Movies like The Ruination of Men

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The Ruination of Men (2000)
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The Ruination of Men (2000)
Original name: La perdición de los hombres
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two men jump out from behind some cacti and beat a man over the head with a rock. They then take the body to the dead man's hut, and sit with his body for the night while they talk, complain and dance. Later at the police station, two women come to claim the body--a bitter, venomous wife and a younger prettier women. They fight and scrap until one of them get the responsibility for the body. Later we find out why the self-titled "King of Baseball" was killed.
Style: rough, cynical, humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, black comedy, dark comedy, suspense
Plot: murder, police station, love triangle, dark humor, betrayal, widow, corpse, couples, unlikely partners, dealing with death, baseball, radio, female fight, deadly, shoes, women fight, crime, crimes, woman fights a woman
Time: 90s
Place: mexico, latin america

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and dark comedy films with plots about murder, dark humor, deadly, disorder, couples, dishonesty and family relations mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Ruination of Men: Killer Housewives (2001), More Dogs Than Bones (2000), Serial Lover (1998), That Day (2003), The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Killer Housewives (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In Madrid, Azu's husband Filipe is smug and boorish, but it's his money she slips to family members constantly in need of cash and that she uses to buy gifts for her lover, Pablo. Things start to fall apart when Pablo wants to leave her ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexual, offbeat
Plot: murder, paranoia, love triangle, couples, family problems, psychopath, love and romance, housewife, dark humor, mentally challenged, husband wife relationship, health ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed.
Style: semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, rough, dark comedy ...
Plot: law enforcement, criminal heroes, gangster, murder, greed, airport, uncle nephew relationship, magic, dog, graffiti, aviation, taxi driver ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 6.7
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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 ⇓
64%
 6.6
 779
That Day (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A father (Michel Piccoli) is scheming to have his slightly mental daughter from an earlier marriage (Elsa Zylberstein) killed by allowing a murderous psychopath (Bernard Giraudeau) to be released from the asylum and led to his house. However, the ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, mind bending, witty ...
Plot: murder, family in crisis, serial killer, family problems, family life, hitman, couples, double murder, mental illness, obsession, mental disorder, dark humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Balding advertising executive Mr. Baum spends more time on a new ad campaign for purple sunglasses than he does with his own family. But suddenly he is forced to reexamine his life after a doctor tells him that he has an 'aggressive' brain ...
Style: dark comedy, contemplative, realistic, semi serious, tragicomedy ...
Plot: satire, dull life, family relations, dark humor, life is a bitch, race against time, unfulfillment, introspection, dealing with death, family life, terminal illness, doctor ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: middle east, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Next Door (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Matt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbours whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud errupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.
Style: slapstick, cynical, biting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: feud, neighbor, prank, professor, terror, disorder, family relations, dark humor, couples, contests and competitions, human nature, society ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Census Taker (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When George (Greg Mullavey) and Martha (Meredith MacRae) let Harvey (Garrett Morris), an annoying census taker, into their home, they find themselves under a barrage of increasingly abusive questions. Furious at his intrusiveness, and at their ...
Style: dark comedy, detective, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, family relations, flirting, police detective, dark humor, family life, family business, law enforcement, investigation, amateur detective, aging, private detective ...
Time: 80s
Place: austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Out Cold (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A comedy about an angry married couple, a private investigator, and a walk-in freezer.
Style: dark comedy, independent film, cynical, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: male pubic hair, private investigator, infidelity, halloween, partner, private detective, murder, frame up, male nudity, frozen body, hunting, love triangle ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Dying of Laughter (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Nino and Bruno are two comedians who reach the heights of success with their duo act, turning them into huge TV celebrities. However, the hate between them grows as fast, and as much, as their fame
Style: dark comedy, captivating, biting, cynical, realistic ...
Plot: buddy, satire, behind the scenes, comedian, friends, dark humor, nightclub, media satire, workplace situations, rise to the top, buddies, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 90s
Place: wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Bastard Brood (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Sylvette, a sassy waitress, Sandro, a macho guy, Sophie, a shy bourgeoisie, and Susan, an American actress, do not know each other and do not have much in common. However, they all have the same father, a scammer named Julius.
Style: semi serious, realistic, mind bending, cynical, humorous ...
Plot: family relations, murder, half brother half sister relationship, violent content, feminism, opposites attract, love and romance, serial killer, dark humor, couples, courtroom, siblings relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: brussels, belgium, paris france, brussels belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Feeling Minnesota (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Sam Clayton's (Vincent D'Onofrio) marriage to ex-stripper Freddie (Cameron Diaz) comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red (Delroy Lindo), a club proprietor who once did her a favor. But Freddie falls in love with ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, black comedy, talky, clever ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love, corruption, murder, gangster, wedding, love triangle, stripper, family relations, elopement, motel, presumed dead, framed for murder ...
Time: 90s
Place: minnesota, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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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 ⇓
48%
 6.1
 223
Lovers of Hate (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dark comedy which follows two brothers who are in love with the same woman.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, mumblecore ...
Plot: estrangement, love triangle, love and romance, betrayal, family relations, dark humor, siblings relations, sibling rivalry, brother vs brother, incest, love affair, two brothers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife is involved in a secret affair with Li, one of Wang’s employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun his lover has bought ...
Style: semi serious, tense, realistic, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, boys' night
Plot: murder, couple relations, crime gone awry, food, disorder, couples, vengeance, boss and employee, crimes of passion, cons and scams, love triangle, infidelity ...
Time: 19th century, year 2009, 18th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Susan's Plan (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Susan's Plan (also released as Dying to Get Rich on video) is a 1998 black comedy film directed by John Landis and starring Nastassja Kinski, Dan Aykroyd, Billy Zane, Rob Schneider, Lara Flynn Boyle and Michael Biehn. The plot revolves around ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, black comedy, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: killer, women, hospital, sex scene, biker, conspiracy, hitman, disorder, dark humor, dishonesty, prodigy, crime gone awry ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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The Red Dwarf (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Lucien is a dwarf, who works hard in a large legal office. His only friend is trapeze circus artist Isis. One day he gets the attention of singer Paola Bendoni and falls in love with her.
Style: cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, dark comedy
Plot: dark humor, friendship, redemption, artist, love, circus, law firm, murder, couples, family problems, love affair, false accusation ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 ⇓
43%
Jerry and Tom (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs a lot. It shows when Tom is required to kill his ...
Style: talky, witty, humorous, clever, non-linear ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, assassin, killer, dark humor, murder, gangster, contract killer, professional, couple relations, dishonesty, hidden identity, odd couple ...
Time: 80s, year 1998
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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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 ⇓
43%
The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A sinister tale of genius gone wrong, The Young Poisoner's Handbook chronicles a young man's descent into madness against the absurd backdrop of suburban English life. Hugh O'Conor plays Graham Young, a schoolboy from the London ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, witty, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: serial killer, murder, true crime, psychology, killer, dysfunctional family, mental disorder, past, serial murder, british pub, evil child, mental institution ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 90s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Hell (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and ...
Style: dark comedy, realistic, humorous, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot: drug cartel, organized crime, gangster, violence, u.s. mexico border, politics, gang war, social relations, society, mafia, drug dealing, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Little Fish, Strange Pond (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Mr. Jack and Sweet Stephen cruise aimlessly through the streets of LA speculating about life, death, divine will and the force of power that predetermines their existence. Mr. Jack attempts to illustrate to his sidekick the delicate and natural ...
Style: talky, semi serious, humorous, dark, offbeat ...
Plot: murder, police detective, dark humor, police investigation, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, mentally unstable, serial killer, guilt, profanity, violent content, violence spree ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.5
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Nicotina (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A real-time dark comedy about a science geek who tangles with a clutch of Russian gangsters after he delivers them the wrong computer disk.
Style: stylized, semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot: hacker, computer genius, crime gone awry, murder, addiction, love and romance, stalking, voyeurism, coincidence, robbery, caper, internet ...
Time: year 2003
Place: mexico, latin america, mexico city
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Tinseltown (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In Hollywood it's all about who you know, and the only person two friends know is a serial killer.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot: serial killer, xmas, hollywood, filmmaking, investigation, artists and showbiz, down on your luck, showbiz, murder, dark humor, christmas, spy ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 4.9
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Hoods (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Angelo, together with a group of five other people, is ordered by his father, an Italian mobster, to kill the son of an enemy of his, who has destroyed one of his buildings with a bomb. The problems grow bigger when they discover that the person ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mobster, child in peril, gangster, criminal heroes, introspection, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, buddies, disorder ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.3
 7K
The Mule (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. After being apprehended, ‘The Mule’ makes a desperate choice... to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence – literally.
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, realistic, stylized
Plot: drug, dark humor, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, disorder, drug dealing, escapades, drug dealer, prison, stoned, house arrest, police ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: thailand, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.1
 318
On the Run (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Portugal, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from prison, Albert's quiet existence is permanently disrupted. what ensues is one long, crazy night ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, biting, cynical ...
Plot: escape, vampire, friendship, on the run, fugitives, chases and races, nothing goes right, city life, prison, urban, dark humor, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.0
 2K
Just Buried (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out she's offing people to keep the place in business!
Style: semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, suspense ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, mysterious character, psychopath, couple relations, nothing goes right, dark humor, family relations, estrangement, disorder, couples, parents and children ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Shakes the Clown (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he ...
Style: humorous, dark comedy, disturbing, stylized, talky ...
Plot: clown, murder, false accusation, rescue, addiction, alcoholism, drinking, murder mystery, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, nothing goes right, disorder, alcoholic ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.7
 349
Hotel Oasis (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The life of motel owner is turned upside down by a femme-fatale lounge singer and her abusive manager.
Style: semi serious, humorous, cynical, realistic, witty ...
Plot: murder, disorder, dark humor, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, dishonesty, cons and scams, fatal accident, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, twins, small town ...
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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