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Melody For A Hustler (1998)
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Melody For A Hustler (1998)
Original name: Cantique de la racaille
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: French novelist Vincent Ravalec made his directorial debut with this French drama about small-time crook Gaston (Yvan Attal) who poses as a millionaire after he picks up hitchhiking 16-year-old Marie-Pierre (Virginie Lanoue). Actually living in a seedy apartment, Gaston deals in stolen goods, but he soon climbs to bigger heists, including car thefts. Concealing his illegal activities, Gaston operates his company, Extramill, out of upscale, posh offices, while he and Marie-Pierre move into a sedate upper-middle-class neighborhood. Life is sweet, but the onset of paranoia, kinky sex activities, and police probes eventually culminate in violence.
Style: freeze frame, dark comedy, sexual, sexy
Plot: business, heist, thief, con artists, violence, millionaire, female nudity, businessman, criminal, wealth, teenage girl, theft, car theft, ambition, nude beach, hitchhiking, satire, police investigation, yuppie, stolen goods, entrepreneur, female full frontal nudity, handheld camera, vibrator, car alarm ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, captivating, humorous and realistic films with plots about female nudity, satire, criminal, female full frontal nudity, robbery, heist and theft mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Melody For A Hustler: A Clever Crook (2018), Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973), Bank Attack (2007), Extremely Easy Job (2022), Big Nunu's Little Heist (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Clever Crook (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Commissioner Beffrois waits for retirement with mixed enthusiasm when a theft of paintings catches his attention.
Style: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
Plot: investigation, art theft, fighting crime, heist, crime solving, artwork, police investigation, con artists, theft, robbery, uncover truth, crime investigation ...
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Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A lowly bank clerk, literally allergic to money and revolted by its nefarious influence on humanity, launches a campaign of harassment against a wealthy butcher, stealing small, insignificant items— but never money—from the man. The victim uses ...
Plot: anarchist, anarchism, erotica, dog attack, butcher, religion, theft, capitalism, allergy, thief, tax evasion, symbolism ...
Place: italy, rome italy
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Bank Attack (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Desperate for money to save his sick daughter's life, a father decides to rob a bank.
Style: psychological, semi serious, thrilling, captivating, satirical
Plot: bank robbery, heist, heist gone wrong, burglar, attempted robbery, robbery, social problems, money, bandit, needing money, bank robber, problem ...
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Extremely Easy Job (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Remake from Korean movie "Extreme Job".
Style: satirical, semi serious, thrilling, captivating
Plot: private investigation, sleuth, con artists, private investigator, investigation, teamwork, retired cop, criminal, crime investigation, uncover truth, satire, police investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Big Nunu's Little Heist (2023)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Africa
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An ex-soldier turned deliveryman is dragged into a local kingpin's bumbling gang to pull off a daring heist in an infamous South African township.
Style: tense, satirical, captivating, thrilling
Plot: gang, heist, soldier, criminal, burglar, theft, bandit, escapades, robbery, satire, thief
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Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Inspired by the incredible true story of Lucky Singh, an extremely charismatic and fearless confident man and thief who socialized with the rich, famous and influential of Delhi society and then proceeded to rob them blind. He was the bête noire of ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, intellectual ...
Plot: thief, betrayal, rise to the top, rise and fall, master criminal, lifestyle, double life, cons and scams, trial, ambition, deception, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
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40%
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Lover (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Marie lives with Antoine, but while he is away she meets Paul, a filmmaker visiting from Canada.
Plot: polyamory, male nudity, female nudity, sex scene, male pubic hair, pubic hair, sex on floor, female full frontal nudity
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Going Places (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeois characters value: whether it's cars, peace of mind, or daughters. ...
Style: road movie, sexy, sex comedy, erotic, cynical ...
Plot: sex, breast feeding, strong sexual content, trio, sexual harassment, sexuality, sexual assault, rape, hotel, male nudity, thief, female nudity ...
Time: year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, france
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Noise (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever, freeze frame ...
Plot: vandalism, vigilante, vigilantism, anger, society, satire, rivalry, losing-it hero, love and romance, fighting the system, heroic mission, city life ...
Time: year 2007
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Going in Style (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Three senior citizens in their 70s who live together are slowly decaying in endless days with nothing to do but feed the birds. One of them comes up with an idea - rob a bank. They certainly could use the money if they get away with it and if they ...
Style: light, realistic, touching, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: heist, senior citizen, robbery, caper, aging, elderly, bank, bittersweet, bank robber, thief, twin towers, hidden treasure ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, new york, new york state
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Paradise Beach (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A team of former robbers arrived at Paradise: Phuket, southern Thailand. Now traders, they are happy days. Until the day when the devil arrives: Mehdi, sentenced to 15 years in prison during the robbery, comes to recover his share of the cake.
Style: disturbing, exciting, brutal, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: gangster, businessman, problem solving, traitor, graphic violence, workplace problem, betrayal, criminal heroes, criminal, heist, friends, murder ...
Place: thailand
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39%
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Dogwashers (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When a narco past his prime refuses to pay a debt to an upstart, only a secret stash of money can save his men. But guess what the gardener just found?
Style: captivating, humorous, entertaining, satirical
Plot: drug, gang leader, drug dealing, drug lord, crime boss, drug dealer, criminal, satire, criminal gang, gang, bandit, spy ...
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The Matsugane Potshot Affair (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and darkly humorous.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, realistic
Plot: nothing goes right, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, silly humor, gangster, disorder, social relations, small town, dark humor, satire, nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: japan, asia
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Cosmos (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Two young men seek the solitude of the country; their peace is disturbed when a set of random occurrences suggest to their susceptible minds a pattern with sinister meanings.
Style: psychological, serious, captivating, atmospheric, aesthetic ...
Plot: obsession, dead animal, fall in love, satire, love, rivalry, macabre, nightmare, cat, surrealism, cigarette smoking, writers ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Sweet Killing (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A business man decides to kill his wife but the plan sets off a chain of weird events that cause his life to become a living hell.
Style: suspense, dark comedy, black comedy, independent film
Plot: murder, perfect crime, crime scene, gay slur, wife, business, male female relationship, sex, marriage, bank, death, police ...
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Drive (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h ...
Style: exciting, captivating
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20 Cigarettes (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 89 min.
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Style: disturbing, semi serious, captivating, satirical
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
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Style: erotic, disturbing, dark comedy, surreal, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, adult
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: art house, realistic, semi serious, cynical, witty ...
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Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
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34%
The Confidence Man JP - The Movie - (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In Hong Kong, Dako, Boku-chan and Richard take a huge amount of money from people who are greedy.
Style: light, semi serious, atmospheric, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: embezzler, gambling, triad, diamond, heist gone wrong, fraud, escapades, robbery, japanese mafia, mafia, heist, attempted robbery ...
Place: hong kong
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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
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Style: clever, captivating, motivational, cynical, dramatic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: money, corruption, business, wall street, rise and fall, greed, stock market, addiction, success, stock broker, wealth, rags to riches ...
Time: 80s, year 2013, 90s, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa, america, geneva switzerland, italy ...
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Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
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Style: disturbing, humorous, entertaining, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: drug, drug dealing, roommate, drug dealer, satire, social problems, friendship, relationship problems, drug lord, neighbor, flatmate, group of friends ...
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Mukundan Unni Associates (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Advocate Mukundan Unni wants to be successful and leaves no stone unturned to achieve growth, prosperity, and respect. But this steadfast nature aided with an ample dose of greed comes with a cost.
Style: semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot: greed, lawyer, greedy man, career, ambition, social climber, dedicated lawyer, attorney, satire, advocate, hindi, malayalam
Place: india
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Three thieves try to steal a valuable jade that is tightly guarded by a security chief. But the security guards are not the only obstacle these thieves are facing. An extremely unlucky internationally known master thief is also trying to get a hand ...
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, light, realistic ...
Plot: rivalry, heist, bankruptcy, caper, jewel robbery, escapades, thief, perfect crime, secret agenda, con artists, partner, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
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31%
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Middle Men (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.
Style: entertaining, erotic, humorous, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, internet, success, bare breasts, porn industry, business, stripper, nudity, female nudity, porn star, strip club, entrepreneur ...
Time: year 2009, 90s, 20th century, year 1997, year 1990 ...
Place: usa, texas, los angeles, las vegas, houston texas ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 59 min.
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Style: tragicomedy
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Workers for the Good Lord (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: After his wife leaves him, Fred goes on a cross-country crime spree in this dark but dreamy French comedy.
Style: sensual, erotic, sexy, art house, learning
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Me and the Kid (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him during a botched robbery of his father's safe.
Style: independent film
Plot: coming of age, family relations, kidnapping, police, brooklyn bridge, youth, ford mustang, car theft, millionaire, allergy, con man, wealth ...
Time: year 1993
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Norman Reedus stars as Harry Odum, a henpecked, 18-year-old momma's boy in Youngstown, Ohio, who -- with his violent temper -- impresses a local boss of the Jewish Mafia. Soon he's found his calling as a hit man alongside his crack addict ...
Style: disturbing, talky, intense, humorous, biting ...
Plot: hitman, dark humor, coming of age, sex with mother, police corruption, depression, family relations, parents and children, self discovery, suburban life, rise and fall, criminal heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: ohio, usa
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30%
Dad Is Gone, Mom Also (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A coming-of-age film: When Laurette's parents disappear following a row, Laurette assumes responsibility for the family. The initial fiesta of children alone gives way to abandonment and the pressures of responsibility.
Plot: children, bare chested male, parents, female nudity, pregnancy, coming of age, brother sister relationship, teenager, divorce, pregnant girl, female full frontal nudity
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