Movies like Dark and Stormy Night

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Dark and Stormy Night (2009)
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Dark and Stormy Night (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the 1930s the family of old Sinas Cavinder, gathered for the reading of his will, find themselves being murdered by a mysterious phantom while two rival reporters compete for the story.
Style: parody, humorous, suspenseful, not serious, captivating, black and white, offbeat, retro, spoof, spooky
Plot: dark and stormy night, ghost, murder, mysterious character, who done it, characters killed one by one, seance, old dark house, journalism, estate, medium, family relations, taxi driver, mad woman, last will and testament, electrocution, dead woman, female reporter, woman strangled to death, murder mystery, gorilla, deadly, stabbed in the back, dead woman on floor, mystery ...
Time: 1930s, 30s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, suspenseful and not serious films with plots about murder, deadly, investigation, law enforcement, disorder, danger and who done it mostly in Comedy, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like Dark and Stormy Night: Murder by Death (1976), The Private Eyes (1980), Gosford Park (2001), The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001), The Scenesters (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Murder by Death (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are ...
Style: parody, surprise ending, humorous, spoof, funny ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: murder, whodunit, private detective, butler, old mansion, dark and stormy night, old dark house, murder mystery, who done it, mansion, riddles and clues, plot twist ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
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100%
The Private Eyes (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Don Knotts and Tim Conway star in The Private Eyes, a 1980 comedy about two bumbling detectives solving a murder. It's an impressively incompetent affair. Every ancient joke falls with a muffled thud as Knotts and Conway ham their way through ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, spooky, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, old dark house, chase, investigation, supernatural, police investigation, whodunit, satire, exploitation, murder mystery, dystopia, screwball ...
Time: year 1980, 80s
Place: scotland, europe, england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Gosford Park (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Style: suspense, period piece, biting, detective, costume drama ...
Plot: murder, country estate, society, estate, high society, murder investigation, murder mystery, butler, servant, twists and turns, unrequited love, hunting ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1932, pre world war two, year 2001 ...
Place: england, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Remember the good old days when anyone with a camera and a few thousand bucks could schlep up to Bronson canyon and quickly make a cheap sci-fi/horror B-movie? Well, they're back! The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra is an affectionate, meticulous ...
Style: parody, humorous, talky, stylized, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien, mad scientist, farce, dystopic future, science, monster, heroic mission, space travel, save the world, benign alien, alien encounter, danger ...
Time: 50s, year 2001, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Scenesters (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Someone is killing beautiful young Hipsters in East L.A. Charlie is a crime scene cleaner working for Aftershocks Inc. with a penchant for Sherlock Holmes type deduction. Wallace is an out-of-luck filmmaker working as a crime scene videographer. The ...
Style: cynical, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, fish out of water, disorder, who done it, amateur detective, hipster, filmmaker, found footage, whodunit, filmmaking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Director Paul Morrissey applies a hefty dose of humor to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective story in this interpretation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Comedian Peter Cook takes on the role of brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, ...
Style: parody, natural horror, spoof, detective, independent film ...
Plot: halloween, private detective, silly humor, conspiracy, dark humor, disorder, danger, deadly creature, partners against crime, rivalry, investigation, misfit partners ...
Time: year 1978, 19th century, 1880s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Film noir parody with a private eye trying to solve the murder of his milkman.
Style: spoof, dark comedy, independent film, parody, not serious ...
Plot: private investigator, investigation, murder, small town, disorder, social relations, goofy hero, danger, law enforcement, private detective, small town life, milkman ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon Queen who is the ...
Style: detective, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot: private detective, charlie chan, serial killer, police officer, murderer, murder mystery, investigation, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, goofy hero, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: california, san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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This Girl for Hire (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In this pilot for a proposed TV series, B.T. Brady is a flippant, but somewhat klutzy female private detective in Hollywood who sets out to solve the murder of a obnoxious mystery writer. Along the way, Brady gets help from her flamboyant mother ...
Style: slapstick, humorous, suspenseful, witty, cynical ...
Plot: private investigator, murder, hollywood, store, filmmaking, showbiz, artists and showbiz, private detective, law enforcement, investigation, female detective, failed pilot ...
Time: 1940s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Supernatural Activity (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The world's most beloved illusionist, armed with his team of oxymoron’s, embark on the freakiest, most adventurous paranormal investigation of all time. Terrorized at every turn by an unexplainable irregular patterns of mysterious ...
Style: parody, scary, not serious, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, investigation, supernatural, paranormal activity, supernatural ability, danger, curses spells and rituals, found footage, halloween, satire, bare chested male, broken nose
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Scandalous (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot: reporter, concert, murder, scam, scoop, conspiracy, dishonesty, media, journalism, espionage, media satire, cons and scams ...
Time: 80s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Flourish (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A tutor recounts a frantic night that culminated in a 16-year old girl's disappearance. Unfolding in front of a video camera direct from a psychiatric ward, Gaby Winters (Jennifer Morrison) recalls a dreadful babysitting job that sent her on a ...
Style: serious, humorous, suspenseful, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: missing person, investigation, abduction, teenage life, isolation, eccentric family, youth, who done it, amateur detective, mentally unstable, murder, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.2
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The Vexxer (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Scotland Yard investigators have to prevent the murder of Victoria Dickman when her name is found on a death list.
Style: parody, humorous, gothic, exciting, touching ...
Plot: master criminal, police detective, murder, police, nun, investigation, police investigation, inspector, law enforcement, goofy hero, disorder, estate ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Killer Hair (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A fashion reporter stumbles on a murder investigation in the Nation's Capitol, only to be thrown for a loop when her police detective former lover is assigned to the case.
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, humorous, realistic
Plot: amateur detective, murder, riddles and clues, journalism, rivalry, fashion, hairdresser, dead woman, reporter, media, woman, female reporter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Death to the Supermodels (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: This sexy comedy finds the world's greatest, most eccentric supermodels gathered on a deserted island for the swimsuit photo shoot from hell
Style: sexy, parody, suspenseful, humorous, slasher
Plot: island, murder, rivalry, serial killer, isolation, teenage life, disorder, supermodel, transgender, fashion model, mute or deaf, gays and lesbians ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Where the Bears Are (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
TV show
Story: Reggie is producing a reality television pilot for a true crime series, and the bears consequently try to solve a string of murders involving models for Chunk Studios, a bear porn studio.
Style: not serious, humorous, captivating, realistic, queer cinema
Audience: chick flick
Plot: amateur detective, murder, friendship, murder mystery, buddies, gay, dark humor, gay interest, gay subtext, friends, gender, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Inspector Späck (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A dead body is found and police detective Mårten Späck draws the conclusion that a serial suicide killer is at large. Späck with his colleagues Grünvald Karlsson and Irene Snusk suspect a gang who distributes pirated DVD's of ...
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, captivating, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, police investigation, silly humor, danger, law enforcement, police, criminal, video store, nordic, violent content, chases and races, riddles and clues ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: LA homicide detective Gene Handsome's knack for solving mysteries is matched only by his inability to make sense of his own problems.
Style: humorous, not serious, light, colorful, detective
Plot: police detective, relationships, outcast, irony, murder, job, male protagonist, dog
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Towards Zero (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Inviting the ex-wife to a family reunion when the none-too-secure new wife will be there hardly seems to be a recipe for success, and true to form, bodies have begun to stack up by the end of this cinematic update of a classic Agatha Christie tale. ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, witty, realistic
Plot: multiple suspects, family relations, police investigation, murder, riddles and clues, who done it, couples, womanizer, society, danger, law enforcement, family gatherings ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, atlantic ocean, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Screamplay (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the murders that occur in the new script of a Hollywood screenwriter.
Style: dark comedy, slasher, black and white, psychological, surreal ...
Plot: writers, killer, nightmare, serial killer, murder, hollywood, writer's life, artists and showbiz, gory, filmmaking, screenwriter, actress ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Mesmerist (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Based on an Edgar Allan Poe story, this film tells the grimly comic tale of a bad-tempered old man (Howard Hesseman) who cheats death, only to go on tormenting the living. When a medical experiment leaves the grouch hovering between life and death ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, offbeat, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: supernatural, afterlife, supernatural ability, dark humor, eccentric family, experiment gone awry, estate, disorder, doctor, dying man, hypnosis, edgar allan poe ...
Place: new york, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Mr & Mrs Murder (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Charlie and Nicola Buchanan are crime scene cleaners whose unique quirks and talents solve the most baffling murder mysteries.
Style: humorous, detective, light, captivating, enigmatic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: amateur detective, who done it, investigation, murder, danger, law enforcement, couples, multiple suspects, family business, couple relations, riddles and clues, family relations ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: australia, united kingdom, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Coffee, Kill Boss (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When ten executives secretly meet to sell off their company, they're murdered one by one in this darkly comedic romp through the halls of corporate America.
Style: semi serious, humorous, suspense, teen, hilarious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: murder, dark humor, conspiracy, betrayal, deception, deal, office, boss, blood, coffee, business, poison ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Alphabet Murders (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.
Style: detective, realistic, parody, not serious, humorous ...
Plot: private detective, serial killer, murder mystery, mysticism, hercule poirot, investigation, murder, law enforcement, danger, riddles and clues, who done it, silly humor ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: england, scotland yard, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In The Man With Bogart's Face, an affectionate send-up of the Bogart detective films of the 1940s, Robert Sacchi plays a man who idolizes Humphrey Bogart so much he has his features altered to look exactly like his idol. He then opens up a ...
Style: neo noir, semi serious, parody, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: private detective, hollywood, private investigator, lookalikes, doppelganger, surgery, transgender, face, plastic surgery, murder, who done it, power relations ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Diagnosis: Death (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Two people meet as guinea pigs in a weekend drug trial.They soon discover their lives are in more danger than they imagined. The staff are peculiar. The drugs cause hallucinations. Or is the clinic really haunted? Struggling with their senses, they ...
Style: not serious, humorous, scary, light, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: danger, doctors and patients, hospital, supernatural, murder, disorder, escapades, riddles and clues, silly humor, experiment, ghost, confined ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new zealand
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19%
Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Larry Abbot, speaker in the radio horror shows of Manhattan Mystery Theater wants to marry. For the marriage he takes his fiancée home to the castle where he grew up among his eccentric relatives. His uncle decides that he needs to be cured from a ...
Style: parody, humorous, funny, melancholic, absurd ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: ghost, dysfunctional family, farce, radio, haunted house, family relations, couples, nothing goes right, love and romance, family problems, disorder, stalking ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: "La La Wood" follows the legacy of Jiminy Glick, first introduced on "The Martin Short Show," who went on to get (non)-critical acclaim for his talk show "Primetime Glick," where Mr. Glick interviewed countless ...
Style: witty, humorous, cynical, not serious, biting ...
Plot: showbiz, actor's life, lifestyle, journalism, desire for fame, celebrity culture, workplace intrigue, culture clash, media satire, artists and showbiz, celebrity, filmmaking ...
Time: year 2004
Place: canada, usa, toronto ontario canada, india, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Stand-up comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham. Enter the ultimate hunted house where Walter transforms into something grumpier than he already is! Watch Bubba J. rise from the dead! Meet Peanut's alter ego, The Purple Venger of the Night, and ...
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, light, captivating ...
Plot: halloween, haunted house, goofy hero, disorder, terrorism, chaos and mayhem, stand up comedy, divorce, ventriloquist, supernatural, monster, ghost ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Hostile Makeover (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Lacey Smithsonian is a stylish journalist who works as a television reporter. When interviewing a prestigious fashion designer Amanda Manville, it confesses that receives death threats from someone. Everything is complicated when the artist is shot ...
Style: humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful
Plot: partner, lifestyle, false accusation, celebrity culture, fashion, disorder, dishonesty, law enforcement, media, journalism, female reporter, reporter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c.
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18%
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