Movies like Ruby & Quentin

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Ruby & Quentin (2003)
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Ruby & Quentin (2003)
Original name: Tais-toi !
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy Quentin Ruby is forced to take him along as he pursues his former partners in crime to avenge the death of the woman he loved and get to the money.
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, inspirational, touching, tricky, hilarious, witty, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison escape, buddies, prison, unlikely partners, buddy, partner, runaway, odd couple, criminal heroes, bank robbery, caper, friendship, justice, mentor, police investigation, life philosophy, henchman, stupidity, unlikely friendships, escape, psychiatry, dumb, mob boss, creativity, revenge plot ...
Time: 2000s, year 2003, contemporary
Place: france, europe, paris france, poland, argentina
Keyword: french, buddy movie, gangsters, partners

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Most similar movies to Ruby & Quentin

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and exciting films with plots about disorder, partner, buddies, friends, dishonesty, friendship and odd couple mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Ruby & Quentin: The Goat (1981), Tough Guys (1986), Nuns on the Run (1990), Dead Weight (2002), The Fugitives (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Goat (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.
Style: funny, humorous, laugh out loud, buddy comedy, sweet ...
Plot: bad luck, private detective, farce, amnesia, love and romance, memory loss, cigarette smoking, partner, accountant, goofy hero, nothing goes right, odd couple ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: france, paris france, latin america, mexico, acapulco mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
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Tough Guys (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie Lang (Douglas) are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of ...
Style: entertaining, road movie, funny, light, humorous ...
Plot: prison, aging, gangster, police investigation, partner, unlikely friendships, odd couple, nothing goes right, elderly, dishonesty, stalking, buddies ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, year 1956
Place: bolivia, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Nuns on the Run (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave" he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. B&C decide to steal the money for themselves, but ...
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, laugh out loud ...
Plot: cross dressing, nun, chase, priest, fish out of water, farce, on the run, disguise, convent, disorder, odd couple, partner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 5K
Dead Weight (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Prison guard Reggio lets Moltes have a weekly lottery ticket in exchange for his suave relationship advice. When Moltes learns that he has a winning lottery ticket, he breaks out of jail to claim his money. However, Reggio's girlfriend, Pauline ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fugitives, unlikely partners, odd couple, escapades, treasure hunt, race against time, partner, chase, fast car, new year's eve, prison, friends ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, year 1995
Place: sahara, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Fugitives (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not part of the action.
Style: feel good, exciting, witty, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: chase, comedy of errors, reluctant partners, fugitives, bank robbery, goofy hero, odd couple, disorder, nothing goes right, chases and races, unlikely criminals, nobody believes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first ...
Style: road movie, touching, funny, humorous, exciting ...
Plot: friendship, terminal illness, life philosophy, escapades, last wish, odd couple, friends, on the run, gangster, life is a bitch, chase, partner ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: germany, europe
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 5.8
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Taxi 3 (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a ...
Style: humorous, exciting, funny, light, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: car chase, car, taxi driver, unlikely partners, buddies, skiing, disguise, pregnancy, mentor, betrayal, fight scenes, incompetent police ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Taxi (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, ...
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids
Plot: car, taxi, car chase, chase, driver, heist, chases and races, police, bank robbery, unlikely friendships, buddy, gang ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france, marseille, europe, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Guardian Angels (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Gerard Depardieu plays a sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective who flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob. He leaves the boy in the hands of an earnest priest (Christian Clavier), who escorts him ...
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: guardian angel, good versus evil, rivalry, clergy, custody, angel, on the run, chase, friendship, farce, nightclub, escapades ...
Place: hong kong, paris france, france, europe, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Boys Don't Cry (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: One of the best Polish comedies of the late 1990's, "Boys Don't Cry" is a satirical look at the gangsters of Poland and some teens who accidentally get involved with them.
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, sad, realistic ...
Plot: nothing goes right, friends, gangster, prostitute, goofy hero, buddies, best friend, polish, disorder, friendship, violinist, father son relationship ...
Time: 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
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Snatch (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” There are two overlapping stories here – one is the ...
Style: entertaining, witty, dark comedy, funny, clever ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: heist, caper, gambling, organized crime, gangster, robbery, criminal heroes, cons and scams, group of criminals, sarcasm, master criminal, boxing ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 2000s, 20th century
Place: england, london, britain, antwerp, belgium ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
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The Closet (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: homosexuality, gay, pretending to be gay, workplace, workplace intrigue, friendship, dishonesty, disorder, discrimination, comedy of errors, workplace situations, parents and children ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Jaguar (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A shaman from the South American rain forest visits France for a public relations campaign. In a hotel's elevator in Paris he meets a French good-for-nothing named Perrin he's fascinated with. He follows Perrin to his flat and although ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, tense, touching, humorous ...
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The ComDads (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
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Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, clever ...
Audience: family outing
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Crime Spree (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
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Style: humorous, funny, witty, stylized, semi serious ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank Robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
Style: offbeat, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, bank robbery, prison escape, robbery, caper, female journalist, safecracker, odd couple, nothing goes right, dishonesty, misfit partners, crime gone awry ...
Time: victorian era, year 1976, 19th century, 1890s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.9
 7K
Scorched (2003)
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, melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot: heist, bank robber, robbery, small town, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, friends, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, employee, partner, criminal heroes ...
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Place: nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Stir Crazy (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: New Yorkers, Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe, have no jobs and no prospects. They decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, and land jobs as woodpeckers to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a ...
Style: funny, humorous, witty, feel good, laugh out loud ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, buddy, wrongful conviction, injustice, convict, cell mate, prison escape, lawyer, partner, on the road, jail, black ...
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33%
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Hold-Up (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied ...
Style: realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous, action thriller ...
Plot: bank robbery, crime gone awry, misfit partners, criminal heroes, on the run, nothing goes right, chase, disorder, partner, ex convict, bank, bank robber ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: canada, rome italy, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Taxi 2 (2000)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
Style: humorous, exciting, hilarious, not serious, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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Time: 2000s, 20th century, 90s
Place: france, marseille, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
We're No Angels (1989)
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, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: mistaken identity, prison, clergy, small town, religion, fake priest, priest, monk, fish out of water, buddies, on the run, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
My New Partner (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the ...
Style: exciting, witty, suspenseful, neo noir, anthology ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, buddy cop, prostitute, corrupt cop, police corruption, corruption, disorder, misfit partners, odd couple, buddies, law enforcement, bad guy ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Madigan's Millions (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: humorous, semi serious, exciting, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, cons and scams, disorder, partner, dishonesty, chase, crime gone awry, goofy hero, money, gangster, police, hooligan ...
Time: 60s
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
A Pain in the Ass (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons.
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Plot: hotel, odd couple, hitman, farce, disorder, dark humor, suicide attempt, friendship, chance meeting, society, twins, comedy of errors ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.8
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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 ⇓
30%
 5.6
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All for One (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Four rogues, who were best friends as kids, have one big problem: they're sitting on both sides of the law. Martin is a policeman, while Nikolai, Ralf, and Timo can't distinguish between personal possessions and the possessions of others! ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot: friendship, buddies, partner, disorder, cons and scams, nothing goes right, unfulfillment, undercover, police officer, escapades, rivalry, friends ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.5
 27K
The Man (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Special Agent Derrick Vann is a man out to get the man who killed his partner but a case of mistaken identity leads him to Andy Fidler, a salesman with too many questions and a knack of getting in Vanns way
Style: funny, intense, action comedy, parody, absurd ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: mistaken identity, buddy, dumb, buddy cop, twists and turns, chases and races, car chase, fight scenes, goofy hero, runaway, stereotypes, foul language ...
Time: year 2005
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.6
 9K
Screwed (2000)
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 ...
Plot: mistaken identity, crime gone awry, fish out of water, comedy of errors, friendship, nothing goes right, partner, hostage, cons and scams, disorder, goofy hero, misfit ...
Time: 90s
Place: pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.2
 3K
Doing Time (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, clever ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, prisoner, escape, anti hero, partner, friends, disorder, troublemaker, buddies, confined, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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