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Killing Cabos (2004)
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Original name: Matando Cabos
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Oscar Cabos, a multimillionaire tycoon, is being held for ransom--only his captors have nabbed the wrong man. Now, to get their money, they must find the real Cabos--which could get tricky since he's been counter-kidnapped by his future son-in-law and impersonated by his childhood friend (now his janitor), Nacho.
Style:
dark comedy, talky, exciting, humorous, black comedy, funny, hispanic, offbeat, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, disorder, gang, partner, escapades, petty criminal, twists and turns, wrong place wrong time, mistaken identity, criminal heroes, dwarf, cannibalism, party, neighbor, wrestler, janitor, making love, cannibal, friends, wrestling, profanity, chase, chases and races, sexual content, confined ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and dark comedy films with plots about chase, disorder, chases and races, profanity, partner, criminal heroes and revenge mostly in Action, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like Killing Cabos: RocknRolla (2008), Redirected (2014), The 51st State (2001), Gunmen (1993), Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 114 min.
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When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspense, witty, talky, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
gangster, twists and turns, corruption, organized crime, dark humor, gang leader, robbery, homosexual, cons and scams, faked death, crime gone awry, mafia ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Lithuania
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Four friends become stranded in Eastern Europe and have to become hit men, prostitutes, corrupt cops, smugglers and more to make it home.
Style:
clever, humorous, exciting, harsh, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, partners in crime, cons and scams, escapades, friends, disorder, smuggling, twists and turns, murder, gambling, crime gone awry, cop ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
lithuania, middle east, britain, europe, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elmo McElroy is a streetwise American master chemist who heads to England to sell his special new formula - a powerful, blue concoction guaranteed to take you to 'the 51st state.' McElroy's new product delivers a feeling 51 times more ...
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, drug lord, chemist, organized crime, gangster, culture clash, drug, partner, drug dealing, golf, car chase, female killer ...
Time:
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Place:
england, liverpool, los angeles, northern england, europe ...
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27%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Drug baron Peter Loomis (Patrick Stewart) has his $400 million dollar drug fortune stolen in South America. Loomis sends Armor O'Malley (Denis Leary), a ruthless killer to find his money. Cole Parker (Mario Van Peebles), a DEA Agent is on a ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, female mercenary, female killer, female assassin, chase, criminal's revenge, gangster, partner, working undercover, jungle, criminal heroes, lone wolves ...
Time:
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latin america, usa, south america, new york
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A comedy about a hitman who sees everything in terms of the movies and how mistaken identity is getting in the way of recovering a stash of diamonds that was stolen and subsequently hidden more than 20 years earlier.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, semi serious, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mistaken identity, partner, criminal heroes, cons and scams, hidden identity, disorder, dishonesty, goofy hero, diamond, hitman, dilemma, moral dilemma ...
Time:
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25%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Karate meets Kalashnikovs as the uncontrollable force and the immovable object are thrown together in this bloody hilarious action comedy! Hiro's a Tokyo cyber-punk Yakuza with a simple mission: smuggle a toilet made of pure heroin to New York ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, stylized, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
chase, partner, crime gone awry, misfit partners, disorder, criminal heroes, drug dealing, odd couple, buddies, gang, friends, unlikely partners ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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25%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Three unsuspecting, average guys find themselves on the hit list of one of India's most-powerful crime syndicates.
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, exciting, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
nothing goes right, buddies, gangster, partners in crime, goofy hero, on the run, fish out of water, disorder, muslim, danger, escapades, partner ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
delhi, india, new delhi, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road.
Style:
road movie, intense, funny, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
car chase, twists and turns, beautiful scenery, danger, love, witness protection, gang war, love and romance, nothing goes right, car, classic car, chase ...
Time:
year 2012, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, new jersey, seattle, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The stories of a missing wife, a couple of meth heads and an Elvis impersonator are connected by the items found in a small town's pawn shop.
Style:
talky, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, offbeat ...
Plot:
dark humor, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, disorder, vigilantism, small town, abduction, missing person, rivalry, artists and showbiz, kidnapping, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, miami
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, light hearted ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
buddies, friendship, buddy, drug lord, betrayal, buddy cop, justice, unlikely friendships, adaptation, criminal heroes, working undercover, hidden identity ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
arizona, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters.
Style:
semi serious, rough, realistic, humorous, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fight, murder, female killer, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, vengeance, on the run, disorder, nothing goes right, danger, crime gone awry, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, austin texas
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, hilarious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
kidnapping, hitman, twists and turns, video store, gunfight, assassin, danger, cons and scams, violent, hostage, heist, violence ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Money Talks is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Brett Ratner. Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Style:
humorous, clever, light, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, murder, frame up, journalism, media, mexican standoff, partner, buddies, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, chases and races, buddy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The last wish of the dying "Monk" is for his foster child, Harald, to find his real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, dark humor, bank robbery, gang, fugitives, parents and children, prison, disorder, criminal heroes, partner, father son relationship, hustler ...
Time:
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Place:
denmark, europe
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23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A simple funeral turns a man's world upside down.
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed ...
Style:
funny, action comedy, humorous, hilarious, entertaining ...
Plot:
desert, revenge, husband wife relationship, friendship, robbery, profanity, mistaken identity, reckless driving, advertising executive, criminal, security guard, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
arizona, los angeles, usa, new jersey, seattle
Similarity:
23%
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, black comedy, dark comedy, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, pizza delivery boy, heist gone wrong, profanity, masked man, robbery, redemption, creativity, race against time, buddies, heist, escapades ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
michigan, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After ruthless gangsters wrongfully accuse him of stealing from them, a retired criminal has 24 hours to creep back into his past life and retrieve a bag of coke before his fiancée is killed.
Style:
exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
wedding, twists and turns, gangster, cocaine, robbery, memory loss, drug dealing, disorder, uncover truth, falsely accused, murder, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, dark comedy, witty, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, robbery, heist, casino, cons and scams, child in peril, chase, gang, crime gone awry, dishonesty, profanity, gunfight ...
Time:
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Place:
las vegas, idaho, seattle, nevada, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
It tells the story of two young friends who must find a way for the president of the company in which they work (and father of one of them) safe return home, and that is enclosed strange circumstances naked in the trunk of his car.
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, dark comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A handsome and talented college student, David Morales, is devastated when a bum knee causes him to lose his scholarship to the University of San Diego. Unwilling to disappoint his proud mother, Morales wastes no time in looking for a job to pay his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
chase, on the run, kidnapping, confined, life is a bitch, race against time, gang, parents and children, false accusation, hostage, crime gone awry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, latin america, mexico, california, san diego california ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Three modern-day L.A. bounty hunters, known only by their code names -- White Bread, Bean and Blue -- are hired by their bail bondsman boss to look after a wealthy heiress, Nettie Ridgeway, who witnessed the murder of a one-time boyfriend connected ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, reluctant partners, bare breasts, female pubic hair, collision, rescue, chase, kidnapping, bail bondsman, criminal heroes, heroes, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, ...
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, friendship, hostage, hotel, prison, extramarital affair, released from prison, naked man, on the road, infidelity, hooligan ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Dass specialises in small time kidnapping and has his own set of rules. The primary and most important among them is not to get involved with influential people. Three jobless youngsters meet Dass and the four take up an assignment for a hefty sum ...
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, humorous, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, gang, cons and scams, parents and children, police investigation, disorder, confined, abduction, ransom, kidnapping, politics, heist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Style:
road movie, funny, cult classic, talky, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
road trip, on the road, bounty hunter, chase, race against time, hitman, train, buddy cop, odd couple, partner, chases and races, mafia ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, chicago ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Nelson, played by Corey Haim is a teenager who robs banks with his father in group along with two other friends. Corey Haim Is the right guy, in the right place, at the right time. All he needed was a ...fast getaway
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, partner, robbery, criminal heroes, escapades, disorder, youth, rivalry, family relations, danger, law enforcement, young heroes ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures ...
Style:
funny, exciting, humorous, witty, spy action ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
armored car robbery, dentist, dictator, masked robber, spy, screwball, wedding, chase, car chase, fictional country, helicopter, bank ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
central america, latin america, washington d.c., new jersey, new york ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mike has the girl, the time and the place.The problem is he doesn't have the ring, Before Mike has an opportunity to propose his engagement ring is stolen.Mike is desperate to recover it. He and his friends have one hour to get the ring back ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate ...
Style:
humorous, buddy comedy, exciting, funny, action comedy ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, drug lord, murder, murder investigation, partners against crime, two man army, law enforcement, friendship between men, police corruption, police investigation, african american, working undercover ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
miami, florida, usa, north america
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, surreal, philosophical, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gangster, friendship, heist, justice, going straight, criminal heroes, one last job, partner, hopes, career change, secret hideout, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
denmark, europe, barcelona
Similarity:
20%
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