Movies like A Shock to the System

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A Shock to the System (1990)
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A Shock to the System (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a loud-mouthed yuppie associate, Graham unleashes his rage on an overly aggressive panhandler, who he accidently kills by pushing him into the path of an oncoming subway train. He re-thinks his problems with an entirely new solution. First, he arranges an "accident" for his annoying wife. Then he creates another "mishap" for his boss. It seems like the world is once more Graham's oyster…but a missing cigarette lighter and a prying police detective may change all that.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, suspenseful, tense, light, realistic, witty, cynical, clever ...
Plot: murder, advertising, revenge, competition, police investigation, contests and competitions, business, workplace intrigue, advertising agency, dark humor, midlife crisis, rise to the top, frame up, unlikely criminals, boss, satire, workplace, stereotypes, death, killer, bad guy, vigilante, conflict, perfect crime, bad guys win ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, california
Keyword: gangsters, doctors

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Most similar movies to A Shock to the System

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and dark comedy films with plots about murder, deadly, dark humor, dishonesty, disorder, satire and cons and scams mostly in Comedy, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like A Shock to the System: Deathtrap (1982), Quick Change (1990), Very Bad Things (1998), Death to Smoochy (2002), Fun with Dick and Jane (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Deathtrap (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Style: psychological, dark comedy, surprise ending, witty, semi serious ...
Plot: murder, writers, gay, twists and turns, whodunit, murder mystery, scared to death, sociopathy, manuscript, mind game, stage play, sociopath ...
Time: year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place: long island, new york state, new york, usa
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Quick Change (1990)
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: humorous, feel good, light, absurd, cult classic ...
Plot: heist, bank robbery, robbery, buddies, friendship, partner, friends, disorder, cons and scams, runaway, love and romance, bank robber ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Very Bad Things (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, funny, black comedy, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wedding, murder, violence, friends, justice, unlikely criminals, uncover truth, love and romance, nothing goes right, dead prostitute, investigation, wrongfully committed ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: las vegas, california, usa, los angeles, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Death to Smoochy (2002)
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: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, funny, harsh ...
Plot: children, vengeance, television, depression, showbiz, revenge, performer's life, rivalry, artists and showbiz, success, disorder, delusion ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, salt lake city utah, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, feel good, satirical ...
Audience: family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot: unemployment, robbery, heist, caper, loss of job, bankruptcy, business, gangster, husband wife relationship, satire, greed, couples ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
Style: humorous, feel good, intense, light, semi serious ...
Plot: heist, unemployment, unlikely criminals, bank robbery, police investigation, couples, robbery, bankruptcy, cons and scams, survival, couple relations, kids and family ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
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100%
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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 ...
Place: las vegas
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The Last Supper (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, witty, intense, disturbing ...
Plot: politics, sexism, death, dinner, culture clash, vigilante, serial killer, murder, assassination, brainwashing, justice, propaganda ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Novocaine (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, suspenseful, tricky, humorous ...
Plot: dentist, murder, femme fatale, drug use, betrayal, false accusation, dark humor, twists and turns, life turned upside down, frame up, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals ...
Time: year 2001
Place: wisconsin, arizona, usa, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Miss Nobody (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.
Style: dark comedy, captivating, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: murder, secretary, workplace, rivalry, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, violent content, rise to the top, boss and employee, unfulfillment, dark humor, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance ...
Style: detective, dark comedy, clever, suspenseful, spooky ...
Plot: serial killer, disguise, police investigation, jewish mother, murder, killer, politics, nypd, police, police officer, theater, cat and mouse ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Curdled (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Gabriella, a Columbian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. The current string of murders by "The Blue Blood Killer" of affluent Miami socialites provides her with fodder for her scrapbook of death. She lands a job with ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, bloody, black comedy, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, dangerous attraction, murder, cleaning lady, obsession, blood, investigation, macabre, samurai sword, death, violence, idiot ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: miami, colombia, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 7.3
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The Ax (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France, Spain
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A chemist loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.
Style: dark comedy, psychological, suspense, atmospheric, black comedy ...
Plot: serial killer, unemployment, workplace, murder, job seeking, greed, insanity, unlikely criminals, vengeful fired employee, capitalism, big business, labor ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.9
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Get Shorty (1995)
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: funny, humorous, clever, intense, light ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: mafia, hollywood, debt, movie business, producer, gangster, gambling, organized crime, filmmaking, caper, dark humor, cons and scams ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: miami, los angeles, california, usa, las vegas ...
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40%
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Out Cold (1989)
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, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: male pubic hair, private investigator, infidelity, halloween, partner, private detective, murder, frame up, male nudity, frozen body, hunting, love triangle ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Pretty Poison (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young man gets in over his head when he convinces a small-town girl he's a secret agent.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: murder, murderous pair, cheerleader, dark humor, psychopath, mental illness, parole officer, small town, female criminal, secret agent, special agent, dishonesty ...
Time: 60s
Place: usa, new england
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39%
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The Ladykillers (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
Style: funny, dark comedy, entertaining, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot: heist, dark humor, african american, painting, cons and scams, eccentricity, greed, culture clash, murder, con artists, friends, american football ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: mississippi, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.9
 2K
Relentless (1989)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
Style: psychological, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, maniac, murder, violence, stalking, mentally unstable, partners against crime, chases and races, psycho killer, manipulation ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: los angeles, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Wish You Were Dead (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two bad women fight over one man in a back-stabbing, money-grabbing, insurance-hustling, double-dealing, two-timing caper.
Style: suspenseful, semi serious, witty, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: dark humor, hitman, fall in love, dishonesty, danger, fish out of water, love affair, couples, social relations, parents and children, cons and scams, small town ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Larry Donner is a author and writing professor who tutors people who want to write books. Larry's life has become a misery when his Ex-wife has published a book he wrote under her name and has gotten rich over it. Owen Lift, one of Larry's ...
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, exciting, semi serious ...
Plot: train, dark humor, writers, murder, unlikely friendships, disorder, family relations, strangulation, nothing goes right, dysfunctional family, railway, mother ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hawaii, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Buffet Froid (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of contemporary urban life. Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: murder, surrealism, unemployment, investigation, resentment, rebelliousness, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, dark humor, estrangement, police corruption, satire ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.7
 4K
Coldblooded (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Cosmo, an affectless mob bookie who lives in the basement of a retirement home, is promoted to hitman. He learns his new trade from Steve, a seasoned killer. He falls in love with a yoga teacher, Jasmine, and must figure out a way to leave the mob ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, intense, stylized, black comedy ...
Plot: hitman, murder, gangster, killer, dark humor, moral ambiguity, opposites attract, dishonesty, love and romance, going straight, criminal heroes, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.8
 32K
Serial Mom (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A picture perfect middle class family is shocked when they find out that one of their neighbors is receiving obscene phone calls. The mom takes slights against her family very personally, and it turns out she is indeed the one harassing the ...
Style: dark comedy, parody, black comedy, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: serial killer, dark humor, dysfunctional family, murder, housewife, suburbs, suburban life, female killer, female psychopath, police investigation, violence, farce ...
Time: 90s
Place: baltimore, usa, maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 5.1
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Lonely Street (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Bubba Mabry, a gullible private detective, becomes the prime suspect in a tabloid reporter's murder after being hired to snoop on him by a mysterious celebrity.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, detective
Plot: private investigator, murder, private detective, who done it, goofy hero, investigation, uncover truth, celebrity culture, disorder, media, amateur detective, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Shut Up and Shoot! (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A movie producer hatches a scheme to have an actor (Silvio Pollio) kill his fellow filmmakers.
Style: realistic, cynical, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: murder, satire, actor's life, dark humor, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, politics, cons and scams, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Little Murders (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Elliot Gould plays Alfred Chamberlain -- a one time successful photographer who is now down on his luck because he began to eliminate people from his photographs. He also suffers from an inability to feel or to be passionate about anything. But then ...
Style: dark comedy, grim, surreal, biting, cynical ...
Plot: gay brother, murder, satire, wedding ceremony, mood swing, big city, photographer, apathy, mugging, homosexuality, gay, sniper ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.2
 573
Getting In (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Gabriel Higgs has failed to get into Johns Hopkins to study medicine. He's sixth on a list of backup candidates, and must persuade the five people ahead of him to drop out. Gabriel has a family tradition to live up to. Things don't go to ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, slasher, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, medical school, college, frame up, satire, computer cracker, contests and competitions, youth, amateur detective, rivalry, dishonesty, school ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Home Sweet Hell (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Mona and Don’s seemingly perfect suburban bliss is disrupted by a sexy extortionist and Mona will stop at nothing, including killing the competition, to keep her little slice of heaven.
Style: dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, funny ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, blackmail, infidelity, couples, couple relations, wife, disorder, dark humor, suburban life, nothing goes right, passionate kiss, control freak ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.5
 65K
The Player (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Style: suspense, dark comedy, neo noir, clever, black comedy ...
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, film industry, murder, police investigation, blackmail, showbiz, writers, movie business, satire, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, future, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000 first.
Style: clever, feel good, funny, humorous, surprise ending ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: con artists, con men, rivalry, cons and scams, bet, twists and turns, competition, farce, caper, high society, gigolo, entrepreneur ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: french riviera, france, arizona, riviera, south of france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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