Movies like Diamond Zero
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Diamond Zero (2005)
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A daft doctor concocts an offbeat scheme to make millions after he happens upon a method of turning cremated human remains into diamonds. But when the sawbones hires a pair of hapless thieves to collect the raw material, a string of calamities ensues in their insane efforts to pilfer the ashes of prominent and historic figures. Tippi Hedren, Bronson Pinchot, Richard Moll and Joan Van Ark head the cast in this inky morality yarn.
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, offbeat
Plot:
hidden identity, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, amateur detective, heist, intrigue, partners, buddies, dishonesty, track down, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, fugitives, down on your luck, disorder, diamond, celebrity culture, machine, celebrity, ashes, crime, crimes
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and exciting films with plots about disorder, cons and scams, dishonesty, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, partners and crime gone awry mostly in Comedy, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Diamond Zero: The Hollywood Sign (2001), Who's Minding the Mint? (1967), In Security (2013), Stark Raving Mad (2002), Paper Soldiers (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant comeback.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
hollywood, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, elderly, dishonesty, gangsters, criminal heroes, disorder, heist, cons and scams, filmmaking ...
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usa, las vegas, nevada
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A bumbling government employee accidentally destroys a small fortune and decides to break into the US Mint to replace it, but before long everyone wants a slice of the action - and the money.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, retro
Plot:
heist, deaf, business, safecracker, unlikely criminals, misfit, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, forgery, dishonesty, buddies, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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81%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.
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exciting, humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, couples, robbery, danger, profanity
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A crook quietly plots his revenge against the boss who murdered his brother while working for him.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
bank robbery, clubbing, cons and scams, nightclub, disorder, rivalry, nothing goes right, partners, buddies, vengeance, heist, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Paper Soldiers follows an overeager burglar named Shawn (Kevin Hart) through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, realistic
Plot:
gangsters, african american, dishonesty, drug dealing, partners, nothing goes right, disorder, unlikely criminals, ambition, criminal heroes, hip hop, gang ...
Place:
usa, memphis
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Movies like Kick
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two con men are traveling through the American South when they are held hostage by a serial killer, who is running from the authorities.
Style:
road movie, realistic, not serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
serial killer, friends, disorder, cons and scams, small town, dishonesty, confined, partners, on the run, nothing goes right, fugitives, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, arkansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The story of two lads from Belfast as they stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful employment'. This being the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidise their respective giros. 9 ...
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, campy, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, dark humor, dishonesty, life is a bitch, buddies, nothing goes right, amateur detective, cons and scams, friendship ...
Place:
london, europe, ireland, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's dishonest owner by having four inmates break out and plan a department store robbery to spruce up the prison's faculties.
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, captivating
Plot:
prison, criminal heroes, odd couple, prison life, nothing goes right, buddies, confined, misfit, heist, cons and scams, fish out of water, warden ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Lola's a single mom, broke, working as a janitor and maid. Silvia is pregnant, and her lover (her boss) won't leave his wife. Maite, newly a widow, discovers she's penniless but wants to maintain appearances and give her daughter a ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, sexual
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, bank, comedy of errors, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, working class, single parent, society, dishonesty, criminal heroes, hostage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
realistic, cynical, semi serious, humorous, clever
Plot:
infidelity, moral dilemma, introspection, femme fatale, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, couple relations, cons and scams, dishonesty, manipulation, sexual relations ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank Robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, offbeat
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, prison, bank robbery, prison escape, female journalist, safecracker, journalism, nothing goes right, dishonesty, partners, criminal heroes, master criminal ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1890s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
846
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Fraser's unrequited love for the beautiful and rich Ginny gets a chance to prove itself, when she is suddenly kidnapped. He teams up with rebel Mac, who's got a score to settle with the kidnappers. Together they cross the country, looking ...
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Plot:
high school, motorcycle, rescue, disorder, friends, youth, vengeance, buddies, nothing goes right, partners, chase, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of coffee.
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parody, campy, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rock, punk, alienation, prejudice, coffee, gunfight, robbery, punk rock, hitman, friends, tough heroes, disorder ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
435
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 ⇓
55%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three years ago. August has become a real problem for some of the bosses around town, and Ronnie will ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, hitman, working undercover, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, betrayal, dark humor, disorder, cons and scams, murder, friendship ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A cop and his expensive fiancée, a bank teller, plan the perfect bank robbery. All goes well until the FBI suspects, almost immediately, an inside job. Their plans to move the money out of the country, then just to cover their tracks, make them ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, disorder, police detective, beach, bank, dishonesty, special agents, criminal heroes, partners, unlikely criminals, best friends, law enforcement ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Can you solve the mystery of the 13 moons?
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, absurd, realistic ...
Plot:
obsessive quest, nothing goes right, performer's life, life is a bitch, disorder, artists and showbiz, escapades, comedy of errors, cons and scams, down on your luck, bail bondsman, estrangement ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run-down Baptist church mistakes him and his best friend Junior for replacement ministers, he grabs at ...
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not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
gangsters, partners, crime gone awry, buddies, silly humor, race against time, friends, nothing goes right, chase, disorder, society, cons and scams ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when he steals a prototype supercar.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, disorder, car chase, cons and scams, unlikely criminals, betrayal, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, rivalry, chase, partners ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A con-artist (Peter Ustinov) gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by re-programming their "new" wonder computer.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, witty, clever ...
Plot:
computer, heist, computer cracker, femme fatale, disorder, buddies, dishonesty, partners, nothing goes right, computers and web, down on your luck, prison ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Films like No Problem
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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:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A 30-something couple unintentionally become involved in a botched jewel heist while shopping for wedding rings.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, offbeat
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, on the run, witnessing a crime, couples, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, hitman, disorder, graphic violence, hunting, newlyweds, training camp ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Robbers Ace and Scratch are caught in the act of robbing a casino vault and are caught after a long chase by the owner of the casino, who chooses not to send them to jail but instead hires them on as security consultants. The current head of ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, heist, buddies, dishonesty, hidden identity, partners, crime gone awry, rivalry, betrayal, cons and scams, disorder, heist gone wrong ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Sanjay and Akshaye, childhood friends and small time crooks rob a bank managed by Paresh. The two of them specially, Akshaye, on and off contemplates changing tracks and leaving the world of crime. Sanjay on the other hand almost every time manages ...
Style:
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Plot:
heist, gang, misfit partners, chase, crime gone awry, cons and scams, silly humor, disorder, friends, partners, love and romance, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
The Pretenders (Los Simuladores) are a specialized Commando group formed by 4 men, who are hired by someone that presents them with a problem and wants a solution. Los Simuladores elaborate different operations, pretending different roles, according ...
Style:
witty, semi serious, humorous, captivating, realistic
Plot:
hidden identity, undercover, working undercover, legal, dishonesty, crime gone awry, partners in crime, partners, cons and scams, criminal heroes, mexican
Time:
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Place:
argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New ...
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semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, witty
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
No overview found.
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humorous, exciting, semi serious, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disorder, cons and scams, heist, crime gone awry, dishonesty, goofy hero, partners, track down, chase, gangsters, money, bully ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot:
marijuana, gang, abandoned, nothing goes right, drug dealing, crime gone awry, youth, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, college, cons and scams, disorder ...
Time:
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Place:
new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A bunch of misfits and gangsters embarks on a journey to find a lost and stolen diamond.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful
Plot:
heist, gang, cons and scams, disorder, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, goofy hero, gangsters, diamond theft, bookies, diamond ...
Time:
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