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Plot Summary:
A dark, comedic thriller about fraud, bank robbers and a search for love.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, semi serious, road movie, dark comedy
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Getting In (1994)
Plot Summary:
Gabriel Higgs has failed to get into Johns Hopkins to study medicine. He's sixth on a list of backup candidates, and must persuade the five people ahead of him to drop out. Gabriel has a family tradition to live up to. Things don't go to plan.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 562
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, slasher, clever, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, semi serious
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Durval Records (2002)
Plot Summary:
Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of "Durval Discos", a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the day Durval hires a maid, Celia, to help his mother with the housekeeping. However, on her second day, Celia goes away leaving a 5-year-old child behind, Kiki, and a note promising to be back in a couple of days. Durval and Celia are charmed by the child at first, but soon they see some sad news about Celia and Kiki on TV that will change the whole situation. Written by.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, surreal, offbeat, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy
Similar in 78%
Perpetrators of the Crime (1999)
Plot Summary:
Seriously strapped for cash, three college roommates decide to solve their financial woes by kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy businessman. But the rookie criminals make a huge mistake when they accidentally grab the wrong girl (Tori Spelling). What started out as a simple plan turns into a big mess as the friends struggle to keep up with their hostage's demands. Sean Devine, Danny Strong and Mark Burgess star in this comedy.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, independent film, dark comedy
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Frauds (1993)
Plot Summary:
The film is a story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping interferes in and manipulates the lives of others with outrageous games and gimmicks. Eventually he becomes involved in an escalating vendetta with a couple who make an unusual insurance claim.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, semi serious
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Hot Under the Collar (1992)
Plot Summary:
Jerry tries to seduce his girlfriend Monica via hypnosis, but it accidentally makes her want to enter a convent and take a vow of chastity instead. Jerry tries to get her out by disguising himself to a priest and later as a nun. Alas, his rescue attempt crosses paths with a mobster who looks for his hidden stolen diamonds in the convent. Things get even more complicated when the pope himself decides to pay a surprise visit.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Everything's Gonna Be Great (1998)
Plot Summary:
When Altan swipes prescription drugs from his brother Nuri's pharmacy, they soon find themselves on a dangerous but funny road trip to get rid of the stuff and escape the mafiosi Altan tried to double-cross. Along the way, the brother who are compete opposites finally bond.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sweet, art house, humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, road movie
Similar in 84%
Everything Must Go (1996)
Plot Summary:
Tony is a homosexual law student who quits his studies. With a van and a handful of cash, he hits the road hoping to become a salesman. This, however, turns out to be harder than he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
Similar in 85%
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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Shut Up and Shoot! (2006)
Plot Summary:
A movie producer hatches a scheme to have an actor (Silvio Pollio) kill his fellow filmmakers.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, cynical, suspense, independent film, semi serious, biting, surprise ending, dark comedy
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Out Cold (1989)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about an angry married couple, a private investigator, and a walk-in freezer.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, rough, clever, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, semi serious
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Kill Your Darlings (2006)
Plot Summary:
A desperate young writer is lured on a wild ride through the desert by a mysterious woman in this darkly comic take on the all-American road trip. Along the way they cross paths with a hapless mobster, a 6 foot transvestite and a lovesick housewife, all on the way to their celebrity TV shrink in Las Vegas... Things quickly spiral out of control into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game... a writer's frantic search for inspiration becomes intertwined with a motley crew of quirky characters seeking love and adventure at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, semi serious, humorous, realistic, independent film, offbeat, cynical, biting, suspense
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Road to Redemption (2001)
Plot Summary:
A couple come into contact with stolen mob money, gamble it away, and end up on the run from gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, offbeat, christian film
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Bone (1972)
Plot Summary:
A thief breaks into the home of a wealthy, happily married Beverly Hills couple. He soon finds out, though, that the couple is neither as wealthy as he thought they were and are not as happily married as they appeared.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, grindhouse, independent film, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, cynical
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The Color of the Chameleon (2012)
Plot Summary:
In Emil Christov's über-stylish spy-movie pastiche, a charismatic schemer in an authoritarian police state, fired from his job as a secret-police informant, conjures up his own imaginary spy network and builds up an archive that he turns against his former masters. (TIFF).
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, biting, dark comedy, suspense
Similar in 78%
Dinner at Eight (1989)
Plot Summary:
A wry, insightful comedy of manners in which somewhat dizzy society matron Millicent Jordan arranges a dinner party to honor some visiting aristocrat while remaining oblivious to her husband's health and financial problems as well as her daughter's feelings and emotions. Party guests include the vain, the greedy, and the self-absorbed.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, cynical, semi serious
Similar in 79%
Sour Grapes (1998)
Plot Summary:
Richie, a sneaker sole designer, and his cousin Evan, a brain surgeon, are spending this weekend with their girlfriends in Atlantic City. When one of them ends up with a $436,000 jackpot, sour grapes is what results. Even though Richie uses two quarters from Evan to win the progressive jackpot, he sees no connection with that and sharing the jackpot. This ignites a hilarious, runaway chain of even.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, semi serious, witty, dark comedy, clever, black comedy, offbeat, realistic, cynical
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Scarfies (1999)
Plot Summary:
This dark comedy is set in Dunedin, New Zealand. A university student finds an old "abandoned" house and proceeds to invite other students to share. It even has running electricity. But what is the catch?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: cult classic, clever, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, semi serious, independent film
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Now or Never (2000)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, exciting
Similar in 82%
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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Hustle (2000)
Plot Summary:
Maya and Tony are a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. Maya seduces businessmen while Tony copies their credit cards. It's a smooth con until one of their victims, Pierce, pulls a gun. Instead of killing them, Pierce offers the desperate couple a chance at the biggest score of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful
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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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A Cold Day in August (2003)
Plot Summary:
One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three years ago. August has become a real problem for some of the bosses around town, and Ronnie will soon find out just what his Frankenstein's monster will cost him.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 644
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Trouble Bound (1993)
Plot Summary:
Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing things with them any more. They stick a dead body in his trunk, unbeknownst to him, and he roars off to find his future. Unfortunately, they forgot to get the key they need off the body, so they're chasing him. Meanwhile, a mafia kingpin's daughter is trying to kill the hitman that killed her father, but her grandmother is trying to make peace with the family that hired the hitman, so she and her thugs are trying to stop the daughter. The guy and the daughter get together and experience mayhem on the run from two directions.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 989
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, humorous, serious, cynical, road movie, neo noir, independent film, rough, fast
Similar in 85%
Fish in a Barrel (2001)
Plot Summary:
6 gun wielding people are trapped in a NY loft with $4 million in stolen diamonds.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, suspense, independent film, clever, realistic, witty, talky, biting
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Spanish Judges (2000)
Plot Summary:
A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, neo noir
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Underworld (1996)
Plot Summary:
A crook sets out to get revenge on the thugs who hurt his father in this bloody noir-style crime drama. After being released from prison, Johnny Crown (Denis Leary) goes after Frank (Joe Mantegna), one of the mobsters involved in a series of Father's Day killings. But Johnny isn't certain Frank is responsible for his father's injuries and seeks help from a sex therapist (Annabella Sciorra) to make sure he's got the right man.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, psychological, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, funny
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2 B Perfectly Honest (2004)
Plot Summary:
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has a son, is forced to consider the unthinkable - getting a real job.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 79%
Preggoland (2014)
Plot Summary:
A 35-year-old woman fakes being pregnant to fit in with her friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 826
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, offbeat, realistic
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Homegrown (1998)
Plot Summary:
Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know enough to run, taking with them enough of the crop to pay them for services rendered. Hooking up with go-between Lucy in the next town, they plot their next move.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, stylized, realistic, humorous, semi serious, dark comedy, funny, clever, enigmatic, feel good
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Hoods (1998)
Plot Summary:
Angelo, together with a group of five other people, is ordered by his father, an Italian mobster, to kill the son of an enemy of his, who has destroyed one of his buildings with a bomb. The problems grow bigger when they discover that the person they have to kill is really a nine-year-old.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious