Best movies like Caracas
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Plot Summary:
Despite its South-of-the-Border title, Caracas is an Austrian love triangle. Gas-station owner Gerhard Zehmann is saddled with cheating wife Regina Bill. The man would like to escape to Venezuela, but he can't unload his wife. Then he meets a woman who is the exact double of his wife (also played by Regina Bill, of course). Falling in love with this clone, the husband hatches a plan. He'll murder his wife, then leave for Venezuela with her look-alike so as not to arouse suspicion. Are foolproof plans like these ever really foolproof?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Life is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989)
Plot Summary:
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist of him taking part in a great deal of blood, sex and general weirdness, all while wearing a briefcase handcuffed to his arm.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 247
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, avant garde, independent film, weird
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Pilotos de la muerte (1962)
Plot Summary:
A couple of provincial gas station employees travel to the capital seeking fortune of vehicle mechanics accidental career passing drivers.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min
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Hot Dogs (1980)
Plot Summary:
Mr. Clean (Harry Reems) is a police detective who heads a special task force of the vice squad. Clean's by-the-book attitude makes him none too popular with his underlings, so they try to fake a sex scandal that will cause him to be fired from the force.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min
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The Lizard (1972)
Plot Summary:
He steals from the rich and gives to the poor! Like Robin Hood, the title hero of The Lizard is a philanthropic thief, except the Lizard makes his rounds in 1930s Shanghai. Corrupt police chief Chen Can (Law Lit) is assigned to bring down the Lizard to appease the sinister Japanese forces, but the Lizard constantly eludes his grasp. Little does Chen Can know that the wily thief actually works for him! The Lizard's true identity is the mousy Cheng Long (Ngok Wah), who dons a mask and takes to the streets to spread his righteous message.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
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The Stoolie (1972)
Plot Summary:
Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't resist the temptation and steals part of it. He runs off to Miami Beach, but now lives in fear of the crooks that he set up as well as the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, slang, independent film, detective
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Cash (2011)
Plot Summary:
Москва. Наши дни. В центре города из машины двое воришек крадут сумку с миллионом евро, думая, что им, наконец, повезло, и даже не представляя, во что, на самом деле, они ввязались. За деньгами начинается настоящая охота. Перед искушением не может устоять никто. Сумма в виде двух пачек денег по полмиллиона евро делает абсолютно разных людей одинаковыми в своих поступках и желаниях: А началось все с того, что "миллионщик" Григорий не захотел честно платить налоги.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: satirical, realistic, semi serious, ironic
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John Travolto: The Face with Two Left Feet (1979)
Plot Summary:
Also known as THE LONELY DESTINY OF JOHN TRAVOLTO, it's the first and only Travoltasploitation movie. It's about a hotel cook named Gianni who can't dance but is frustratingly in love with the sexy blonde DJ (Cicciolina) at the nightclub "John's Fever". When one of the cook's coworkers draws a mustache and beard on a poster of John Travolta everyone somehow finally notices that Gianni looks exactly like Travolta and the game is on.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
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Gas (1981)
Plot Summary:
Susan Anspach stars in this comedy as a news reporter who investigates a story about stolen milk causing milk and gas prices to rise. During the course of her investigation, other people become involved, culminating in a multiple car chase.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
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The Wendy Effect (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the shadows of the outskirts of Oslo, every criminal has their place until the economical meltdown. The luxury prostitute Wendy might have the key to the problem, or at least to the heart of the bank, the criminals and even the police.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 81 min
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The Working Girls (1974)
Plot Summary:
Honey comes to Los Angeles to seek her new lifestyle, but is flat broke. She gets a place to stay with Denise and Jill. Honey has hard luck finding a job, but eventually gets hired by a millionaire to just talk to him. Denise falls in love with a guitar player Honey brings home, but there's something shady going on with him. Jill works at the local strip bar as a waitress, and the manager has new plans for her. Soon the girls get thrown into danger by the illegal activities of the men they love, and must find a way to solve the problem.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, horror comedy, hot
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Music Hole (2021)
Plot Summary:
Francis, a little accountant officiating in a shady cabaret has marital concerns with his wife. After a violent argument, he wakes up to discover a surprise. It's the macabre and zany starting point of a burlesque thriller.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: non-linear
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The Decadent Influence (1965)
Plot Summary:
Four young people, tired of working life, decide that they can earn money from crime than they can from work. The film follows their training at the first "crime school", as well as their work.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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The Red Ibis (1975)
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
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Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)
Plot Summary:
Unusual gangster story, in which a small-time pimp Franz, who is torn between his mistress and Bruno the gangster sent after him by the syndicate that he has refused to join.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: neo noir, art house, mind bending, psychedelic, political, surreal, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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Hubert the Smart Boy (1985)
Plot Summary:
Titulní hrdina komediálního filmu je typický žižkovský frajer. S chytrostí a šarmem si vyřizuje otevřené účty s policejním inspektorem Mourkem, který ho chce stůj co stůj dostat do kriminálu. Jenže Fešák Hubert unikne z každé nastražené pasti a nakonec připraví na zavilého policistu a jeho podřízené elegantní podraz. Z hledaných zločinců, které Mourek díky Hubertovi se slávou dopadne, se vyklubou nevinní lidé. Děj se odehrává na počátku třicátých let, v době hospodářské krize. Snímek vychází z tradičního pojetí žánru a pohybuje se v rovině určité nadsázky.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: crying, detective, poliziottesco
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A Policewoman on the Porno Squad (1979)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of Gianna, a sexy policewoman who wants to help a child in search of his mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, slapstick comedy, slapstick, vintage
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Randy and the Mob (2007)
Plot Summary:
A good ol' boy (McKinnon) gets into trouble with some mobsters, and then must seek assistance from his estranged, identical twin gay brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, independent film, realistic, semi serious
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Attack the Gas Station! (1999)
Plot Summary:
A quartet of disaffected Korean youths have robbed a Seoul gas station. After taking the gas station over, their wacky antics ensue; forcing the manager to sing, kidnapping customers that complain about the service, and staging fist-fights between street gang members and gas station employees; all of these reflect their own gripes against society.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, entertaining, absurd, cynical, semi serious, surreal, disturbing, mind twisting, clever
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Happy End (1967)
Plot Summary:
A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an "execution" of the main protagonist and goes back to explore his previous actions and motivations.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: experimental, black comedy, absurd, dark fantasy, avant garde, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, dark comedy, metafiction, alternative comedy
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Dirt (2001)
Plot Summary:
DIRT is a quirky comedy about two simple-hearted brothers who, when abandoned by the death of their mother, search to find a replacement Mom. Junior and Scooter find themselves ill-prepared for life on their own. To ease their suffering, they search the desert dregs of West Texas for a woman to take Mom's place. Due to their social disability, they are forced to kidnap a woman from a Piggly Wiggly supermarket. They soon realize that they have gotten more than they bargained for when their "victim," Dede, turns out to be the maltreated wife of an abusive Texas Ranger. She quickly turns her misfortune into theirs, convincing the brothers to steal her baby away from her sadistic husband. Life gets even more complicated for these simple-hearted boys when the vengeful Ranger tracks them down bent on keeping them from living happily ever after.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, humorous, light, feel good, independent film, offbeat
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Life Eternal (2015)
Plot Summary:
A thriller crime comedy directed by Wolfgang Murnberger.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, sexy
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Crazy Sex (1976)
Plot Summary:
Shaw Brothers superdirector Li Han-Hsiang was particularly masterful in two genres: erotica and classic Chinese tales. He combined these two loves in this two-part examination of lust. The first story features an elderly jeweler's adventures with his unsatisfied wife, a handsome neighbor, and the neighborhood bordello. The second is a more modern tale of sex, lies, and videotape.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: anthology, sex comedy
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Odd Job (2016)
Plot Summary:
An unemployed factory worker takes a job as a hit man to make ends meet.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Small Time (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ben is a small-time gangster who gets the opportunity to earn a lot of money. His boss sends him to a remote ranch with bag full of drugs and orders him to wait for the buyer. But the routine drug deal turns to disaster because of Ben’s unprofessional associates.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, crime drama, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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Boys Don't Cry (2000)
Plot Summary:
One of the best Polish comedies of the late 1990's, "Boys Don't Cry" is a satirical look at the gangsters of Poland and some teens who accidentally get involved with them.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, sad, realistic, stylized
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The Pimp (2010)
Plot Summary:
A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, exciting, witty, realistic, comic
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My New Partner (1984)
Plot Summary:
My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for corruption and he narrowly escapes. He is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, witty, neo noir, anthology, action comedy, cult classic, black comedy, clever, humorous
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9 Dead Gay Guys (2002)
Plot Summary:
The story of two lads from Belfast as they stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful employment'. This being the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidise their respective giros. 9 Dead Gay Guys is a high-camp send-up of gay stereotypes.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic, queer cinema, campy
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Going in Style (2017)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, entertaining, touching, humorous, sad, black comedy, anamorphic, comedy drama, relaxing
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The Hangover Part III (2013)
Plot Summary:
This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 330000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, buddy comedy, humorous, hilarious, entertaining, absurd, realistic, not serious, road movie, teen