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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Alan Partridge has had many ups and downs in life. National television broadcaster. Responsible for killing a guest on live TV. Local radio broadcaster. Nervous breakdown in Dundee. A self-published book, 'Bouncing Back', which was subsequently remaindered and pulped. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa portrays the events of the greatest low-to-high ebb spectrum in his life to date, namely how he tries to salvage his public career while negotiating a potentially violent turn of events at North Norfolk Digital Radio.
Style: humorous, satirical, cynical, funny, hilarious, black comedy, clever, witty, talky, sexy ...
Plot: radio station, hostage, radio dj, satire, self involved, radio, desire for fame, ambition, lifestyle, socially awkward, workplace, goofy hero, showbiz, danger, workplace intrigue, confined, corporate world, boss and employee, forced into action, siege, dishonesty, british, party, redemption, culture clash ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: england, europe, california
Keyword: irish, take over, youtube

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and not serious films with plots about disorder, police, hostage, partner, satire, profanity and held at gunpoint mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa: Airheads (1994), Four Lions (2010), Hot Fuzz (2007), I'm Alan Partridge (1997), The Parole Officer (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Airheads (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
Style: funny, light, entertaining, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: heavy metal, music, rock and roll, farce, hostage, radio, stupidity, rock band, satire, music band, artists and showbiz, rock ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
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Four Lions (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, funny, black comedy, surreal ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorism, suicide, stupidity, farce, recruit, comedy of errors, islam, bomb, religion, goofy hero, plan gone awry, team ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, britain, iraq, pakistan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 533K
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. To stop the rest of his team from looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford, paired with simple country cop, and everything seems quiet until two actors are found decapitated. ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, dark comedy, hilarious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: murder, police, partner, conspiracy, chase, buddy, buddy cop, cop, small town, secret society, gunfight, investigation ...
Time: year 2007, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Famous DJ Alan Partridge gives us an insight into what happens behind the microphone at North Norfolk digital radio.
Style: not serious, clever, humorous, talky, realistic ...
Plot: workplace, goofy hero, artists and showbiz, media, workplace situations, disorder, radio station, recording studio, satire, humour, newscaster, radio show ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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I'm Alan Partridge (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: I'm Alan Partridge is a BBC situation comedy starring Steve Coogan, of which two series of six episodes each were produced — the first in 1997 and the second in 2002. The series followed the titular Alan Partridge, a failed television ...
Style: sitcom, laugh out loud, hilarious, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: satire, radio, sketch, humour, everyday life, celebrity culture, hotel, fan, hapless, showbiz, guest, comeback ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Parole Officer (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.
Style: humorous, feel good, talky, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: murder, parole officer, police corruption, love and romance, partner, law enforcement, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, female police officer, policewoman, unlikely criminal, warden ...
Place: england, northern england, europe, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars ...
Style: humorous, witty, talky, funny, ironic ...
Plot: filmmaking, adaptation, art, creativity, storytelling, couples, artists and showbiz, showbiz, rehearsal, disorder, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Ricky Gervais third stand-up comedy routine.
Style: humorous, funny, cynical, talky, witty ...
Plot: stand up comedian, satire, live performance, actor's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, showbiz, society, comedian, stand up comedy, celebrity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Ruthless People (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, funny, hilarious, laugh out loud ...
Plot: kidnapping, greed, videotaped sex, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, farce, ransom, misunderstanding, fashion, revenge, vengeance, mistress ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, absurd, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, boys' night
Plot: partners against crime, buddies, buddy, police, law enforcement, cocaine, buddy cop, mad scientist, satire, police investigation, gunfight, chase ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
Style: parody, humorous, absurd, not serious, exciting ...
Plot: spy, satire, farce, virus, espionage, betrayal, stupidity, culture clash, brutality, secret service, secret agent, love ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, south africa, uganda, santiago chile ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.0
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22 Jump Street (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the ...
Style: parody, buddy comedy, funny, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: college, undercover cop, police, high school, buddy cop, dimwit, youth, undercover, buddy, friendship, police investigation, campus ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.7
 40K
Wild Target (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin, who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended ...
Style: romantic, sweet, funny, humorous, witty ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: hitman, apprentice, love and romance, assassin, happy ending, eccentricity, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, art, reluctant partners, danger, dishonesty ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, clever, witty, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, heist, dark humor, organized crime, twists and turns, crime gone awry, disorder, gang, nothing goes right, debt, violent, friends ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place: england, united kingdom, london, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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CHiPS (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
Style: buddy comedy, intense, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: adult
Plot: motorcycle, buddy cop, police, heist, investigation, corruption, chase, partner, car chase, motorcycle cop, female nudity, police corruption ...
Time: year 2017, future, 2010s
Place: los angeles, california, florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
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JCVD (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the country ...
Style: dark comedy, talky, realistic, psychological, humorous ...
Plot: hostage, martial arts, down on your luck, actor, existentialism, police investigation, storytelling, filmmaking, lifestyle, midlife crisis, showbiz, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: europe, belgium, los angeles, brussels belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.6
 180K
The Heat (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, ...
Style: buddy comedy, action comedy, humorous, light, slapstick ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot: women, misfit partners, fbi, policewoman, buddy, friendship, police, police investigation, sarcasm, female protagonist, buddy cop, profanity ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.0
 89K
Taxi (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, ...
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids
Plot: car, taxi, car chase, chase, driver, heist, chases and races, police, bank robbery, unlikely friendships, buddy, gang ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france, marseille, europe, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 7.2
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21 Jump Street (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are ...
Style: parody, funny, buddy comedy, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, undercover cop, buddy, drug, police, partners against crime, youth, buddy cop, working undercover, high school student, friendship, popularity ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
30 Minutes or Less (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and advise him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...
Style: humorous, funny, dark comedy, entertaining, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, heist, pizza delivery boy, profanity, heist gone wrong, unlikely criminal, robbery, redemption, creativity, race against time, buddies, escapades ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 122K
Ride Along (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben has been trying to show decorated APD detective James that he's more than just a video-game junkie who's unworthy of James' sister, Angela. When Ben finally gets accepted into the ...
Style: buddy comedy, funny, humorous, action comedy, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: two man army, police, law enforcement, escapades, gunfight, buddy cop, car chase, gangster, partner, black, kidnapping, disorder ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.4
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Crime Spree (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of ...
Style: humorous, funny, witty, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot: heist, gangster, organized crime, mafia, robbery, caper, fbi, brutality, comedy of errors, gang, partner, fish out of water ...
Time: year 2003
Place: chicago, usa, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Swimming with Sharks (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young, naive Hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on his incredibly abusive producer boss.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, talky, entertaining, disturbing ...
Plot: hollywood, workplace, business, humiliation, character study, disgruntled worker, filmmaking, boss, obnoxious boss, success, workplace situations, psychology ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Pineapple Express (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Russia, North Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
Style: humorous, funny, hilarious, offbeat, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: stoner, marijuana, friendship, weed, drug, buddies, buddy, cannabis, chase, drug trip, witnessing a crime, immature ...
Time: year 2008, 1930s, year 1937, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Take the Money and Run (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber.
Style: mockumentary, humorous, clever, witty, funny ...
Plot: prison, robbery, heist, fighting the system, goofy hero, couples, petty criminal, unlikely criminals, misfit, couple relations, hapless, cons and scams ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, 50s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place: persia, turkey, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.6
 287K
The Other Guys (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: NYPD detectives Christopher Danson (Johnson) and P.K. Highsmith (Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. They don't get tattoos, other men get tattoos of them. Two desks over and one back, sit detectives Allen Gamble ...
Style: funny, hilarious, buddy comedy, humorous, parody ...
Audience: teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot: police, stupidity, buddy, misfit partners, partners against crime, buddy cop, farce, hotshot, dumb, reluctant partners, car chase, corruption ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, las vegas, manhattan new york city, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.6
 9K
Screwed (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
Style: funny, humorous, intense, feel good, witty ...
Plot: mistaken identity, crime gone awry, fish out of water, comedy of errors, friendship, nothing goes right, partner, hostage, cons and scams, disorder, goofy hero, misfit ...
Time: 90s
Place: pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.8
 8K
7 Seconds (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.
Style: suspenseful, stylized, realistic, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, disorder, hostage, dishonesty, rivalry, daring rescue, gangster, chases and races, female warrior, death, murder, fight ...
Place: bucharest, romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.5
 90K
Cop Out (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his ...
Style: humorous, buddy comedy, funny, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, law enforcement, buddy, police investigation, buddy cop, gangster, chase, justice, money laundering, police officer, robbery, rescue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.9
 63K
Ride Along 2 (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.
Style: buddy comedy, funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: buddy, undercover cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, corruption, police investigation, chase, wedding, drug, buddy cop, partner, escapades ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, miami, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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