating, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, police investigation, silly humor, danger, law enforcement, police, criminal, video store, nordic, violent content, chases and races, riddles and clues ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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21%
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Bad Actress (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Alyssa Rampart Pillage is a washed up TV queen whose career has been reduced to starring in commercials for her husband Bernie’s appliance empire. When their tree hugging daughter Topanga dies in a tragic golf ball accident, Bernie goes off the ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, psychopath, couple relations, actor's life, family problems, disorder, dark humor, family relations, celebrity culture, injustice, inventions and discoveries, hollywood ...
Time: 21st century
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21%
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Tinseltown (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In Hollywood it's all about who you know, and the only person two friends know is a serial killer.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot: serial killer, xmas, hollywood, filmmaking, investigation, artists and showbiz, down on your luck, showbiz, murder, dark humor, christmas, spy ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Scenesters (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Someone is killing beautiful young Hipsters in East L.A. Charlie is a crime scene cleaner working for Aftershocks Inc. with a penchant for Sherlock Holmes type deduction. Wallace is an out-of-luck filmmaker working as a crime scene videographer. The ...
Style: cynical, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, fish out of water, disorder, who done it, amateur detective, hipster, filmmaker, found footage, whodunit, filmmaking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Killer Housewives (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In Madrid, Azu's husband Filipe is smug and boorish, but it's his money she slips to family members constantly in need of cash and that she uses to buy gifts for her lover, Pablo. Things start to fall apart when Pablo wants to leave her ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexual, offbeat
Plot: murder, paranoia, love triangle, couples, family problems, psychopath, love and romance, housewife, dark humor, mentally challenged, husband wife relationship, health ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Leon the Pig Farmer (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An irreverent comedy is set in motion when Leon Geller, a sensitive Jewish boy from London, accidentally learns that his is the product of artificial insemination.
Style: realistic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: farm, satire, nothing goes right, self discovery, family relations, disorder, dark humor, strong sexual content, breeding, life turned upside down, parents and children, fish out of water ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, yorkshire, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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