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Plot Summary:
Cookie Voltecki (Emily Lloyd) is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco (Peter Falk), who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail, all that Dino wants is to settle some old scores, and make up for lost time with his daughter. Cookie's mother, Lenore Voltecki (Dianne Weist), has been Dino's longtime mistress. Dino's actual wife Bunny (Brenda Vaccaro) has, he thinks, been kept in the dark about Dino's mistress and his daughter. Dino decides that the best way to get to know Cookie is to hire her as his chauffeur. With her ears to the conspiracies floating around Dino, she quickly discovers that her father's old crony, Carmine (Michael V. Gazzo), has been swindling him and that Dino's life is in jeopardy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, realistic, semi serious, crying, weeping, light, sexy, thought provoking, clever
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Funland (1987)
Plot Summary:
When a mob family takes over an amusement park after the owner dies under mysterious circumstances, the recently-fired clown mascot seeks vengeance for the loss of his job.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, rough, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical
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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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The Godson (1998)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his older brother, Guiseppe "the guppy" Calzone (Kevin McDonald, "KIDS IN THE HALL") becomes head of the Calzone Mob family. His aging father (Dom DeLuise) knows his son is not cut out for the job, so he sends him to "Mafia University". The head of a rival Mafia Family (Rodney Dangerfield) sees this as an opportunity to strike and bring the Calzone Family to its knees. Surrounded by danger, double-crossing and pasta, THE GODSON proves that some wise guys just aren't so smart.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: parody, independent film, humorous, realistic, not serious, fast, spoof
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Sitting Ducks (1980)
Plot Summary:
Two small-time thieves come together as a bizarre comic duo in a quest to make their childhood dreams come true. In a limousine stuffed with cash stolen from the mob, they take off for Miami, where they plan to fly to a safe haven in Costa Rica. On the road they pick up a singer/chauffeur plus two unlikely women they meet in a Holiday Inn. Then the fun begins! A zany, hilarious, screwball road comedy about sex, money and vitamins, with an exceptional cast who deliver comic performances of manic perfection!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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The Undertaker's Wedding (1997)
Plot Summary:
Mario Bellini's life as an undertaker may not be filled with romance, but his funeral parlor certainly sees some action: Business is booming because of a local mob war. While wise guys are being bumped off left and right, Mario is asked by crime boss Alberto to hide his hit man brother Rocco. A love quadrangle forms among Mario and Rocco's long-suffering wife Maria, Rocco and Mario's girlfriend Louise, and the body count suddenly rises.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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Cadillac Man (1990)
Plot Summary:
Joe's a car salesman with a problem. He has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife. What more could go wrong ?.. a lot, enter a crazy jealous husband with a machine gun.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, funny, talky, intense, semi serious, black comedy, entertaining, offbeat, realistic
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Keeping Mum (2005)
Plot Summary:
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy, witty, light, funny, humorous, feel good, offbeat, realistic, art house
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Avenging Angelo (2002)
Plot Summary:
A woman who has recently discovered that she is the daughter of Angelo, a major mafia boss, decides to wreak vengeance when he is killed by a hitman. She's aided by his faithful bodyguard, with whom she soon falls in love.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA, France, Switzerland
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, action comedy, action packed, neo screwball comedy
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Down the Drain (1990)
Plot Summary:
A dishonest lawyer devises a scheme to rob a bank by recruiting criminals he has represented to do the job for him. When the robbery is completed, he learns that the "loot" from the vault is in fact a microchip containing top-secret information.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, dark comedy
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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
Plot Summary:
This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York. The weaker gang use incredibly a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeeds to stop one of the gang, while the other remain without the Boss.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, cult film
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The Crew (2000)
Plot Summary:
Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, stylized, witty, clever, black comedy, realistic, semi serious, parody, light
Similar in 87%
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1930s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, spoof, parody, humorous, light, cult classic, exciting, captivating, spooky, offbeat
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The Jerky Boys (1995)
Plot Summary:
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It isn't long before Johnny and Kamal (the "Jerky Boys" of crank call fame) are wanted by the local mafia, the police, and their neighbor.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious, parody, clever, unusual plot structure, suspense, melancholic, surreal
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Mafia! (1998)
Plot Summary:
Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, light, melancholic, stylized, not serious, slapstick comedy, dark comedy, slapstick
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Friends and Family (2001)
Plot Summary:
Children and parents. In New York City, Stephen and Danny live well: they're smooth, cool, in love, and good at what they do. Stephen's Midwestern parents pay them a surprise visit. Meanwhile, Jenny and Matt tell their parents they are engaged: Matt's parents, Midwestern paramilitary fanatics, take it as a sign to gather their group to invade New York. Jenny's father is the local Mob boss who employs Stephen and Danny as enforcers. He's unhappy that Jenny is marrying someone who is neither Sicilian nor Catholic. Stephen's parents know he's gay, they just don't know what his job is. Here come the parents; will the children survive? All roads lead to the engagement party.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, talky, clever, offbeat, independent film, queer cinema
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We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992)
Plot Summary:
A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Cold Feet (1989)
Plot Summary:
The leader of a group of misfits, his girlfriend and an assassin have devised a bizarre plan to smuggle stolen jewelry over the US/Mexican border. They implant the jewelry in a racing horse.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, semi serious
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Cops and Robbersons (1994)
Plot Summary:
Hard-as-nails cop Jake Stone moves in with the Robbersons so he can watch a hitman who has moved in next door. The Hitman is one thing, but can you survive the Robberson family.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, emotional, sitcom, feel good, realistic, semi serious, talky, detective, scary
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Married to the Mob (1988)
Plot Summary:
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, feel good, witty, realistic, talky, semi serious, cult classic, clever
Similar in 79%
Analyze This (1999)
Plot Summary:
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, hilarious, psychological, clever, suspense, spoof, realistic, witty, light
Similar in 77%
Analyze That (2002)
Plot Summary:
The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, stylized, not serious, realistic, hilarious, psychological, sexy, mind bending
Similar in 76%
Oscar (1991)
Plot Summary:
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: talky, witty, humorous, feel good, not serious, clever, funny, parody, cult classic, hilarious
Similar in 88%
True Identity (1991)
Plot Summary:
In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Corky Romano (2001)
Plot Summary:
Corky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to infiltrate the local FBI and retrieve and destroy evidence being used to incriminate Pops for racketeering charges.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, absurd, funny, feel good, not serious, spoof, slapstick comedy, realistic, fast
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Free Money (1998)
Plot Summary:
The Swede (Marlon Brando), a prison warden, rules his family and his prison with an iron hand in one of the coldest parts of North Dakota. When an inmate dies under mysterious circumstances, however, the FBI sends in agent Karen Polarski (Mira Sorvino) to investigate. On the home front, the sons-in-law of the Swede, Larry (Thomas Haden Church) and Bud (Charlie Sheen) accidentally discover that a train loaded with millions of dollars of unmarked currency slated to be destroyed will soon be passing through. The temptation is too great and the guys hatch a scheme to rob the train. Of course, the biggest obstacle in their way is the Swede.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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Safe Men (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter of the underworld leader who won't date the men she knows are gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, melancholic, absurd, buddy comedy, feel good, not serious, witty, independent film, dark comedy
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Wise Guys (1986)
Plot Summary:
Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy, fast, cult film
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The Hollywood Sign (2001)
Plot Summary:
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant comeback.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1920's New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. The catch is that Nick's girl friend Olive Neal gets the part of a psychiatrist, and Olive is a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist as well as being a dreadful actress. Agreeing to this first compromise is the first step to Broadway's complete seduction of David, who neglects longtime girl friend Ellen. Meanwhile David puts up with Warner Purcell, the leading man who is a compulsive eater, Helen Sinclair, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Cheech, Olive's interfering hitman / bodyguard. Eventually, the playwright must decide whether art or life is more important.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, funny, atmospheric, talky, witty, clever, parody, ironic, black comedy
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My Blue Heaven (1990)
Plot Summary:
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, entertaining, absurd, talky, intense, parody, dark comedy, semi serious