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Plot Summary:
In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: parody, not serious, exciting, humorous, captivating, funny, intellectual, psychotronic, cult film
Best tv shows and movies like Fantomas Unleashed (1965):
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Powder (2019)
Plot Summary:
After a ten year absence, El Chato returns to San Ignacio, his hometown, in order to retrieve a shipment of cocaine that was dropped there by a cartel pilot.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, absurd, not serious
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The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent (1984)
Plot Summary:
An international intrigue with terrorists threatening to blow up the presidents of the most powerful countries.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 822
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick, spoof, parody
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The Troops on Vacation (1970)
Plot Summary:
The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't even allowed to do the simple works. But when one of the clique suffers from amnesia after an accident, all of the others reunite and kidnap him, to take him on a tour to their old working places and through their memories. In their old uniforms they turn St. Tropez upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, captivating, slapstick, cult film
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Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
Plot Summary:
In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, feel good, funny, intellectual, parody, psychotronic, detective, spoof
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Fantomas (1964)
Plot Summary:
Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, intellectual, neo noir, parody, humorous, realistic, not serious, psychotronic, eurospy, cult film
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The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
Plot Summary:
The ambitious police officer Cruchot (Louis de Funès) is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, light, satirical, atmospheric, anthology, dark comedy, cult classic, not serious
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The Troops & Troop-ettes (1982)
Plot Summary:
Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, exciting, tense, slapstick, eighties, cult film
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The Troops & Aliens (1979)
Plot Summary:
The bungling inspector Cruchot (Funès) finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products, is that they sound like empty garbage cans when you touch them. Chaos is ahead.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, slapstick, fun, cult film
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The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign Inspector Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: hilarious, detective, feel good, humorous, exciting, not serious, surprise ending, realistic, fast, scary
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Torrente 3: The Protector (2005)
Plot Summary:
A popular and beautiful politician plans to expose the evil-doings of a multinational corporation. Hoping to silence her, the corporation's top executives decide to hire the most incompetent detective they can find to act as her bodyguard.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, detective, action comedy, parody, slapstick
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The Vexxer (2007)
Plot Summary:
Scotland Yard investigators have to prevent the murder of Victoria Dickman when her name is found on a death list.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, gothic, exciting, touching, captivating, suspenseful, funny, grindhouse, slapstick
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Arab on the City (2011)
Plot Summary:
25-year-old Khalid Belkacem has failed at everything: college education, summer camp instructor's permit, driver's license, and even his BCG. He never expected to become the first "positive discrimination" member of the police force. But as his mother says: "That's France for you! A country where everyone has a chance.".
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 630
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, parody, captivating, witty, exciting, realistic, spoof
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The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob (1973)
Plot Summary:
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, slapstick, funny, anthology, slapstick comedy
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The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
Plot Summary:
A kidnapped mobster (Vittorio De Sica) persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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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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OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
Plot Summary:
French top secret agent, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, is sent to Rio to buy microfilms from a running nazi. To do so, he has to team up with Mossad secret services.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, not serious, spoof, spy comedy, entertaining, parody, witty, eurospy, microfilm
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The Troops Get Married (1968)
Plot Summary:
The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis de Funès) relishes the assignment, which he pursues with a manic zeal. Cruchot is after an offending driver, who turns out to be Josépha (Claude Gensac), the widow of a highly regarded police colonel. When they meet, Cruchot falls instantly in love.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, captivating, light, funny, not serious, slapstick, cult film
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The Goat (1981)
Plot Summary:
When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sweet, buddy comedy, perverse, feel good, realistic, semi serious, detective, slapstick comedy
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The Troops in New York (1965)
Plot Summary:
The second installment of Gendarmes series, tells the story of Sergeant Cruchot (Louis De Funes), who, together with his faithful comrades, has been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, feel good, captivating, anthology, not serious, slapstick, cult film
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The Marquis (2011)
Plot Summary:
Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and sentenced to six months imprisonment. To win the respect of his fellow inmates, he claims he is "The Marquis," a brilliant robber whose identity has remained a mystery. Two weeks before his release, an armed robber named Quentin Tasseau helps him escape and takes him to Manila so he can take part in a robbery whose mastermind requires the talents of the Marquis.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating, realistic
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The Sucker (1965)
Plot Summary:
In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny, anthology
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OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Plot Summary:
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: spoof, humorous, parody, light, suspense, talky, stylized, not serious, funny, witty
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Robin Hood: The True Story (2015)
Plot Summary:
Robin des Bois, with his friend Tuck, are bad guy: they only steal poor, women and old people. They dream to get they own brothel in town, like the Pussycat. They decide to rob Nottingham's tax office, but they meet the Sherwood gang - who steal to rich to feed the poors - with the same idea in mind: Robbing the Nottingham sherif. The true story of Robin des Bois can finally begins!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 510
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, parody, light, exciting, captivating, realistic, fun
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The Band (1970)
Plot Summary:
Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The latter get their revenge by presenting Evans’ nephew Philippe, the only male member of the group, with a baby and a note claiming he is the father….
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, stylized, exciting, feel good, realistic
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Taxi 4 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy employee who got railroaded by the brilliant master criminal.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, hilarious, exciting, offbeat, slapstick, fast
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Halal State Security (2011)
Plot Summary:
Someone is killing Parisians of Arab ethnicity. When an Algerian diplomat is murdered by the same assailant, two Algerian detectives are sent to help the French with the investigation and they have their own ways of doing things.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Plot Summary:
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, slapstick, humorous, light, absurd, talky, detective, exciting, not serious, witty
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Madigan's Millions (1968)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, semi serious, feel good, captivating, realistic, fast, eurospy
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Taxi 3 (2003)
Plot Summary:
A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, funny, light, entertaining, not serious, slapstick, grindhouse, cult classic, hilarious
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Taxi 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, hilarious, realistic, not serious, semi serious, entertaining, intense, grindhouse, slapstick