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Stealing Sinatra (2003)
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In need of a grubstake, a young man convinces a couple of friends to help him kidnap Frank Sinatra Jr. It's a true story
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
dark humor, stupidity, crime gone awry, confined, nothing goes right, disorder, unlikely criminals, celebrity culture, ransom, father son relationship, abduction, kidnapping, hostage, artists and showbiz, love, christmas, prison, thief, money, mars, police officer, police, pregnancy, fishing, college ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1963, 1960s, contemporary
Place:
paris france, las vegas, los angeles, connecticut, sacramento california, dallas texas, reno nevada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and witty films with plots about drinking alcohol, drinking, drink, bar, father son relationship, nude and death mostly in Comedy, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Stealing Sinatra: The Blue Iguana (1988), A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun (2000), Poolhall Junkies (2002), Diggers (2006), Man on the Moon (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The IRS sends Recovery Specialist Vince Holloway south of the border to the dangerous town of Diablo to rob the outlaw bank where criminals launder their cash.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
woman with a gun, chase, bounty hunter, kidnapping, bank, murder, gangster, lone wolves, heroes, criminal's revenge, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three smalltown friends looking to leave their troubles behind come up with a robbery scheme to fund their trip to the big city. But as their plan goes awry and the authorities become involved, they are left with no other alternative but to take ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, humorous, independent film
Plot:
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82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.
Style:
witty, clever, stylized, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
billiards, gambling, con men, gangster, vengeance, friendship, life philosophy, underdog, money, justice, betrayal, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 2002, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new orleans
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Diggers is a coming-of-age story directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class friends who grow up in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers in 1976. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, witty ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, parents and children, youth, love and romance, save the day, social differences, social relations, working class, father son relationship, male nudity, skinny dipping ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, long island, usa
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69%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
Style:
inspirational, depressing, touching, humorous, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
comedian, biopic, showbiz, wrestler, female nudity, sexism, character study, prank, life philosophy, human spirit, actor's life, rising to stardom ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1999, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, north america, manhattan new york city, lithuania ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Lucia, an children's book author, tells the story of her husband's disappearance. One day on their way to Brazil he just disappears. She goes to the police, gets a ransom note, and makes friends with the old dude downstairs and the young ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
friendship, missing person, life turned upside down, secret identity, danger, dangerous attraction, couples, fall in love, on the road, husband wife relationship, secret, cannibal ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
mexico, latin america, rio de janeiro, mexico city, cuba
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.
Style:
humorous, road movie, independent film, feel good, cult classic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, kidnapping, pregnant girl, police, pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, teenage boy, sex, sister sister relationship, teenage girl, death of mother, conservative ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
israel
Similarity:
52%
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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, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, dentist, frame up, drug use, femme fatale, betrayal, dark humor, false accusation, twists and turns, life turned upside down, couples, disorder ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
wisconsin, usa, arizona, france
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A small town troublemaker (Alessandro Nivola), directionless and alienated, ends up spending a night in a jail cell, where he and the police chief (William Sadler) engage in a battle of wills and wit.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, small town, haunted by the past, society, juvenile delinquency, nothing goes right, grudge, teenage life, social decay, brother sister relationship, uncle nephew relationship ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A beautiful novelist gets involved with the violent underworld crime elements in New York City and becomes a target. Alec Baldwin plays the cop who pursues her killers.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city, miami ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a dynamic engineer and an enthusiastic showman who envisions the car of the future. Against mighty odds he manages to build a fleet of them - only to have his factory shut down by ...
Style:
talky, intense, sentimental, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, business, marketing, underdog, car, corruption, dalmatian, police investigation, biopic, twists and turns, justice, entrepreneurship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, future, year 1948, year 1988 ...
Place:
chicago, michigan, washington d.c., detroit, usa ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A desperate young writer is lured on a wild ride through the desert by a mysterious woman in this darkly comic take on the all-American road trip. Along the way they cross paths with a hapless mobster, a 6 foot transvestite and a lovesick housewife, ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, psychological, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
desert, looking for love, on the road, supportive spouse, dark humor, writer's life, criminal heroes, writers, housewife, hollywood, kidnapping, hitchhiking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
45%
537
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Melba is a Californian trailer-park girl who is told to look for three kings by a phone psychic, and when she meets three guys - Trent, Brad and Joel traveling to Las Vegas, she decides they are those kings and joins them on a trip. In Vegas she ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, stylized, offbeat ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, truck driver, psychic, gambling, friendship, on the road, drag queen, stripper, reunited friends, partner, best friend, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film deals with an Indian American student who wanted to pursue his love of music over the more 'typical' academic endeavors of Indian Americans (e.g., medicine, engineering, law, and business).
Style:
witty, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
college, culture clash, lifestyle, follow your dream, parents and children, friendship, teenage life, society, nothing goes right, misfit, youth, hopes ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
With his life already in shambles -- his girlfriend just dumped him, he's lost his acting gig, and his cat is seriously ill -- sad-sack Jimmy Zoole (Steve Guttenberg) comes home New Year's Eve to find a gay burglar (Lombardo Boyar) looting ...
Style:
realistic, witty, humorous, semi serious, talky ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, breakup, dark humor, disorder, love and romance, friends, couples, redemption, artists and showbiz, down on your luck, best friend, gay ...
Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After his daughter died in a hit and run, Freddy Gale has waited six years for John Booth, the man responsible, to be released from prison. On the day of release, Gale visits Booth and announces that he will kill him in one week. Booth uses his time ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, obsession, haunted by the past, murder, hit and run, loss of daughter, tragedy, vengeance, redemption, car accident, tragic event, justice ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, nebraska, los angeles, glendale california, california
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been swiped by a reporter out to bring him down.
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, cynical, romantic drama ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, infidelity, dishonesty, chase, journalism, self discovery, reporter, expose, talent agent, extortion, diary, writers ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York. Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
road trip, coming of age, parents and children, obsessive quest, teenage life, siblings relations, starting over, father son relationship, teenager, writers, sarcasm, stepfather stepson relationship ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1953
Place:
usa, kansas city, los angeles, boston, new york ...
Similarity:
40%
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2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A thief breaks into the home of a wealthy, happily married Beverly Hills couple. He soon finds out, though, that the couple is neither as wealthy as he thought they were and are not as happily married as they appeared.
Style:
dark comedy, grindhouse, independent film, grim, talky ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, black man white woman sex, hostage, exploitation, female nudity, home invasion, african, black, african american, racial issues, couples, interracial relations ...
Time:
70s
Place:
beverly hills, usa, los angeles, africa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, witty, stylized, humorous ...
Plot:
filmmaking, gays and lesbians, manipulation, musician, artists and showbiz, cons and scams, culture clash, disorder, love and romance, chess, con artists, caper ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
las vegas, london
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Style:
surreal, black comedy, funny, dark comedy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
dark humor, twists and turns, subway, city life, nothing goes right, suicide, mistaken identity, artist, coincidence, female nudity, diner, nightclub ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, non-linear ...
Plot:
secret agent, cia, hitman, double agent, double life, undercover, marriage proposal, kgb, spy, intrigue, profanity, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2002, 1940s, 2000s, y2k, 70s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, mexico, new york, latin america ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on the true events surrounding Frank Sinatra's tour of Australia. When Sinatra calls a local reporter a "two-bit hooker", every union in the country black-bans the star until he issues an apology.
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, entertaining
Plot:
journalism, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, media, ambition, love and romance, workplace, prostitute, rise and fall, father son relationship, racial slur, blackmail ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, australia, los angeles, sydney australia
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and accountant reveals the company he has been left is bust and the only way out is to do business with the Russian mafia. His life and heart are on the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, tense, sad, realistic ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, gangster, family business, going straight, hitman, down on your luck, drug abuse, love affair, cons and scams, dishonesty, betrayal, buddies ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, england, london, germany, russia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Style:
dark comedy, neo noir, black comedy, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
stripper, christmas, strip club, femme fatale, robbery, murder, gangster, mobster, dark humor, organized crime, voyeur, crooked lawyer ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa, kansas
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When an uncle is charged with murder, the event reverberates throughout a poor Arkansas family, including a struggling musician and his wife, her mother, her sister, and his father.
Style:
touching, semi serious, realistic, independent film, humorous ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, homecoming, sister sister relationship, jealousy, insecurity, car accident, argument, love, dream, trial, flirting, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
usa, southern usa, nashville tennessee, switzerland, california ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
culture clash, nothing goes right, friendship, small town, unemployment, village, doctor, goofy hero, disorder, social relations, comedy of errors, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
canada, quebec, montreal, australia
Similarity:
37%
779K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to ...
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
small town, snow, dark humor, crime gone awry, ransom, kidnapping, murder, satire, foul language, police, psychopath, winter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1987, year 1996
Place:
minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, north dakota, usa, persia
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, touching, erotic, compassionate ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
near death experience, first sexual experience, loss of virginity, sexual activity, female nudity, disabled, male virgin, nudity, woman on top, oral sex, therapist, sexual awakening ...
Time:
year 2012, 20th century, 80s, year 1988, 70s
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, boston
Similarity:
36%
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, dark humor, disorder, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, nothing goes right, cons and scams, fatal accident, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, twins, small town ...
Place:
kansas, usa
Similarity:
34%
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