Movies like Weekend at Bernie's
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Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two friends are invited for a weekend to a luxury island with their boss. The boss gets shot and nobody seems to notice, except for the two friends. In order not to become suspects of murder they treat the body as a puppet and make people believe he's still alive. The killer wants to do his job so when he is informed that the stiff is still alive he's got to shoot him again, and again, and again.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, not serious, feel good, ridiculous, parody, clever, bad ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, beach, murder, summer, farce, hitman, insurance, death, comedy of errors, organized crime, mob boss, employer employee relationship, nothing goes right, summer job, partners, disorder, fish out of water, buddies, dishonesty, goofy hero, boss and employee, cons and scams, party, heat wave, corpse ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, funny, realistic and cult film films with plots about disorder, brutality, adaptation, dialogue, mentor, storytelling and destiny mostly in Comedy, Crime and Adventure genres. Some movies like Weekend at Bernie's: Men at Work (1990), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), Another Stakeout (1993), 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997), Tommy Boy (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Everybody's favorite stiff is back! Working fools Larry Wilson and Richard Parker have uncovered a dirty, little secret: Their former boss, Bernie Lomax, embezzled $2 million and placed it in a safe deposit box in the Caribbean. Now, the boys ...
Style:
humorous, unusual plot structure, feel good, funny, splatter ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens
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zombie, island, farce, chase, runaway, lone hero, fantasy world, fight scenes, natural disaster, music, redemption, revenge ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new york, hawaii
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.
Style:
funny, humorous, intense, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
murder, justice, brothers, guilty pleasure, disorder, partners, goofy hero, buddies, dishonesty, amateur detective, cons and scams, workplace ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
deaf, disability, murder, chase, farce, friendship, blindness, blind man, witness, mute or deaf, deafness, odd couple ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, manhattan new york city
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Chris and Bill are called upon for their excellent surveillance record to stakeout a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading or already hiding. Unlike their earlier _Stakeout_, this time they are accompanied by Gina ...
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humorous, entertaining, light, funny, melancholic ...
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teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, odd couple, fall in love, disorder, witnessing a crime, law enforcement, boss and employee, goofy hero, gangsters, partners, buddies, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, seattle, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mafia hitman Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) is flying to San Diego with a bag that holds eight severed heads, which he's bringing to his superiors to prove that some troublesome rival mobsters are permanently out of the picture. When his bag gets ...
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clever, humorous, visually appealing, feel good, splatter ...
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boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, hitman, mafia, murder, farce, vacation, destiny, dysfunctional family, dreams, life philosophy, fantasy world, first contact ...
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mexico, new jersey, latin america, baltimore, san diego california
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Party animal Tommy Callahan is a few cans short of a six-pack. But when the family business starts tanking, it's up to Tommy and number-cruncher Richard Hayden to save the day.
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funny, humorous, road movie, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
road trip, father son relationship, dumb, twists and turns, adaptation, sarcasm, stupidity, screwball, goofy hero, family relations, buddies, self discovery ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, wisconsin, ohio
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mobster named Jimmy the Tulip agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison; he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
mafia, murder, hitman, adultery, organized crime, twists and turns, dark humor, bandit, violence, undercover cop, opposites attract, bully ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
canada, chicago illinois, montreal, usa
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100%
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 ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to drive her to Atlantic City, N.J. But, when some reckless driving draws the attention of a deeply critical cop, they and the flamboyant ...
Style:
humorous, disturbing, melancholic, not serious, campy ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
chase, dark humor, small town, dysfunctional family, justice, on the run, hip hop, eccentric family, disorder, buddies, goofy hero, nothing goes right ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new jersey, usa, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers is a black comedy about two losers in their twenties, Calvin Menhoffer (Will Friedle) and Leonard Smallwood (Chris Owen), who are out to get the good life without working for it. The two young men try to rob two ...
Style:
humorous, absurd, intense, stylized, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
women, stupidity, brutality, adaptation, murder, erotica, friends, buddies, partners, dishonesty, disorder, intrigue ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Firpo Brothers can get away with anything. They just can't get away!
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
christmas, small town, snow, heist, redemption, holiday, bank robbery, nothing goes right, partners, disorder, crime gone awry, dishonesty ...
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Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
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Place:
pennsylvania, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, funny, talky ...
Plot:
gangsters, fbi, witness protection, fbi agent, small town, organized crime, hitman, fish out of water, district attorney, small town life, hidden identity, vengeance ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dooley, a cop wrongly sacked for corruption, teams up with a useless defence lawyer in their new careers... as security guards. When the two are made fall guys for a robbery at a location they are guarding, the pair begin to investigate corruption ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, not serious, parody, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
corruption, heist, gunfight, friendship, justice, on the run, partners against crime, witnessing a crime, nothing goes right, private detective, disorder, goofy hero ...
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Place:
norway, europe, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story centers on a small-town sheriff who witnesses what he believes is a kidnapping and rushes to rescue a woman. The kidnappers turn out to be FBI agents assigned to protect her and deliver her to a big Enron-type corruption trial in Chicago ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, sexy, melancholic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
law enforcement, fbi, comedy of errors, dumb, goofy hero, on the run, hidden identity, woman in danger, disorder, wrong place wrong time, nothing goes right, witnessing a crime ...
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80s, 21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ...
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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 ...
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90s, 1930s
Place:
italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.
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parody, humorous, funny, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, father son relationship, farce, casino, multiple storylines, stupidity, dumb, satire, justice, adaptation, goofy hero ...
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Place:
italy, sicily, europe, usa, las vegas ...
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100%
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, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
cross dressing, on the run, nun, chase, priest, fish out of water, farce, partners, dishonesty, bully, gangsters, disguise ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Place:
california, usa, san francisco
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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100%
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Country: France, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, humorous, meditative, harsh, light ...
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, witty, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
80s, future
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, california, illinois
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. As punishment, they are forced to escort a pair of socialites to the Hamptons, where they're going to be used as bait for a kidnapper. But when the girls realize ...
Style:
ridiculous, humorous, parody, satirical, funny ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
cross dressing, dumb, fbi, fish out of water, working undercover, special agents, gender bending, undercover, goofy hero, teenager, gender disguise, buddy cop ...
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future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
16%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Style:
humorous, stylized, feel good, entertaining, funny ...
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chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
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60%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, funny, stylized, witty, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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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
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26%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
Style:
funny, parody, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangsters, chase, rivalry, cons and scams, rise to the top, goofy hero, dishonesty, disorder, satire, doctors ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 80s, year 1935, 1910s
Place:
new york
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25%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
Style:
entertaining, parody, not serious, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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