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Plot Summary:
Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't resist the temptation and steals part of it. He runs off to Miami Beach, but now lives in fear of the crooks that he set up as well as the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, slang, independent film, detective
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Gift for the Single Woman (1973)
Plot Summary:
To catch a couple of car thieves, a police women goes undercover as an old women that recently has gotten a luxury car "Volga" - a plan that is bound to attract the criminals. For how hard can it be to steal a car from an old women?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: Soviet Union
Duration:
Plot tags: detective, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Similar in 75%
Where Does It Hurt? (1972)
Plot Summary:
In this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked hospital administrator who has perfected the art of bill padding, unnecessary surgery and kickbacks. Mistrusted by patients, and resented by other staffers, his assistant Alice can no longer endure his scams and plots to have him sent to prison - but not for long enough. Sellers again steals the show with an absurd and hilarious character study.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film
Similar in 78%
Penelope (1966)
Plot Summary:
When James met Penelope at a club, it took all of three weeks before they were married. But after the marriage, other women became attracted to James and he kept getting promoted, which took him away from Penelope. So Penelope puts on a disguise and robs her husband's bank. Her psychiatrist, Greg, believes that this condition is caused by James being over worked and under romantic with Penelope. She also tells Greg that she robs the business associates of James. But Greg is in love with Penelope - in fact everyone likes her. The problem is when she confesses to her crimes, no one believes her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Brooklyn Story (1992)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to a popular teenage crime comedy Kamarád do deste (1988). The same tandem of friends (Lukás Vaculík and Sagvan Tofi) now operates disco 'Brooklyn'. The crook they cleverly put behind bars (Karel Augusta) is preparing to pay them back and they try to get the better of him once again. Shot in attractive locations of night clubs, the film profits from the local popularity of male stars.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Crime, Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: crying, detective, freeze frame
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The James Gang (1997)
Plot Summary:
After an audacious jewellery robbery the whole James family heads for home on the run with the obsessive detective Julia Armstrong in hot pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Zimmer Feri (1998)
Plot Summary:
The 50 years old Ferenc rents an apartment on the Balaton beach, but it has a lot of debt on it. His plan is to make it profitable.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hungary
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Vice Academy Part 2 (1990)
Plot Summary:
When a criminal female named Spanish Fly threatens to contaminate the city water with aphrodisiacs, it is up to a duo of attractive female police officers to stop her.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 571
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, low brow humor
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Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert (1971)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Partners (1982)
Plot Summary:
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which Benson finds rather disturbing. Can an uptight heterosexual and a mousey homosexual form a meaningful relationship?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, detective, sexy, queer cinema
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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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Sitting Ducks (1980)
Plot Summary:
Two small-time thieves come together as a bizarre comic duo in a quest to make their childhood dreams come true. In a limousine stuffed with cash stolen from the mob, they take off for Miami, where they plan to fly to a safe haven in Costa Rica. On the road they pick up a singer/chauffeur plus two unlikely women they meet in a Holiday Inn. Then the fun begins! A zany, hilarious, screwball road comedy about sex, money and vitamins, with an exceptional cast who deliver comic performances of manic perfection!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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The Hard Way (1991)
Plot Summary:
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: detective, talky, suspenseful, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspense, action comedy, anamorphic
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Another Stakeout (1993)
Plot Summary:
Chris and Bill are called upon for their excellent surveillance record to stakeout a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading or already hiding. Unlike their earlier _Stakeout_, this time they are accompanied by Gina Garret from the DA's office and her pet rottweiler 'Archie'; their cover, husband and wife with son Bill.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, funny, light, melancholic, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, action comedy
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Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
Plot Summary:
A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. Based on the Comedy Central series.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, mockumentary, light, clever, suspense, melancholic, realistic, not serious
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Life of Crime (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, tricky, tense, suspense, ironic, realistic, cynical, black comedy, humorous
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The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess – (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in Langkawi, Malaysia, professional scammers Dako (Masami Nagasawa), Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide), and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) target the Fuu Family for their next heist. Raymond Fuu, who was the head of the Fuu Family, passed away and he left behind 10 trillion yen. Dako, Boku-chan and Richard scheme to gain the inordinate inheritance. --asianwiki.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Cops and Robbers (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two disillusioned New York policemen plan a $10 million robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Crime, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, semi serious, crying
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Public Enemy Returns (2008)
Plot Summary:
Kang Chul-jung has been a detective fighting crime for 15 years and is at it again against a mob boss who recruits young kids to do his dirty work.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 472
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama, detective
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A Piece of the Action (1977)
Plot Summary:
How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: detective, black comedy, action comedy, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black cinema
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Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
Plot Summary:
The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami, Florida for their academy's commanding officer, Lassard, to receive a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement, which takes a turn involving a group of jewel thieves after their stolen loot that Lassard unknowingly has in his possession.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, slapstick, absurd, relaxing, slapstick comedy, realistic, not serious, fast, parody
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Another You (1991)
Plot Summary:
George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognize George as the missing millionaire Abe, Eddie wants to take advantage of the situation.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: black comedy, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, vintage
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Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Plot Summary:
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, entertaining, satirical, hilarious, not serious, exciting, realistic, action packed
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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Plot Summary:
Bumbling cop Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, hilarious, funny, detective, humorous, slapstick, feel good, entertaining, ironic
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Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Plot Summary:
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.. this adds to Frank's problems. A host of celebrities at the Academy awards ceremony are humiliated by Frank as he blunders his way trying to foil Rocco.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, hilarious, funny, detective, realistic, slapstick comedy, not serious, slapstick
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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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Take the Money and Run (1969)
Plot Summary:
The life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, humorous, clever, witty, funny, talky, realistic, not serious, ironic, black comedy
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A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Plot Summary:
A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: funny, dark comedy, black comedy, cult classic, humorous, light, satirical, dramatic, hilarious, feel good
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Plot Summary:
Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000 first.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: clever, surprise ending, feel good, funny, humorous, light, entertaining, slapstick, hilarious, witty
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Gambit (2012)
Plot Summary:
An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, sexy, entertaining, absurd, tense, suspense, not serious, witty, exciting
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The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
Plot Summary:
A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists. But soon he learns the nature of the game and decides to fight back the only way he knows how, with a con.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: political, realistic, clever, humorous, parody, relaxing, witty, semi serious, hilarious, funny