Movies like Scandalous
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Scandalous (1984)
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.
Style:
humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, semi serious
Plot:
reporter, murder, scam, conspiracy, espionage, journalism, media, scoop, dishonesty, cons and scams, media satire, rock music, scandal, concert, deadly, mystery, crimes
Time:
80s
Place:
london, england, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and suspenseful films with plots about dishonesty, murder, deadly, disorder, journalism, cons and scams and media mostly in Comedy, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like Scandalous: Hostile Makeover (2009), Trenchcoat (1983), Compromising Positions (1985), This Girl for Hire (1983), Coffee, Kill Boss (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lacey Smithsonian is a stylish journalist who works as a television reporter. When interviewing a prestigious fashion designer Amanda Manville, it confesses that receives death threats from someone. Everything is complicated when the artist is shot ...
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
partners, lifestyle, false accusation, celebrity culture, disorder, fashion, media, journalism, law enforcement, dishonesty, female reporter, makeover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An aspiring mystery writer becomes accidently embroiled in an international plot during a two-week stay in Malta.
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, realistic, parody
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
disney, writers, conspiracy, island, espionage, farce, intrigue, who done it, uncover truth, writer's life, woman in danger, undercover ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
europe, malta, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon Queen who is the ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot:
police officer, serial killer, charlie chan, who done it, murder, investigation, uninhibited rivalry, goofy hero, law enforcement, dishonesty, private detective, golden years ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.
Style:
cynical, talky, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
infidelity, reporter, investigation, amateur detective, murder, suburbs, couples, family problems, protagonist as suspect, unsupportive spouse, media, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this pilot for a proposed TV series, B.T. Brady is a flippant, but somewhat klutzy female private detective in Hollywood who sets out to solve the murder of a obnoxious mystery writer. Along the way, Brady gets help from her flamboyant mother ...
Style:
suspenseful, witty, humorous, cynical, realistic ...
Plot:
private investigator, murder, store, hollywood, showbiz, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, law enforcement, private detective, investigation, farce, female detective ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When ten executives secretly meet to sell off their company, they're murdered one by one in this darkly comedic romp through the halls of corporate America.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, dark humor, conspiracy, suspense, deception, betrayal, deal, office, boss, business, coffee, poison ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Mystery, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Serge Vaudier, a mathematics teacher, wins the lotto twice and claims he can do it again, thanks to an infallible system he has designed. Is a he genius or a con man? Angèle, the head of the the government's bureau, is determined to entrap ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, humorous
Plot:
cons and scams, lottery, gambling, dishonesty, prodigy, police, gambler, mathematics, teacher, ambition, airport, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Who says crime doesn't pay? The mob will pay Jimmy Corona anything to stay away. But, then again, so would most people. His agent brushes off Jimmy's latest book proposal: detailing the conspiracy between Lee Harvey Oswald and Marylin ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful
Plot:
mafia, conspiracy, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, dishonesty, gangsters, assassination, murder, breakup, down on your luck, graphic violence, farce ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A fashion reporter stumbles on a murder investigation in the Nation's Capitol, only to be thrown for a loop when her police detective former lover is assigned to the case.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, humorous, realistic
Plot:
murder, riddles and clues, rivalry, journalism, fashion, amateur detective, hairdresser, dead woman, suspense, reporter, media, woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, realistic
Plot:
hitman, teaching the ways of the world, unlikely partners, murder, power relations, gunfight, club, death, sex, father son relationship, nanny, assassin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. One day she witnesses a murder being committed by top hit-man, Seymour Flint. She decides to blackmail him into killing her, however, she has one or two friends he ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
killer, euthanasia, aging, hitman, dishonesty, forgery, elderly, golden years, dark humor, parents and children, cons and scams, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A veritable chameleon, investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher might drive his editor up the wall, but he always produces great pieces for the newspaper. When his next story is about the drug trade taking place on the beach, Fletch ...
Style:
funny, humorous, talky, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
investigation, police corruption, beach, reporter, car chase, sarcasm, undercover, journalism, disguise, corruption, dishonesty, cons and scams ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, utah, rio de janeiro, usa, santa monica california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
Style:
neo noir, noir, parody, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
private detective, railway, private investigator, bookstore, amateur detective, murder, respect, satire, journalism, partners, partners against crime, investigation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
northern england, england, europe, liverpool, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A dying man in a roadside diner tells the other patrons about money he has hidden in four places. But instead of directions, he leaves them only with clues they must solve in order to claim the loot.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, humorous
Plot:
stuntman, diner, contests and competitions, rivalry, escapades, treasure hunt, government agency, special agents, dishonesty, restaurant, disorder, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s
Place:
libya, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.
Style:
mind bending, semi serious, realistic, witty, suspenseful ...
Plot:
attempted murder, diplomat, landlady, murder, amateur detective, private detective, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, legal investigation, law enforcement, uncover truth, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Movies similar to Manhattan Murder Mystery
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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:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
elderly, cons and scams, buddies, partners, nothing goes right, golden years, dark humor, scam, seance, senior citizen, gangsters, con artists ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, biting ...
Plot:
job promotion, workplace intrigue, boss and employee, power relations, cons and scams, workplace situations, workplace romance, rise to the top, dishonesty, workplace, business, money ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the 1930s the family of old Sinas Cavinder, gathered for the reading of his will, find themselves being murdered by a mysterious phantom while two rival reporters compete for the story.
Style:
parody, humorous, suspenseful, not serious, captivating ...
Plot:
ghost, murder, mysterious character, dark and stormy night, who done it, characters killed one by one, old dark house, seance, estate, journalism, last will and testament, mad woman ...
Time:
1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
This offbeat musical drama stars Lucas (Bénabar), an up-and-coming singer ready to do anything to be on top of the French pop scene.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty
Plot:
desire for fame, musician's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, rock, cons and scams, hopes, disorder, dishonesty, hidden identity, friends
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lois Thornedyke, the daughter of a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, writes a scandal column for a New York city tabloid...
Style:
campy, sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
sex club, reporter, nude, couples, mate swapping, campaign, adoption, city life, working undercover, workplace romance, relationship vs career, love triangle ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Movies like Fletch Lives
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
Style:
biting, realistic, semi serious, witty, clever ...
Plot:
relocation, house, suspense, love and romance, society, couples, family relations, social differences, property, moving
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When the fashion world meets the underworld, it's murder.
Style:
serious, realistic, mind bending, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
fashion, murder, woman in danger, gangsters, investigation, media, criminal heroes, dishonesty, journalism, father daughter relationship, illegal immigrant, lawyer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
"La La Wood" follows the legacy of Jiminy Glick, first introduced on "The Martin Short Show," who went on to get (non)-critical acclaim for his talk show "Primetime Glick," where Mr. Glick interviewed countless ...
Style:
humorous, witty, cynical, not serious, talky ...
Plot:
showbiz, lifestyle, actor's life, desire for fame, journalism, culture clash, media satire, tv show, celebrity culture, workplace intrigue, artists and showbiz, celebrity ...
Place:
canada, usa, india, toronto ontario canada, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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:
realistic, semi serious, cynical, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, disorder, dishonesty, partners, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, on the run, cons and scams, down on your luck, horse, criminal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
George Lester is a man who is chasing rainbows, looking for the pot of gold at the end. When his wife, Pamela grows tired of being dragged all over the world, she leaves him. While she is away, George converts her family home into a discotheque, ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good
Plot:
con artists, con men, farce, crime gone awry, down on your luck, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, blind ambition, fish out of water, dishonesty, cons and scams, road not taken ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Films like The Private Eyes
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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:
semi serious, realistic, parody, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot:
small town, newspaper, decapitation, serial killer, murder, psychopath, social relations, dark humor, law enforcement, journalism, media, small town life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Bubba Mabry, a gullible private detective, becomes the prime suspect in a tabloid reporter's murder after being hired to snoop on him by a mysterious celebrity.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful
Plot:
private investigator, murder, private detective, who done it, investigation, uncover truth, goofy hero, disorder, celebrity culture, journalism, dishonesty, media ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Banerjee stars as Ram Das, a jobless Indian man who, tired of life in Calcutta, steals money from his father in order to afford a passage to Britain and while there, falls in love with a white woman.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
female nudity, fake doctor, nude, couples, disorder, dishonesty, love and romance, society, politics, state affairs, head of state, switching roles ...
Time:
80s
Place:
england, london, india, europe, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
The grandchild of Professor James Moriarty had promised the world that it has only five days left to live. Moriarty is a master of disguise, a crack shot, and is very patient. Several government figures are shot to death, and it seems that it truly ...
Style:
parody, not serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
villainess, assassination, conspiracy, satire, private detective, murder, nothing goes right, undercover, hidden identity, dishonesty, intrigue, misfit partners ...
Time:
70s
Place:
scotland yard, europe, scotland, london, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
COMEDY/MOCKUMENTARY - (2005) CAN'T GET TOO MUCH REALITY TV? CAN'T GET ENOUGH REALITY TV? You know the drill! Eight strangers are chosen to live in a house and have their lives recorded.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good ...
Plot:
disorder, media satire, friends, media, artists and showbiz, gay slur, flirting, sexism, emotional manipulation, voyeurism, resort, racism ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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