Movies like Shakes the Clown
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Shakes the Clown (1991)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control.
Style:
humorous, disturbing, dark, surreal, talky, stylized, semi serious, parody, clever, satirical ...
Plot:
clown, murder, false accusation, rescue, alcohol abuse, murder mystery, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, cult, nothing goes right, disorder, addiction, psychopath, kidnapping, on the run, satire, zombie, catastrophe, superhero, demon, violence, camp, male nudity, fantasy world, brutality, killer clown ...
Time:
90s
Place:
plymouth
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, cult film, realistic and weird films with plots about runaway, brutality, mentor, redemption, dialogue, storytelling and catastrophe mostly in Comedy, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Shakes the Clown: Homegrown (1998), Burglar (1987), Gridlock'd (1997), Screwed (2000), The End (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know enough to run, taking with them enough of the crop to pay them for services rendered. Hooking up ...
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suspenseful, stylized, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
weed, drug abuse, marijuana, drugs, murder, gunfight, mafia, greed, drug dealing, police investigation, corruption, drug addiction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, northern california, san francisco
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, murder, thief, nothing goes right, protagonist as suspect, partners, odd couple, disorder, who done it, false accusation, heist, police investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa, san francisco
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50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being ...
Style:
humorous, harsh, stylized, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
addiction, drug addiction, hip hop, heroin, drugs, drug abuse, murder, gangsters, brutality, culture clash, justice, crime gone awry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, detroit, new york
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92%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
Style:
funny, humorous, intense, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, mistaken identity, crime gone awry, fish out of water, comedy of errors, friendship, nothing goes right, hostage, disorder, cons and scams, odd couple, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new jersey, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
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funny, humorous, visually appealing, allegory, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
terminal illness, dark humor, farce, mental institution, suicide attempt, road trip, nude, twists and turns, satire, transformation, workplace, existentialism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Life similar movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.
Style:
clever, melancholic, thought provoking, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, high school, writers, single father, father son relationship, grief, loneliness, life & death, life philosophy, suicide, character study, loss of child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
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90%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: 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:
humorous, clever, witty, funny, absurd ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, heist, love and romance, suicide, eccentricity, childhood, dark humor, violence, drugs, mentor, adaptation, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, funny, stylized, bad ending ...
Plot:
children, vengeance, television, depression, showbiz, revenge, tv show, artists and showbiz, performer's life, rivalry, success, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, absurd, light, witty ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, friendship, disorder, friends, cons and scams, buddies, partners, runaway, dishonesty, love and romance, robbery ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Redmond is a young guy who can't find what to do with his life. When his uncle Sam gives him the bag to deliver to some uptown connection he fails to do so and it gets them in trouble with Jack, low-key criminal. After that tough guy Stretch ...
Style:
humorous, stylized, visually appealing, bloody, melancholic ...
Plot:
gangsters, stewardess, marijuana, weapons, crazy, fantasy world, existentialism, drugs, distopia, betrayal, brutality, dark humor ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find ...
Style:
satirical, disturbing, meditative, melancholic, cynical ...
Plot:
dark humor, suicide, satire, adaptation, crumbling marriage, self discovery, society, filmmaking, love and romance, rise and fall, couple relations, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.
Style:
clever, humorous, thought provoking, parody, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
satire, depression, addiction, obsession, scientist, insanity, drugs, cancer, irreverent, gangsters, television, mentor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc (Michel Blanc) is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around ...
Style:
absurd, light, talky, melancholic, humorous ...
Plot:
french, dysfunctional family, self discovery, twins, disorder, actor's life, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, satire, cinema, writers, existentialism ...
Time:
90s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, New Zealand, 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, realistic, tense, bad ending ...
Plot:
kidnapping, murder, dark humor, disorder, down on your luck, comedy of errors, insurance fraud, life insurance, frozen body, winter, insurance agent, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Cheech and Chong house sit for a marijuana grower and rip off the crop. Stalked by keystone-style cops, Los Guys have a series of encounters with L.A. area characters even weirder than themselves
Style:
humorous, sex comedy, psychedelic, clever, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
marijuana, stoners, weed, drugs, cannabis, buddies, surveillance, life & death, lone hero, writers, insanity, vengeance ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an ...
Style:
intense, light, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gangsters, money, chase, runaway, corruption, stolen money, disorder, friends, dishonesty, nothing goes right, heist, gang ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new jersey, california, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are about to get out of jail, and this time, Julian vows to go straight, even open a legit business. Soon the Boys will all be rich. At least that's what they've told the parole board. But when they arrive back at ...
Style:
stylized, semi serious, humorous, light, visually appealing ...
Plot:
heist, marijuana, police investigation, alcohol abuse, friends, buddies, disorder, nothing goes right, misfit, society, criminal heroes, prison ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Vulgar is about a man who is a children's clown but has not been getting much luck lately. He lives in a cheap apartment which he can't even afford. Bums are constantly sleeping in his run down car and crashing on his lawn. He has a ...
Style:
disturbing, dark, psychological, bleak, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
clown, revenge, vengeance, destiny, rape, alter ego, homosexual rape, gang rape, psychopath, blackmail, dark humor, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sam Clayton's (Vincent D'Onofrio) marriage to ex-stripper Freddie (Cameron Diaz) comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red (Delroy Lindo), a club proprietor who once did her a favor. But Freddie falls in love with ...
Style:
talky, clever, sexy, visually appealing, road movie ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love, murder, corruption, wedding, gangsters, love triangle, fight, disaster, relationships, adaptation, gratuitous violence, dark hero ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, minnesota, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, melancholic, talky, stylized ...
Plot:
hospital, medical, suspense, dark humor, satire, destiny, loneliness, fantasy world, first contact, greed, culture clash, death ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Paul Aufiero, a 35-year-old parking-garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan". One night, Paul and his best friend Sal spot Giants star linebacker Quantrell Bishop at a gas ...
Style:
talky, disturbing, bleak, witty, psychological ...
Plot:
sport, american football, character study, obsession, football, loser, obsessed fan, eccentricity, loneliness, life is a bitch, nothing goes right, hospital ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, texas
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85%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter, aided by his sidekick William, who has suffered a head wound and has problems with short-term memory. Jimmy's vigilante alter ego ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, visually appealing, buddy movie, allegory, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, hollywood, filmmaking, satire, life philosophy, death, culture clash, mentor, gangsters, destiny, runaway ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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, farce, justice, crime boss, unlikely criminals, hidden identity, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rhode island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Paris Fashion Week draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers. Follows the various storylines of these characters, centering around a murder investigation of a prominent fashion figure. Features an ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, talky, light, artsy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
fashion, farce, fashion show, multiple storylines, art, fashion model, love and romance, lifestyle, media satire, lovers reunited, nude, satire ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Stuart Smalley, the Saturday Night Live character, comes to the big screen. Stuart, the disciple of the 12 step program, is challenged by lifes injustices.
Style:
humorous, satirical, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, farce, dark humor, satire, self discovery, nothing goes right, disorder, family problems, family life, couple relations, lifestyle, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It isn't long before Johnny and Kamal (the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, absurd, parody, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
prank telephone call, gangsters, vengeance, dishonesty, sarcasm, mafia, dumb, fantasy world, fight scenes, first contact, technology, violence ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.
Style:
campy, humorous, sexy, rough, allegory ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, violence, organized crime, betrayal, hitman, mental illness, mental institution, brutality, first contact, farce, fantasy world, dark hero ...
Time:
1930s, 90s
Place:
london, europe, england
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85%
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 ...
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humorous, disturbing, witty, talky, parody ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, eccentricity, shakespeare, disorder, police detective, law enforcement, couple relations, goofy hero, nothing goes right, farce, comedy of errors ...
Time:
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Place:
pennsylvania, scotland, europe, former yugoslavia, bosnia
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in ...
Style:
surreal, humorous, funny, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot:
actor, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, showbiz, friends, actor's life, lifestyle, satire, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, filmmaker, dark humor, filmmaking ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A quartet of disaffected Korean youths have robbed a Seoul gas station. After taking the gas station over, their wacky antics ensue; forcing the manager to sing, kidnapping customers that complain about the service, and staging fist-fights between ...
Style:
humorous, light, absurd, entertaining, cynical ...
Plot:
gas station, hostage, gang, heist, gangsters, justice, robbery, unlikely friendships, resentment, rebelliousness, partners, buddies ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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