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Plot Summary:
Mario Bellini's life as an undertaker may not be filled with romance, but his funeral parlor certainly sees some action: Business is booming because of a local mob war. While wise guys are being bumped off left and right, Mario is asked by crime boss Alberto to hide his hit man brother Rocco. A love quadrangle forms among Mario and Rocco's long-suffering wife Maria, Rocco and Mario's girlfriend Louise, and the body count suddenly rises.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Big Slice (1991)
Plot Summary:
A pair of aspiring mystery novelists realize they know next to nothing about crime and decide to live their adventures venturing out into the big bad world. The boys pose as a cop and a criminal and quickly get in way over their heads.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, dark comedy
Similar in 87%
Funland (1987)
Plot Summary:
When a mob family takes over an amusement park after the owner dies under mysterious circumstances, the recently-fired clown mascot seeks vengeance for the loss of his job.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, rough, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical
Similar in 84%
Miss Nobody (2010)
Plot Summary:
A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, captivating, witty, semi serious, detective, horror comedy, psychological, offbeat, realistic
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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
Similar in 88%
Small Time (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ben is a small-time gangster who gets the opportunity to earn a lot of money. His boss sends him to a remote ranch with bag full of drugs and orders him to wait for the buyer. But the routine drug deal turns to disaster because of Ben’s unprofessional associates.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, crime drama, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
Similar in 79%
Cadillac Man (1990)
Plot Summary:
Joe's a car salesman with a problem. He has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife. What more could go wrong ?.. a lot, enter a crazy jealous husband with a machine gun.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, funny, talky, intense, semi serious, black comedy, entertaining, offbeat, realistic
Similar in 81%
I Love You to Death (1990)
Plot Summary:
Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlor located in Tacoma, Washington, and has been married to Rosalie for years. Rosalie is horrified to discover that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time. Based on the true story of Frances and Anthony Toto.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, humorous, detective, realistic, witty, semi serious, funny, light
Similar in 75%
Susan's Plan (1998)
Plot Summary:
Susan's Plan (also released as Dying to Get Rich on video) is a 1998 black comedy film directed by John Landis and starring Nastassja Kinski, Dan Aykroyd, Billy Zane, Rob Schneider, Lara Flynn Boyle and Michael Biehn. The plot revolves around Susan's (played by Kinski) plan to kill her former husband (with the help of a group of misfits) and collect his life insurance.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, black comedy, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious
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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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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
Plot Summary:
This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York. The weaker gang use incredibly a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeeds to stop one of the gang, while the other remain without the Boss.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, cult film
Similar in 76%
The Crew (2000)
Plot Summary:
Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, stylized, witty, clever, black comedy, realistic, semi serious, parody, light
Similar in 82%
Cookie (1989)
Plot Summary:
Cookie Voltecki (Emily Lloyd) is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco (Peter Falk), who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail, all that Dino wants is to settle some old scores, and make up for lost time with his daughter. Cookie's mother, Lenore Voltecki (Dianne Weist), has been Dino's longtime mistress. Dino's actual wife Bunny (Brenda Vaccaro) has, he thinks, been kept in the dark about Dino's mistress and his daughter. Dino decides that the best way to get to know Cookie is to hire her as his chauffeur. With her ears to the conspiracies floating around Dino, she quickly discovers that her father's old crony, Carmine (Michael V. Gazzo), has been swindling him and that Dino's life is in jeopardy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, realistic, semi serious, crying, weeping, light, sexy, thought provoking, clever
Similar in 81%
Friends and Family (2001)
Plot Summary:
Children and parents. In New York City, Stephen and Danny live well: they're smooth, cool, in love, and good at what they do. Stephen's Midwestern parents pay them a surprise visit. Meanwhile, Jenny and Matt tell their parents they are engaged: Matt's parents, Midwestern paramilitary fanatics, take it as a sign to gather their group to invade New York. Jenny's father is the local Mob boss who employs Stephen and Danny as enforcers. He's unhappy that Jenny is marrying someone who is neither Sicilian nor Catholic. Stephen's parents know he's gay, they just don't know what his job is. Here come the parents; will the children survive? All roads lead to the engagement party.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, talky, clever, offbeat, independent film, queer cinema
Similar in 82%
The Shipment (2001)
Plot Summary:
A mob enforcer is hired to recover a shipment of Viagra gone awry.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, independent film
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We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992)
Plot Summary:
A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 77%
Dirty Deeds (2002)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1960's Sydney, this is the story of an Australian gangster whose booming business, buoyed by the influx of U.S. soldiers in town for R&R during their tours in Vietnam, attracts the attention of first the Chicago mafia, and then their East Coast competitors.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspense, dark comedy, sex comedy, grim
Similar in 82%
Married to the Mob (1988)
Plot Summary:
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, feel good, witty, realistic, talky, semi serious, cult classic, clever
Similar in 87%
Analyze This (1999)
Plot Summary:
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, hilarious, psychological, clever, suspense, spoof, realistic, witty, light
Similar in 89%
True Identity (1991)
Plot Summary:
In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
Similar in 87%
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Plot Summary:
A professional hit man and hit woman fall in love, only to discover that they have each been hired to kill the other.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy, neo noir, clever, humorous, cynical, funny, epic, cult classic, atmospheric
Similar in 84%
Lucky Numbers (2000)
Plot Summary:
Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: stylized, humorous, feel good, realistic, not serious, clever, black comedy, offbeat, witty, cynical
Similar in 82%
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 89%
Free Money (1998)
Plot Summary:
The Swede (Marlon Brando), a prison warden, rules his family and his prison with an iron hand in one of the coldest parts of North Dakota. When an inmate dies under mysterious circumstances, however, the FBI sends in agent Karen Polarski (Mira Sorvino) to investigate. On the home front, the sons-in-law of the Swede, Larry (Thomas Haden Church) and Bud (Charlie Sheen) accidentally discover that a train loaded with millions of dollars of unmarked currency slated to be destroyed will soon be passing through. The temptation is too great and the guys hatch a scheme to rob the train. Of course, the biggest obstacle in their way is the Swede.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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Safe Men (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter of the underworld leader who won't date the men she knows are gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, melancholic, absurd, buddy comedy, feel good, not serious, witty, independent film, dark comedy
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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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Chain of Fools (2000)
Plot Summary:
An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, clever, witty, funny, light, absurd, dark comedy, cynical, stylized, realistic
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The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
Plot Summary:
A mobster named Jimmy the Tulip agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison; he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbors figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit, suburban style.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, black comedy, light, suspense, dark comedy, semi serious, hilarious, feel good
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Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
Plot Summary:
Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offered the company of an attractive young waitress named Glory for a week. At first both are uneasy about the arrangement, but they eventually fall in love. However, the situation becomes complicated when Milo demands Glory back.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sweet, clever, neo noir, detective, erotic, feel good, cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic
Similar in 87%
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
Plot Summary:
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, romantic comedy, hilarious, melancholic, witty, realistic, touching, semi serious, romantic, clever
Similar in 84%
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