Movies like Even Angels Eat Beans

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Even Angels Eat Beans (1973)
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Even Angels Eat Beans (1973)
Original name: Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Two nice guys, a wrestler (Bud Spencer) and an Ice-cream vendor (Giuliano Gemma) are mistaken for dangerous killers by an important local gangster, whose nickname is "Sorriso". With the help of many funny coincidences they play along with Sorriso "working" for him, just to survive, but, when they receive the order to butcher the components of a very indigent family they are unmasked and...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Plot: mafia, italian mafia, odd couple, fistfight, chases and races, nothing goes right, mistaken identity, partner, disorder, criminal heroes, goofy hero, unlikely criminals, gangster, gang, betrayal, wrestling, blackmail, mob boss, casino, rolls royce, car, salvation army, automobile, italian food, farce ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, 20s
Place: new york, chicago, usa, charleston south carolina
Keyword: gangsters, partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and exciting films with plots about disorder, partner, gangster, gang, criminal heroes, dishonesty and chases and races mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Even Angels Eat Beans: Crime Busters (1977), Gangster Exchange (2010), Paper Soldiers (2002), Crime Spree (2003), The Shipment (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Crime Busters (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
Style: not serious, exciting, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, cons and scams, police, criminal heroes, police investigation, chases and races, odd couple, partners against crime, buddies, misfit, gang, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York. The weaker gang use incredibly a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeeds to stop one of the gang, while the other remain without the Boss.
Style: slapstick, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: mafia, gangster, gang, silly humor, disorder, hitman, goofy hero, criminal heroes, assassination attempt, gang war, lion, police ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Gangster Exchange (2010)
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: humorous, semi serious, stylized, realistic, clever ...
Plot: chase, partner, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, misfit partners, buddies, drug dealing, odd couple, disorder, gang, unlikely partners, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Paper Soldiers (2002)
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, hood, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: african american, hip hop, gangster, partner, drug dealing, dishonesty, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, ambition, unlikely criminals, disorder, urban ...
Place: usa, memphis
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Trinity: Good Guys and Bad Guys (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber who was caught was released from jail. He immediately went to ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, law enforcement, gang, disorder, heist, crime gone awry, confined, dishonesty, kidnapping, missing person, gangster, partner ...
Time: 80s
Place: miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Trinity: Gambling for High Stakes (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: This movie is about a navy Lieutenant named Johnny Firpo who is ordered to work with the Miami Police force to help stop a gang of crooked card sharks. He needs the help of a pro gambler-now retired named Charlie Firpo. Charlie won't help ...
Style: slapstick, exciting, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot: gambling, casino, mobster, humour, army, buddy cop, conspiracy, punched in the face, intelligence, navy, family relations, step siblings ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: florida, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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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 ⇓
77%
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The Shipment (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A mob enforcer is hired to recover a shipment of Viagra gone awry.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot: gangster, hitman, drug dealing, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, disorder, partner, sexual humor, viagra
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: mobster, scam, sting operation, politician, mafia, get rich quick scheme, gangster, partner, violent content, best friend, disorder, friends ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Hollywood Sign (2001)
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, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, gangster, elderly, criminal heroes, dishonesty, disorder, cons and scams, heist, filmmaking ...
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Fool N Final (2007)
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: exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous
Plot: gang, disorder, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, cons and scams, chases and races, goofy hero, gangster, diamond theft, bookies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Airbag (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, Portugal, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Mommy's boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside the body of a prostitute. Mafioso whorehouse owner Villambrosa finds the ring. Meanwhile Villambrosa's rival ...
Style: road movie, humorous, semi serious, manga, cult classic ...
Plot: gangster, buddies, unlikely criminals, partner, nothing goes right, disorder, obsessive quest, prostitute, car chase, absurdism, lgbt, friends ...
Time: 90s
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Wise Guys (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.
Style: buddy comedy, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, gambling, hitman, gangster, buddies, frame up, criminal heroes, dishonesty, goofy hero, siblings relations, cons and scams, heist ...
Time: 80s
Place: atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
You Move You Die (2007)
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: semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
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, clever, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: mistaken identity, heist, partner, cons and scams, criminal heroes, goofy hero, disorder, hidden identity, dishonesty, diamond, hitman, moral dilemma ...
Time: year 2001
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A university researcher is fired because of the cuts to university. To earn a living he decides to produce drugs recruiting his former colleagues, who despite their skills are living at the margins of society.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny, cult classic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Winners & Sinners (1983)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the ...
Style: cult classic, action comedy, fast, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it back.
Style: funny, exciting, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, car crash, crime boss, hitman, speed, humour, race, buddy, truck driver, car chase, fistfight, friendship ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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My New Partner III (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Voilà dix ans que les chemins de René et de François se sont séparés. De l'époque glorieuse où, flics, ils écumaient le quartier Montmartre, il ne leur reste qu'une poignée de souvenirs, l'argent de leurs ripouseries ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, humorous, semi serious
Plot: mistaken identity, police corruption, police detective, partner, disorder, buddies, law enforcement, odd couple, dishonesty, misfit partners, chinese mafia, guy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Run, Run, Joe! (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When a don who they were suppose to protect ends up dead, his bodyguard and bodyguard's friend must go under cover to escape the wrath of mob.
Style: realistic, semi serious, exciting, humorous, poliziottesco
Plot: chase, gangster, chases and races, escapades, rescue, danger, organized crime, sea, motorboat
Time: 20th century, 70s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Grand Theft Auto (1977)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of reward seekers are determined to stop her.
Style: realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, police chase, car, carsploitation, couples, disorder, eccentric family, partner, young lovers, odd couple, criminal heroes, on the road ...
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65%
Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II (2002)
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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
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Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: europe, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Godfather: Part V (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Young-goo the son of mafia boss Don Carini, is too foolish to be part of the mafia elite. One day, Young-goo comes to his father and is trained by Tony V to be his father's successor. A few days later, Young-goo accidentally rescues Nancy, the ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Taxi 2 (2000)
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Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
Style: humorous, exciting, hilarious, not serious, semi serious ...
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Style: humorous, semi serious, exciting, action comedy, detective ...
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64%
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Style: humorous, slapstick, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy
Plot: good versus evil, humour, fish out of water, simple man, bouncer, aggression, mob boss, gangster, supportive spouse, rise to the top, dishonesty, misfit ...
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64%
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Taxi 3 (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Plan B (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Style: humorous, realistic, light, captivating, feel good ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two botcher killers, Paco and Alex carry out a crime caper. Later on, they are joined by Tatiana - ​a young whore, who shows great love for Alex. In pursuing its objective the losers will face a group of murderers, a butcher with dark business, a ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark, UK
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Place: europe, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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