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Plot Summary:
Bull is a darkly comic neo-noir set among the heatwave-baked skyscraper canyons of the Toronto financial district. A hapless stockbroker named Charlie finds himself caught up in a twisty web where no one — no one at all — is telling the truth. Charlie isn't very good at his job — something his powerbroker boss Jay explains to him in exactly so many words. But then Jay also offers him an opportunity: a vague and somewhat shady opportunity, sure, but Charlie doesn't have much choice. And before long Charlie finds himself mixed up with all manner of dangerous characters, persistent detectives, beautiful women wearing surprisingly little, and a threatening and mysterious individual named Roland Gow.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Ditirambo (1969)
Plot Summary:
Considered by some as the first modern Spanish cinema film, “Ditirambo” retrieves a character who had already been Gonzalo Suárez’s literary life in his novel.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective
Similar in 82%
Being Black Enough (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young Black man, raised in a White neighborhood, ridiculed for not being "Black enough" decides to go to the hood to hang out with his gangster cousin and discover what it really means to be "Black." He eventually faces the harsh reality of gang violence, drugs and police confrontation.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, postmodern
Similar in 79%
Cronies (2015)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-two-year-old Louis doesn't know whether his childhood friendship with Jack will last beyond today.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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New Cops (2016)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary man (played by Tim Morton) lives a dull life till his friend Chet (played by Jimmy Kustes) comes over to stay for a few days. His friend ropes him to various schemes and generally makes a bunch of faux pas. His girlfriend (played by Johanna Sims) mostly runs around without alerting him of her whereabouts. He escapes his dull day-to-day existence by watching the TV show New Cops and dreaming various scenarios involving him being the President of the United States and Chet serving as his adviser. Chet recommends they hire detective Flaherty (played by David Maloney) to investigate a book heist at the local library.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, neo noir, experimental, detective
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In the Shadows (2010)
Plot Summary:
"In the Shadows" slithers through underworld Berlin in grand style. En route to a twisty finale, German writer-director Thomas Arslan keeps his audience glued to the increasingly desperate actions of Trojan, a thirtysomething career criminal whose latest job slowly catches up with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Union City (1980)
Plot Summary:
A 1950s accountant (Dennis Lipscomb) with a restless wife (Deborah Harry) grows paranoid after hiding a milk thief's corpse next door.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 451
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy, eighties, cult film
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Body/Antibody (2007)
Plot Summary:
Kip Polyard is an obsessive-compulsive shut-in whose antiseptic world is invaded by Celine, the beautiful seductress who moves in next door to Kip's rent-controlled Manhattan apartment. Kip and Celine begin a tentative love affair that turns passionate and then deadly, as Celine's secrets turn Kip's perfectly organized life upside-down.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, neo noir, independent film
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Scammerhead (2014)
Plot Summary:
A Global Film Noir with dark comic elements about Silas Breece, a legendarily unorthodox business hustler who travels the world seeking capitol from bizarre investors, mobsters and government officials for a series of increasingly elaborate projects.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: neo noir, dark comedy, classic noir
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Hand Grenade (2017)
Plot Summary:
A family brought together by friendship and love. Two couples and their desire to conceive a child, but someone has a secret that will tear the family apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Six Days, Six Nights (1994)
Plot Summary:
Alice is a promising young artist in Paris. Her boyfriend Franck, a boxer, has just moved in to her attic flat. Then her sister Elsa, a bored housewife, leaves her unfaithful husband Thomas and turns up unannounced to stay with Alice and Franck. Elsa disrupts their life by playing psychological games with them, but they cannot bring themselves to throw her out.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Lucid (2005)
Plot Summary:
Thirty-two year old Winnipeger Joel Rothman's personal life falls apart after his wife, Mari, catches him cheating. Following, he can't sleep which affects the parenting of his adolescent daughter Jenny. A therapist, he dismisses the work of counseling his patients. Because of his poor work, his Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), his employer, wants to transfer him to the small town of Gimli, which he doesn't want both for his own sake and Jenny's. As such, he begins to do whatever he can for his three remaining patients - Victor Koblinsky, Chandra Mergulhao and Sophie Winters - who he counsels in group therapy. Although each of the three has a different issue with which they are dealing, each does suffer from delusional thoughts the result of post-traumatic stress syndrome. Joel is under pressure from the HMO to certify all three, despite his assurance that all three are getting better. Ultimately, Victor, Chandra and Sophie have to convince him of what is reality and what is.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, neo noir, captivating, atmospheric, humorous, erotic, mind bending, offbeat, serious, realistic
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Cold Weather (2010)
Plot Summary:
A guy who moves back to Portland, Oregon becomes involved in the mystery of his ex-girlfriend's disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, tense, realistic, atmospheric, serious, neo noir, suspense, cult classic, gloomy, independent film
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Passion for Danger (1973)
Plot Summary:
New York private eye Shamus McCoy likes girls, drink and gambling, but by the look of his flat business can't be too hot. So an offer of $10,000 to finds some diamonds stolen in a daring raid with a flame-thrower is too good to miss. His investigations soon get pretty complicated and rather too dangerous. At least along the way he does get to meet Alexis.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, semi serious, suspense
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Fatal Woman (1991)
Plot Summary:
A California forest ranger (Colin Firth) seeks his bride (Lisa Zane) and discovers, with his artist friend (Billy Zane), her dark sides.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 610
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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Dark Arc (2004)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious comedy about love, lust, art and the power of the "charged image", Dark Arc follows the eccentric love triangle between an artist, a graphic designer and their inspiring muse.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, psychedelic, neo noir, independent film, psychological, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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Let the Game Begin (2010)
Plot Summary:
Successful entrepreneur Max learns that the woman he married has always really been interested more in his money than in being his wife. After his cousin Ricky gets burned by a gold-digger himself, Ricky introduces Max to the world of the pickup artist, hoping to give Max confidence and the tools to find a woman who likes him for who he is.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, sexual, sexy
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A Clever Crook (2018)
Plot Summary:
Commissioner Beffrois waits for retirement with mixed enthusiasm when a theft of paintings catches his attention.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Zen Noir (2004)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: spiritual, inspirational, neo noir, detective, dark comedy
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Unknown Pleasures (2002)
Plot Summary:
Three disaffected youths live in Datong in 2001, part of the new "Birth Control" generation. Fed on a steady diet of popular culture, both Western and Chinese, the characters of Unknown Pleasures represent a new breed in the People's Republic of China, one detached from reality through the screen of media and the internet.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Japan, South Korea, France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, neo noir, gloomy
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Magic Carpet Ride (2005)
Plot Summary:
A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, clever, offbeat, realistic, stylized
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Shimmer Lake (2017)
Plot Summary:
An inventive crime thriller told backwards -- reversing day by day through a week -- following a local sheriff's quest to unlock the mystery of three small town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, surprise ending, neo noir, dark, intense
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The Pasta Killer! (2016)
Plot Summary:
Now a disgraced P.I., Marius M. Quick is forced to relive the past he's desperately tried to forget when a murderer dubbed 'The Pasta Killer' begins assassinating his friends, connections and contacts.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: neo noir, black and white
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Zeroville (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: ironic, talky, stylized, semi serious, humorous, sexy, dark comedy, cult classic, neo noir
Similar in 77%
Love at Large (1990)
Plot Summary:
Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up with his own tail, P.I. Stella Wynkowski, to clear things up.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, neo noir, hardboiled detective
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The Michelle Apartments (1995)
Plot Summary:
A black comedy that sees a man on a business trip gets mixed up in the lives of the inhabitants of a low-rent apartment building, including a femme fatale with murder on her mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, sexual, black comedy, sexy
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A Trick of the Mind (2006)
Plot Summary:
A woman puts her own life on the line by helping a private investigator gather evidence against her potentially dangerous husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Hustle (2000)
Plot Summary:
Maya and Tony are a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. Maya seduces businessmen while Tony copies their credit cards. It's a smooth con until one of their victims, Pierce, pulls a gun. Instead of killing them, Pierce offers the desperate couple a chance at the biggest score of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful
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Tully (2018)
Plot Summary:
Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, social, surprise ending, inspirational, touching, heartbreaking, serious, political, sad, art house
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The Kid Detective (2020)
Plot Summary:
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, funny, suspense, dark, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating
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Operation Avalanche (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, mockumentary, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, realistic, surreal, cult classic, light, surprise ending