Simpleton movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant simpleton movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, neo noir, suspenseful, independent film and humorous films and TV shows about / with simpleton, murder, death, dishonesty, rivalry, cigarette smoking, bar, money, police and deception plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as simpleton: The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982), The Last Shift (2020), Pocket Money (1972), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), A Dandy in Aspic (1968), Viper (1988), The Apple War (1971), Leviathan (2014), The Silencer (1999), Dangerous Curves (2000).

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The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets the disabled Anna who is the first one to treat him as an ...
Style: non-linear, period piece, disturbing, bleak, emotional ...
Plot: mental disorder, disability, nordic, summer, illness, farm, murder, death of mother, revenge, speech impediment, nazi, farmer ...
Time: future, 1930s, 20th century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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The Last Shift (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Stanley, an aging fast food worker, prepares to work his final graveyard shift after 38 years. When he's asked to train his replacement, Jevon, Stanley's weekend takes an unexpected turn.
Style: feel good, captivating, humorous, light, sentimental ...
Plot: retirement, generation gap, racism, probation, father son relationship, black, friendship, mentor, friends, dishonesty, food, hardship ...
Place: usa, michigan
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 5.4
 2K
Pocket Money (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher.
Style: funny, independent film, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot: cowboy, cattle, simpleton, cattleman, crooked businessman, train travel, friends, farm, animal life, buddies, human nature, introspection ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: arizona, latin america, tucson arizona, sonora, mexico
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Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
Style: road movie, spectacular, action comedy, fast, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: truck, car chase, sheriff, trucker, chase, elephant, racing, road trip, desert, on the road, carsploitation, beer ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa, louisiana, atlanta georgia, miami ...
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A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is none other than himself! Accompanying him on his mission is a ruthless partner, who gradually ...
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: spy, cold war, berlin wall, espionage, undercover, undercover agent, secret mission, secret agent, iron curtain, double agent, photographer, homesickness ...
Time: future, 20th century, 60s
Place: britain, berlin germany, east berlin, west berlin west germany, germany ...
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 4.6
 131
Viper (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After Laura's husband James is murdered, she decides to find out who did it and why. She finds herself in a fight against an anti-terrorist organization in her desire for revenge.
Style: suspense, independent film, neo noir
Plot: school shooting, loss of husband, revenge, death of husband, car chase, special forces, conspiracy, covert operation, death squad, simpleton, government conspiracy, cia ...
Time: 80s
Place: indiana
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The Apple War (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A German businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new project called "Deutschneyland" (a wordplay of Deutschland and Disneyland). Some of the locals dislike the idea, including the magically ...
Style: satirical, semi serious, biting, feel good, sentimental ...
Plot: dragon, businessman, rural setting, social relations, rivalry, ambition, supernatural ability, dishonesty, underdog, supernatural, small town life, political corruption ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: eastern europe, stockholm sweden, scandinavia
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 7.6
 57K
Leviathan (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story: In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Style: bleak, depressing, atmospheric, thought provoking, meditative ...
Plot: lawyer, adultery, corruption, courtroom, infidelity, alcoholic, small town, drunk, alcoholism, poverty, corrupt mayor, unhappy wife ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: russia, soviet union
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 5.0
 499
The Silencer (1999)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Killer gets orders from a video game named The Silencer.
Style: tense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: conspiracy, scoop, hitman, spy, danger, undercover, assassination, frame up, chases and races, dishonesty, law enforcement, government agency ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
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Dangerous Curves (2000)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A defense lawyer goes to find his former client whose late husband's money is missing. He's not the only one who's looking for her, and she has a plan of her own.
Plot: lawyer, money, kidnapped, kidnapping, lawyer client relationship, female villain, simpleton, gangster, ex lover, defense attorney, exploding boat, set up ...
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 5.7
 29K
Jawbreaker (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: 3 of Reagan High School's most popular girls pretend to kidnap their friend by shoving a jawbreaker into the victim's mouth to keep her from screaming. Their plan goes awry when the girl swallows the jawbreaker, choking to death. Now the ...
Style: dark comedy, teen, black comedy, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, prom, popularity, bullying, dark humor, teenager, fashion, prank, murder, prank gone wrong, popular girl, friendship ...
Time: 90s, future, y2k, 20th century, 2000s
Place: usa
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 7.5
 101K
Following (1998)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
Story: A struggling, unemployed young writer takes to following strangers around the streets of London, ostensibly to find inspiration for his new novel.
Style: neo noir, psychological, suspense, black and white, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: plot twist, manipulation, voyeurism, character study, breaking and entering, stranger, friendship, framed for murder, whodunit, buddies, dishonesty, gangster ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place: england, persia, london, europe
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The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
Style: feel good, light, surreal, cult classic, visually stunning ...
Plot: success, business, corruption, fighting the system, secretary, economics, industry, dark humor, christmas, journalism, newspaper, psychiatrist ...
Time: 1950s, year 1994, 90s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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 6.4
 11K
The Package (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, military, cold war, spy, soldier, prisoner, sergeant, airport, assassin, politics, government agency, state affairs ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: germany, washington d.c., chicago, europe, russia ...
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Deadly Illusion (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A private eye hired to kill a man's wife warns her instead and then finds both are impostors.
Style: neo noir, detective, independent film, exciting, serious ...
Plot: murder, private investigator, private detective, wife, violent content, nudity, hitman, couples, who done it, frame up, infidelity, cons and scams ...
Time: year 1987, 80s, 20th century
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Dead of Winter (1987)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
Style: suspense, psychological, slasher, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: danger, snow, insanity, winter, isolation, woman in danger, audition, psychopath, missing person, survival, blood, imprisonment ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: new york, usa
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 6.8
 38K
Body Double (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous blonde dancing ...
Style: erotic, sexy, sensual, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: voyeurism, obsession, sex, exhibitionist, twists and turns, sexual intercourse, porn star, voyeur, peeping tom, serial killer, stalking, police investigation ...
Time: 80s, year 1984
Place: los angeles, usa
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 7.4
 40K
Body Heat (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Style: neo noir, sexy, sexual, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: femme fatale, obsession, murder, adultery, lawyer, husband wife relationship, female nudity, passion, fatal attraction, greed, adulteress, lust ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: florida, usa, miami
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Executive Action (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.
Style: political thriller, political, neo noir, independent film, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, assassination, cia, paranoia, corruption, murder, conspiracy theory, sniper, assassin, police officer, alternate history, paranoid ...
Time: year 1963
Place: dallas texas
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 4.4
 627
Chandler (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A private eye (Warren Oates) is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress (Leslie Caron).
Style: neo noir
Plot: private detective, private investigator, fired from the job, kidnapping, on the run, taxi, african american, punched in the face, train, photographer, pursuit, limousine ...
Time: year 1971
Place: california, monterey california, los angeles
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 5.8
 33K
Good Burger (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two hapless youths lead their burger joint in a fight against the giant fast-food chain across the street.
Style: funny, humorous, stylized, black comedy, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: fast food restaurant, competition, black romance, friendship, food, buddies, childhood, stupidity, high school, teacher, african american protagonist, black ...
Time: 90s
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 8.5
 75K
Twin Peaks (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 1032 min.
TV show
Story: Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.
Style: psychological, surreal, mind bending, offbeat, atmospheric ...
Plot: small town, twists and turns, surrealism, small town life, supernatural, mysterious event, interdimensional travel, law enforcement, evil spirit, time, good versus evil, anger ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa, new mexico, washington d.c.
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The First, the Last (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Apocalyptic neo-western about two gangsters, a town full of crazy people and Jesus...
Plot: bounty hunter, car chase, dog, end of the world, gas station, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, cell phone, hiding, deer, drifter, stealing food, dead body ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: france
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A Colt Is My Passport (1967)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story: One of Japanese cinema’s supreme emulations of American noir, Takashi Nomura’s A Colt Is My Passport is a down-and-dirty but gorgeously photographed yakuza film starring Joe Shishido as a hard-boiled hit man caught between rival gangs.
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, hitman, killer, rivalry, mob boss, mafia, samurai, assassin, criminal, professional, explosions, japanese mafia ...
Time: 60s
Place: japan, asia
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Confessions of a Crap Artist (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The narrator, "Barjo" (nutcase, crap artist), is an obsessive simpleton, given to filling his notebook with verbatim dialog, observed trivia, and oddball speculation on human behavior and the end of the world. When his house burns, he ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot: family relations, factory, suburbs, twins, couples, family life, suburban life, siblings relations, inventions and discoveries, obsession, mentally unstable, misfit ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france
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Nicholas Nickleby (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 330 min.
TV show
Story: Adaptation of the Dickens novel.
Style: period drama
Plot: charles dickens, injustice, obese woman, embezzlement, director, teacher, simpleton, male female relationship, eye patch, one eyed man, caning
Time: victorian era, 19th century
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Underdog Knight (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lao San is a young veteran high in Kungfu power but low in intelligence. After landing on a job as a body guard for a wealthy antique collector, Lao San finds out his boss's plot to rob the National Art Museum.
Plot: kung fu, friend, vigilante, taekwondo, deaf, brain damage, job, power, simpleton, bodyguard, art museum, woman shot in the forehead ...
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Don't Deliver Us from Evil (1971)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Anne and Lore, neighbors and best friends, barely into their teens, board at a convent school where they have taken a vow to sin and to serve Satan. Anne keeps a secret diary, they read a salacious novel, they get a classmate in trouble, they spy on ...
Style: disturbing, scary, realistic, suspenseful, sensual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage girl, satanism, convent school, coming of age, murder, nun, investigation, serial killer, school, gory, curses spells and rituals, male female relationship ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, europe
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 7.2
 3K
Moon Father (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Russia, France, Japan, Tajikistan, Switzerland, Uzbekistan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from ...
Style: independent film, mesmerizing, semi serious, captivating, surreal ...
Plot: village, village life, surrealism, kurd, pregnancy, disappearance, rape, mental disorder, disabled, family relations, social relations, youth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: germany, asia
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 7.5
 16K
Elling (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, Elling, a sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin in his 40s. After two years, the men ...
Style: touching, humorous, witty, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Plot: mental illness, friendship, mental institution, odd couple, eccentricity, self discovery, social worker, poetry, mental health, misfit, human nature, love and romance ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: bosnia, south pole, cambodia, oslo norway
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