Movies like Thin Ice
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Thin Ice (2011)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, psychological, dark, clever, neo noir, suspenseful
Plot:
twists and turns, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, comedy of errors, unlikely criminals, dark humor, manipulation, disorder, dishonesty, cons and scams, winter, small town, snow, insurance, lesbian, artist, salesman, graphic violence, dealer, dog, police, murder, neighbor, cheating, blackmail ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, wisconsin
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and cynical films with plots about disorder, dishonesty, cons and scams, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals and dark humor mostly in Comedy, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Thin Ice: The Big White (2005), Hotel Oasis (2001), Best Laid Plans (1999), The Laundromat (2019), Cut Bank (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.
Style:
humorous, clever, realistic, tense, bad ending ...
Plot:
kidnapping, murder, dark humor, disorder, down on your luck, comedy of errors, insurance fraud, life insurance, frozen body, winter, insurance agent, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, minnesota, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The life of motel owner is turned upside down by a femme-fatale lounge singer and her abusive manager.
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semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical ...
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murder, dark humor, disorder, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, cons and scams, sister sister relationship, fatal accident, husband wife relationship, suspense, twins ...
Place:
kansas, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Rich, successful Bryce meets beautiful Lissa at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really who she seems. What unfolds next is a dangerous, tangled web of double-crosses and seduction.
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neo noir, suspenseful, surprise ending, tricky, cynical ...
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, manipulation, twists and turns, small town, betrayal, suspense, murder, cons and scams, disorder, nothing goes right, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, nevada, portland oregon
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in ...
Style:
realistic, tense, captivating, disturbing, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
human nature, corruption, politics, insurance fraud, law enforcement, finance, money, cons and scams, investigation, police investigation, dishonesty, justice ...
Time:
21st century
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
25 year-old Dwayne McLaren, a former athlete turned auto mechanic, dreams of getting out of tiny Cut Bank, Montana the coldest town in America. But his effort to do so sets in moton a deadly series of events that change his life and the life of the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, small town, twists and turns, witness, disorder, dishonesty, witnessing a crime, nothing goes right, cons and scams, small town life, suspense, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, montana
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant comeback.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
hollywood, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, elderly, dishonesty, gangsters, criminal heroes, disorder, heist, cons and scams, filmmaking ...
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada
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43%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
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A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, captivating, clever, witty ...
Plot:
dark humor, psychopath, small town, policewoman, law enforcement, police officer, police investigation, killings, small town life, killer, scheme, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1979, future, 2020s, 20th century, year 2006 ...
Place:
minnesota, usa, north dakota
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Quite a bit can happen over the course of a single day in L.A., and when smooth-talking scam artist Johnny decides to throw a bachelor party for his best friend Bill the events of the day take a bizarre turn. As the festivities get underway, the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, realistic
Plot:
prostitute, lifestyle, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, buddies, crime gone awry, disorder, revenge, bachelor party, lesbian sex, dark humor ...
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, cynical, semi serious, humorous, clever
Plot:
infidelity, moral dilemma, introspection, femme fatale, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, couple relations, cons and scams, dishonesty, manipulation, sexual relations ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs
Style:
suspenseful, tricky, humorous, captivating, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, frame up, dentist, drug use, betrayal, false accusation, dark humor, twists and turns, life turned upside down, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals ...
Place:
wisconsin, arizona, usa, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A rather dull minded bank robber suddenly suffers from a change of heart and decides to give the money back. However, he then learns that getting the money back into the bank is much more difficult than taking it out.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
babies and infants, heist, criminal heroes, cons and scams, beach, bank, crime gone awry, disorder, couples, wooing, partners, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A bookkeeper who thinks she killed three mobsters is subsequently promoted by her boss to be a hitman. |
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, light, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
mafia, unlikely criminals, accidental killing, mob boss, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gangsters, mistaken identity, female protagonist, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever
Plot:
friends, friendship, love and romance, partners, odd couple, lifestyle, self discovery, couples, disorder, infidelity, dishonesty, nothing goes right ...
Place:
usa, new york
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When the wife of a crime boss is accidentally killed, the hit man who was hired to protect the remote house in which she was living tries to keep her death under wraps. Fearing vengeance from the gangster, he's soon locked in a fight for ...
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, serious, realistic, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime gone awry, hitman, nothing goes right, twists and turns, disorder, dark humor, mission gone awry, winter, graphic violence, mountain, friend, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Uncle Frankie (Danny Trejo) is not the kind of guy you want to meet in a dark alley. Especially when you owe him money and have been giving him the slip for a few years. Such is the fate of Lorenzo Adams (Gary Moore), a top bill collector at Lump ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, tense, realistic
Plot:
cons and scams, workplace situations, twists and turns, race against time, dishonesty, workplace, debt collector, office, loan shark, fired from the job, disorder, friends ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, which is coincidentally owned by the same Mobster. On the run, Jimbo is cornered in a local curio shop, where he takes hostage ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, disorder, unlikely criminals, self discovery, failed attempt, comedy of errors, parents and children, gambling debt, gangsters, gambler, hostage, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After a long time of bad luck, the little criminal Tony and his gang successfully rob one of Brink's security transport, taking $30,000. Surprisingly their coup doesn't make the press. Curious Tony checks out their headquarters and finds ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, master criminal, dishonesty, gang, cons and scams, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, rivalry, partners, forgery, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s, 1930s
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A gangster's former mistress hooks up with a troupe of circus midgets who, as a sideline, rob banks and casinos.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
gangsters, on the run, disorder, dishonesty, gang, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, love and romance, rivalry, love affair ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, dark, funny ...
Plot:
murder, disorder, dark humor, nothing goes right, misfit, social misfits, goofy hero, crime scene, brother brother relationship, accidental death, quirky character, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.
Style:
witty, semi serious, humorous, feel good, light ...
Plot:
kidnapping, nothing goes right, dishonesty, breakup, couples, disorder, crumbling marriage, love and romance, crime gone awry, couple relations, unlikely criminals, cons and scams ...
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36%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.
Style:
exciting, humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, couples, robbery, danger, profanity
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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36%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jack is pleased with himself for the first time in years. He has decided to stop fucking anything with a pulse and also to cut back on his eager and enthusiastic drug use. Then his best friend crashes into a moose in the middle of the night on the ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
dark humor, drug dealing, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, going straight, chase, hopes, suspense, save the day, friendship, drug abuse, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
norway, europe
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36%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous
Plot:
con artists, heist, heiress, airport, robbery, warden, manipulation, disorder, crime gone awry, on the run, confined, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, california, denver colorado, boston ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two aspiring boxers lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Style:
funny, humorous, realistic, clever, talky ...
Plot:
friendship, organized crime, crime gone awry, dark humor, gangsters, nothing goes right, buddies, partners, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, boxing ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles, new york, new jersey, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, tricky, talky, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, forgery, con artists, manipulation, heist, plot twist, justice, crime gone awry, partners, dishonesty, criminal heroes, petty criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A late night talk show host masterminds an elaborate scheme to save his canceled show and avenge his wife's affair, entangling an eclectic collection of tinsel towners in the process.
Style:
cynical, realistic, humorous, surprise ending
Audience:
teens
Plot:
infidelity, media, crime gone awry, rivalry, dishonesty, nothing goes right, vengeance, life is a bitch, dark humor, showbiz, cons and scams, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
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35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. After being apprehended, ‘The Mule’ makes a desperate choice... to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence – literally.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, realistic, stylized
Plot:
drugs, dark humor, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, drug dealing, escapades, disorder, stoned, prison, drug dealer, house arrest, narcissistic woman ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
thailand, australia
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35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
6 gun wielding people are trapped in a NY loft with $4 million in stolen diamonds.
Style:
semi serious, cynical, humorous, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, rivalry, heist, law enforcement, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, betrayal, disorder, suspense, alcohol abuse, brother brother relationship, diamond ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two French Canadian ne’er-do-wells travel to New York City with a scheme to a get rich quick selling Christmas trees.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
christmas, nothing goes right, reluctant partners, going straight, fish out of water, misfit, cons and scams, partners, disorder, odd couple, hopes, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jan's fastfood-business is going bankrupt, his girlfriend has left him, and he is being exploited by his live-in father. Therefore, he has nothing to loose when he gets mixed up in the kidnapping of famous rock star Iver Mo. But Jan has never ...
Style:
semi serious, cynical, witty, humorous, dark ...
Plot:
ransom, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, dark humor, disorder, parents and children, down on your luck, dysfunctional relationship, greed, kidnapping, abduction, food ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, norway
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