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Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert (1971)
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Original name: Brigada Diverse în alertă
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, situational comedy, buddy comedy, period piece, lighthearted, retro, slapstick, romantic comedy, crime drama ...
Plot:
con artists, friendship, forgery, mistaken identity, police investigation, unhappiness, heist, satire, fish out of water, families, rehabilitation, moral ambiguity, cold war era, social commentary, prison, thief, prostitute, money, police, gang, prisoner, criminal, counterfeit money, painting, petty criminal ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
romania, eastern europe, bucharest, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slapstick, lighthearted, buddy comedy and period piece films with plots about satire, heist, friendship, urban, mistaken identity, moral ambiguity and scheming mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert: The Big Mouth (1967), Run, Run, Joe! (1974), Esabat Hamada Wa Toto (1982) (1982), The Olsen Gang Outta Sight (1977), Paper Dogs (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Action, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Misc. Brigade must solve a drug traffic case, in their own way
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Latvia
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Imants Veide is writing a script about con artists and their schemes. Together with his friend Harijs Kuharjonoks he's trying them out for real for greater authenticity, but gets too entangled in real criminal schemes. More and more colorful ...
Style:
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Plot:
con artists, scam, fraud, irreverent, heist, female antagonist, criminal underworld, satire, dark humor, farce, ambition, improv ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Egypt
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In the wake of the privatization of the Egyptian tourism industry, a couple suddenly find themselves from rags to riches...and then back again to rags.
Style:
humorous, lighthearted, slapstick, cynical
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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28%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hungary
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, buddy comedy, lighthearted, slapstick, black humor
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost, that is. They don't have any money, so Egon has to open a safe at a restaurant to get some. As usual, however, Egon ends up in prision. When they ...
Style:
buddy comedy, witty, light hearted, slapstick, retro ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heist, friendship, caper, heist gone wrong, master criminal, scheming, plan gone awry, prison, con artists, vacation gone wrong, satire, loyalty ...
Time:
70s
Place:
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26%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An incompetent gang of criminals attempt to go straight.
Style:
lighthearted, situational comedy, sitcom, buddy comedy, feel good ...
Plot:
heist gone wrong, gang, plan gone wrong, misadventure, heist, friendship, loyalty, redemption, urban, mistaken identity, satire, rehabilitation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
cyprus
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy. While Egon always has the money chained to him, Bøffen still manages to steal them. Egon ends up in ...
Style:
buddy comedy, lighthearted, retro, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heist, train robbery, friendship, heist gone wrong, scheming, scam, jail, satire, prison escape, loyalty, road trip, revenge ...
Time:
70s
Place:
denmark, spain, copenhagen
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Vaasthu, Lancham, and Thatha stumble upon a cockroach in a cola bottle and devise a plan to profit by filing a case in the consumer court. Simultaneously, Jeevan, an egocentric local thug with political aspirations, gains momentum as his brother, ...
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Plot:
get rich quick scheme, satire, small town, scheming, scam, greed, unhappiness, friendship, corruption, social satire, young adult, coincidence ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover ...
Style:
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Plot:
heist, con artists, friendship, redemption, criminal underworld, escapades, scheming, clinic, small town, satire, corruption, mistaken identity ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, london
Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Oliver Reed and Michael Crawford play two brothers who are always trying to find some way to succeed with cleverness rather than simple drudgery. Crawford is constantly living in his brother's shadow as the one who gets caught. After Crawford ...
Style:
buddy comedy, period piece, light hearted, witty, offbeat ...
Plot:
heist, caper, satire, disguise, unhappiness, publicity stunt, mistaken identity, high society, underdog, criminal, killing, police officer ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
london, scotland yard
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After years on the run, Sickan reunites with Vanheden, Harry and Doris for another coup. The plan, timed to the smallest detail, is to steal a complete T-Rex skeleton from the Natural History Museum and sell it to the unscrupulous businessman Wall ...
Style:
twisted, crime drama, lighthearted, slapstick, fast paced ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heist, scheming, mastermind, criminal gang, escapades, con artists, wit, friendship, corrupt businessman, ruse, cat and mouse, obsession ...
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Place:
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Country: Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
lighthearted, situational comedy, sitcom, feel good, fast paced ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
situational comedy, sitcom, twisted, lighthearted, slapstick ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, entertaining, satirical, lighthearted ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
group therapy, social problems, relationships, ex convict, society, parole, escapades, satire, lifestyle, fish out of water, male bonding, friendship ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Den här gången är Jönssonligan verkligen illa ute. Charles-Ingvar Jönsson, "Sickan" kallad, har dragit sig tillbaka. Vanheden och Dynamit-Harry är lämnade åt sig själva. Polisen jublar förstås, men Jönssonligan avskriver man ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: Romania
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Turkey
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Action, Comedy
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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