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Crying with Laughter (2009)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Powerfully redemptive and darkly comedic revenge thriller set in the vicious world of stand-up comedy, starring Stephen McCole and Malcolm Shields.
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dark comedy, tense, realistic
Plot:
stand up comedian, manipulation, life is a bitch, showbiz, artists and showbiz, performer's life, kidnapping, rivalry, haunted by the past, drug abuse, dark humor, self discovery, alcoholic, nightclub, landlord, violent content, cocaine, mind game, dishonesty, vengeance, swearing, graphic violence, drugs/alcohol, manipulations, stand-up comedian
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
scotland, europe, edinburgh scotland
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Most similar movies to Crying with Laughter
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about rivalry, danger, murder, deadly, dishonesty, violent content and life is a bitch mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Crying with Laughter: Legacy (2010), Telling Lies (2008), Plastic City (2008), The Employer (2013), The Crossing (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Taking refuge in a shabby Brooklyn motel after narrowly surviving a failed mission in Eastern Europe, Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray (Idris Elba) begins to disintegrate mentally as he broods over the legacy of his actions in this taut psychological ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
soldier, conspiracy, obsession, rivalry, haunted by the past, mission gone awry, breaking point, losing-it hero, dishonesty, isolation, military, locked in a room ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The morning after the night before, a rapid spiral of disastrous telephone calls chart the certain ruin of young Phil's day as he attempts to fib his way out of one scrape after another. Told entirely in animated captions.
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psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending ...
Plot:
murder, couples, rivalry, law enforcement, hidden identity, who done it, investigation, twists and turns, life turned upside down, profanity, violent content, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jungle, stand at the head of a massive pirated goods operation that brings in both money and influence. But their empire is crumbling, as corrupt ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, gang, downfall, family business, pirate, parents and children, immigrant, police corruption, dishonesty, haunted by the past, search for father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, sao paulo, brazil, latin america
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job with the Carcharias Corporation, a powerful conglomerate whose business practices are shrouded in mystery. On the night before the last round of interviews, they are all kidnapped and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
trap, kidnapping, twists and turns, rivalry, danger, contests and competitions, mind game, struggle for survival, trapped, new job, secret identity, rivals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lola Arendt, 8, vanishes while on vacation on a wild Scottish island. Shattered by her disappearance, her parents, Sarah and Martin, separate. Two years later, Lola is found at the exact same spot. Martin returns to the island to bring her home. His ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
rivalry, vigilantism, hospital, store, revenge, murder, abduction, paralysis, investigation, danger, twins, wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Martin is a screenwriter, who finds himself in one of his own plays: A young woman is found dead in the Thames and no one really knows, what has happened to her.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
sex scene, murder, artists and showbiz, writer's life, uncover truth, danger, missing person, writers, disappearance, wife, female nudity, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, partner, dishonesty, rivalry, murder, danger, car accident, car, son, revenge, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, cons and scams, danger, dishonesty, crime gone awry, murderous pair, rivalry, graphic violence, nudity, violent content, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After 12 years in an asylum, as she is reunited with friends and family, Dana begins to realize the events that led to her stay there may not have been imaginary.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, mind bending ...
Plot:
murder, woman in danger, haunted by the past, best friend, mental illness, teenage life, youth, supernatural, mentally unstable, mental institution, doctors and patients, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england
Similarity:
62%
513
Genre: Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A disturbed woman and a violent lunatic walk the same path in this thriller from Swedish director Kristian Petri. Monia is a businesswoman who has been hired to work for a large corporation based in Gothenburg. One evening, while having drinks with ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, mind game, obsession, danger, rivalry, macabre, dark humor, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Hard-hitting character study that's based on the real story of one man's journey to control his violence through religion. It takes us from the blood soaked East End of London to the world of the Islamic whirling dervishes.
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
redemption, starting over, religions or cults, society, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, remorse, islam, best friend, violent content, urban ghetto, peace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, east end london
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Hayley, a producer on the hit reality show LOVE EVER AFTER, unwillingly falls for The Bachelor on this marriage elimination series. Things become complicated very quickly, especially when one of the female contestants turns up dead. That's when ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A heart-pounding suspense thriller, set on an isolated farm in England's beautiful, rugged Peak District.
Style:
serious, suspense, rough, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
farm, danger, haunted by the past, murder, parents and children, psychopath, violence, life is a bitch, love and romance, desire, family relations, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An average man finds himself in a position to prevent the murder of a family member -- the unnerving descent of a man caught between resilience and ruthlessness.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, life is a bitch, rivalry, dishonesty, human nature, life turned upside down, feud, murder, violent content, nudity, sexual content, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
60%
492
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amanda Crew stars as Leigh Parrish, a successful actress on a trip home to visit her small town roots. While dodging the careful eye of her manager (Dustin Milligan), Leigh, steps out from the lights and cameras and into the shadows of her old ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
violence, haunted by the past, small town life, actor's life, social relations, obnoxious boss, small town, celebrity, female protagonist, society, dark past, secrets ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Iceland, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A former sailor who has served prison sentences for alcohol smuggling fights to keep his family afloat. He is offered pay for a last tour of cargo between Reykjavik and Rotterdam. He agrees, in the hope to get out of debt, but unexpected events ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, captivating, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
down on your luck, delivery, smuggling, danger, financial problem, escapades, security guard, rivalry, mafia, ex convict, sailor, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, iceland, rotterdam netherlands, holland
Similarity:
55%
690
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Depuis peu Eric Vincent, trentenaire sans histoire, a un fort sentiment de malaise. Est-ce la peur d'avoir un enfant ou celle de voir brutalement resurgir le fantôme d'un père qu'il n'a jamais connu ? Un matin, un inconnu ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
parents and children, haunted by the past, life turned upside down, estrangement, uncover truth, dishonesty, twists and turns, investigation, murder, dead father, prostitute, nudity ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Darlene and her daughter Victoria seek refuge at a remote rural safe house for abused women that's run by the strict and tough, but folksy and supportive Bea. Things turn sour when Bea proves to be a total lunatic with an especially dangerous ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, danger, supernatural, on the run, youth, mental illness, false accusation, woman in danger, rivalry, mind game, life is a bitch, farm ...
Time:
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Similarity:
54%
93
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, false accusation, uncover truth, on the run, frame up, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, life turned upside down, murder, danger, woman with a gun ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A woman tries to escape a stalker by moving with her children to her sister's isolated beach house
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, woman in danger, stalking, danger, homecoming, family relations, pursuit, threat, unwanted pregnancy, maniac, social worker, beach ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland, amsterdam, europe
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The feature weaves an intricate tale about childhood best-friends that have an unusually strong bond and a more intriguing secret. Both young men are on the right path to promising futures, a first round NFL draft pick, and a talented art major on a ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, bleak, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
325
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Pippa is a physically and emotionally scarred former model living as a recluse in her meticulous Georgian flat. When a heist taking place in the same building goes wrong, Pippa's home is broken into by the charismatic Kayleigh. Pippa is taken ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, psychological
Plot:
hostage, confined, mentally unstable, mental illness, crime gone awry, kidnapping, strong female presence, women, twins, obsessive compulsive disorder, agoraphobia, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Two young boys and a girl commit a diamond robbery on Halloween. During escape the girl is fatally shot. One of the boys knows a doctor (Jeremy London) who has a private clinic in his house. They decide to go to his house instead of the hospital ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
on the run, crime gone awry, confined, dishonesty, rivalry, fugitives, chase, gang, doctor, halloween, home invasion, master criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The only thing James wants is to remain away from Scotland. One day, however, he receives a fax, a printout of an unknown person's obituary. The next day, he is charged and arrested for the murder of this person.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
glasgow scotland, scotland
Similarity:
50%
494
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry, an uptight businessman who sometimes acts with questionable ethics, nevertheless rejects Ron, a scam artist who wants a partner. Ron won't let up and finds a lever to blackmail Henry, whose daughter Gina has killed a pedestrian in a ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, unlikely criminals, parents and children, dishonesty, danger, manipulation, cons and scams, blackmail, serial killer, masturbation, hit and run ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug dealing, danger, rivalry, chases and races, strong violent content, drug cartel, race against time
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, sonora, arizona, usa, mexico
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
It's not politics as usual, or is it? The governor of Louisiana is about to become the vice-presidential candidate for his party but a murder and an international web spanning from South Africa to Pakistan and North Korea might just get in the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
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49%
570
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Anna Carter is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sees her final three months as an opportunity to enact some vigilante justice. Racing her deteriorating health and trying to stay one step ahead of the police, Carter furiously tracks down ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, doctors and patients, injustice, terminal illness, vigilante, fighting crime, murder, danger, strong female lead, female fight, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In this taut thriller, newlyweds Jen and Mitch find that three's company and four's a crowd when they ask their friend Danny to move in with them to share expenses. But a sweet situation turns sour when Danny invites a new person into the ...
Style:
sexy, tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
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