Movies like Twelve Chairs 1971

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Twelve Chairs (1971)
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Twelve Chairs (1971)
Original name: 12 стульев
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 153 min.
Story: A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist Ostap Bender start a long search for the diamonds.
Style: humorous, realistic, captivating, exciting, clever, witty, cynical, not serious, slapstick
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, cons and scams, partner, escapades, con artists, rivalry, improv, friends, transformation, adaptation, gem, love and romance, interwar period, mother in law, family relations, satire, nothing goes right, disorder, odd couple, dishonesty, misfit partners, criminal, aristocrat, hidden treasure ...
Time: year 1971, 20th century, 1920s, 20s
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia
Keyword: russian, partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and exciting films with plots about cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, partner, nothing goes right, escapades and buddies mostly in Comedy, Crime and Adventure genres. Some movies like Twelve Chairs: The Diamond Arm (1969), Bender: The Final Hustle (2021), All for One (2011), Bender: The Beginning (2021), Formula of Love (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Twelve Chairs (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia. Both he and the local priest find that the family jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set of twelve. They return separately ...
Style: satirical, stylized, talky, philosophical, witty ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: treasure hunt, road trip, farce, mentor, corruption, betrayal, storytelling, life philosophy, greed, brutality, obsessive quest, odd couple ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: russia, soviet union, moscow russia
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Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Soviet Union, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. Other people (who were around when she died) also learn about it. Thus several people arrive in Leningrad trying to find ...
Style: detective, road movie
Plot: spy, summer, lion, automobile, italian abroad, inheritance, smoking, death of mother, car chase, heiress, cigar, buried treasure ...
Place: soviet union, russia, rome italy, st. petersburg russia, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets ...
Style: witty, feel good, light, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: construction worker, warehouse, workplace, petty criminal, community service, goofy hero, misfit partners, nothing goes right, disorder, burglary, rivalry, university student ...
Time: 1950s, 60s
Place: soviet union, russia, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Diamond Arm (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Semyon Gorbunkov goes on a cruise with a smuggler on board. In Istanbul, he slips and breaks his arm. What he didn't know is that this was a signal for the gang of smugglers.
Style: humorous, feel good, light, realistic, funny ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: gem, cons and scams, police investigation, smuggling, farce, nothing goes right, mistaken identity, smuggler, goofy hero, police station, secret mission, disorder ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, 20th century
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Bender: The Final Hustle (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 1919, Solnechnomorsk. Talented adventurers have become too unexpected: now they are wanted by the Russian and Turkish police. They go to the south of Russia to take possession of the golden scepter of Count Rumyantsev. In pursuit of a precious ...
Style: exciting, captivating, entertaining, humorous, funny
Plot: interwar period, treasure hunt, treasure hunter, deception, thievery, con artists, thief, adventure hero, cons and scams, treasure
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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 ...
Plot: friendship, buddies, partner, disorder, cons and scams, nothing goes right, unfulfillment, undercover, police officer, escapades, rivalry, friends ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Bender: The Beginning (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Russian Empire, 1919. By a twist of fate, young idealist Osip Zadunaisky meets an infamous con artist and self-proclaimed Turkish subject Ibrahim Bender. A man of pure thought and aristocratic upbringing, Osip would never have associated with a ...
Style: captivating, humorous, exciting, entertaining
Plot: con artists, embezzler, escapades, male female relationship, con trick, deception, couple relations, cons and scams, criminal, fraud, treasure, interwar period ...
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Twelve Chairs (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 305 min.
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Story: A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs they once had. Vorobyaninov in cooperation with a young con artist ...
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, cynical, funny
Plot: hidden treasure, treasure hunt, reluctant partners, follow your dream, cons and scams, uninhibited rivalry, unlikely partners, partners in crime, wealth, it was all a dream, interwar period, love ...
Time: 1920s
Place: soviet union, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Formula of Love (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young aristocrat, Aleksei Fedyashev, is languishing in his family's country estate, spending his days reading poetry and confessing his love... to a statue. Upon hearing that famous Count Cagliostro is touring Russia and has created quite a ...
Style: fairy tale, realistic, semi serious, biting, talky ...
Plot: wizards and magicians, love, fantasy life, artists and showbiz, escapades, adventurer, dishonesty, nothing goes right, love and romance, fish out of water, cons and scams, charlatan ...
Time: 18th century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Why Me? (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty American terrorists, and the CIA.
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, captivating, absurd ...
Plot: on the run, partner, danger, rivalry, disorder, cons and scams, heist, ruby, pursuit, chase, jewel thief, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Collectors (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: To acquire ancient artifacts for a private collector, a cunning grave robber and his band of ingenious thieves carry out a series of risky heists.
Style: feel good, light, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: grave robber, treasure hunt, treasure hunter, treasure, hidden treasure, humour, lost treasure, rivals, escapades, rivalry, caper, treasure chest
Place: seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.6
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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.
Style: funny, humorous, intense, feel good, witty ...
Plot: mistaken identity, crime gone awry, fish out of water, comedy of errors, friendship, nothing goes right, partner, hostage, cons and scams, disorder, goofy hero, misfit ...
Time: 90s
Place: pennsylvania
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No Problem (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Sanjay and Akshaye, childhood friends and small time crooks rob a bank managed by Paresh. The two of them specially, Akshaye, on and off contemplates changing tracks and leaving the world of crime. Sanjay on the other hand almost every time manages ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, slapstick, fast ...
Plot: heist, misfit partners, crime gone awry, chase, cons and scams, partner, silly humor, friends, disorder, dishonesty, love and romance, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Shurik Timofeev builds a working model of a time machine. By accident, Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager, and George Miloslavsky, a petty burglar, are transferred to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible goes into the year 1973.
Style: light, humorous, feel good, funny, surreal ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: time travel, time machine, fish out of water, inventor, race against time, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, changing the past or future, goofy hero, misfit, misfit partners, disorder ...
Time: 16th century, year 1973
Place: soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The ComDads (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, clever ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: reluctant partners, partner, odd couple, dishonesty, family conflict, disappearance, disorder, buddies, nothing goes right, teenage life, cons and scams, father son relationship ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: france, nice france
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A comedic thriller that re-imagines Mark Twain's iconic literary characters of "Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" as grown men in current day.
Style: entertaining, satirical, humorous, captivating, action comedy ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Crime Busters (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
Style: not serious, exciting, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, cons and scams, police, criminal heroes, police investigation, chases and races, odd couple, partners against crime, buddies, misfit, gang, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Swindle (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Based on Gordon Korman's book 'Swindle,' this movie is about a boy named Griffin who finds a valuable multi-million dollar baseball card. After accidentally selling the card for a million dollar loss, he enlists the help of his best ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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High Rollers (1976)
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Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Belle Duke, in order to get revenge on her former lover Philip Bang, organize his jail break. But instead of Philip is the Italian Felice Brianza, AKAS Felix, to escape. Now Felix is obliged to help Philip to escape. He will succeeded and from that ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Money Money Money (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
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Plot: hostage, kidnapping, pope, dark humor, disorder, buddies, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, criminal's revenge, politics, goofy hero, crime gone awry ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: france, europe, paris france, latin america
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for his life, and switch him with a look-a-like London ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, exciting, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A painter is accused of art-forging. He thinks his girlfriend betrayed him, so it's time for revenge.
Style: exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 87 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 106 min.
Story: A con-artist (Peter Ustinov) gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by re-programming their "new" wonder computer.
Style: retro, cynical, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, feel good, witty ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
All the Way Boys (1972)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: semi serious, exciting, humorous, captivating, grindhouse ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Gold Diggers (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: humorous, absurd, intense, stylized, funny ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
After School Special (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
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The Cracksman (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a ...
Style: slapstick, realistic, humorous, semi serious, rough ...
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Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Bullseye! (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Michael Caine, Roger Moore and Sally Kirkland star as three of the most unlikely rogues to ever score a heist. Hidden away in a vault is a fortune in diamonds, payment for a secret formula two government scientists have unscrupulously sold to the ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, independent film, captivating, light ...
Plot: scientist, disorder, undercover, cons and scams, nothing goes right, chases and races, goofy hero, intrigue, dishonesty, experiment, disguise, con artists ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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