Movies like The Honey Pot

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The Honey Pot (1967)
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The Honey Pot (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: In Venice, the millionaire benefactor Cecil Fox watches a Seventeenth Century play 'Volpone' and plots a practical joke to play on his three former greedy mistresses. He hires the unemployed actor William McFly to act as his butler and stage manager and sends letters telling the mistresses he is terminally ill. The prime intention of Rex is to see the reaction of the women after the reading of his will but things do not go as planned.
Style: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, dark comedy, mind bending, minimal cast, visually stunning, twisted, modern day adaptation
Plot: murder, greed, twists and turns, pretense, dark humor, farce, dishonesty, cons and scams, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, inheritance, murder mystery, redheaded woman, fake illness, who done it, estate, whodunit, dancing, princess, poker, police officer, train, police, businessman, blonde, ballerina ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place: venice, italy, europe, france, palm springs california

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Most similar movies to The Honey Pot

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, suspenseful and semi serious films with plots about murder, investigation, deadly, disorder, who done it, dishonesty and law enforcement mostly in Comedy, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Honey Pot: Deathtrap (1982), Once Upon a Crime... (1992), Crime Is Our Business (2008), Murder by Death (1976), The Scenesters (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Deathtrap (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Style: psychological, dark comedy, surprise ending, witty, semi serious ...
Plot: murder, writers, gay, twists and turns, whodunit, murder mystery, scared to death, sociopathy, manuscript, mind game, stage play, sociopath ...
Time: year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place: long island, new york state, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: West Germany, USA, Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the ...
Style: dark comedy, culinary, semi serious, offbeat, feel good ...
Plot: food, serial killer, cooking, restaurant, cooking and food, murder, hidden treasure, humour, wine, mysticism, business, judiciary ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, venice, london, france, italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Once Upon a Crime... (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: On their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married couples, including Julian and Phoebe, who are traveling with a lost dog they plan to return to its wealthy owner for a large reward. But, when the ...
Style: dark comedy, slapstick, black comedy, independent film, detective ...
Plot: dachshund, gambling addiction, maid, dysfunctional marriage, butler, murder mystery, murder, gambling, investigation, mysticism, lost dog, casino ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: rome italy, monte carlo, morocco, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Crime Is Our Business (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Prudence Beresford is investigating another murder. Her aunt had witnessed it, but no body was found, and nobody trusted her word. Nobody, except Prudence, of course!
Style: semi serious, talky, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot: murder, private detective, amateur detective, family relations, odd couple, uncover truth, investigation, partner, couple relations, master and servant, disorder, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Murder by Death (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are ...
Style: parody, surprise ending, humorous, spoof, funny ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: murder, whodunit, private detective, butler, old mansion, dark and stormy night, old dark house, murder mystery, who done it, mansion, riddles and clues, plot twist ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.5
 528
The Scenesters (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Someone is killing beautiful young Hipsters in East L.A. Charlie is a crime scene cleaner working for Aftershocks Inc. with a penchant for Sherlock Holmes type deduction. Wallace is an out-of-luck filmmaker working as a crime scene videographer. The ...
Style: cynical, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, fish out of water, disorder, who done it, amateur detective, hipster, filmmaker, found footage, whodunit, filmmaking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.2
 5K
Thin Ice (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot: unlikely criminals, comedy of errors, crime gone awry, manipulation, dark humor, disorder, dishonesty, cons and scams, snow, winter, small town, caper ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
A Slight Case of Murder (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the midst of a spat, film critic Terry Thorpe (William H. Macy) accidentally kills his lover. Though Thorpe covers his tracks, he raises the suspicions of a private investigator (James Cromwell), who then tries to blackmail him. Thorpe also falls ...
Style: detective, crime thriller, neo noir, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: murder, film critic, investigation, private detective, blackmail, courtroom, hollywood, filmmaking, who done it, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.2
 5K
The Vexxer (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Scotland Yard investigators have to prevent the murder of Victoria Dickman when her name is found on a death list.
Style: parody, humorous, gothic, exciting, touching ...
Plot: master criminal, police detective, murder, police, nun, investigation, police investigation, inspector, law enforcement, goofy hero, disorder, estate ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.2
 108K
Clue (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss ...
Style: parody, funny, surprise ending, black comedy, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, kids
Plot: whodunit, butler, multiple suspects, murder mystery, murder, mansion, investigation, twists and turns, old dark house, mystery killer, blackmail, dark and stormy night ...
Time: year 1954, 90s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Happy Thieves (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: We confess! They did it! But it's how they did it that makes it so delightful!
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous ...
Plot: heist, art theft, chess, art thief, hitman, disorder, criminal heroes, dishonesty, rivalry, forgery, betrayal, fall in love ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: paris france, europe, madrid, spain, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Fletch (1985)
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, light, talky, entertaining ...
Audience: kids
Plot: journalism, investigation, corruption, undercover, cons and scams, dishonesty, dating, on the run, mistaken identity, insurance, police corruption, media ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, utah, rio de janeiro, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.7
 15K
Drowning Mona (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The recently deceased Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) was many things: an abusive wife, a domineering mother, a loud-mouthed neighbor and a violent malcontent. So when her car and corpse are discovered in the Hudson River, police Chief Wyatt Rash (Danny ...
Style: funny, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, absurd ...
Plot: murder, small town, investigation, murder mystery, sarcasm, waitress, goofy hero, disorder, social relations, family problems, drowning, small town life ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The sleepy little village of Loubressac is well on its way to becoming a ghost town. To save the town, the local citizenry hatch a plan to attract tourists. To their horror, the plan misfires when a group of hippies are the first to move in. The ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, rough, humorous, suspenseful
Plot: nudism, hippie, tractor, village, murder, village life, social relations, estate, ghost, criminal heroes, gangster, countess ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: south of france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
See How They Run (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense, meta ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: murder mystery, murder, murder investigation, investigation, whodunit, murderer, secret, film producer, sleuth, filmmaking, killings, forensics ...
Time: 1950s, year 1953
Place: london, scotland yard, west end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.1
 984
Carom Shots (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy to pay for the modern lifestyle he is buying on credit. Seeing that marrying his immediate superior's daughter will not get him the results he ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy
Plot: ambition, firm, dark humor, career, comedy of errors, murder, workplace intrigue, workplace, rise to the top, hierarchy, frog
Time: 60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world (and Charles Dreyfus) believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently, and taking advantage ...
Style: hilarious, funny, slapstick, humorous, colorful ...
Audience: kids
Plot: pink panther, farce, law enforcement, investigation, car chase, murder mystery, weirdo, police detective, pirate, damage, inspector, disorder ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In The Man With Bogart's Face, an affectionate send-up of the Bogart detective films of the 1940s, Robert Sacchi plays a man who idolizes Humphrey Bogart so much he has his features altered to look exactly like his idol. He then opens up a ...
Style: neo noir, semi serious, parody, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: private detective, hollywood, private investigator, lookalikes, doppelganger, surgery, transgender, face, plastic surgery, murder, who done it, power relations ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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V.I. Warshawski, Detective in High Heels (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, murder, murder mystery, justice, woman fights a man, happy ending, strong female character, investigation, father daughter relationship, who done it, uncover truth, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Carnival of Crime (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Country: Brazil, Spain, Argentina, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mike, an architect, is married to Lin, a beautiful and unfaithful woman. Returning from a trip, he finds she's disappeared. When he tries to locate her, he also learns about her many affairs, and he gets closer to Marina, his efficient ...
Style: cult classic, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: murder, couples, frame up, who done it, beach, infidelity, love affair, love and romance, dishonesty, danger, law enforcement, stalking ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.3
 34K
Flypaper (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at a bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.
Style: exciting, not serious, humorous, twisted, mind bending ...
Plot: bank robbery, gang, disorder, cons and scams, dishonesty, crime gone awry, love and romance, gang war, heist, bank robber, robbery, caper ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Alphabet Murders (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.
Style: detective, realistic, parody, not serious, humorous ...
Plot: private detective, serial killer, murder mystery, mysticism, hercule poirot, investigation, murder, law enforcement, danger, riddles and clues, who done it, silly humor ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: england, scotland yard, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.4
 266
Scandalous (1984)
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: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot: reporter, concert, murder, scam, scoop, conspiracy, dishonesty, media, journalism, espionage, media satire, cons and scams ...
Time: 80s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 5.8
 680
Towards Zero (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Inviting the ex-wife to a family reunion when the none-too-secure new wife will be there hardly seems to be a recipe for success, and true to form, bodies have begun to stack up by the end of this cinematic update of a classic Agatha Christie tale. ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, witty, realistic
Plot: multiple suspects, family relations, police investigation, murder, riddles and clues, who done it, couples, womanizer, society, danger, law enforcement, family gatherings ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, atlantic ocean, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.6
 918
Peeper (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A detective is hired to locate a girl adopted 30 years earlier whose birth father wants to bequeath her his fortune.
Style: neo noir, spoof, mind bending, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: private detective, missing person, investigation, private investigator, mysticism, voice over narration, englishman abroad, femme fatale, breaking the fourth wall, cruise ship, hitman, wealth ...
Time: 1940s, year 1975, year 1947
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.1
 576
Lonely Street (2008)
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, detective
Plot: private investigator, murder, private detective, who done it, goofy hero, investigation, uncover truth, celebrity culture, disorder, media, amateur detective, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.2
 211
Heads (1994)
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: dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, parody, suspenseful ...
Plot: small town, newspaper, decapitation, serial killer, murder, media, journalism, law enforcement, social relations, dark humor, psychopath, who done it ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Joseph Rouletabille (Bruno Podalydès), a reporter for a local newspaper, investigates the attempted killing of Mathilde Stangerson (Sabine Azéma), who uses the yellow room of the title as her bedroom. At the time of the revolver shots her room was ...
Style: rough, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: murder, investigation, journalism, law enforcement, danger, mysterious past, mysterious event, locked room, millennial, perfect crime, mysticism, police officer ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Madigan's Millions (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: humorous, semi serious, exciting, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, cons and scams, disorder, partner, dishonesty, chase, crime gone awry, goofy hero, money, gangster, police, hooligan ...
Time: 60s
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.7
 2K
Serial Lover (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house specialising in crime novels. One day, she invites all of her boyfriends to her birthday dinner so ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, dark humor, disorder, looking for love, thirty something, writers, dinner, misfit, freak, gory, blood ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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