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Plot Summary:
Arrested for a murder he didn't commit, American adventurer Bart Lanigan is about to be deported from Finland on a freighter. In the Helsinki harbor, he himself becomes a target for a hit man but manages to escape back to land. Lanigan contacts Arvo Mäki, a womanizing local con man recommended to him as a man he could trust. Lanigan is in Finland to catch an American millionaire businessman, Leonard Weston alias Lawrence Walker, who has fled the USA with the company's monies and begun investing them in Finland. Looking for the mysterious L.W. character while trying to get rid of various hit men, Lanigan and Mäki travel around picturesque southern Finland, joined by a pretty night club singer Marja Salo who won't leave Lanigan alone and insists on marrying him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Finland, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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To Fetch a Predator (2012)
Plot Summary:
With a spoof on the famous Dateline NBC show playing in the background, this crime thriller - a la Hitchcock interlaced with wry humor - is a fun "Darkotica" that will make you sit on the edge of your seat and thrill you with a smile. Fritz Handsome has been given the opportunity of a life time and all the breaks that one can dream of. He is married to a beautiful heiress and is the host of the most controversial TV series in the land. But trouble in paradise emerges as soon as the show hits the air. Mysterious phone calls, murder, extortion, desperation and kidnapping are just a few of the scenarios you will experience in this roller coaster ride. Full frontal nudity and some violent sex adds to this mix to make it a unique viewing experience. With Brent Collins from Payton Collins: Serial Rapist and a new cast, this film from cult writer/director Toby Ross is blast.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof
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Vodka, Mr. Palmu (1969)
Plot Summary:
A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts about the loyalities of Palmu, seeing that he was spotted in a diplomatic soiree in Moscow just a few weeks before the murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Finland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: detective
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Frogs for Snakes (1998)
Plot Summary:
A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater. As he decided to play "American Buffalo" there, a bloody battle for the favorite roles begin.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: black comedy, neo noir, independent film
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Bad Christmas (2021)
Plot Summary:
A peaceful Christmas Eve is interrupted when a thief breaks into a villa. When the family’s little daughter mistakes him for Santa Claus and asks him to fulfill her Christmas wish, he will be forced to perform a miracle that will redeem secrets from the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Uruguay
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, black comedy, dark comedy
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Empire State (1987)
Plot Summary:
In the docklands of East London stands the Empire State, a nightclub full of magic and mystery. Designed like an ocean liner, it's become a battle ground where anything can happen. In the midst of the action, a young boy stows aboard to search for his friend who has disappeared in the entrails of the club.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, noir, british noir, cult film
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The Winner (1996)
Plot Summary:
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 883
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, neo noir, realistic
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Money Plane (2020)
Plot Summary:
A professional thief with $40 million in debt and his family's life on the line must commit one final heist - rob a futuristic airborne casino filled with the world's most dangerous criminals.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, stylized, suspense, disgusting
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Clover (2020)
Plot Summary:
Brothers Jackie and Mickey along with a teen witness Clover find themselves on the run from the city’s most notorious crime boss.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, semi serious
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Fake-Out (1982)
Plot Summary:
Gangster's girlfriend hangs out in a Las Vegas hotel with her cop protectors while she waits to testify.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, poliziottesco
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Goodbye, Mr. President (1987)
Plot Summary:
Asko Mertanen is a waiter who is very interested in shooting. He gets fed up how the things are run in Finland, so he thinks that the best way to change them is to shoot the Finnish president.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: detective, cult film
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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
Plot Summary:
A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 810
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crying, expressionism, independent film, black comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick, freeze frame, dark comedy, silent
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Salt and Pepper (1968)
Plot Summary:
London nightclub owners (Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford) play spy and foil a military madman out to overthrow the government.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, stylized, semi serious, slapstick
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Pocket Listing (2015)
Plot Summary:
A satirical thriller about L.A.'s real estate roller coaster. Double crosses, adultery, murder, mistaken identity, and revenge ensues when a mysterious power player and his sultry wife hire a disgraced Los Angeles property broker to discreetly market and sell their Malibu villa.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: twist ending, neo noir, exciting, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, black comedy, twisted, surprise ending, dark comedy
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Slither (1973)
Plot Summary:
While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doting wife and a kooky drifter find themselves being followed. Their chase takes them to trailer camps, bingo halls, laundromats and ultimately, a showdown with a group of unconventional bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: road movie, dark comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, horror comedy
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Like a Fish Out of Water (1999)
Plot Summary:
A seductive femme fatale (Monica Bellucci) and two con men -- one cool as ice, and one who just likes to "ice" his victims -- enlist a mild-mannered, unsuspecting man in their mission to steal a rare and valuable fish. They plan to sell it back to its grieving owner at an enormous profit (talk about "sleeping with the fishes!"). Tcheky Karyo, Michel Muller and Dominique Pinon co-star.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 578
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting, suspense
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Four Against the Bank (2016)
Plot Summary:
Four men, betrayed by the bank, unite to take revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, exciting, humorous, captivating, intense, clever
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The Swindle (1997)
Plot Summary:
Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, clever, realistic, witty, cynical
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The Actors (2003)
Plot Summary:
During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his character. He meets Barreller who he discovers owes someone he's never met a considerable sum of money. Seeing an opportunity to make some fast money, O'Malley convinces hapless extra, Tom, to meet Barreller as the debt collector.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, offbeat
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Hunters of the Night (1984)
Plot Summary:
A small gang of criminals is planning to commit a gold heist not knowing that the new member of their gang is actually a police detective. But when his true identity is revealed to the gang they act like they wouldn't know about it and decide to use the detective to accomplish their plans about the heist.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: cult film, cult movie cast
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Federal Bank Heist (2011)
Plot Summary:
"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating
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Burn (2019)
Plot Summary:
Lonely, unstable gas station attendant Melinda is tired of being overshadowed by her more confident, outgoing co-worker Sheila. When the gas station is held up at gunpoint by Billy, a desperate man in need of quick cash, Melinda finds an opportunity to make a connection with the robber, regardless of who gets hurt.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, philosophical, political, weird
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Paint It Red (2019)
Plot Summary:
A pair of bank robbers knock off Bohemian tenants in search for their stolen loot.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Two Hands (1999)
Plot Summary:
A 19 year old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, disturbing, dark comedy, realistic, suspense, black comedy, neo noir, emotional, semi serious
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The Bannen Way (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Bannen Way is a slick, sexy, action-packed show about Neal Bannen, a charming con-man with a police chief for a father, a mob boss for an uncle and a weakness for beautiful women, who wants to turn his life around and leave the criminal lifestyle forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, semi serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Big Trouble (2002)
Plot Summary:
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble.".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, exciting, semi serious, fast paced, cult classic, dark comedy, witty, spectacular, black comedy
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Lewis & Clark & George (1997)
Plot Summary:
A sultry woman joins an illiterate killer and a brainy hacker, both escaped convicts, to search for gold.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: neo noir, black comedy, independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, road movie
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The Whole Ten Yards (2004)
Plot Summary:
Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit. Suddenly, an uninvited and unwelcome connection to their past unexpectedly shows up on Jimmy and Jill's doorstep; it's Oz, and he's begging them to help him rescue his wife, Cynthia.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, witty, funny, parody, epic, action comedy, teen, realistic
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Birthday Girl (2001)
Plot Summary:
A shy bank clerk orders a Russian mail order bride, and finds his life turned upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, harsh, tense, suspenseful, suspense, dark comedy, enigmatic, realistic, erotic, black comedy
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The Ladykillers (2004)
Plot Summary:
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, absurd, bad ending, hilarious, clever, light
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The Ice Harvest (2005)
Plot Summary:
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, dark comedy, black comedy, suspenseful, intense, semi serious, witty, harsh, clever, spiritual