Movies like The Xango from Baker Street
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The Xango from Baker Street (2001)
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Original name: O Xangô de Baker Street
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Rio de Janeiro, 1886. A precious Stradivarius violin presented to Emperor Dom Pedro II is stolen. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to solve the case.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
Plot:
sleuth, treasure hunt, investigation, teamwork, private detective, actress, lost treasure, satire, private investigator, private investigation, hidden treasure, crime solving, uncover truth, serial killer, sherlock holmes, female nudity, female full frontal nudity, mystery
Time:
1880s
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, entertaining, satirical and semi serious films with plots about satire, investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, sleuth, teamwork and crime investigation mostly in Comedy, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Xango from Baker Street: Father Son Therapy (2016), Four Women and a Funeral (2005), To Catch the Uncatchable (2004), Psych 3: This Is Gus (2021), Murders at BarLume (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A cop and his son have to put away their differences while undercover on a therapeutic trip.
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, feel good, semi serious
Plot:
father son relationship, father and son, parents and children, teamwork, satire, uncover truth, family relations, investigation, police investigation, fighting crime, sleuth, police officer ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 45 min.
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Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall is an Austrian crime television series, first aired on the Austrian television channel "ORF eins" in 2005. The show also aired in Switzerland on "SF1", in Germany on RTL Crime and on the ...
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satirical, entertaining, captivating, humorous, semi serious
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min.
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A sitcom centering around the genius CID Mok Tsok Tung and Vivi Lee Wai Wai, an insurance agent.
Style:
satirical, captivating, feel good, entertaining, semi serious
Plot:
fighting crime, crime solving, teamwork, crime investigation, unlikely hero, police investigation, uncover truth, satire, investigation
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the future of his career.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
teamwork, clairvoyance, police detective, con trick, forensics, investigation, sleuth, best friends, crime investigation, friends, escapades, relationship vs career ...
Time:
future
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73%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
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Story:
Massimo is a graduate in mathematics who, after winning a Totocalcio board, buys the BarLume and becomes the surly barman. Invariably Massimo finds himself investigating, in every episode, some crimes that take place in his town on the Tuscan ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious, disturbing, satirical
Plot:
investigation, police, bartender, police investigation, uncover truth, satire, sleuth, private investigation, teamwork, bar
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Finland
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Veteran police lieutenant Kontio will have to work closely with a new partner, a much younger female officer Parmas. Small Town Police Department of Valkeakoski, Finland, will never be the same.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, satirical, semi serious, entertaining
Plot:
police, police investigation, police detective, police partner, police officer, sleuth, workplace, forensics, uncover truth, investigation, teamwork, satire ...
Time:
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Place:
finland
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69%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: China
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Shanghai, 1927. A deduction genius pairs up with a detective and a newspaper reporter to solve mysterious cases.
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entertaining, satirical, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
investigation, friendship, murder, crime investigation, murder investigation, genius, forensics, police investigation, reporter, uncover truth, private investigator, police detective ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When their family patriarch is stabbed, seven women, each with ulterior motives, become trapped together in a mansion to solve the puzzle of his murder. This is the Italian remake of François Ozon's 8 Women.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, entertaining, disturbing, satirical
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A comic book storekeeper, Dae-man, and the legendary homicide detective, Tae-su, who met on previous case quit their jobs to open a private detective agency.
Style:
tense, disturbing, humorous, captivating
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 33 min.
TV show
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Eccentric detective Terry Seattle teams up with clueless celebrity guest stars to investigate a series of murders in this improvisational crime comedy.
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funny, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Dino craft practice tattoos, Bruna is a beautician; their studies are facing each other. They learn of a mysterious treasure hidden in a chair that belonged to a woman now dead.
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
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Story:
Tsukiko Otonashi is a fashionista who is too beautiful to be a detective.
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Plot:
private detective, female detective, puzzle, uncover truth, investigation, escapades, sleuth, urban legend, crime investigation, satire, crime solving, fighting crime ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hungary
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Hungary's favorite influencers arrive at a prestigious awards ceremony in Tihany to find out who has become the most successful videographer of the year. During the award ceremony, after the shooting of a faulty confetti cannon, the winner ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jack Palmer is a Paris-based detective with a huge ego. Ange Leoni is a rebel native of Corsica whose location can't be pinned down by even the most dogged of detectives. Approached by an obscure, small-time attorney and charged with the ...
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Plot:
private detective, island, hotshot hero, dishonesty, missing person, sleuth, satire, humour, disappearance, private investigator, investigation, spy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
corsica
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44%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Miami Bici is the story of Ion and Ilie, two young people from a small dark city in Romania who go to Miami in the middle of winter, to live both the "American Dream" and the Romanian dream of "getting rich quick". Once there, ...
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A broke mechanic turns a bank loan denial into an impromptu robbery that puts him on the run with his best friend and a starlet they hold hostage.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the comedy ' undercover ' is to be Denmark's worst police officer Muhammed on his first undercover mission. The only problem is that it is small and Rikke love the Thursday before Christmas. But instead of Christmas tree and gifts ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
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Story:
Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed.
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Place:
japan
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41%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The plan of three small-time pickpockets to pull the heist of their lives during Christmas, posing as elves in a Christmas show in one of the most exclusive shopping centers in the city where they will collect private information from some wealthy ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
A gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and help to foil an audacious robbery.
Style:
captivating, tense
Plot:
sherlock holmes, sleuth, street kid, accused of murder, murder investigation, private detective, crime investigation, private investigation, homicide detective, murder mystery, crime solving, uncover truth ...
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34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
New York 1959. I tre gangster Al, John e Jack hanno il compito di uccidere Frankie per conto del boss. Sbagliano bersaglio e il boss da a loro un'altra possibilità: tenere d'occhio una persona a lui cara. Ma la fortuna non è dalla loro ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Inspired by the stories of the American writer Raymond Chandler, the classical hero is private detective Phil Marlowe, a romantic cowboy, who takes the law into his own hands in the rough prairie of a large city.
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32%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case.
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humorous, entertaining, captivating
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Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Yuzuru Hamura (Ryunosuke Kamiki) is a university student and a fan of mystery novels. Against his will, he was forced to join the school's mystery club. The club is led by Kyosuke Akechi (Tomoya Nakamura). Meanwhile, Hiruko Kenzaki (Minami ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Crime comedy set in a village somewhere in Bavaria, centering around a village policeman's attempt to solve a murder case, his chaotic private life and the dysfunctional relationship with his wacky father.
Style:
humorous, funny, light, captivating
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Every summer, the Billionaire Tranchant and his wife Eliane host the glamorous world of celebrities in their luxurious mansion in the south of France. When a criminal car sabotage related to threatening letters wreak havoc in the villa, Tranchant ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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