Movies like Too Much Sleep

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Too Much Sleep (1997)
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Too Much Sleep (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: While riding the bus one day, night watchman Jack Crawford gets distracted by a beautiful girl and has his gun stolen. To get it back, he enlists the help of local wise guy, Eddie, and their search reveals the bizarre characters lurking in the strange underworld of a sleepy New Jersey suburb.
Style: independent film, dark comedy
Plot: loneliness, security guard, girl, bus, male female relationship, night, small town, domineering mother, nightshift, mystery woman, mother son relationship, gun, delicatessen, search, mysterious woman

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, dark comedy, semi serious and realistic films with plots about small town, murder, male female relationship, disorder, dark humor, small town life and couple relations mostly in Comedy, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Too Much Sleep: The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992), Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend (1992), The Drummond Will (2010), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), Kabluey (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Betty Lou is a librarian in a very small town. Her husband is a police detective who takes her for granted. Betty Lou is the ultimate mouse. After a gangland figure is mysteriously murdered in town, Betty Lou finds the murder weapon, but can't ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: murder, small town, police investigation, librarian, deep south, disorder, small town life, amateur detective, switching roles, investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A lonely Omaha, Nebraska security guard named Marcus dreams of establishing some human connection, when he isn't watching cable porn in his apartment and obsessing over his weight.
Style: independent film, sexy, dark comedy, black comedy, hot
Plot: slice of life, rejection, bachelor, impotence, overweight man, prostitution, security guard, loneliness, hypochondriac, sex scene, female nudity, erotica ...
Place: nebraska
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
The Drummond Will (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Two city-boy brothers, one a charismatic optimist, the other a whining corporate sell-out, return to the countryside for their father's funeral. On checking out his decrepit estate the boys find one of their dad's ancient friends hiding in ...
Style: dark comedy, dark, suspense
Plot: comedy duo, british
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
Style: suspenseful, dark comedy, witty, feel good, clever ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: murder mystery, investigation, obsession, murder, women, death, marriage, paranoia, hotel, sherlock holmes, mysticism, truth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Kabluey (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Leslie is left with few options when her husband is sent back to war in the Middle East. A modest amount of help arrives in the form of his brother, Salman, who is less than prepared to care for the couple's two preadolescent boys. When Leslie ...
Style: surreal, humorous, dark comedy, light, black comedy ...
Plot: life, dark humor, small town, single parent, parenthood, loneliness, workplace, family relations, family life, insanity, existentialism, greed ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Good Student (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Ally, a popular teen and local celebrity goes missing, her small suburban town erupts in panic.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspense, parody ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: high school, police investigation, sexual content, kidnapping, teenage love, love and romance, cheerleader, dark humor, dysfunctional family, teenage life, high school life, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Corner Office (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In this office satire, Orson, a straight-laced employee, retreats to a blissfully empty corner office to get away from his lackluster colleagues. But why does this seem to upset them so much?
Style: black comedy, funny, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: bureaucrat, office, coworker relationship, office work, colleague, coworker, male protagonist, hidden room, secret room, office worker, bureaucracy, room ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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The Feud (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: All Dolph Beeler wanted was a can of paint remover when he went to Bud Bullard's hardware store in Millville. But a simple misunderstandling between two men has turned into an outright war between two towns in this outrageous comedy of ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, black comedy
Plot: small town, feud, family relations, pie in the face, live action
Time: year 1989, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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 5.3
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Poolman (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An eccentric pool cleaner stumbles upon an investigation by a dirty city council.
Style: captivating, detective, entertaining, light, exciting ...
Plot: swimming pool, apartment building, crime investigation, criminal, crime scene, slacker, daydreamer, male protagonist, dreaming, security guard, city council
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Hollywood Mom's Mystery (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Lucy Freers has a long-standing marriage, a nine-year old daughter, and a great family life in the suburbs of Hollywood. Great, that is, until the Hollywood set decides that motherhood is the newest way to go. When local neighbor Julia Prentice, the ...
Plot: writers, male female relationship, actor, child, filmmaking, assistant, movie star, woman strangled to death, amateur detective, hollywood, redhead, murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Comic Book Villains (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When word hits the street that a nearby elderly gentleman has a cache of old, rare, and very valuable mint condition comic books, rival comic book shop owners Raymond McGillicuddy (Donal Logue) and Norman Link (Michael Rapaport) both set out to be ...
Style: humorous, stylized, dark comedy, cynical, clever ...
Plot: small town, internet, dark humor, dishonesty, comic book, satire, friendship, rivals, feud, old woman, male female relationship, death ...
Time: y2k
Place: barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 5.7
 15K
Drowning Mona (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The recently deceased Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) was many things: an abusive wife, a domineering mother, a loud-mouthed neighbor and a violent malcontent. So when her car and corpse are discovered in the Hudson River, police Chief Wyatt Rash (Danny ...
Style: funny, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, absurd ...
Plot: murder, small town, investigation, murder mystery, sarcasm, waitress, goofy hero, disorder, social relations, family problems, drowning, small town life ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.1
 18K
The Overnight (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
Style: humorous, sexy, sex comedy, independent film, dark comedy ...
Plot: swinger, sex scene, sex, couple relations, erotic massage, sex orgy, gay, couples, male nudity, massage, infidelity, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
Style: humorous, absurd, light, detective, not serious ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: kidnapping, private detective, investigation, justice, law enforcement, stupidity, dysfunctional family, multiple storylines, father daughter relationship, cons and scams, family business, clumsiness ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: santa monica california, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Hungry Hearts (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The story focuses on a young, up-and-coming chef who caters a party for four mysterious women only to discover they have a shocking surprise in store for him.
Style: entertaining, captivating, black comedy, dark comedy
Plot: chef, dinner party, women, mystery woman, relationships, male female relationship, surprise, food, suicide
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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 ⇓
48%
The Michelle Apartments (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A black comedy that sees a man on a business trip gets mixed up in the lives of the inhabitants of a low-rent apartment building, including a femme fatale with murder on her mind.
Style: dark comedy, independent film, suspenseful, semi serious, offbeat ...
Plot: hotel, motel, murder, small town, frame up, couple relations, couples, dishonesty, chaos and mayhem, small town life, intrigue, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 255
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 ⇓
46%
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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 ⇓
45%
 3.3
 580
Frozen Assets (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A man is hired to run a bank which turns out to be a sperm bank.
Style: double entendre, independent film
Plot: sperm bank, nurse, small town, female doctor, doctor, millionaire, bank, business, contest, eccentricity, male female relationship, prostitute ...
Time: year 1992
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 6.4
 2K
Bartleby (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An adaptation of Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" told in the setting of a modern office.
Style: surreal, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, art house ...
Plot: insubordination, office, mysterious character, dark humor, boss and employee, workplace, fish out of water, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, name calling, employer employee relationship, fired from the job ...
Time: year 2001
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Hubie Halloween (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Hubie Dubois who, despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts (and its legendary Halloween celebration), is a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike. But this year, something really is going bump in the night, and it’s up to ...
Style: funny, feel good, spooky, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: bullying, halloween, halloween party, bully, supernatural, single mother, prank, boy scout, protective mother, small town, society, small town life ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: salem massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.4
 306
The Manor (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The Manor, a dark funny version of Akira Kurosawa's " Rashomon". Lost man searches for his truth and finds it, with the help of five Manor ladies. The rest of the who done whats serve only to help the lost soul find his truth..
Style: black comedy, detective, dark comedy, independent film
Plot: murder mystery, old dark house, mansion, locked room mystery, manor, murder, cross dressing, investigator, whodunit, nun, staircase
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Grimas (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young girl is being haunted by a ghost spirit, in the shape of a clown, while babysitting.
Style: feel good, unusual plot structure, light, humorous
Plot: clown, killer clown, night, chase, pursuit, amusement park, ghost, haunting, soul, babysitter, evil clown, tsunami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Deported (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ross and Harper are a young couple living in the United States, but their short-lived romance is torn apart when Harper is deported back to her home in Canada. Unwilling to commit to marriage Ross decides to hire a fake husband so Harper can ...
Style: sweet, light, funny, feel good, humorous
Plot: male female relationship, love, friendship, relationships, jealousy, happy ending, promise, rivalry, male female friendship, youth, sex, girl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 3.8
 5K
Mr. Wrong (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature.
Style: humorous, semi serious, cynical, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: dark humor, battle of the sexes, fall in love, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable, couple relations, lifestyle, wooing, wedding, road trip, trip, talk show host ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 90s
Place: latin america, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Christmas Calendar (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When Emily, a struggling baker in a small town, receives a handmade Christmas Calendar from a secret admirer, the local residents become obsessed with finding out the identity of the sender.
Style: entertaining, feel good, romantic, humorous, light ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, small town, baker, secret admirer, bakery, holiday, frenchman, business competition, christmas romance, happy ending, male female relationship, opposites attract ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.7
 4K
Clean Slate (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle of a hot investigation and has a developing romance, this is less than convenient.
Style: humorous, entertaining, talky, melancholic, witty ...
Audience: kids
Plot: private detective, amnesia, memory loss, dog, gangster, betrayal, justice, brutality, twists and turns, goofy hero, partner, voice over narration ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: venice beach california, los angeles, california, santa monica california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Sloane (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The story opens with Richard Thursby's murder and the abduction of his wife, Janice. Former cop and martial arts expert, Philip Sloane, is retained by family and flies to Manila in search of clues. He's joined by an old friend, Pete Saimi, ...
Style: independent film
Plot: violence, martial arts, prostitute, killing, gun
Place: the philippines, asia, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.
Style: southern gothic, independent film, contemplative, talky, serious ...
Plot: great depression, deep south, feminism, fight, family relations, wedding, cafe, small town, solitary, dull life, couples, betrayal ...
Time: year 1991, 1930s
Place: georgia, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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