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A Little Thing Called Murder (2006)
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A Little Thing Called Murder (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Fast forgery without mistakes. Shoplifting under pressure. Effective body disposal. The ability to multitask various felonies. These are just a few of the "talents" that mother-and-son grifters Sante and Kenny Kimes possess. Based on shocking true events, this flick takes you into the dark, sordid world of this deadly duo, from their bizarre relationship to their heinous crimes. It's no surprise that two-time Emmy winner Judy Davis earned a nomination for this performance.
Style: serious, realistic, humorous, captivating
Plot: prison, obsessive quest, gang, parents and children, dishonesty, cons and scams, murder, death in the family, serial killer, jail, trial, love, true crime, violent, interracial relations, arson, con artists, male nudity, poison, abuse, male objectification, public nudity, bare butt, court, nude ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: new york, usa

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Most similar movies to A Little Thing Called Murder

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and humorous films with plots about dishonesty, murder, family relations, parents and children, deadly, life is a bitch and love and romance mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like A Little Thing Called Murder: Dirty Tricks (2000), Cool Money (2005), One Angry Juror (2010), Suburban Madness (2004), Just Ask My Children (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dirty Tricks (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Martin Clunes plays Edward, an English tutor at an Oxford language school. Seemingly charming and thoughtful, Edward is really a calculating liar and manipulator. A series of events triggered at a dinner party leads Edward down a very precarious and ...
Style: humorous, serious, captivating, realistic, thrilling ...
Plot: fraud, inheritance, suspicion, trial, seduction, infidelity, adultery, murder, love, money, erotica, unfaithfulness ...
Place: england
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Cool Money (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Charismatic thief Bobby Comfort escapes from prison, clears himself of all charges, and returns to a home life he finds unsatisfying. Though he is devoted to his wife and daughter, his old life comes calling, both figuratively and literally, in the ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: gang, criminal heroes, cons and scams, law enforcement, dishonesty, jail, prison, hotel, disorder, heist, jewel theft, jewel thief ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
One Angry Juror (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Sarah Walsh, a tough New Orleans attorney who serves on a murder trial jury and does some investigating of her own.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: murder, courtroom, investigation, uncover truth, courtroom drama, false accusation, dishonesty, legal, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, trial, prosecutor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Suburban Madness (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the real story of Clara Harris, the Houston, Texas dentist who made headlines in July 2002 when she killed her adulterous husband by repeatedly running over him with her car.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, psychological
Plot: private detective, murder, family problems, couples, dishonesty, infidelity, serial killer, dentist, love triangle, under the surface, adultery, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Just Ask My Children (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Based on the true story of a modern-day witch hunt, in which a couple is falsely accused and imprisoned for molesting their own children.
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, serious, emotional, sad ...
Plot: fighting the system, false accusation, courtroom drama, family problems, injustice, life is a bitch, legal, legal action, dishonesty, parents and children, plaintiff, trial ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Quitter (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When a failed baseball player's ex-girlfriend moves back to the neighborhood with her seven-year-old daughter, he realizes he carries more regrets than how he handled his baseball career.
Style: sincere, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating ...
Plot: parents and children, family relations, single parent, homecoming, unfulfillment, love, basketball player, career, baseball
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Two Mr. Kissels (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Drama based on a true story. Rich, high-flying brothers Robert and Andrew Kissel seemingly have everything: beautiful wives who love them, great jobs and huge houses. But beneath the surface lie resentments and secrets that will eventually be their ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot: dishonesty, couple relations, family relations, couples, infidelity, murder, serial killer, blonde, voyeur, voyeurism, golddigger, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Snap Decision (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: One mother must fight back to prove her innocence or lose her children.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, detective ...
Plot: false accusation, courtroom, courtroom drama, family relations, injustice, righting the wronged, custody, parents and children, legal, legal action, dishonesty, single parent ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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29th Street (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on the life of Frank Pesce (Danny Aiello), an actor who won $6 million in the first New York State Lottery in 1976, this comedy focuses on the tight-knit Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn where Pesce grew up. It's also the story ...
Style: christmas classics, hilarious, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: christmas, gambling, gangster, lottery, luck, atmosphere, con artists, xmas, lottery winner, dysfunctional family, winter, casino ...
Time: year 1991, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Just Can't Get Enough (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: traight-to-video filmmaker David Payne writes and directs the docudrama Just Can't Get Enough: The True Story of the Chippendales' Murders. The movie opens with Nick DeNoia (Peter Nevargic) getting shot in his office. The bulk of the story ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, tense
Plot: murder, male stripper, investigation, ambition, dancer's life, nightlife, rise and fall, life is a bitch, nightclub, gay, lgbt, gay subtext ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Stick Up Kids (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: People always told Santos he was something special. His Uncle told him to get a skill, so he became a hustler and with his three,they became "The Stick Up Kids" Harlem would never be the same. They thought they had it all... Money, cars, ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, gang, friends, buddies, criminal's revenge, urban ghetto life, dishonesty, society, cons and scams, black, african american, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Last Weekend (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: family problems, eccentric family, parents and children, siblings relations, dark humor, family gatherings, gay, friendship, dysfunctional family, lgbtq, lgbt, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
2 B Perfectly Honest (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, clever, humorous
Plot: friends, friendship, partner, lifestyle, love and romance, odd couple, self discovery, couples, disorder, infidelity, dishonesty, nothing goes right ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, Bruno Hauptmann.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, bleak, thought provoking ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: true crime, serial killer, violent, kidnapping, murder, child kidnapping, missing child, folk hero, death in the family, media, dealing with death, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1930s
Place: new jersey, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Prosecuting Casey Anthony (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: "Prosecuting Casey Anthony" reveals Florida prosecutor, Jeff Ashton’s inside story of the true crime drama that captivated and then shocked the nation when Caylee Anthony’s mother, Casey, was acquitted of killing her daughter, despite ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, detective ...
Plot: trial, true crime, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, legal, dedicated lawyer, obsession, courtroom, life is a bitch, law, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Cocked (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story: The Paxsons are a broken family working together - and against each other - in the most quintessentially American business, the business of guns.
Style: humorous, clever, semi serious, realistic, independent film
Plot: family relations, family problems, parents and children, workplace, family business, siblings relations, homecoming, law, female nudity, bare breasts
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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20%
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Novocaine (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, suspenseful, tricky, humorous ...
Plot: dentist, murder, femme fatale, drug use, betrayal, false accusation, dark humor, twists and turns, life turned upside down, frame up, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals ...
Time: year 2001
Place: wisconsin, arizona, usa, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Moola (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Just as the business which Steve helped create, American Lightsticks, is on the brink of collapse, a huge 'deal' suddenly materializes, and he and his partners are sure that their lives have changed forever. A true-to-life comedy inspired ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, contemplative
Plot: friendship, friends, best friend, obsessive quest, betrayal, down on your luck, partner, buddies, sexual content, profanity, beach, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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It Was the Son (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Ciraulo family lives in the miserable district of Palermo called "Zen". When one of their children dies in a shootout between mafia gangsters they receive compensation and buy a luxury black Volvo. Things go wrong when Trancredi, ...
Style: captivating, psychological, humorous, light, realistic ...
Plot: working class, family relations, family problems, parents and children, society, tragedy, murder, friendship, mafia, family life
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
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19%
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2 Jacks (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jack Hussar is a legendary Hollywood director, whose persona commands respect and adoration from his fans. Can his son, Jack Jr. maintain his legacy?
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, independent film ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, family relations, parents and children, follow your dream, ambition, hollywood, nightlife, hopes, filmmaking, love and romance, fall in love, gambling ...
Time: year 1992, year 2012, 2010s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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19%
A Killing in a Small Town (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The gory ax-murder of one mousy, suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: self-defense. Could it be so?
Style: spooky, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot: self defense, lawyer, extramarital affair, true crime, law, serial killer, murder, couples, dangerous attraction, vengeance, life is a bitch, legal ...
Time: 80s
Place: texas, usa
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19%
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Newlyweds (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A newlywed couple's honeymoon is upended by the arrivals of their respective sisters.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, sincere, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: couple relations, crumbling marriage, love and romance, family relations, couples, city life, siblings relations, friendship, society, wedding, dysfunctional family, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Strange Hearts (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An aging former child star tries to capture the wealth that has always eluded him by latching on to a lucky man while both have their eye on the same girl of their dreams.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, funny ...
Plot: love triangle, rivalry, rise and fall, manipulation, showbiz, celebrity culture, cons and scams, youth, love and romance, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, down on your luck ...
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19%
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Under New Management (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Sparks and bullets fly when a Wall Street yuppie must steer a Brooklyn mob crew legit before a beautiful FBI agent can build RICO indictments against them.
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, realistic
Plot: love affair, gang, rivalry, special agent, working undercover, betrayal, mafia, investigation, murder, fbi, going straight, fall in love ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? (2010)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Called "the longest running con in FBI history," Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the man that people knew as "Clark Rockefeller" had brilliantly impersonated numerous people, ranging from a talk show host to a Pentagon Advisor ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, inspirational
Plot: family relations, criminal heroes, dishonesty, hidden identity, cons and scams, disorder, love and romance, parents and children, serial killer, impersonation, conspiracy, entrepreneur ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts
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19%
Without Evidence (1995)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: It is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him of a drug ring involving his prison colleagues. When ...
Style: spectacular, independent film, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, prison, conspiracy, murder, law enforcement, political conspiracy, rivalry, police investigation, dedicated lawyer, life is a bitch, legal, heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Fish in a Barrel (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: 6 gun wielding people are trapped in a NY loft with $4 million in stolen diamonds.
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: crime gone awry, rivalry, heist, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, betrayal, disorder, alcohol abuse, brother brother relationship, thief, diamond ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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 1K
Believe Me (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Desperate, broke, and out of ideas, four college seniors start a fake charity to embezzle money for tuition.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: college, campaign, cons and scams, charity, buddies, christian, dishonesty, youth, student life, friends, fall in love, fraud ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.9
 592
Torn (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two families bond when their teenage sons are killed in an explosion at a suburban mall only to discover one of their children is the prime suspect.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot: life turned upside down, police investigation, family in crisis, parents and children, family relations, dishonesty, family problems, shopping mall, death in the family, terrorism, dealing with death, suburbs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Pastor's Wife (2011)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Matthew Winkler, a beloved minister who, in 2006, was found shot and killed in his Selmer, Tennessee home, his wife and young daughters missing. Authorities soon zeroed in on Matthew's wife, Mary, as the prime suspect ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, detective
Plot: marital rape, murder, investigation, social relations, small town, domestic violence, serial killer, preacher, trial, under the surface, biopic, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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