Movies like On the Run 1999

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On the Run (1999)
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On the Run (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Portugal, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from prison, Albert's quiet existence is permanently disrupted. what ensues is one long, crazy night in New York that will change both their lives forever.
Style: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, biting, black comedy, dark comedy, suspense
Plot: escape, vampire, prison, dark humor, friendship, friends, fugitives, best friend, chases and races, urban, on the run, nothing goes right, city life, partner, disorder, card playing, escaped prisoner, travel agent, blood transfusion, best friends, crime, escaped convict, crimes
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york
Keyword: portuguese, partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and independent film films with plots about disorder, nothing goes right, partner, friends, buddies, dishonesty and friendship mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like On the Run: We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992), That's What She Said (2012), Doing Time (1979), Cold Dog Soup (1990), Boys Don't Cry (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: mobster, scam, sting operation, politician, mafia, get rich quick scheme, gangster, partner, violent content, best friend, disorder, friends ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
That's What She Said (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Longtime best friends Bebe and DeeDee are both wrestling with love. Bebe has met someone new and is in the exuberant phase of a budding romance. DeeDee is trying to move on from someone she can’t forget – mostly in destructive ways. As Bebe ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good ...
Plot: best friend, city life, friends, singleness, twentysomething life, nothing goes right, disorder, lifestyle, strong female presence, friendship, friendship between men, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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 ⇓
65%
Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The last wish of the dying "Monk" is for his foster child, Harald, to find his real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, bank robbery, gang, fugitives, parents and children, prison, disorder, dark humor, criminal heroes, partner, father son relationship, nordic ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: europe, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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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 ⇓
63%
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Cold Dog Soup (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Randy Quaid as the taxi driver drives Zen parables (Is time money - Is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger/protegee in a high-speed, idiosyncratic tour of their city's ethnic coteries. All the boy wants is to dispose of his ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: nothing goes right, love and romance, supernatural ability, city life, urban, disorder, wizards and magicians, taxi, dark humor, dog, night
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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
Place: poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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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 ⇓
54%
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Sour Grapes (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Richie, a sneaker sole designer, and his cousin Evan, a brain surgeon, are spending this weekend with their girlfriends in Atlantic City. When one of them ends up with a $436,000 jackpot, sour grapes is what results. Even though Richie uses two ...
Style: humorous, intense, semi serious, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot: gambling, casino, greed, friendship, unlikely friendships, stupidity, partner, dishonesty, nothing goes right, change of luck, dark humor, vengeance ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: new jersey, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, bulgaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Leon the Pig Farmer (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 104 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, offbeat, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: farm, satire, nothing goes right, self discovery, family relations, disorder, dark humor, strong sexual content, breeding, life turned upside down, parents and children, fish out of water ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, yorkshire, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Pete Smalls Is Dead (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.
Style: realistic, humorous, not serious, cynical, dark comedy ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, odd couple, showbiz, hollywood, friends, disorder, buddies, profanity, society, death, friend
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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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 ⇓
48%
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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 ⇓
46%
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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 ⇓
46%
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Sticky Fingers (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two dippy roommates, struggling musicians Lolly and Hattie are asked by a drug-dealing friend-of-a-friend Diane to baby-sit a bag containing nearly a million dollars while she scoots out of town in order to avoid trouble. Once the money is in their ...
Style: independent film, slapstick, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: best friend, profanity, stash, strong female presence, city life, friends, disorder, screwball, chases and races, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, on the run ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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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 ⇓
44%
A Fork in the Road (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An escaped convict and a woman ponder what to do with a not-quite-dead body.
Style: semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot: on the run, murder, kidnapping, convict, escape, partner, chases and races, odd couple, danger, nothing goes right, confined, missing person ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 ⇓
43%
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A Piece of the Action (1977)
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But ...
Style: action comedy, black comedy, detective, independent film, semi serious ...
Plot: blaxploitation, black, african american, urban, disco, ghetto, train, partner, gangster, escape, cons and scams, friendship ...
Time: year 1976, year 1975, 70s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Ruby & Quentin (2003)
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 ...
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, inspirational, tricky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison escape, buddies, prison, unlikely partners, buddy, partner, runaway, odd couple, criminal heroes, bank robbery, friendship, police investigation ...
Time: 2000s, year 2003
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Mystics (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, black comedy, dark comedy
Plot: elderly, cons and scams, partner, buddies, nothing goes right, dark humor, seance, scam, senior citizen, gangster, con artists, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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The Dope (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their way to Paris to begin careers as recording artists, the pair stumbles across a potent type of ...
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good, light ...
Plot: drug dealing, friends, partner, misfit partners, buddies, nothing goes right, chase, chases and races, drug abuse, disorder, silly humor, marijuana ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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The Escape (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The lawyer is visiting a prison to meet with a violent criminal who has been condemned to death. During the visit, things turn bad, there is a riot where prisoners escape and the criminal escapes taking a lawyer hostage.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: escape, on the run, murder, disorder, society, fugitives, politics, nothing goes right, legal, dishonesty, chases and races, confined ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Snowman's Land (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When the wife of a crime boss is accidentally killed, the hit man who was hired to protect the remote house in which she was living tries to keep her death under wraps. Fearing vengeance from the gangster, he's soon locked in a fight for ...
Style: suspenseful, humorous, serious, cynical, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: crime gone awry, nothing goes right, hitman, twists and turns, danger, disorder, mission gone awry, dark humor, winter, violent content, mountain, wife ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Cold Feet (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The leader of a group of misfits, his girlfriend and an assassin have devised a bizarre plan to smuggle stolen jewelry over the US/Mexican border. They implant the jewelry in a racing horse.
Style: independent film, cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: rock, hitman, psychopath, disorder, down on your luck, cons and scams, dishonesty, on the run, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, partner, criminal ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Living Wake (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: “The Living Wake” is a dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew, has one day to live. He has enlisted his best and only friend, Mills Joquin, to take him around on a bicycle powered ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, sentimental ...
Plot: nothing goes right, friends, odd couple, lifestyle, dark humor, partner, performer's life, misfit partners, hopes, daydreamer, social relations, last wish ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.2
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Pros & Cons (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Framed for crimes they didn't commit, two small-timers are headed up the river without a paddle. Now, the only thing that can bail them out is a case of mistaken identity. It's the hysterical prison comedy that's so funny, it's ...
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: prison, gang, escape, hostage, profanity, partner, cons and scams, frame up, prison life, embezzlement, mistaken identity, injustice ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.2
 6K
Grilled (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Two meat salesmen (Romano, James) will stop at nothing to get a sale.
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: nothing goes right, fall in love, dishonesty, friendship, buddies, disorder, hitman, workplace situations, farce, cooking and food, salesman, meat ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.0
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Off Beat (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: law enforcement, impersonating a police officer, love and romance, switching roles, friendship, disorder, mistaken identity, police officer, misfit, contests and competitions, fish out of water, partner ...
Time: year 1986, 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.7
 30K
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 ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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