Movies like A Fork in the Road
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A Fork in the Road (2010)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An escaped convict and a woman ponder what to do with a not-quite-dead body.
Style:
humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film
Plot:
on the run, murder, escape, nothing goes right, running from police, convict, missing person, chases and races, danger, confined, partner, odd couple, prison, suspect, blackmailer, cheating wife, blonde, adultery, voyeur, infidelity, motel, hitchhiking, hitchhiker, insurance agent, witness ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Most similar movies to A Fork in the Road
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and dark comedy films with plots about murder, disorder, partner, dishonesty, gun, nude and deadly mostly in Comedy, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like A Fork in the Road: Big Nothing (2006), Another Stakeout (1993), Lone Star State of Mind (2002), On the Run (1999), Enid Is Sleeping (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A frustrated, unemployed teacher joins forces with a scammer and his girlfriend in a blackmailing scheme.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, talky, humorous ...
Plot:
twists and turns, unemployment, priest, betrayal, dark humor, caper, female serial killer, blackmail, greed, cons and scams, call center, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
usa, oregon, wyoming
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Chris and Bill are called upon for their excellent surveillance record to stakeout a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading or already hiding. Unlike their earlier _Stakeout_, this time they are accompanied by Gina ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
police investigation, buddy cop, odd couple, partner, cop, disorder, fall in love, boss and employee, buddies, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, goofy hero ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, seattle, las vegas
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Earl and Baby, two young lovers with a plan to escape their small Texas town. But when Baby's dim-witted cousin Junior gets tangled up in a whole heap of trouble, Earl has just 48 hours to save the day, rescue Junior and keep his promise to get ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
stupidity, misfit, debt, babies and infants, small town life, friends, partner, male female relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, bowling, stolen money ...
Place:
texas, los angeles, usa, las vegas, pacific ocean
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Portugal, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from prison, Albert's quiet existence is permanently disrupted. what ensues is one long, crazy night ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, cynical, biting ...
Plot:
escape, vampire, fugitives, on the run, nothing goes right, chases and races, friendship, prison, city life, urban, dark humor, disorder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Enid only looks like she's sleeping. In fact, she's dead. Shortly after Enid caught her husband Harry in bed with her sister June, a row ensued, whereupon June accidently killed Enid. June's problem now is to hide the truth from the ...
Style:
dark comedy, laugh out loud, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dark humor, infidelity, redneck, caught cheating, police officer, shootout, murder, sibling relationship, couples, injustice, investigation, chases and races ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1959, 90s ...
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
61%
500
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The leader of a group of misfits, his girlfriend and an assassin have devised a bizarre plan to smuggle stolen jewelry over the US/Mexican border. They implant the jewelry in a racing horse.
Style:
independent film, cynical, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
rock, disorder, psychopath, hitman, down on your luck, cons and scams, nothing goes right, dishonesty, criminal heroes, on the run, partner, criminal ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A local New York City mobster named Tony Thick is expecting $5 million in cash to be delivered by Lenny Long from Los Angeles. Soon enough he realizes Lenny is missing, and it's unknown whether he is dead or he stole the money and ran away. ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
mafia, voyeur, voyeurism, mistress, gangster, nothing goes right, chases and races, disorder, silly humor, criminal heroes, blonde, coma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, new york
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Mike and Lenny are two buddies who dream of getting out of the trailer park. Out of desperation they resort to burglary as a means of financing Mike's college education. Their dream is jeopardized one summer day when their ploy to shoplift Near ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, entertaining, dark comedy ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, unfaithful wife, family relations, ambition, parents and children, disorder, youth, teenage life, single parent, small town, seductive woman, fight ...
Time:
90s
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
Style:
sexy, independent film, tense, ironic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, abduction, mistress, adultery, crime gone awry, attempted rape, home invasion, ransom, trophy wife, relationships, character study ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit, bahamas, california
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.
Style:
dark comedy, rom com, captivating, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
murder, dark humor, secretary, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, rivalry, workplace, violent content, power relations, boss and employee, rise to the top, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a small Parisian building, a diverse group of people crosses paths, likes and observes each other, without always seeing each other.
Style:
realistic, humorous, tense, semi serious
Plot:
cheating wife, infidelity, voyeurism, dangerous attraction, womanizer, danger, adultery, murder, seduction, police arrest, female nudity, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corpse, kidnapping, disorder, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, down on your luck, love, partner, criminal heroes, buddies, cons and scams ...
Place:
texas, latin america, usa, mexico
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in 1974, a pair of '60s radicals rely on their bomb-making skills on their way to becoming capitalists.
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot:
car bomb, bomb squad, coitus, law enforcement, police investigation, vengeance, rivalry, villainess, brother brother relationship, murder, explosives expert, voyeur ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
44%
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, semi serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, clever ...
Plot:
amateur detective, mysterious character, missing person, uncover truth, investigation, who done it, odd couple, murder, danger, riddles and clues, dishonesty, silly humor ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A sultry woman joins an illiterate killer and a brainy hacker, both escaped convicts, to search for gold.
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lovers on the run, prison, escape, fugitives, gold, betrayal, jealousy, murder, prostitute, woman with a gun, teenage dreams, desert ...
Time:
90s
Place:
latin america, usa, mexico
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When George (Greg Mullavey) and Martha (Meredith MacRae) let Harvey (Garrett Morris), an annoying census taker, into their home, they find themselves under a barrage of increasingly abusive questions. Furious at his intrusiveness, and at their ...
Style:
dark comedy, detective, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, family relations, flirting, dark humor, police detective, family life, family business, amateur detective, law enforcement, investigation, aging, private detective ...
Time:
80s
Place:
austria
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two small-time thieves come together as a bizarre comic duo in a quest to make their childhood dreams come true. In a limousine stuffed with cash stolen from the mob, they take off for Miami, where they plan to fly to a safe haven in Costa Rica. On ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nudity, confidence artist, voyeur, nymphomaniac, bare breasts, voyeurism, limousine, female nudity, waitress, self discovery, gangster, partner ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
miami beach, miami, new york
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Action, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two botcher killers, Paco and Alex carry out a crime caper. Later on, they are joined by Tatiana - a young whore, who shows great love for Alex. In pursuing its objective the losers will face a group of murderers, a butcher with dark business, a ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, rough, dark comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stupidity, goofy hero, on the run, hitman, gangster, partner, buddies, danger, tough heroes, buddy, mafia, disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
Style:
parody, hilarious, teen, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
workplace, sex tape, happy ending, obnoxious boss, nothing goes right, buddies, vengeance, sex addict, revenge, friendship, unlikely criminals, disorder ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
39%
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:
black comedy, cult classic, surreal, funny, dark ...
Plot:
cannibalism, female nudity, sex toy, sex, bdsm, swinger, murder, dominatrix, sexual assault, naked in public, horniness, food ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischievous, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.
Style:
intense, humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
robbery, skinny dipping, fondling, blackmail, mentor, judge, unlikely criminals, erotica, betrayal, heist, stereotypes, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
hawaii, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a ...
Style:
humorous, funny, sexy, laugh out loud, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
dark humor, comedy of errors, murder, obnoxious boss, boss, dentist, friends, revenge, boss and employee, sexual harassment, sarcasm, stupidity ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang ...
Style:
parody, black comedy, humorous, independent film, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, lost in the woods, on the run, bank, heist, robbery, caper, sheriff, sabotage, river, law enforcement, chase ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
montana, new jersey, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which ...
Style:
sexual, semi serious, realistic, humorous, detective ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, serial killer, male pubic hair, gay straight relations, gay bar, gay stereotype, gay slur, gay crush, skinny dipping, buddy cop, glbt ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlor located in Tacoma, Washington, and has been married to Rosalie for years. Rosalie is horrified to discover that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time. Based on the true story of ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
pizza, womanizer, revenge, stupidity, attempted murder, dysfunctional family, remorse, incompetence, infidelity, food, hippie, hitman ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Everyone hates Ward’s wife and wants her dead, Ward (Donald Faison) most of all. But when his friends’ murderous fantasies turn into an (accidental) reality, they have to deal with a whole new set of problems — like how to dispose of the body ...
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, humorous, not serious, horror comedy ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
female antagonist, man in underwear, murder, unhappy marriage, disorder, buddies, couples, dark humor, nothing goes right, group of friends, disposing of a dead body, golf ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rod Steiger stars as a vigilante who with the aid of his helper, Isaac Hayes, captures men whom he considers evil and executes them in his homemade electric chair.
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
electric chair, parole officer, vigilante, kidnapping, murder, frame up, political corruption, vigilantism, religions or cults, injustice, dark humor, psychopath ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the midst of a spat, film critic Terry Thorpe (William H. Macy) accidentally kills his lover. Though Thorpe covers his tracks, he raises the suspicions of a private investigator (James Cromwell), who then tries to blackmail him. Thorpe also falls ...
Style:
detective, crime thriller, neo noir, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
murder, private detective, film critic, investigation, blackmail, courtroom, filmmaking, hollywood, who done it, police investigation, uncover truth, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Comic mayhem ensues when two lovely blondes, Dee and Dawn, are mistaken as international mob killers.
Style:
sexy, not serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
blonde, female protagonist, best friend, odd couple, dishonesty, comedy of errors, stupidity, disorder, nothing goes right, danger, gangster, mistaken identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, hilarious, tricky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
escape, unlikely partners, prison escape, prison, escaped prisoner, buddies, bank robbery, stupidity, buddy, dumb, odd couple, mental institution ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003
Place:
france, europe, paris france, poland, argentina
Similarity:
31%
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