Movies like The Sting II
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The Sting II (1983)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim from the first movie, is setting them up to take the fall.
Style:
humorous, witty, romantic, clever, feel good, bad ending, melancholic, dramatic, surreal, stylized ...
Plot:
gangsters, gambling, vengeance, boxer, friends, cons and scams, boxing, revenge, catastrophe, twists and turns, doctors, artist, natural disaster, women, computer game, surfing, writers, depression, art, betrayal, camp, immortality, justice, lone hero, fantasy world ...
Time:
1940s, 80s, 40s
Place:
california, brooklyn new york city, new york, coney island brooklyn new york city
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Most similar movies to The Sting II
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, melancholic, realistic and clever films with plots about adaptation, brutality, catastrophe, dialogue, mentor, storytelling and runaway mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like The Sting II: Feds (1988), Burglar (1987), Scorched (2003), Oscar (1991), Amos & Andrew (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with guns and to recognise crimes. They also get a physical training. It appears that Ellie is a real ...
Style:
humorous, intense, melancholic, semi serious, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
fbi, law enforcement, odd couple, police detective, partners, partners against crime, friendship, women, police investigation, female protagonist, strong female character, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
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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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77%
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, humorous, melancholic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
heist, bank robber, small town, robbery, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, friends, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, employee, criminal heroes, boss and employee ...
Place:
nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his ...
Style:
witty, humorous, talky, feel good, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
gangsters, farce, mistaken identity, accountant, disorder, parents and children, fish out of water, couples, dishonesty, going straight, goofy hero, cons and scams ...
Time:
90s, 1930s
Place:
italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Andrew Sterling (Samuel L. Jackson), a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver (Dabney Coleman) realizes ...
Style:
humorous, clever, funny, light, realistic ...
Plot:
island, mistaken identity, police investigation, brutality, racism, bad cop, interracial relations, resort, social differences, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two escaped cons only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
Style:
humorous, feel good, clever, light, exciting ...
Plot:
prison, mistaken identity, small town, religion, fake priest, priest, monk, fish out of water, buddies, on the run, clergy, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in.
Style:
talky, melancholic, semi serious, clever, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
loneliness, female protagonist, runaway, woman in danger, greed, crumbling marriage, family problems, self discovery, dishonesty, marriage, adultery, depression ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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:
talky, humorous, melancholic, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot:
heist, love and romance, corruption, unlikely criminals, overnight success, disorder, cons and scams, couple relations, bank robbery, caper, art, crime gone awry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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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 ...
Style:
humorous, stylized, not serious, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
small town, justice, dark humor, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, couple relations, cons and scams, stripper, lottery, gambling, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.
Style:
humorous, funny, stylized, witty, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, vengeance, farce, unlikely criminals, hitman, human nature, rivalry, partners, dishonesty, dark humor, disorder, aging ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, miami, florida, usa, miami beach
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.
Style:
funny, humorous, melancholic, intense, satirical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghetto, gangsters, hip hop, fish out of water, street gang, justice, betrayal, father son relationship, disorder, family relations, partners, gang ...
Place:
california, los angeles, malibu california, south central los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischievous, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.
Style:
humorous, intense, witty, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
robbery, skinny dipping, blackmail, mentor, deception, judge, fondling, unlikely criminals, betrayal, erotica, heist, stereotypes ...
Place:
hawaii, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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 ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Martin is the inexplicable the incorrigible the invicible sgt. Ernie bilko leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the ...
Style:
humorous, funny, light, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
military, gambling, revenge, military base, camp, soldier, disorder, rivalry, cons and scams, disaster, satire, farce ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california, las vegas, greenland
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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, sexy, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, affectionate ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, robbery, dark humor, crime gone awry, heist, writers, loneliness, mentor, betrayal, brutality, fantasy world, culture clash ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, california, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his girlfriend gave him. Caffery is then bent on revenge and getting his ring back with the help of his ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, funny, intense, semi serious ...
Plot:
vengeance, robbery, nothing goes right, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, rivalry, destiny, lone hero, justice, life philosophy, adaptation ...
Place:
washington d.c., boston, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to which they have become attached after they are transferred to another museum.
Style:
exciting, humorous, light, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, art theft, museum, forgery, happy ending, unlikely criminals, buddies, husband wife relationship, caper, artist, obsession, spy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, new jersey, boston, new york, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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, surprise ending, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
con artists, twists and turns, rivalry, cons and scams, bet, con men, competition, casino, farce, high society, gigolo, cheating ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
french riviera, france, riviera, south of france, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Mordrcai Jones (George C. Scott) is a rural con artist (a 'flim flam man') who takes on a young army deserter Curley (Michael Sarrazin) as his protégé and teaches him the tricks of the trade. Sheriff Slade (Harry Morgan) is in hot ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, buddy movie, unusual plot structure, thought provoking ...
Plot:
con artists, chase, con men, gambling, cheating, runaway, crime gone awry, first contact, desertion, farce, great depression, countryside ...
Time:
60s, 80s
Place:
southern usa, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Henderson Dores (Daniel Day Lewis), a New York based art dealer from England, travels to Georgia to persuade patriarch, Harry Dean Stanton, to sell a Monet previously thought lost.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, intense, sex comedy, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
culture clash, nude, mentor, runaway, catastrophe, existentialism, distopia, art, gangsters, fantasy world, redemption, police investigation ...
Time:
18th century, 80s
Place:
new york, georgia, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers ...
Style:
humorous, funny, sentimental, feel good, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, youth, children, childhood, rich and poor, social differences, family problems, spoiled brat, fish out of water, life philosophy, twists and turns, millionaire ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jonny dreams of leaving his dead-end job as a courier. Through his childhood best friend, nephew of the notorious crime lord Ray Kreed, he wins his way into the toughest gang in North London. Hungry for action, Jonny sparks a feud between Ray's ...
Style:
humorous, brutal, semi serious, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, heist, crime gone awry, police investigation, twists and turns, gang, gang war, friendship, rivalry, ambition, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Ruben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - women in Santa Barbara. Ruben is devoted to Mona, but Robby is more devoted to her money. So when Mona leaves her fortune and estate to Ruben it starts ...
Style:
bad ending, entertaining, harsh, clever, visually appealing ...
Plot:
lawyer, twins, vengeance, suspense, greed, gangsters, first contact, fight scenes, farce, fantasy world, radio, destiny ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.
Style:
humorous, surreal, visually appealing, campy, light ...
Plot:
beer, hillbilly, underdog, suspense, writers, destiny, weapons, vengeance, fantasy world, murder, fight scenes, existentialism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any ...
Style:
funny, stylized, humorous, entertaining, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangsters, nightclub, mafia, organized crime, fight scenes, african american, corruption, gang, bully, friends, rivalry, violence ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Enos duo convince Cletus, aka The Bandit, to come out of hiding and help them promote their new restaurant. With a little coaxing, he agrees, producing an almost-creaky Trigger as his mode of transport. But his nemesis, Sheriff Buford T. ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, road movie, visually appealing, satirical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, sheriff, truck, road trip, hallucination, fish, retirement, car, car chase, on the road, ku klux klan, female nudity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A gambler used to losing is having a very good day.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, feel good, sexy, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
gambling, horse, sport, addiction, horse race, self discovery, con artists, drug addict, internet, doctors, insanity, nude ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of ...
Style:
humorous, light, intense, semi serious, clever ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
credit card, cons and scams, twists and turns, love and romance, dishonesty, criminal heroes, reluctant partners, investigation, gangsters, chase, african american, hip hop ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings, Clark meets Carmine "Jimmy the Toucan" Sabatini, an "importer" bearing a startling ...
Style:
parody, funny, witty, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, fish out of water, endangered species, stepfather stepson relationship, zoo, food, college, affection, godfather, corruption, melancholy ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
vermont, new york, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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