Movies like The Red Ibis

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The Red Ibis (1975)
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The Red Ibis (1975)
Original name: L'Ibis rouge
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: No overview found.
Plot: serial killer, dancing, fishing, death, murder, nun, alcoholic, hotel, taxi, greek, chase, nightclub, debt, flying, blackmail, war veteran, jewelry, buying a house, cooking, police station, husband wife relationship, strangulation, death of husband, banquet, violinist ...

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Most similar movies to The Red Ibis

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, dark comedy and semi serious films with plots about murder, police, police officer, serial killer, death, hotel and deadly mostly in Comedy, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Red Ibis: Carom Shots (1963), The Troops in New York (1965), Serial Lover (1998), Odd Job (2016), Bonsoir (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Carom Shots (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy to pay for the modern lifestyle he is buying on credit. Seeing that marrying his immediate superior's daughter will not get him the results he ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy
Plot: ambition, firm, dark humor, career, comedy of errors, murder, workplace intrigue, workplace, rise to the top, hierarchy, frog
Time: 60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Troops in New York (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The second installment of Gendarmes series, tells the story of Sergeant Cruchot (Louis De Funes), who, together with his faithful comrades, has been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.
Style: humorous, realistic, exciting, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: gendarme, law enforcement, stowaway, fish out of water, police, comedy of errors, daughter, goofy hero, nothing goes right, misfit, chase, family relations ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, france, new york, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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93%
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Serial Lover (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house specialising in crime novels. One day, she invites all of her boyfriends to her birthday dinner so ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, dark humor, disorder, looking for love, thirty something, writers, dinner, misfit, freak, gory, blood ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Odd Job (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story: An unemployed factory worker takes a job as a hit man to make ends meet.
Style: dark comedy
Plot: police officer, anonymous telephone call, heart attack, lottery, police, hospital, love, beach, gas station, factory, church, lie ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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The Red Inn (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard. The story unfolds as the monk ...
Style: humorous, captivating, tense, offbeat, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, hotel, murder, isolation, dark humor, family relations, priest, murderer, criminal, satire, danger, serial murder ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: france
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75%
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Bonsoir (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: No overview found.
Plot: male homosexuality, gay slur, dressmaker, unemployment, inheritance, con man, homelessness, heiress, lesbian, job
Place: paris france
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The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
Style: humorous, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, barbershop, police detective, homicide detective, murder suspect, hairdresser, female serial killer, chase, violence, death, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: glasgow scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Housemaid Georgette (Girardot) loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
Style: dark comedy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, crying ...
Plot: money, bank, mushroom, cleaning lady, tv host, murder, blackmail, lgbtq, bourgeoisie, cadaver, fraud, dishonesty ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: france, paris france, monte carlo
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The ambitious police officer Cruchot (Louis de Funès) is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling ...
Style: funny, humorous, realistic, light, satirical ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: gendarme, police, seaside, father daughter relationship, art theft, goofy hero, beach, incompetent police, yacht, comedy of errors, fighting crime, investigation ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: france, french riviera, cote d'azur, saint tropez, riviera ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Troops & Troop-ettes (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the ...
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: gendarme, kidnapping, police, policewoman, law enforcement, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, goofy hero, workplace situations, yacht, beach, mother superior ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, saint tropez, provence, riviera, mediterranean sea ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Brooklyn Story (1992)
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The sequel to a popular teenage crime comedy Kamarád do deste (1988). The same tandem of friends (Lukás Vaculík and Sagvan Tofi) now operates disco 'Brooklyn'. The crook they cleverly put behind bars (Karel Augusta) is ...
Style: crying, freeze frame, detective
Plot: bare chested male, shakespeare, skater, coworker relationship, fan, death by overdose, italian abroad, hotel receptionist, released from prison, nightclub, jail cell, police officer ...
Place: prague
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Hatter's Ghost (1982)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A hatter in a provincial town (Michel Serrault) leads the life of a respectable citizen but is in fact a serial murderer. The only person to suspect this is his neighbour the tailor (Charles Asnavour).
Style: anthology, neo noir
Plot: serial killer, literary, police officer, time travel, small town, doctor, husband wife relationship, murder of wife, anonymous letter, dead wife, tailor, maniac ...
Time: year 1982
Place: france, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Halal State Security (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Someone is killing Parisians of Arab ethnicity. When an Algerian diplomat is murdered by the same assailant, two Algerian detectives are sent to help the French with the investigation and they have their own ways of doing things.
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, partner, odd couple, buddies, disorder, fish out of water, racism, chase, society, investigation, buddy cop, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, algeria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George Camel. As the number of victims sharply increases, Camel is mistakenly regarded as a mass murderer ...
Style: dark comedy, slapstick comedy, freeze frame, poliziottesco, metafiction ...
Plot: multiple deaths, sneeze, romantic rivalry, police investigator, police operation, reputation, newspaper editor, irony of fate, doctor, overheard conversation, absurd humor, absurdism ...
Place: czech republic
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53%
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The Annuity (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Doctor Galipeau has a brother, Emile, whose wife has just given birth to a baby boy and who dreams of owning a house. He has just examined Louis Martinet, an old man who, according to him, is in the last stages. That is why he advises Emile to ...
Style: cult classic, anthology
Plot: attempted murder, old man, country house, world war two, family history, innocence, false accusation, funeral, television, doctor patient relationship, spy, german occupation ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 60s, 1950s, 70s
Place: saint tropez, riviera, provence, paris france
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Burglar (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's ...
Style: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: california, usa, san francisco
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52%
The Perfume Of The Lady In Black (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Newly married, Mathilde and Robert are honeymooning at a resort owned by their friends Edith and Arthur, the Chateau d'Hercule. But an unpleasant shock is in store for them.
Style: humorous, suspenseful, atmospheric, semi serious, stylized ...
Plot: mysterious character, uncover truth, investigation, missing person, amateur detective, who done it, riddles and clues, murder, odd couple, danger, dishonesty, silly humor ...
Time: 19th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Hors Service (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ils sont cinq tueurs. Francis, le chef, Louis le parano, Victor, l'accro aux series tele, M'sieur, fan de tamagochi et Marchand, dont la femme est la seule certitude. Elle le croit representant en chaussures. Jusqu'au jour ou elle ...
Style: dark comedy
Plot: wife, killer, hitman, salesman, retirement, traveling salesman, coma, suburbs, criminal, husband wife relationship, psychopath, murder ...
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48%
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The Actors (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his character. He meets Barreller who he discovers owes someone he's never met a considerable sum ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, offbeat
Plot: disguise, debt, debt collector, hidden identity, unlikely criminals, disorder, cons and scams, dishonesty, gangster, pretense, aging, caper ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The sleepy little village of Loubressac is well on its way to becoming a ghost town. To save the town, the local citizenry hatch a plan to attract tourists. To their horror, the plan misfires when a group of hippies are the first to move in. The ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, rough, humorous, suspenseful
Plot: nudism, hippie, tractor, village, murder, village life, social relations, estate, ghost, criminal heroes, gangster, countess ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: south of france, france
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47%
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Eating Raoul (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding for opening a restaurant.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, cult classic, funny, dark ...
Plot: cannibalism, swinger, serial killer, sex toy, murder, satire, food, bdsm, naked in public, female nudity, horniness, dark humor ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
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43%
Monnaie de singe (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fulbert is a sidewalk artist who is duped into working for a counterfeiter. He accompanies a woman posing as a grieving widow on a trip to Spain in a hearse. Unaware she is the mistress of a notorious gangster, Fulbert is chased by thugs.
Style: detective
Plot: con men, prison escape, fiancee, typist, police officer, security guard, male to female cross dressing, cabriolet, secretly observing, arrested, talking parrot, police investigator ...
Place: madrid, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Arab on the City (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: 25-year-old Khalid Belkacem has failed at everything: college education, summer camp instructor's permit, driver's license, and even his BCG. He never expected to become the first "positive discrimination" member of the police ...
Style: humorous, not serious, parody, captivating, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fish out of water, farce, goofy hero, police investigation, serial killer, silly humor, interracial relations, society, danger, urban ghetto life, disorder, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Family Values (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
Plot: family relations, manipulation, life turned upside down, couples, couple relations, dishonesty, family life, parents and children, disorder, husband wife relationship, secret, robbery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, brazil
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40%
The Looming Storm (2017)
Genre: Crime
Country: China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Yu, a self-assured factory guard, fancies himself a detective and begins poking his nose into a murder investigation.
Style: atmospheric, disturbing, suspense, rough
Plot: serial killer, murder, police, partner, investigation, danger, ambition, escapades, sexual abuse, police investigation, photography, dead body ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, year 2008
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Jo (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Selling author, Antoine Brisebard is a victim of a blackmailer, Jo, which threatens to jeopardize his reputation by revealing the past of his wife Sylvia. While the latter must pass the same night to take possession of the money required, Brisebard ...
Style: dark comedy, funny, atmospheric, detective, metafiction ...
Plot: hide and seek, hidden corpse, blackmail, blackmailer, police detective, disposing of a dead body, dead body, pistol, telephone call, gangster, corpse, darkness ...
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Terminal Exposure (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two beach combing-shutterbugs accidentally capture a murder on film. Now detectives, the boys set out to capture a murderess shot only from behind, with a rose tattoo on her behind. Fun in the sun turns dangerous when they end up shooting bullets ...
Style: detective, cult classic, dark comedy, independent film, neo noir
Audience: teens
Plot: beach, murder, erotic dream, voyeur, voyeurism, female nudity, city, corvette, water gun, obese woman, best friend, stripper ...
Place: venice beach california, venice california, los angeles, las vegas, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Let's Not Get Angry (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: One-time gangster Antoine is enjoying retirement on the coast, now managing a boating club. He receives a visit from a former accomplice who asks for a loan. The money will be repaid by a crook who is now in hiding; Antoine intends to recover his ...
Style: dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot: gangster, criminal heroes, englishman, thief, haunted by the past, escape, killing, theft, car trunk, gang, horse, hotel room ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: french riviera, france, riviera, south of france, nice france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Boystown (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Victor works in a real estate agency in the well-known Chueca neighborhood of Madrid. He hides a terrible secret: he makes apartments available for sale by murdering the old ladies owners that live in them. Then, refurbishes and decorates the ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, gay couple, real estate agent, inheritance, who done it, gay sex, gender, dark humor, couples, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, madrid, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Keeping Mum (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, witty, light, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: murder, dysfunctional family, serial killer, family problems, religion, insanity, village, family values, clergy, small town, lust, church ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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