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Hard Times (2009)
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Hard Times (2009)
Original name: Holy Water
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Ireland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The village of Kilcoulins Leap was once a thriving spa town, and was home to a famous Holy Well, but now offers little by way of employment for its people, and its decline seems inexorable. When local Postie, Podger Byrnes, comes up with a plan to hijack a consignment of Viagra, and sell it on the open market in Amsterdam, his friends are desperate enough to try it. Not counting on the muscular response of Viagra's makers, the boys panic and hide the lorry load of Viagra down the town's Holy Well.
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, witty, perverse, sexy, offbeat, independent film, sex comedy, sexual
Plot: disorder, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, social relations, buddies, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, village, friends, village life, deadend life, silly humor, nudity, female nudity, male nudity, tourism, bare breasts, brother sister relationship, male full rear nudity, passionate kiss, postman, sexual innuendo, cover up, hotel owner ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: ireland, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, feel good and not serious films with plots about disorder, cons and scams, dishonesty, nothing goes right, buddies, friends and partner mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Hard Times: Stealing Harvard (2002), 9 Dead Gay Guys (2002), Screwed (2000), Safe Men (1998), The Hollywood Sign (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Stealing Harvard (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her ...
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Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: harvard university, usa
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9 Dead Gay Guys (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The story of two lads from Belfast as they stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful employment'. This being the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidise their respective giros. 9 ...
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Place: london, europe, ireland, england
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Screwed (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
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Time: 90s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: light, humorous, melancholic, absurd, buddy comedy ...
Plot: safecracker, heist, mistaken identity, organized crime, comedy of errors, cons and scams, gangster, farce, caper, justice, crime boss, unlikely criminals ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: rhode island, usa
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The Hollywood Sign (2001)
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, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, gangster, elderly, criminal heroes, dishonesty, disorder, cons and scams, heist, filmmaking ...
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Zonad (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Ireland
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Zonad (Simon Delaney) is from space…probably. Or so the Cassidy family assume when they discover an apparent alien in a shiny red space suit and helmet passed out on the living room floor beside the drinks cabinet. The Cassidys and the people of ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, witty, black comedy ...
Plot: family relations, mistaken identity, hidden identity, social relations, cons and scams, family life, dishonesty, disorder, village, con artists, alien, morality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their way to Paris to begin careers as recording artists, the pair stumbles across a potent type of ...
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good, light ...
Plot: drug dealing, friends, partner, misfit partners, buddies, nothing goes right, chase, chases and races, drug abuse, disorder, silly humor, marijuana ...
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Place: europe, france, paris france
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Sitting Ducks (1980)
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: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: self discovery, nudity, confidence artist, limousine, voyeur, voyeurism, female nudity, waitress, nymphomaniac, bare breasts, nothing goes right, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
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Mystics (2003)
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Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, black comedy, dark comedy
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: independent film, cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: rock, hitman, psychopath, disorder, down on your luck, cons and scams, dishonesty, on the run, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, partner, criminal ...
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Style: humorous, absurd, intense, stylized, funny ...
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Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, beverly hills
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All for One (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Four rogues, who were best friends as kids, have one big problem: they're sitting on both sides of the law. Martin is a policeman, while Nikolai, Ralf, and Timo can't distinguish between personal possessions and the possessions of others! ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, exciting ...
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Time: year 2011, 21st century
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39%
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Style: not serious, humorous, captivating, light, tense ...
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Golden Oldies 2 (2013)
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Duration: 82 min.
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Style: humorous, not serious, light, entertaining, feel good
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Style: parody, not serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
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Duration: 89 min.
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Style: humorous, feel good, light, absurd, cult classic ...
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The Pope Must Diet (1991)
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Style: humorous, not serious, witty, feel good, light ...
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Duration: 84 min.
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Hot Millions (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
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