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Pros & Cons (1999)
457
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 criminal!
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious
Plot:
prison, gang, escape, hostage, master criminal, prison life, frame up, injustice, gays and lesbians, vengeance, rivalry, confined, mistaken identity, embezzlement, partners, disorder, dishonesty, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, gay, native american, nazi, racial tension, black man ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and not serious films with plots about disorder, dishonesty, criminal heroes, partners, cons and scams, heist and prison mostly in Comedy, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Pros & Cons: Framed (1990), Back by Midnight (2004), Teresa's Tattoo (1994), The Curse of Inferno (1997), The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A painter is accused of art-forging. He thinks his girlfriend betrayed him, so it's time for revenge.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, humorous
Plot:
frame up, performer's life, graphic violence, disorder, partners, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, forgery, criminal's revenge, rivalry, unlikely partners, cons and scams ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's dishonest owner by having four inmates break out and plan a department store robbery to spruce up the prison's faculties.
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, captivating
Plot:
prison, criminal heroes, odd couple, prison life, nothing goes right, buddies, confined, misfit, heist, cons and scams, fish out of water, warden ...
Place:
usa
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84%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mathematician Teresa just wanted to study during the College spring break. But her friends, who want her to live a little, drag her out to parties. The next thing she knows, she has been drugged, kidnapped, made a redhead, tattooed, and wearing ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
fbi, ransom, kidnapping, beach, space travel, cons and scams, college, down on your luck, missing person, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A rather dull minded bank robber suddenly suffers from a change of heart and decides to give the money back. However, he then learns that getting the money back into the bank is much more difficult than taking it out.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
babies and infants, heist, criminal heroes, cons and scams, beach, bank, crime gone awry, disorder, couples, wooing, partners, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A kidnapped mobster (Vittorio De Sica) persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, humorous, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, heist, kidnapping, train robbery, exploitation, mafia, disorder, gang, goofy hero, criminal's revenge, rivalry, betrayal ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, europe, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Dewey (Tim Conway) and Wallace (Chuck McCann) are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison inmates to find out where a gang of thieves have hidden their loot. While they're undercover, however, the governor ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, parody, not serious, humorous ...
Plot:
prison, prison escape, farce, disorder, partners, undercover, criminal heroes, confined, prison life, small town, small town life, working undercover ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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, humorous, clever
Plot:
prison, escape, disorder, friends, troublemaker, confined, buddies, intrigue, nothing goes right, partners, prison life, farce
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
scam, sting operation, mafia, politician, bandit, get rich quick scheme, friends, disorder, cons and scams, friendship, on the run, best friends ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Swede (Marlon Brando), a prison warden, rules his family and his prison with an iron hand in one of the coldest parts of North Dakota. When an inmate dies under mysterious circumstances, however, the FBI sends in agent Karen Polarski (Mira ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, suspenseful
Plot:
prison, fbi, partners, government agency, cons and scams, heroes, confined, criminal heroes, dishonesty, special agents, friends, heist ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant comeback.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
hollywood, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, elderly, dishonesty, gangsters, criminal heroes, disorder, heist, cons and scams, filmmaking ...
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The movie begins with the Jönsson gang making a minor burglary. It goes wrong and the gang leader, Sickan, gets caught. After he has spent 10 months in jail, Vanheden and Rocky come to welcome him when he's released. But he doesn't take ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
heist, criminal, disorder, safecracker, master criminal, gang, partners, criminal's revenge, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
europe, sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A sequel to "Vabank" (1981), introduces the same characters entangled in a duel between a former safecracker and a crooked bank manager.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, thief, interwar period, hitman, heist, disorder, polish, criminal's revenge, betrayal, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, vengeance ...
Time:
1930s, pre world war two
Place:
europe, poland, warsaw poland, switzerland, zurich switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A waitress (Rosanna Arquette), a barman (David Bowie) and an underwear designer (Eszter Balint) try to rob a New York restaurant where two of them work.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, clever, offbeat
Plot:
food, deaf, robbery, escape artist, couples, disorder, cooking and food, love and romance, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, opposites attract, heist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A dimwitted thug encounters a strung-out, suicidal young woman and an unlikely relationship develops as they work together to make a break for new horizons.
Style:
campy, surreal, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, mafia, criminal, hard rock, drug dealing, lgbt, injustice, tough heroes, disorder, going straight, criminal heroes, love and romance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Sickan has a new plan. This time, the gang are going to steal a small computer micro chip which contains...
Style:
not serious, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous
Plot:
heist, disorder, cons and scams, farce, gang, criminal heroes, dishonesty, partners, master criminal, silly humor, gold bar, swedish police ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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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, semi serious, realistic, offbeat
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, prison, bank robbery, prison escape, female journalist, safecracker, journalism, nothing goes right, dishonesty, partners, criminal heroes, master criminal ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
parody, not serious, realistic, witty, clever ...
Audience:
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Plot:
gangsters, silly humor, hitman, disorder, psychopath, cons and scams, partners, dishonesty, clergy, coffee, memory, diabetes ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ben is a small-time gangster who gets the opportunity to earn a lot of money. His boss sends him to a remote ranch with bag full of drugs and orders him to wait for the buyer. But the routine drug deal turns to disaster because of Ben’s ...
Style:
erotic, semi serious, realistic, humorous, suspenseful
Plot:
sex scene, making love, desert, prostitute, gangsters, disorder, bowling, mate swapping, farm, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, drug dealing ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.
Style:
parody, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
prison, boxing, wrongful imprisonment, ethnic stereotype, reformatory, society, confined, dishonesty, criminal heroes, frame up, false accusation, prison life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, exciting
Plot:
retirement home life, heist, down on your luck, friendship, unlikely criminals, elderly, disorder, retirement, mistaken identity, cons and scams, vengeance, nothing goes right ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Romantic comedy which has Barney Lincoln and Angel McGinnis as a pair of amorous adventurers in the gambling places of London and the Riviera. Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer because ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, stylized, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, poker, con artists, wedding, couples, mate swapping, disorder, rivalry, unlikely criminals, partners, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and sentenced to six months imprisonment. To win the respect of his fellow inmates, he claims he is "The Marquis," a brilliant robber whose identity has ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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, feel good, witty, buddy movie ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, jail, wrongful conviction, buddy, convict, injustice, cell mate, bank robbery, lawyer, on the road, fish out of water ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A university researcher is fired because of the cuts to university. To earn a living he decides to produce drugs recruiting his former colleagues, who despite their skills are living at the margins of society.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny, sexy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, exciting, rough
Plot:
heist, locksmith, gangsters, con artists, farce, escape, rivalry, cons and scams, tough heroes, dishonesty, prison life, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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, partners, father son relationship, bully ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Portugal, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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:
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Place:
new jersey, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After a long time of bad luck, the little criminal Tony and his gang successfully rob one of Brink's security transport, taking $30,000. Surprisingly their coup doesn't make the press. Curious Tony checks out their headquarters and finds ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, master criminal, dishonesty, gang, cons and scams, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, rivalry, partners, forgery, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
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Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Criminal trio strike at furniture store, discover a secret network for shipping computers to the Soviet Union.
Style:
semi serious, not serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
heist, disorder, criminal heroes, master criminal, partners, dishonesty, farce, cons and scams, silly humor, chinese restaurant, submarine, diver ...
Time:
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