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Breathless (2012)
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Lorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband, Dale’s, criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists the help of her old friend, Tiny, to help her figure out what to do with Dale after his latest double-cross involving the theft of $100,000 from a bank.
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Plot:
accidental killing, dark humor, murder, private detective, law enforcement, country, female protagonist, sheriff, white trash, vengeance, parisian, friends, gory, profanity, best friend, strong violent content, strong female presence, partner, criminal heroes, murderous pair, money, bank robber, female friendship, robbery, blood ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
texas, usa
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Most similar movies to Breathless
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and suspenseful films with plots about murder, deadly, dark humor, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry and violence mostly in Thriller, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Breathless: Stranger Than Fiction (2000), Shut Up and Shoot! (2006), R.S.V.P. (2002), Lansdown (2001), ExTerminators (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lives spiral out of control when four friends cover up a murder.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, black comedy ...
Plot:
murder, friendship, who to trust, betrayal, buddies, friends, best friend, disposing of a dead body, getting away with murder, lawyer, dead body, group of friends ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
utah, usa, salt lake city utah
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of trannies are violently bashed and left for dead. The surviving ladies regain consciousness, confidence, and courage ready to seek out revenge on the ones who attacked them.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, rough, grindhouse, psychological ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, vigilantism, vengeance, strong violent content, rivalry, small town, transsexual, left for dead, dark humor, gay, lgbtq, drag queen ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A movie producer hatches a scheme to have an actor (Silvio Pollio) kill his fellow filmmakers.
Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, satire, actor's life, dishonesty, politics, artists and showbiz, dark humor, cons and scams, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, pirate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young man invites a group of his closest friends to a party, where he proceeds to discreetly kill them all.
Style:
slasher, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, dark humor, death, student, party, violence, who done it, woman in danger, college, group ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In this dark comedy, defense lawyer Jake Jorgenson's carefully constructed life begins to unravel when he kills his wife's lover.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, cynical, witty, offbeat ...
Plot:
infidelity, murder, goofy hero, vengeance, crime gone awry, couples, dark humor, dishonesty, disorder, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, adultery ...
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Alex is a lonely accountant whose one act of rage results in her being sentenced to court-ordered therapy. There she meets Stella, the owner of a small extermination business who uses her car as a weapon, and Nikki, a dental technician with the face ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, dark comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
murder, murderous pair, dark humor, friendship, unlikely criminals, battle of the sexes, vengeance, men hatred, rivalry, partner, best friend, romancing a criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
Style:
entertaining, black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, absurd ...
Plot:
heist, dark humor, robbery, african american, painting, crime gone awry, cons and scams, eccentricity, greed, american football, culture clash, murder ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Supermodel Everhart is kidnapped by bad guy Prochnow and rescued by good guy Otto in technopop action.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, rescue, heroes, rivalry, tough heroes, captivity, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, undercover, chases and races, femme fatale ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, cult classic, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wedding, murder, desert, dark humor, friends, satire, dead prostitute, justice, love and romance, unlikely criminals, uncover truth, nothing goes right ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
las vegas, california, los angeles, usa, nevada
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A former mental patient's repressed anger reaches the boiling point, leading him to embark on a mission of revenge against the thugs who once subjected him to severe physical and mental trauma.
Style:
witty, slasher, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy ...
Plot:
dark humor, serial killer, medieval, misfit, vengeance, social misfits, rivalry, twists and turns, breaking point, violence spree, basketball, socially awkward ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A comedy about an angry married couple, a private investigator, and a walk-in freezer.
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, cynical, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, private investigator, infidelity, male nudity, halloween, partner, private detective, frame up, murder, hunting, frozen body, love triangle ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A celebrity chef exacts revenge on a food blogger who torpedoes his career.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense, mumblecore ...
Plot:
revenge, chef, murder, critic, private detective, dark humor, rivalry, confined, ego clash, food, blog, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Judge George (Harvey Keitel) brings his young wife, Nathalie (Cameron Diaz), to a remote island for a vacation. But while George accompanies their only neighbor -- Nathalie's childhood friend Lance (Craig Sheffer) -- on a fishing trip, Nathalie ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, suspenseful, black comedy, funny ...
Plot:
boat, murder mystery, murder, twists and turns, farce, beach house, investigation, vacation, dishonesty, couple relations, honeymoon, couples ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Before a man (Jeff Goldblum) can kill his nagging wife (Mimi Rogers) as planned, she disappears and he's charged with murder.
Style:
black comedy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, suspenseful
Plot:
resort, hotel, birthday party, murder, couple relations, dishonesty, unfulfillment, danger, law enforcement, goofy hero, kidnapping, missing person ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three years ago. August has become a real problem for some of the bosses around town, and Ronnie will ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, working undercover, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, betrayal, dark humor, disorder, murder, cons and scams, friendship, dishonesty, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Set in a sleepy Austrian mountain village, ex-detective Simon Brenner has grown weary of his job repossessing cars and embarks on an extended getaway to the countryside. But before long he becomes embroiled in the convoluted world of the locals of a ...
Style:
black comedy, semi serious, humorous, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, snow, cannibalism, investigation, dark humor, private detective, law enforcement, cons and scams, murder investigation, transgender, love, european ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria, germany, alps, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A crook sets out to get revenge on the thugs who hurt his father in this bloody noir-style crime drama. After being released from prison, Johnny Crown (Denis Leary) goes after Frank (Joe Mantegna), one of the mobsters involved in a series of ...
Style:
neo noir, independent film, semi serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, prison, woman with a gun, criminal heroes, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, rivalry, buddies, cons and scams, partner, massacre ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Harry (Brian Petsos) is having a very, very bad day. He returns home from an all-night drinking binge with his cousin Cecil (Oscar Issac), to discover that his little dog Jolly...Harry's one true love and the source of light in his dark, ...
Style:
humorous, tense, captivating, psychological, road movie ...
Plot:
revenge, dark humor, partner, murderous pair, farce, murder, sociopath, violence, satire, strong violent content, disorder, violence spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta stars as Jack Malloy, a hardcore career criminal until a near-death experience causes him to turn his world around. But when his former partner Drake is released from prison, he tracks Jack down to blackmail him into one last job. Jack is ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, criminal, revenge, vengeance, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, going straight, frame up, husband wife relationship, ex convict, robbery, drug use ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Gabriella, a Columbian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. The current string of murders by "The Blue Blood Killer" of affluent Miami socialites provides her with fodder for her scrapbook of death. She lands a job with ...
Style:
dark comedy, bloody, disturbing, black comedy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, dangerous attraction, murder, cleaning lady, dark humor, obsession, blood, investigation, macabre, samurai sword, death, violence ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
miami, colombia, usa, florida, seattle
Similarity:
44%
570
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Anna Carter is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sees her final three months as an opportunity to enact some vigilante justice. Racing her deteriorating health and trying to stay one step ahead of the police, Carter furiously tracks down ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, doctors and patients, injustice, terminal illness, vigilante, fighting crime, murder, danger, strong female lead, female fight, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
530
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
"Slip" is the story of Sarah, a young woman who witnessed her mother's murder as a child. Now grown, Sarah is haunted by her mother's memory, her restless soul, opening a gateway for the spirits of the recently departed. Sarah is ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
ghost, vengeance, danger, murder, supernatural, haunted by the past, a vision, death, investigation, childhood trauma, superpower, strong violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When the spoiled son and newest wife of a billionaire patriarch plot to murder him, they form a psycho-sexual bond with their brutally handsome hitman as they kill and kill (and kill) in their quest for wealth and recognition.
Style:
neo noir, erotic, semi serious, tense, humorous ...
Plot:
gay interest, homoerotic fight, gay son, heir, murder, mother in law son in law relationship, greed, hitman, gay slur, testimony, wife murders husband, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug dealing, danger, rivalry, chases and races, strong violent content, drug cartel, race against time
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, sonora, arizona, usa, mexico
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
murder, advertising, vengeance, revenge, competition, police investigation, contests and competitions, workplace intrigue, advertising agency, dark humor, rise to the top, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, california
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When her daughter Shanna is disqualified from competing for her Junior High School cheer leading squad, Wanda Holloway tries to get her ex-husband's brother, Terry Harper, to hire a hitman to incapacitate Shanna's rival or the girl's ...
Style:
dark comedy, biting, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
cheerleader, cheerleading, junior high school, ruler, killing spree, serial killer, gymnastics, love, murder, hitman, family relations, dark humor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who had gotten himself involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and a kidnapped ...
Style:
neo noir, offbeat, clever, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, cat, investigation, private investigator, violent content, partner, dishonesty, odd couple, aging, elderly, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1977, 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, partner, dishonesty, rivalry, murder, danger, car accident, car, son, revenge, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Dimwitted, somewhat misanthropic Oslo mail carrier Roy's quiet life changes dramatically on the day he steals a set of keys and lets himself into the apartment of a deaf woman who seems to be in trouble with a psychotic criminal. Though he ...
Style:
dark comedy, cult classic, humorous, black comedy, experimental ...
Plot:
dark humor, obsession, amateur detective, hospital, unrequited love, stealing, peeping tom, drunkenness, hidden money, postman, subway, drug addiction ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
Plot:
friendship, disorder, partner, desire for fame, dark humor, friends, unemployment, buddies, aviation, unfulfillment, obsessive quest, nasa ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
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