Movies like Pain & Gain
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Pain & Gain (2013)
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.
Style:
stylized, humorous, funny, tense, realistic, disturbing, semi serious, parody, factual, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
american dream, kidnapping, athlete's life, buddies, friends, hot and sexy, group of criminals, ambition, partners, bodybuilder, dark humor, money, stupidity, fight, torture, gang, masked man, brawl, scam, sex toy, blackmail, gangsters, violence, fight scenes, greed ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, year 1995, 70s, 90s, 1990s
Place:
miami, florida, new jersey, usa, bahamas, mexico
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Most similar movies to Pain & Gain
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, entertaining, humorous and clever films with plots about corruption, storytelling, brutality, mentor, dialogue, gun and chase mostly in Crime, Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like Pain & Gain: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), CHiPS (2017), Let's Be Cops (2014), Horrible Bosses (2011), American Made (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, captivating, motivational, cynical, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
corruption, money, business, wall street, wealth, greed, stock market, rise and fall, stock broker, rags to riches, addiction, american dream ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1983
Place:
new york, geneva switzerland, usa, manhattan new york city, italy ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
Style:
funny, buddy comedy, humorous, intense, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
motorcycle, buddy cop, police, heist, male nudity, investigation, corruption, chase, car chase, police corruption, addiction, undercover ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, miami
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100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in ...
Style:
funny, light, entertaining, humorous, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
impersonating a police officer, buddy cop, friendship between men, partners against crime, corruption, police, investigation, surveillance, happy ending, fighting crime, partners, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, entertaining, sexy, parody ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dark humor, obnoxious boss, comedy of errors, murder, dentist, friends, boss and employee, employer employee relationship, workplace, boss, plan gone awry, manipulation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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100%
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191K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Japan, Colombia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Style:
exciting, factual, emotional, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
pilot, money laundering, drugs, cia, drug cartel, smuggler, cocaine, fbi, sex scene, money, drug traffic, aviation ...
Time:
80s, year 1978, 70s, year 1986, year 1983 ...
Place:
colombia, latin america, usa, panama, central america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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228K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Style:
realistic, intense, funny, humorous, factual ...
Plot:
corruption, arms dealer, smuggling, friendship, rise and fall, gunrunner, military, betrayal, heist, suspense, business, kidnapping ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
iraq, las vegas, middle east, baghdad iraq, albania ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
Style:
harsh, emotional, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, gang, gangsters, lone hero, justice, drug cartel, vigilantism, violence, corruption, brutality, suspense, gunfight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, los angeles, usa, latin america, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
272K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate ...
Style:
humorous, buddy comedy, entertaining, exciting, funny ...
Audience:
girls' night, manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
two man army, drug lord, partners against crime, buddies, buddy cop, black cop, law enforcement, police, police investigation, police corruption, murder, undercover ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
miami, florida, usa, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an ...
Style:
surreal, futuristic, enigmatic, cynical, allegory ...
Plot:
time travel, distopia, alternate reality, memory, post apocalypse, drugs, mad scientist, prophecy, chaos, future dystopia, apocalypse, dishonesty ...
Time:
future, year 2005, near future, 2000s, year 2008
Place:
los angeles, texas, southern california, afghanistan, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
217K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
Style:
buddy comedy, exciting, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
undercover, organized crime, working undercover, heist, corruption, cia, conspiracy, mafia, investigation, betrayal, foe turned friend, money ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, mexico, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being ...
Style:
humorous, harsh, stylized, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
addiction, drug addiction, hip hop, heroin, drugs, drug abuse, murder, gangsters, brutality, culture clash, justice, crime gone awry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, detroit, new york
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50%
74K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
heist, betrayal, corrupt cop, murder, bank robbery, police corruption, suspense, violence, gangsters, strip club, mafia, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, los angeles, atlanta georgia, tel aviv israel, usa
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33%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.
Style:
entertaining, erotic, humorous, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, internet, gangsters, porn industry, money, stripper, female nudity, business, masturbation, success, showbiz, porn star ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 50s, year 1990, year 2004 ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, texas, chicago illinois ...
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50%
89K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his ...
Style:
humorous, buddy comedy, entertaining, funny, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police, buddies, law enforcement, police investigation, gangsters, chase, justice, money laundering, police officer, rescue, robbery, wedding ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Style:
realistic, exciting, clever, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, gunfight, robbery, criminal heroes, drug lord, dishonesty, conspiracy, drugs, gangsters, caper, rivalry, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
Style:
harsh, stylized, serious, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, police, gang, drugs, suspense, police officer, brothers, hitman, multiple storylines, nightclub ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close ...
Style:
humorous, disturbing, satirical, intense, stylized ...
Plot:
shopping mall, workplace, dark humor, farce, justice, delusion, police investigation, thief, workplace situations, security guard, unrequited love, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Style:
stylized, intense, harsh, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, gang, drugs, mafia, ghetto, chase, betrayal, hip hop, addiction, gang war, drug dealing ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, california, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddies, friendship, gangsters, betrayal, justice, police, adaptation, unlikely friendships, drug lord, buddy cop, criminal heroes, working undercover ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
arizona, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
Style:
road movie, humorous, exciting, captivating, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, friendship, chase, treasure hunt, buddies, car chase, on the road, friendship between men, car, rivalry, preacher, homosexual subtext ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1972
Place:
usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Movies like Horrible Bosses
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an ...
Style:
intense, light, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gangsters, money, chase, runaway, corruption, stolen money, disorder, friends, dishonesty, nothing goes right, heist, gang ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new jersey, california, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Style:
humorous, exciting, buddy movie, funny, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, adult
Plot:
prison, buddy cop, tough cop, revenge, villain, violence, police investigation, law enforcement, tough guy, police officer killed, fight, murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Casey has given up drug dealing for a suburban idyll in Houston, a job as an architect and a new wife. They are even planning to adopt a child. But Casey's past arrives on the doorstep in the shape of Nick, an old business partner. And all hell ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, witty, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, dark humor, drugs, gangsters, crime gone awry, drug dealer, female nudity, cons and scams, drug dealing, adoption, woman rapes man, police investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he's owed.
Style:
talky, stylized, witty, bad ending, satirical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, redemption, dark humor, safecracker, suspense, crime gone awry, bank robbery, dysfunctional family, sex scene, temperamental, criminal heroes, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, france, europe, french riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. Based on the Comedy Central series.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, clever, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police, police investigation, writers, justice, fighting crime, law enforcement, incompetent police, terrorist, buddies, save the day, disorder, satire ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, miami, usa, miami beach
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Fed up with the cruelty and stupidity of American culture, an unlikely duo goes on a killing spree, killing reality TV stars, bigots and others they find repugnant in this black comedy.
Style:
thought provoking, cynical, talky, funny, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killing spree, female killer, mass murder, serial killer, vigilante, stupidity, dark humor, society, rage, media, partners, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Style:
twist ending, clever, bloody, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, gangsters, hitman, assassin, violent, twists and turns, sniper, multiple storylines, disguise, killer, violence, violence spree ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
israel, usa, nevada, los angeles, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
Style:
humorous, intense, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
small town, home invasion, ex military, lone hero, one against many, vigilante, justice, revenge, organized crime, vigilantism, police corruption, fighting crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
150K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.
Style:
harsh, intense, entertaining, stylized, sentimental ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, robbery, revenge, gangsters, violence, funeral, murder, vigilante, gang, uncover truth, sibling relationship, mob boss ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
michigan, detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
175K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, ...
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, light, buddy movie, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
women, fbi, misfit partners, friendship, policewoman, partners, sarcasm, special agents, police, police investigation, police detective, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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