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Plot Summary:
A dark comedy of situation and coincidence.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, dark comedy
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Rearview (2013)
Plot Summary:
Looking back at life from another level. As the story of Rearview develops, Fresno's life unravels and we learn why he is stuck in the past. But the journey he is on is driving him down a path of demise and some of the people he is affiliated with are the same ones that are influencing his life choices for the worse.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, dark comedy, cult film
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Pro-Black Sheep (2009)
Plot Summary:
Character-driven satirical drama about a young, extraordinarily intellectual "black activist" wannabe who is discovered as the political critic sending out anonymous emails that criticize today's black leadership. Instead of holding it against him, the black leader who finds him out hires his worst critic as a second adviser.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: intellectual, clever, serious, realistic
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Ten Black Women (1961)
Plot Summary:
Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long as she was the only woman in his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Baked in Brooklyn (2016)
Plot Summary:
A recent college graduate decides to sell marijuana on the streets of Manhattan after losing his job at a consulting firm. He soon meets the girl of his dreams. With an unsupportive girlfriend, an increase of clienteles, and the growing threats of being caught or killed, he soon realizes he is in way over his head.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, independent film, happy
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Trouble on the Corner (1997)
Plot Summary:
Jeff Steward, a psychologist, takes good care of his patients mostly living in the same apartment. One day a piece of the bathroom ceiling collapses so he can watch the woman living in the upper apartment taking a bath. This causes total disorder of his normal life and he starts mixing the patients' psychoses up with his own.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, dark comedy
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Scumbag Hustler (2014)
Plot Summary:
Soloman Crow pays a visit to his god fearing, bible quoting, closeted homosexual brother and his sexually repressed wife. He enters their home with a proclamation to kick a drug habit that almost cost him his life. Broke, it doesn't take Soloman long to start conning and scheming his way around the city to feed his ravenous cravings for dope and sex. Even his brother's wife isn't immune to Soloman's mind games... If you want a hero with redeeming qualities, look somewhere else.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, humorous, light, feel good, contemplative, sex comedy, independent film, teen comedy, cult film
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Noise (2007)
Plot Summary:
A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, clever, freeze frame, political, dark comedy, offbeat, black comedy, psychological thriller
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Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
Plot Summary:
As two warring media moguls grapple for ownership of a coveted professional football team, they use the newspapers, magazines and television stations they own to destroy each other's reputations.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 808
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, biting, suspense
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Tangerine (2015)
Plot Summary:
It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: harsh, disturbing, enigmatic, talky, stylized, grindhouse, dark comedy, independent film, mumblecore, surreal
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High Times Potluck (2002)
Plot Summary:
High Times' Pot Luck is an upbeat pot caper that centers around a mobster who discovers the magic of marijuana.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, cynical, semi serious, clever, offbeat, realistic, dark comedy
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In the Soup (1992)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Spain
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: black and white, dark comedy, thought provoking, intellectual, surreal, indie film, independent film, touching, humorous, realistic
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Sucker Punch (2003)
Plot Summary:
Mike Sullivan spends his nights kidnapping runaways so his boss, Lamar, can turn them into prostitutes. He is a crack addict and a thief and he is in love with a resentful prostitute, Rhonda, who doesn't love him back. Although he has aspirations of escaping this world, it isn't until he is nearly killed by corrupt cops for stealing money from his boss that he decides to redeem himself. In an attempt to save his own soul, he tries to get Rhonda out of the business, and is forced to battle Lamar and his henchmen, as well as Rhonda's unwillingness to change. As punishment for betraying Lamar, Mike is forced into a series of misdeeds, and in a shocking ending, must commit unredeemable acts as he tries to save Rhonda and himself.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, tense, semi serious, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, disturbing, independent film
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The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013)
Plot Summary:
While Arturo tries to gain the love of Flora, he witnesses the history of Sicily from 1969 to 1992, miraculously dodging the crimes of the Mafia and supporting as a journalist the heroic struggle of the judges and policemen who fought this infamous organization.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, thought provoking, realistic, stylized, political, social, dark comedy
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
Plot Summary:
When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: parody, absurd, hood, funny, humorous, spoof, slang, satirical, black comedy, cult classic
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Six Ways to Sunday (1997)
Plot Summary:
Norman Reedus stars as Harry Odum, a henpecked, 18-year-old momma's boy in Youngstown, Ohio, who -- with his violent temper -- impresses a local boss of the Jewish Mafia. Soon he's found his calling as a hit man alongside his crack addict partner Arnie Finklestein (Adrien Brody), and he discovers that his rage and complicated psychosis fuel his murderous abilities. Harry also falls for the organization's limping, Hungarian-born maid Iris (Elina Lowensohn), a romance complicated by Harry's Oedipal, sexual relationship with his domineering mother Kate (Deborah Harry).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: disturbing, talky, intense, humorous, biting, black comedy, dark comedy, neo noir, independent film, offbeat
Similar in 83%
Jil Jung Juk (2016)
Plot Summary:
Three bumbling underlings who are tasked with smuggling cocaine get into problems during their journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, dark comedy
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More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
Plot Summary:
A series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, dark comedy, independent film, realistic, surprise ending, black comedy
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Bad Santa (2003)
Plot Summary:
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 152000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, humorous, black comedy, hilarious, cult classic, entertaining, independent film, clever, scary
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Identity Thief (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 140000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: road movie, funny, absurd, hilarious, humorous, realistic, not serious, sentimental, parody, light
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Roger Dodger (2002)
Plot Summary:
After breaking up with his lover and boss, a smooth-talking man takes his teenaged nephew out on the town in search of sex.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, clever, realistic, talky, biting, dark comedy, atmospheric, independent film, erotic, scary
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Horrible Bosses (2011)
Plot Summary:
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 465000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, black comedy, dark comedy, entertaining, sexy, hilarious, parody, witty, realistic
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Observe and Report (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, disturbing, satirical, stylized, intense, semi serious, tragicomedy, funny
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Gridlock'd (1997)
Plot Summary:
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, hood, harsh, talky, stylized, realistic, disturbing, rough, humorous, black comedy
Similar in 88%
Money for Nothing (1993)
Plot Summary:
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, intense, humorous, realistic, captivating, factual, detective, anamorphic, hilarious, clever
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Spun (2002)
Plot Summary:
Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up with his old girlfriend, Amy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, disturbing, surreal, psychological, stylized, independent film, depressing, harsh, rough, cynical
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After Hours (1985)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, black comedy, dark comedy, funny, atmospheric, realistic, disturbing, art house, grim, talky
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Harlem Nights (1989)
Plot Summary:
"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: hood, funny, black comedy, humorous, stylized, retro, action comedy, cult classic, action adventure, exciting
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Mad Dog Time (1996)
Plot Summary:
With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, parody, rough, sexy
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Swingers (1996)
Plot Summary:
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, realistic, feel good, cult classic, independent film, clever, witty, talky, sex comedy
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Middle Men (2009)
Plot Summary:
Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: entertaining, erotic, humorous, stylized, semi serious, light, social, dark comedy, crime drama, realistic