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Plot Summary:
Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes he has someone threatening his life so that he "wouldn't sweat the small stuff," each of them begins a series of pranks on the other to suggest a real threat. Then they find that a real psychopath is interested in them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, absurd, dark comedy, disgusting, realistic, semi serious, tragic ending, black comedy, psychological
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Wish You Were Dead (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two bad women fight over one man in a back-stabbing, money-grabbing, insurance-hustling, double-dealing, two-timing caper.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, humorous, witty, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic, romantic comedy, crime thriller
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The Bone Man (2009)
Plot Summary:
Set in a sleepy Austrian mountain village, ex-detective Simon Brenner has grown weary of his job repossessing cars and embarks on an extended getaway to the countryside. But before long he becomes embroiled in the convoluted world of the locals of a supposedly quiet town.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, black comedy, sincere, detective, offbeat
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Little Murders (1971)
Plot Summary:
Elliot Gould plays Alfred Chamberlain -- a one time successful photographer who is now down on his luck because he began to eliminate people from his photographs. He also suffers from an inability to feel or to be passionate about anything. But then Alfred meets Patsy Newqvist, who takes it upon herself to mold Alfred into "a strong, vital, self-assured man, that I can protect and take care of.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, surreal, grim, witty, cynical, biting, intellectual, black comedy, funny, cult classic
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Some Guy Who Kills People (2011)
Plot Summary:
A former mental patient's repressed anger reaches the boiling point, leading him to embark on a mission of revenge against the thugs who once subjected him to severe physical and mental trauma.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: witty, slasher, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy, dark comedy, surreal, spooky, offbeat, realistic
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The Census Taker (1984)
Plot Summary:
When George (Greg Mullavey) and Martha (Meredith MacRae) let Harvey (Garrett Morris), an annoying census taker, into their home, they find themselves under a barrage of increasingly abusive questions. Furious at his intrusiveness, and at their wit's end, they kill the census taker and with the help of their friends Pete (Timothy Bottoms) and Eva (Austen Tayler), must hide the body from a determined investigator.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, detective, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, black comedy
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Heads (1994)
Plot Summary:
A proofreader at a small-town newspaper decides to try to solve a series of decapitation murders, and reluctantly gets involved with the nutty daughter of his editor. Before long he discovers that he is the prime suspect in the murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, parody, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, black comedy
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Lonely Street (2008)
Plot Summary:
Bubba Mabry, a gullible private detective, becomes the prime suspect in a tabloid reporter's murder after being hired to snoop on him by a mysterious celebrity.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, detective
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Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Plot Summary:
Larry Donner is a author and writing professor who tutors people who want to write books. Larry's life has become a misery when his Ex-wife has published a book he wrote under her name and has gotten rich over it. Owen Lift, one of Larry's students offers Larry to kill Larry's Ex-wife and in return Owen wants Larry to kill his horrible mother. Larry thinks it is a joke, until he learns Owen killed his Ex-wife and he has become the prime suspect.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, exciting, semi serious, funny, suspense, dark, clever, parody
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Loose Cannons (1990)
Plot Summary:
Mac, the two fisted savy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burn out, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is, Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning fast deductions. But, he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, action comedy, light, entertaining, absurd, detective, realistic, semi serious, fast
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Why Me? (1990)
Plot Summary:
A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty American terrorists, and the CIA.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, semi serious, captivating, absurd, independent film, realistic, suspenseful
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Clay Pigeons (1998)
Plot Summary:
Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with their sexual affairs. Clay inadvertently befriends a serial killer named Lester Long, who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy.".
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, clever, humorous, suspenseful, erotic, neo noir, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film
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Penn & Teller: Try This at Home Too (2020)
Plot Summary:
Filmed entirely at the homes of Penn & Teller and their friends around the world, "Penn & Teller: Try This At Home Too" is the second show from the magical duo and showcases new magic Penn & Teller and their magician friends have developed at home. Penn & Teller teach viewers how to do an array of tricks themselves and are joined by celebrity guests including Howie Mandel, Piff the Magic Dragon, and the cast of "Nancy Drew" including Kennedy McMann, Scott Wolf, Riley Smith, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, and Tunji Kasim. We will also get a chance to see viewer videos submitted showcasing versions of tricks they learned on Penn & Teller’s first “Try This At Home” show. .
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Head Above Water (1996)
Plot Summary:
Judge George (Harvey Keitel) brings his young wife, Nathalie (Cameron Diaz), to a remote island for a vacation. But while George accompanies their only neighbor -- Nathalie's childhood friend Lance (Craig Sheffer) -- on a fishing trip, Nathalie spends time with her ex, Kent (Billy Zane). When Kent ends up dead the next morning, Nathalie tries to hide the evidence before her husband gets home. After the body is found, the events of the previous night unravel, with unexpected revelations.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, dark comedy, funny, light, suspense, melancholic, absurd, talky, realistic
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Stranger Than Fiction (2000)
Plot Summary:
Lives spiral out of control when four friends cover up a murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, tense, realistic, surprise ending
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Novocaine (2001)
Plot Summary:
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, suspenseful, tricky, humorous, captivating, clever, suspense, cult classic, offbeat
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A Shock to the System (1990)
Plot Summary:
Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a loud-mouthed yuppie associate, Graham unleashes his rage on an overly aggressive panhandler, who he accidently kills by pushing him into the path of an oncoming subway train. He re-thinks his problems with an entirely new solution. First, he arranges an "accident" for his annoying wife. Then he creates another "mishap" for his boss. It seems like the world is once more Graham's oyster…but a missing cigarette lighter and a prying police detective may change all that.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, suspenseful, tense, light, realistic, witty, cynical, clever
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Buffet Froid (1979)
Plot Summary:
An absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of contemporary urban life. Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the axis around which murders occur.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: surreal, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, realistic, mindfuck, anthology, cult classic, offbeat, witty
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R.S.V.P. (2002)
Plot Summary:
A young man invites a group of his closest friends to a party, where he proceeds to discreetly kill them all.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, suspense, surprise ending, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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Serial Lover (1998)
Plot Summary:
Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house specialising in crime novels. One day, she invites all of her boyfriends to her birthday dinner so that she can pick out her would-be fiancé. But an accident happens when Claire is getting the dinner ready.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, dark comedy, realistic, neo noir
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Serial Killing 101 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Casey Noland, a high school kid with no direction in life, decides to pursue the serial killing profession. Only problem...he can't bring himself to kill anybody. Will the help of a gothic chick named Sasha, he attempts to learn the ways of a mass murderer. Meanwhile, a real serial killer is at work in their town and Casey thinks he might know who the maniac is.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 791
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, horror comedy, suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, scary
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Monday (2000)
Plot Summary:
A simple funeral turns a man's world upside down.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, humorous, captivating, black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, mindfuck, clever, offbeat, realistic
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Tinseltown (1997)
Plot Summary:
In Hollywood it's all about who you know, and the only person two friends know is a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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Guilty as Charged (1991)
Plot Summary:
Rod Steiger stars as a vigilante who with the aid of his helper, Isaac Hayes, captures men whom he considers evil and executes them in his homemade electric chair.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, rough, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black comedy, cult film
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Very Bad Things (1998)
Plot Summary:
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, disturbing, black comedy, humorous, intense, not serious, suspenseful, semi serious, cult classic
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Curdled (1996)
Plot Summary:
Gabriella, a Columbian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. The current string of murders by "The Blue Blood Killer" of affluent Miami socialites provides her with fodder for her scrapbook of death. She lands a job with a post-murder cleaning service and during a Blue-Blood clean-up job, discovers evidence that police have overlooked.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, disturbing, bloody, black comedy, suspenseful, offbeat, serious, realistic, psychotronic, independent film
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Dead Fish (2005)
Plot Summary:
Gary Oldman is Lynch, a strangely charming hit man in this explosively funny dark comedy in the tradition of Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. With an all-star cast including Terence Stamp, Elena Anaya, Robert Carlyle and Billy Zane, Dead Fish is a chaotic tale of criminals looking for love, money and revenge that will have you falling out of your chair laughing!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, tense, dark comedy, realistic
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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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American Crime (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the case attracts a colleague from the nationally syndicated television show "American Crime" as well. Together with Jessie's camera-man and later joined by her producer he tries to solve the mysterious case. Written by Oliver Heidelbach (IMDB).
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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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 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