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The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)
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The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A sinister tale of genius gone wrong, The Young Poisoner's Handbook chronicles a young man's descent into madness against the absurd backdrop of suburban English life. Hugh O'Conor plays Graham Young, a schoolboy from the London suburbs whose deadly obsession with toxic substances causes him to dabble in experimental murder.
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, offbeat, humorous, witty, black comedy, depressing, horror comedy, clever, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: serial killer, murder, true crime, psychology, killer, dysfunctional family, mental disorder, past, mental institution, psychiatrist, stepmother, evil child, serial murder, poison, british pub, family relations, death by poison, friendship, youth, friends, parents and children, love and romance, teenage life, family problems, death in the family ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, 70s, 1960s, 1990s
Place: london

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and dark comedy films with plots about murder, deadly, dark humor, serial killer, family relations, parents and children and psychopath mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like The Young Poisoner's Handbook: The Deathmaker (1995), Nurse Betty (2000), Clay Pigeons (1998), The Child I Never Was (2002), Keeping Mum (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Deathmaker (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Fritz Haarmann, who has killed at least 27 boys, is questioned by a psychology professor in order to find out whether he is sane and can be held responsible for his crimes. During this interrogation Haarmann reveals his motives and his killing ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, investigation, society, courtroom drama, mental institution, confined, cannibalism, gay, killer, dismemberment ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: germany
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100%
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Nurse Betty (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, light, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: happy ending, murder, medical, psychology, hospital, memory loss, delusion, losing-it hero, obsessive quest, road trip, mental illness, killer ...
Time: y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, kansas, usa, kansas city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
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Clay Pigeons (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with ...
Style: dark comedy, clever, humorous, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot: serial killer, dark humor, desert, murder, sex scene, investigation, infidelity, waitress, nude, coming of age, killer, making love ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Child I Never Was (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A serial killer dispassionately discusses the nuts and bolts of his grisly avocation, as well as the youthful traumas which helped to mold him into a psychopath, in this disturbing independent drama from Germany, based on the true story of of ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, serious, bleak, art house ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: pedophilia, pedophile, sexual obsession, sexual predator, youth, murder, coming of age, psychopath, investigation, sexual abuse, serial killer, brutality ...
Time: year 1976, year 1962, year 1966, 21st century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Keeping Mum (2005)
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: dark comedy, black comedy, witty, light, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: murder, dysfunctional family, serial killer, family problems, religion, insanity, village, family values, clergy, small town, lust, church ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: england
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100%
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River's Edge (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth, their reactions ...
Style: disturbing, independent film, cult classic, grim, creepy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenager, high school, coming of age, murder, serial killer, small town, drug abuse, violence, death, drug, strangulation, juvenile delinquency ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: oregon, california, usa, portland oregon
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100%
Raising Jeffrey Dahmer (2006)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture
Style: serious, tense, realistic, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, family relations, psychopath, human nature, family problems, parents and children, haunted by the past, biopic, father son relationship, gay, cannibal ...
Time: 80s, 60s, 70s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: usa
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24%
Six Ways to Sunday (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Norman Reedus stars as Harry Odum, a henpecked, 18-year-old momma's boy in Youngstown, Ohio, who -- with his violent temper -- impresses a local boss of the Jewish Mafia. Soon he's found his calling as a hit man alongside his crack addict ...
Style: disturbing, talky, intense, humorous, biting ...
Plot: hitman, dark humor, coming of age, sex with mother, police corruption, depression, family relations, parents and children, self discovery, suburban life, rise and fall, criminal heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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That Day (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A father (Michel Piccoli) is scheming to have his slightly mental daughter from an earlier marriage (Elsa Zylberstein) killed by allowing a murderous psychopath (Bernard Giraudeau) to be released from the asylum and led to his house. However, the ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, mind bending, witty ...
Plot: murder, family in crisis, serial killer, family problems, family life, hitman, couples, double murder, mental illness, obsession, mental disorder, dark humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Two-Bit Waltz (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Suspension from school, the loss of a friend, a broken heart and lack of inspiration lead to Maude's downfall in this romp through teenage error. Your teenage years are never easy… but for Maude, things couldn't be worse. Within one ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Plot: siblings relations, dysfunctional family, teenage love, teenage life, family life, family relations, best friend, parents and children, eccentric family, love and romance, family problems, suicide ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Butcher Boy (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, black comedy, depressing, psychological ...
Plot: mental illness, dysfunctional family, friendship, childhood, murder, coming of age, sexual abuse, bullying, altar boy, insanity, boarding school, transformation ...
Time: year 1997, 60s, 50s, 20th century
Place: ireland, europe
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20%
 7.4
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Trust (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.
Style: independent film, dark comedy, surreal, cult classic, talky ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, love and romance, age difference, coming of age, bittersweet, dark humor, redemption, age-gap relationship, women, young heroes, drifter, troubled youth ...
Time: 90s, year 1990, 80s, 20th century
Place: long island, usa, new york
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20%
Intimate Relations (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young merchant marine turns up in an English coastal town looking for a brother he barely knows. When his brother's wife rebukes him he takes up with the Beasley family. However, soon the mother and daughter are chasing and ending up in the ...
Style: erotic, realistic, semi serious, biting, disturbing ...
Plot: age difference, elderly lovers, love and romance, older woman younger man relationship, doomed love, age-gap relationship, dysfunctional family, infidelity, dangerous attraction, obsession, couple relations, orphan ...
Time: year 1996, 50s, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.4
 44K
Man Bites Dog (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and ...
Style: dark comedy, mockumentary, black comedy, disturbing, black and white ...
Plot: serial killer, rape, murder, brutality, found footage, gory, society, satire, rape and revenge, manipulation, macabre, visceral ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place: europe, brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
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Bastard Brood (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Sylvette, a sassy waitress, Sandro, a macho guy, Sophie, a shy bourgeoisie, and Susan, an American actress, do not know each other and do not have much in common. However, they all have the same father, a scammer named Julius.
Style: semi serious, realistic, mind bending, cynical, humorous ...
Plot: family relations, murder, half brother half sister relationship, violent content, feminism, opposites attract, love and romance, serial killer, dark humor, couples, courtroom, siblings relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: brussels, belgium, paris france, brussels belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Killer Housewives (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In Madrid, Azu's husband Filipe is smug and boorish, but it's his money she slips to family members constantly in need of cash and that she uses to buy gifts for her lover, Pablo. Things start to fall apart when Pablo wants to leave her ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexual, offbeat
Plot: murder, paranoia, love triangle, couples, family problems, psychopath, love and romance, housewife, dark humor, mentally challenged, husband wife relationship, health ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Two Shots Fired (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Chile, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story: One early morning, at the beginning of a very hot summer, Mariano, a sixteen-year-old teenager, returns home, jumps into the pool and does some laps with a stopwatch. Then he gets out and mows the lawn, where he accidentally cuts the mower’s power ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, disturbing, humorous, offbeat
Plot: friendship, family relations, teenage life, youth, parents and children, dark humor, boy, siblings relations, friends, urban, house, gun
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance ...
Style: detective, dark comedy, clever, suspenseful, spooky ...
Plot: serial killer, disguise, police investigation, jewish mother, murder, killer, politics, nypd, police, police officer, theater, cat and mouse ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Heads (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A proofreader at a small-town newspaper decides to try to solve a series of decapitation murders, and reluctantly gets involved with the nutty daughter of his editor. Before long he discovers that he is the prime suspect in the murders.
Style: dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, parody, suspenseful ...
Plot: small town, newspaper, decapitation, serial killer, murder, media, journalism, law enforcement, social relations, dark humor, psychopath, who done it ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Jack (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Delving deep into the soul of one of Austria’s most infamous real-life convicts, Jack is a fascinating, unprejudiced look at the path to redemption and the obstacles that bar the way.
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense
Plot: serial killer, killer, murderer, serial murder, murder, society, going straight, ex convict, prisoner, danger, dishonesty, true crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austria
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Jerry and Tom (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs a lot. It shows when Tom is required to kill his ...
Style: talky, witty, humorous, clever, non-linear ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, assassin, killer, dark humor, murder, gangster, contract killer, professional, couple relations, dishonesty, hidden identity, odd couple ...
Time: 80s, year 1998
Place: usa, chicago
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18%
American Girl (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A pregnant teenager is determined to leave her trailer park home with the hope of living a happy family life.
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, twisted, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: dysfunctional family, pregnant teenager, parents and children, family problems, family gatherings, teenage life, dark humor, youth, single parent, coming of age, human nature, siblings relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Next Door (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Matt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbours whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud errupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.
Style: slapstick, cynical, biting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: feud, neighbor, prank, professor, terror, disorder, family relations, dark humor, couples, contests and competitions, human nature, society ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Shakes the Clown (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he ...
Style: humorous, dark comedy, disturbing, stylized, talky ...
Plot: clown, murder, false accusation, rescue, addiction, alcoholism, drinking, murder mystery, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, nothing goes right, disorder, alcoholic ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Three and Out (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A London tube driver considers pursuing a third fatal accident to collect a huge payout.
Style: realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, clever ...
Plot: friendship, terminal illness, teenage life, cons and scams, writer's life, friends, dark humor, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, kinky sex, unfulfillment, unlikely friendships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london, liverpool
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Serial Lover (1998)
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: serial killer, murder, dark humor, disorder, looking for love, thirty something, writers, dinner, misfit, freak, gory, blood ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 4.9
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Hoods (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Angelo, together with a group of five other people, is ordered by his father, an Italian mobster, to kill the son of an enemy of his, who has destroyed one of his buildings with a bomb. The problems grow bigger when they discover that the person ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mobster, child in peril, gangster, criminal heroes, introspection, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, buddies, disorder ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 6.7
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Panic (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He ...
Style: dark comedy, psychological, bleak, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, midlife crisis, therapy, family business, character study, psychologist, infidelity, love affair, crumbling marriage, going straight, fall in love, family problems ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Last Supper (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, witty, intense, disturbing ...
Plot: politics, sexism, death, dinner, culture clash, vigilante, serial killer, murder, assassination, brainwashing, justice, propaganda ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Double Whammy (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Ray Pluto has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the "loser cop." His partner is starting to seem suspiciously attracted to him. A pair of screenwriters across the hall keep bugging him for help. The superintendent of his ...
Style: humorous, suspense, entertaining, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: murder, violence, serial killer, adaptation, investigation, couple relations, police detective, law enforcement, doctors and patients, power relations, hitman, heist ...
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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