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Doin' Time (1985)
316
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.
Style:
independent film, parody, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
Plot:
prison, boxing, wrongful imprisonment, reformatory, ethnic stereotype, escape, profanity, prison life, frame up, society, false accusation, confined, dishonesty, criminal heroes, nudity, boxer, prisoner, seduction, salesman, secretary, weightlifting, male female relationship, convict, jail, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s, 20th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and independent film films with plots about dishonesty, disorder, farce, satire, society, nude and criminal heroes mostly in Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Doin' Time: The Orange Thief (2007), Jail Breakers (2002), The Bid (2021), Pros & Cons (1999), Back by Midnight (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Dewey (Tim Conway) and Wallace (Chuck McCann) are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison inmates to find out where a gang of thieves have hidden their loot. While they're undercover, however, the governor ...
Style:
slapstick, buddy comedy, lighthearted, period piece, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
prison, small town, prison life, prison escape, fish out of water, maximum security prison, irreverent, mistaken identity, satire, corrupt system, dark humor, disorder ...
Time:
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, captivating, humorous
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
sicily, italy
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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realistic, semi serious, exciting, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prison, escape, prison escape, prison life, fugitives, undercover, friendship, chases and races, partner, criminal heroes, lovers reunited, buddies ...
Time:
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Place:
korea, south korea
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84%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
jail, prison, police, friends, friendship, friendship between men, prison life, justice, society, camaraderie, wrongful imprisonment, human spirit ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Framed for crimes they didn't commit, two small-timers are headed up the river without a paddle. Now, the only thing that can bail them out is a case of mistaken identity. It's the hysterical prison comedy that's so funny, it's ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous
Plot:
prison, gang, partner, hostage, escape, profanity, disorder, injustice, embezzlement, prison life, frame up, cons and scams ...
Time:
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Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's dishonest owner by having four inmates break out and plan a department store robbery to spruce up the prison's faculties.
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, captivating, independent film
Plot:
buddies, nothing goes right, prison, criminal heroes, odd couple, prison life, misfit, confined, heist, fish out of water, cons and scams, warden ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, slapstick, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Salem, 1692. The mayor and judge are accusing land owner of witchery in order to grab their land. No one knows that are handsome stranger is a real witch and has evil plans for the town.
Style:
parody, independent film, witty, humorous, not serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
turkey, salem massachusetts
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Chuck Toedan's the host of a gameshow featuring death row convicts competeing in life-or-death contests in hopes of cheating the executioner or, at the very least, winning some nice prizes for their next of kin. Not surprisingly, Chuck has made ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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807
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. She gets a lower echelon administrative position at the Pentagon, and finds things pretty slack. Her boss ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c., virginia, pentagon
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
37%
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Country: UK
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
37%
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
36%
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Philippines, Indonesia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, not serious, captivating, entertaining, parody ...
Plot:
private detective, mind control, investigation, disorder, riddles and clues, femme fatale, dishonesty, religious cult, satire, power relations, goofy hero, profanity ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The main character, nicknamed "Teddy Bear" by his friends and acquaintances, is a manager of a sports club in Poland. One day he is detained at the border just as his sport team is off to a tournament. It appears that somebody has torn out ...
Style:
funny, parody, cult classic, biting, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
poland, brazil, new jersey, tokyo
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, slapstick comedy
Plot:
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