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Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
Style:
humorous, absurd, light, detective, not serious, realistic, witty, slapstick comedy, sweet, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
private detective, kidnapping, justice, law enforcement, stupidity, female detective, amateur sleuth, detective agency, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, multiple storylines, family business, cons and scams, fool, undercover, missing person, mistaken identity, dishonesty, disguise, husband wife relationship, friendship, bicycle, airplane, photograph, captive ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
los angeles, california, santa monica california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and unusual plot structure films with plots about farce, mentor, storytelling, dialogue, disorder, chase and runaway mostly in Comedy, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like Who's Harry Crumb?: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Private Eyes (1980), Fletch (1985), Pure Luck (1991), Once Upon a Crime... (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby ...
Style:
spoof, parody, neo noir, surreal, cult classic ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
private detective, satire, femme fatale, murder mystery, murder, world war two, investigation, chase, deadpan, list, peace, coin ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, south america, peru
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Don Knotts and Tim Conway star in The Private Eyes, a 1980 comedy about two bumbling detectives solving a murder. It's an impressively incompetent affair. Every ancient joke falls with a muffled thud as Knotts and Conway ham their way through ...
Style:
parody, spoof, humorous, spooky, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, whodunit, investigation, supernatural, chase, police investigation, amateur detective, murder mystery, characters murdered one by one, satire, exploitation, screwball ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s, 1920s
Place:
scotland, england, europe, london, scotland yard
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A veritable chameleon, investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher might drive his editor up the wall, but he always produces great pieces for the newspaper. When his next story is about the drug trade taking place on the beach, Fletch ...
Style:
witty, humorous, hilarious, light, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
beach, sarcasm, journalism, reporter, car chase, disguise, investigation, undercover, dating, on the run, voice over narration, lone hero ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, utah, rio de janeiro, usa, santa monica california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an ...
Style:
humorous, uplifting, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night
Plot:
missing person, farce, luck, cop, mysticism, comedy of errors, private detective, partner, manipulation, silly humor, kidnapping, mistaken identity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, latin america, seattle
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex. One of them is that all the rock stars pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts. Another ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, not serious, realistic, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
private detective, violence, showbiz, heavy metal, law enforcement, rock star, partner, goofy hero, boss and employee, investigation, conspiracy, radio ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
On their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married couples, including Julian and Phoebe, who are traveling with a lost dog they plan to return to its wealthy owner for a large reward. But, when the ...
Style:
detective, black comedy, dark comedy, slapstick, independent film ...
Plot:
dachshund, maid, gambling addiction, dysfunctional marriage, butler, murder mystery, gambling, murder, investigation, amateur detective, lost dog, casino ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
Style:
parody, humorous, witty, not serious, exciting ...
Plot:
espionage, mistaken identity, farce, spy, secret agent, undercover, sex, secret service, disorder, attempted murder, premarital sex, femme fatale ...
Time:
year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle of a hot investigation and has a developing romance, this is less than convenient.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, melancholic, talky, witty ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
private detective, amnesia, memory loss, dog, gangster, betrayal, voice over narration, trial, kidnapping, investigation, district attorney, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
venice beach california, santa monica california, california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the ...
Style:
humorous, parody, satirical, absurd, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, partner, investigation, stupidity, buddies, justice, farce, danger, goofy hero, working undercover, snake, satire ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ...
Style:
light, funny, hilarious, cult classic, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
stupidity, kidnapping, dog, private detective, human animal relationship, dumb, bird, owner dog relationship, human dog relationship, goofy hero, investigation, pets ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
miami, usa, florida, new jersey, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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, exciting, parody ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
corruption, heist, gunfight, ex cop, female bodybuilder, security guard, guard dog, friendship, justice, on the run, nothing goes right, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but ...
Style:
parody, spoof, entertaining, humorous, detective ...
Plot:
private detective, who done it, farce, investigation, sherlock holmes, comedy of errors, disorder, hidden identity, storytelling, doctor, actor, drunkenness ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, dark comedy, clever, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new york state, poland
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
private detective, murder, murder mystery, strong female lead, justice, strong female character, female detective, father daughter relationship, happy ending, investigation, who done it, uncover truth ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
chicago, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, funny, intense ...
Audience:
date night, kids, family outing
Plot:
sailing, summer vacation, underdog, rivalry, screwball, teenage girl, beach, air traffic controller, summer, friendship, on the road, nothing goes right ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
florida, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jesse and Chester, two bumbling stoners, wake up one morning from a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car. They encounter a variety of people while looking for it, including their angry girlfriends, an angry street gang, ...
Style:
not serious, funny, teen sex comedy, humorous, parody ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
stoner, stupidity, idiot, obsessive quest, teenager, cannabis, car, amnesia, dumb, friendship, ostrich, alien ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s, 2000s, y2k
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.
Style:
parody, not serious, humorous, spoof, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
amateur detective, friendship, investigation, children, murder, farce, absurdism, escapades, school, friends, bowling, stupidity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new hampshire, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Style:
detective, neo noir, funny, black comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
private detective, dark humor, satire, actor, thief, murder mystery, cheerleader, buddy, accidental killing, violent, buddy cop, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, year 1980, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, venice beach california, california, denver colorado, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, light, touching ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, happy ending, family values, child care, when the parents are away, parents and children, babysitter, fish out of water, respect, mischievous children, siblings relations, babysitting ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, minnesota, wisconsin, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After ...
Style:
funny, humorous, laugh out loud, absurd, road movie ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, teens
Plot:
road trip, dumb, dimwit, stupidity, buddies, toilet humor, parakeet, odd couple, friendship, bromance, misfit, travel ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place:
utah, rhode island, colorado, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Question is, are they ready to do battle with a band of graffiti-tagging terrorists? Time will tell, but ...
Style:
funny, humorous, slapstick comedy, slapstick, relaxing ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
police academy, public nudity, misfit, prank, police station, urban decay, destruction of property, police partner, criminal gang, undercover police officer, police officer, police captain ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his ...
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, entertaining, funny, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
buddies, law enforcement, wedding, buddy, police investigation, buddy cop, gangster, chase, justice, money laundering, robbery, rescue ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, seattle, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory.
Style:
humorous, funny, parody, light, talky ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
police corruption, weed, stupidity, stoner, dumb, prank, cop, drug dealing, dishonesty, buddies, small town, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Style:
suspenseful, detective, humorous, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
conspiracy, murder, fall in love, amateur detective, librarian, irreverence, music conductor, karate, police investigation, assassination plot, car chase, danger ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
san francisco, phoenix arizona, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
baseball, rags to riches, baseball player, millionaire, farce, hotel, inheritance, lawyer, childhood, photographer, black, heir ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lowly hotel clerk Matthew Welch stumbles unto a chance to go on a date with supermodel Hexina by pretending he is someone else. But something goes wrong on the date, she tries to kill him! Soon she kills a couple more people, and unfortunately all ...
Style:
parody, detective, realistic, humorous, not serious ...
Plot:
femme fatale, hotel, sex scene, female nudity, murder, mistaken identity, dark humor, dangerous attraction, voyeur, model, sexual attraction, psycho killer ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman ...
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, slapstick, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
camp, family vacation, bear, summer vacation, wilderness, teenage girl, brother brother relationship, holiday, father daughter relationship, rivalry, father son relationship, nothing goes right ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago, minnesota, usa, wisconsin, canada ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows strong and big - very big. With the grace of all Three Stooges rolled into one body, Haru is an ...
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, toddlers
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, fish out of water, amateur detective, dumb, satire, hotel, disguise, legend, obesity, fistfight, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
japan, beverly hills, usa, california, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up with his own tail, P.I. Stella Wynkowski, to clear things up.
Style:
laugh out loud, independent film, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
private detective, nightclub, mistaken identity, jealousy, manipulation, hidden identity, dishonesty, couple relations, love and romance, amateur detective, femme fatale, investigation ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Switzerland, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The Phantom' has returned and utilises all of his resources – himself and his Asian ...
Style:
slapstick, witty, humorous, laugh out loud, colorful ...
Plot:
farce, pink panther, spying, false accusation, resort, law enforcement, chase, fictional country, valet, assassination attempt, cat burglar, jewel thief ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, south of france, switzerland, cote d'azur ...
Similarity:
100%
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