Movies like Underworld 1996
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Underworld (1996)
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A crook sets out to get revenge on the thugs who hurt his father in this bloody noir-style crime drama. After being released from prison, Johnny Crown (Denis Leary) goes after Frank (Joe Mantegna), one of the mobsters involved in a series of Father's Day killings. But Johnny isn't certain Frank is responsible for his father's injuries and seeks help from a sex therapist (Annabella Sciorra) to make sure he's got the right man.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, funny, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, bloody, melancholic, surreal, absurd, scenic ...
Plot:
prison, gangsters, vengeance, catastrophe, werewolf, mafia, twists and turns, revenge, loneliness, violence, hitman, writers, assassin, obsession, betrayal, car chase, beautiful scenery, clones, weapons, hotel, gunfight, lone hero, fantasy world, destiny, brutality ...
Time:
90s
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Most similar movies to Underworld
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, cult film, melancholic and clever films with plots about storytelling, catastrophe, dialogue, mentor, brutality, gangsters and life philosophy mostly in Comedy, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Underworld: Curdled (1996), Mad Dog Time (1996), Once a Thief (1991), Homegrown (1998), The Alarmist (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Gabriella, a Columbian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. The current string of murders by "The Blue Blood Killer" of affluent Miami socialites provides her with fodder for her scrapbook of death. She lands a job with ...
Style:
disturbing, bloody, suspenseful, sexy, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, dark humor, cleaning lady, obsession, dangerous attraction, investigation, macabre, decapitation, death, violence, insanity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
miami, colombia, florida, usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.
Style:
campy, humorous, sexy, rough, allegory ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, violence, organized crime, betrayal, hitman, mental illness, mental institution, brutality, first contact, farce, fantasy world, dark hero ...
Time:
1930s, 90s
Place:
london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A Cherry Pontiac Lemans Convertible...Two Days...Two-Hundred & Fifty Grand. When your lemon lot hits the skids you glom the gig no matter what the smell. For Bob and Sid, two slicked-back burnouts, bum luck runs in spades. With a goose-egg ...
Style:
neo noir, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, melancholic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car, gangsters, dark humor, dystopic future, crime gone awry, computer game, existentialism, life philosophy, brutality, clones, mentor, multiple storylines ...
Time:
90s
Place:
latin america, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
John Woo directs this action-packed comedy that stars Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung and Cherie Chung as a trio of art thieves who grew up together as orphans under the tutelage of a cruel crime boss named Chow (Kenneth Tsang). Although Red Bean ...
Style:
stylized, humorous, visually appealing, sweet, romantic ...
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, heist, gunfight, chase, art thief, suspense, friendship, betrayal, violence, art, brutality ...
Time:
90s, year 1988
Place:
hong kong, china, british columbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know enough to run, taking with them enough of the crop to pay them for services rendered. Hooking up ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
weed, drug abuse, marijuana, drugs, murder, gunfight, mafia, greed, drug dealing, police investigation, corruption, drug addiction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, northern california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Movies similar to The Family
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman, and is an instant success. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers there's more to this business and his boss Heinrich than he previously suspected.
Style:
humorous, sexy, witty, light, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
satire, dark humor, runaway, wartime, shopping, writers, violence, vengeance, stupidity, revenge, life philosophy, happy ending ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A botched diamond burglary and a dead publishing company executive set off a string of murders and betrayal in this suspensful, nonstop thriller!
Style:
suspenseful, sexy, talky, surreal, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bdsm, redemption, first contact, catastrophe, geek, journalism, justice, life philosophy, fantasy world, environment, culture clash, writers ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Judge George (Harvey Keitel) brings his young wife, Nathalie (Cameron Diaz), to a remote island for a vacation. But while George accompanies their only neighbor -- Nathalie's childhood friend Lance (Craig Sheffer) -- on a fishing trip, Nathalie ...
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, light, funny, melancholic ...
Plot:
murder, boat, farce, twists and turns, suspense, investigation, beach house, vacation, couple relations, dishonesty, honeymoon, murder mystery ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of ...
Style:
humorous, light, intense, semi serious, clever ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
credit card, cons and scams, twists and turns, love and romance, dishonesty, criminal heroes, reluctant partners, investigation, gangsters, chase, african american, hip hop ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
While working on a documentary on his old neighborhood, a young film school graduate shifts the focus of his production onto the disappearance of a local resident and the strange characters who are conducting the search to find him.
Style:
funny, absurd, humorous, surreal, enigmatic ...
Plot:
friendship, eccentricity, dark humor, filmmaking, nothing goes right, disorder, school, gangsters, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, betrayal, runaway ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc (Michel Blanc) is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around ...
Style:
absurd, light, talky, melancholic, humorous ...
Plot:
french, dysfunctional family, self discovery, twins, disorder, actor's life, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, satire, cinema, writers, existentialism ...
Time:
90s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Dimwitted, somewhat misanthropic Oslo mail carrier Roy's quiet life changes dramatically on the day he steals a set of keys and lets himself into the apartment of a deaf woman who seems to be in trouble with a psychotic criminal. Though he ...
Style:
humorous, thought provoking, surreal, visually appealing, experimental ...
Plot:
dark humor, obsession, nude, hospital, runaway, finnish, irreverent, gangsters, islam, money, multiple storylines, voyeurism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
norway, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An executive (Dave Foley) after being passed over for a promotion to president storms into his office only to find the man who got the promotion dead. Assuming everyone will think he committed the crime he takes off as a fugitive...
Style:
witty, humorous, parody, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
chase, murder, crime gone awry, farce, hospital, runaway, satire, lone hero, greed, screwball, fantasy world, police investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, canada, latin america, harvard university, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Henderson Dores (Daniel Day Lewis), a New York based art dealer from England, travels to Georgia to persuade patriarch, Harry Dean Stanton, to sell a Monet previously thought lost.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, intense, sex comedy, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
culture clash, nude, mentor, runaway, catastrophe, existentialism, distopia, art, gangsters, fantasy world, redemption, police investigation ...
Time:
18th century, 80s
Place:
new york, georgia, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Nightclub manager Darnell Wright is a perpetual playboy who is almost as devoted to his job as he is to the pursuit of beautiful women. After he sets his sights on the ultra-classy Brandi Web, he launches an all-out assault to win her heart. ...
Style:
light, witty, romantic, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
farce, obsession, life philosophy, battle of the sexes, womanizer, unlikely friendships, dating, love and romance, wooing, dangerous attraction, couples, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia gets the best of him when he ...
Style:
talky, humorous, clever, witty, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
teacher, obsession, love and romance, writers, life philosophy, multiple storylines, mentor, relationships, redemption, sarcasm, unlikely friendships, gangsters ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, iowa, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, talky, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, betrayal, heist, murder, kidnapping, violence, money, death, twists and turns, criminal, nude ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, usa, palm springs california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Laura San Giacomo stars in this sexy comedy about adultery. When Nina's (San Giacomo) husband goes out of town for several weeks on a business trip, Nina hooks up with a photographer. Told from a reporter's point of view, his interviews ...
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, allegory, visually appealing, harsh ...
Plot:
infidelity, true love, love, male nudity, twists and turns, women, fight scenes, police investigation, plot twist, life philosophy, weapons, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Betty Lou is a librarian in a very small town. Her husband is a police detective who takes her for granted. Betty Lou is the ultimate mouse. After a gangland figure is mysteriously murdered in town, Betty Lou finds the murder weapon, but can't ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, parody, sweet, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
murder, police investigation, small town, gangsters, librarian, brutality, adaptation, redemption, doctors, obsession, runaway, culture clash ...
Time:
80s, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bobby O'Grady a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even ...
Style:
atmospheric, dark, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, betrayal, murder, vengeance, gang, police investigation, investigation, police corruption, witnessing a crime, criminal heroes, drug dealing, best friends ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, ireland, connecticut, massachusetts, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Movies similar to Money Talks
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, heist, robbery, twists and turns, cons and scams, casino, kidnapping, chase, disguise, court, crime gone awry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, idaho, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Crime, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Johnny Destiny burns into Las Vegas in his hot Plymouth RoadRunner, stopping only to pick up a stranger stranded in the desert. But then, things aren't always as they seem. Anything can happen in that town of many possibilities...especially ...
Style:
humorous, talky, stylized, entertaining, road movie ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, destiny, multiple storylines, brutality, expectant father, desert, disorder, criminal heroes, gang, on the run, partners ...
Place:
las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he ...
Style:
talky, witty, sexy, art house, thought provoking ...
Plot:
smoking, culture clash, friendship, nude, transformation, distopia, fantasy world, melancholy, childhood, dysfunctional family, mentor, solitude ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gangster Val reunites with his former partners in crime, Doc and Hirsch, for a night on the town. As the three men revisit old haunts, reflect on their ...
Style:
humorous, talky, semi serious, funny, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
aging, gangsters, friendship, gang, life philosophy, redemption, released from prison, mafia, criminal heroes, female nudity, partners in crime, moral dilemma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jonny dreams of leaving his dead-end job as a courier. Through his childhood best friend, nephew of the notorious crime lord Ray Kreed, he wins his way into the toughest gang in North London. Hungry for action, Jonny sparks a feud between Ray's ...
Style:
humorous, brutal, semi serious, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, heist, crime gone awry, police investigation, twists and turns, gang, gang war, friendship, rivalry, ambition, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Money Talks is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Brett Ratner. Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Style:
humorous, light, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, murder, frame up, media, mexican standoff, journalism, partners, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, buddies, gangsters, buddy ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia. Both he and the local priest find that the family jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set of twelve. They return separately ...
Style:
satirical, stylized, talky, philosophical, witty ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
farce, treasure hunt, road trip, corruption, betrayal, mentor, life philosophy, greed, brutality, twists and turns, adventurer, obsessive quest ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
russia, ussr, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit. Suddenly, an uninvited and unwelcome connection ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, witty, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
gangsters, chase, organized crime, kidnapping, vengeance, happy ending, betrayal, dentist, hitman, criminal heroes, killer, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Fred gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student Susie. Opposing Fred is Sgt Hoke Moseley, a cop who is getting a bit old for the job, ...
Style:
neo noir, harsh, bloody, stylized, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prostitute, psychopath, brutality, undercover cop, hitman, twists and turns, police detective, police corruption, loneliness, thief, strong sexual content, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
miami, florida, los angeles, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Ruben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - women in Santa Barbara. Ruben is devoted to Mona, but Robby is more devoted to her money. So when Mona leaves her fortune and estate to Ruben it starts ...
Style:
bad ending, entertaining, harsh, clever, visually appealing ...
Plot:
lawyer, twins, vengeance, suspense, greed, gangsters, first contact, fight scenes, farce, fantasy world, radio, destiny ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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