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The Wrong Box (1966)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other... or can be made to have seemed to do so!
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending, black comedy, offbeat
Audience:
kids
Plot:
murder, nothing goes right, queen of england, insurance, siblings relations, farce, comedy of errors, disorder, unfulfillment, cons and scams, victorian england, cemetery, railway, fugitive, redemption, dishonesty, serial killer, attorney, police officer, cat, cave, cannibalism, sword, orphan, neighbor ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1966
Place:
england, persia, europe, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and dark comedy films with plots about disorder, dishonesty, cons and scams, nothing goes right, farce, heist and crime gone awry mostly in Comedy, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Wrong Box: The Actors (2003), Hard Times (2009), Without a Clue (1988), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Crooks in Cloisters (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his character. He meets Barreller who he discovers owes someone he's never met a considerable sum ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
disguise, debt, debt collector, unlikely criminals, hidden identity, gangster, disorder, cons and scams, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, aging, castle ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, london, england
Similarity:
100%
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:
humorous, offbeat, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, bank robbery, victorian england, robbery, caper, female journalist, safecracker, crime gone awry, master criminal, dishonesty, odd couple ...
Time:
year 1976, victorian era, 19th century, 1890s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The village of Kilcoulins Leap was once a thriving spa town, and was home to a famous Holy Well, but now offers little by way of employment for its people, and its decline seems inexorable. When local Postie, Podger Byrnes, comes up with a plan to ...
Style:
sexy, not serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
comedy of errors, disorder, dishonesty, buddies, nothing goes right, social relations, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, passionate kiss, bare chested male, deadend life, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, ireland
Similarity:
48%
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
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48%
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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, rivalry, bet, competition, con men, casino, caper, cons and scams, twists and turns, farce, high society, deception ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
french riviera, france, south of france, arizona, riviera ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disused monastery off the Cornish coast, despite the fact that none of them really qualifies as a monk - ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous
Plot:
erotica, monastery, partner, cons and scams, gambling, heist, siblings relations, island, disorder, animal life, chases and races, on the run ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An irreverent comedy is set in motion when Leon Geller, a sensitive Jewish boy from London, accidentally learns that his is the product of artificial insemination.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, sitcom ...
Plot:
farm, satire, family relations, dark humor, disorder, self discovery, nothing goes right, family life, life turned upside down, breeding, parents and children, fish out of water ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, london, yorkshire
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.
Style:
buddy comedy, semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, nothing goes right, hitman, gambling, gangster, buddies, frame up, criminal heroes, goofy hero, dishonesty, cons and scams, siblings relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard. The story unfolds as the monk ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, tense, offbeat, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, hotel, murder, dark humor, family relations, isolation, priest, murderer, killing, serial murder, satire, thief ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
france
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Joe McBeth is a hard-working but unambitious doofus who toils at a hamburger stand alongside his wife Pat, who has much smarter. Pat believes she could do better with the place than their boss Norm is doing, so she plans to usurp Norm, convincing ...
Style:
humorous, parody, dark comedy, black comedy, disturbing ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, shakespeare, murder, crime gone awry, food, eccentricity, disorder, police detective, nothing goes right, couple relations, goofy hero, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 2001, 1930s, 18th century
Place:
pennsylvania, nova scotia, bosnia, europe, former yugoslavia ...
Similarity:
46%
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, witty, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, prisoner, escape, anti hero, partner, disorder, friends, troublemaker, buddies, nothing goes right, confined ...
Time:
year 1979, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, political ...
Plot:
cons and scams, cold war, disorder, dark humor, technology gone awry, nothing goes right, chase, greed, satire, aggression, arms deal, aviation ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Similarity:
46%
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:
partner, friendship, buddies, disorder, cons and scams, undercover, nothing goes right, unfulfillment, police officer, escapades, rivalry, friends ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any interest from the girl, the police take a great interest ...
Style:
neo noir, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
drug dealing, seaside, undercover agent, partner, gangster, disorder, couples, mistaken identity, farce, frame up, sexual relations, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s, 20th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.
Style:
sexy, light, entertaining, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
heist, caper, perfect crime, collector, revenge, art theft, art, forgery, crime gone awry, farce, greed, stereotypes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house specialising in crime novels. One day, she invites all of her boyfriends to her birthday dinner so ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, dark humor, disorder, looking for love, thirty something, writers, misfit, freak, dinner, gory, blood ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks. This upset's the natural order of the police/criminal ...
Style:
black comedy, black and white, dark comedy, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, espionage, robbery, impostor, police officer, disguise, bank robber, gangster, gang, police investigation, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
scotland yard, london, europe, england
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two British conmen in Chicago are mistaken for hired hitmen by mobsters wanting to rub out a rival gangster. Keen to make a fast buck, they pretend they are the hitmen but soon find they get more than they bargained for when the real ones turn up.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, captivating, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nothing goes right, hidden identity, fall in love, mistaken identity, heist, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, rivalry, criminal heroes, hitman ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.
Style:
talky, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
murder, parole officer, police corruption, love and romance, partner, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, law enforcement, female police officer, policewoman, warden, passionate kiss ...
Place:
england, northern england, europe, manchester, london
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Style:
dark comedy, witty, humorous, talky, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, gangster, psychopath, screenwriter, dog, murder, serial killer, crime gone awry, mob boss, strong violent content, buddies, violent ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, year 1947, year 1963, year 1954 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, united kingdom, america, usa ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.
Style:
humorous, clever, dark comedy, black comedy, cult classic ...
Plot:
dark humor, nothing goes right, kidnapping, murder, snow, disorder, comedy of errors, down on your luck, held captive, life insurance, frozen body, winter ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa, minnesota
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 ...
Style:
parody, not serious, realistic, clever, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, caper, robbery, car chase, jewel theft, partner, cons and scams, frame up, mistaken identity, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 70s
Place:
london, england, europe, antwerp
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.
Style:
witty, black comedy, dark comedy, light, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
murder, serial killer, family problems, dysfunctional family, religion, insanity, village, family values, clergy, small town, illicit affair, lust ...
Time:
year 2005, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
england, california, london
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corpse, kidnapping, disorder, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, down on your luck, love, partner, criminal heroes, buddies, cons and scams ...
Place:
texas, latin america, usa, mexico
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her ...
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, crime drama, independent film, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
african american, femme fatale, black, urban, moll, racial slur, blaxploitation, anti racism, shootout, gold, transvestism, gangster ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
new york, columbus ohio, harlem, harlem, new york city, usa ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Iceland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Since his mother wants to watch TV, Axel, a young auto-mechanic, must recover her remote control, accidentally taken by his punk sister Maja. During his quest, he becomes involved in the conflict between Moli, the liquor smuggler, and Aggi, a night ...
Style:
cult classic, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
gangster, nothing goes right, gang, disorder, rock, missing person, farce, remote control, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friend, hustler, twenty something ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iceland, europe, reykjavik iceland
Similarity:
44%
694
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the play by 'Joe Orton' this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately (?) one of them works in a funeral parlour and they have a coffin to spare.
Style:
lgbt cinema, semi serious, realistic, cynical, offbeat ...
Plot:
friendship between men, male star appears nude, homoerotic friendship, money, homoeroticism, father son relationship, male friendship, nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair, male nudity, caper ...
Time:
60s
Place:
brighton, london
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing her house, she decides to use her talent for ...
Style:
feel good, funny, sexy, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
marijuana, drug dealer, small town, weed, drug dealing, family problems, cannabis, female protagonist, farce, police investigation, twists and turns, drug ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
england, cornwall, london, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
Style:
black comedy, humorous, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, dark humor, unlikely criminals, comedy of errors, crime gone awry, manipulation, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, snow, winter, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, wisconsin
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, raunchy comedy, funny, hilarious ...
Plot:
kidnapping, videotaped sex, greed, extramarital affair, husband wife relationship, farce, businessman, misunderstanding, ransom, revenge, fashion, stockholm syndrome ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles, seattle, santa monica california
Similarity:
44%
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