Best movies like There Goes the Neighborhood
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Plot Summary:
There Goes the Neighborhood, released as Paydirt in most foreign countries, is a 1992 comedy film. The film tells a story of a dying prisoner who whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychologist Willis Embry (Jeff Daniels) who heads to the New Jersey suburbs to find it.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: spoof, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying, parody, neo screwball comedy
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Holy Matrimony (1994)
Plot Summary:
A young Hutterite boy must marry his late brother's wife who comes from outside the community.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, feel good, semi serious, independent film
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Grilled (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two meat salesmen (Romano, James) will stop at nothing to get a sale.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, atmospheric, realistic
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Lucky Break (2001)
Plot Summary:
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: intense, feel good, semi serious, humorous, talky, touching, realistic, psychological, tense, thought provoking
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Bank Robber (1993)
Plot Summary:
After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as their silence which becomes more difficult as greed takes over and the people demand more exuberant bribes from the bank robber to shelter and hide him.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining, sexy, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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Something Wild (1986)
Plot Summary:
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: entertaining, dark comedy, light, melancholic, disturbing, road movie, semi serious, humorous, realistic, cult classic
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Happy, Texas (1999)
Plot Summary:
Two escaped convicts roll into the village of Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple who work as beauty pageant consultants. They go along with it to duck the police, but the local sheriff has a secret of his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, witty, independent film, dark comedy, feel good, realistic, semi serious, funny, light
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Stealing Harvard (2002)
Plot Summary:
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her tuition (nearly $30,000). John's friend Duff convinces him to turn to petty crime to make the payment … but Duff's hare-brained schemes spin quickly out of control.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, stylized, realistic, witty, not serious, crying, black comedy, slapstick comedy, dark comedy
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Trial and Error (1997)
Plot Summary:
An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, melancholic, talky, feel good, not serious, romantic comedy, realistic, witty, independent film
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Extract (2009)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a factory that produces flavor extracts, Joel Reynold seems to have it all, but really doesn't. What's missing is sexual attention from his wife, Suzie. Joel hatches a convoluted plan to get Suzie to cheat on him, thereby clearing the way for Joel to have an affair with Cindy, an employee. But what Joel doesn't know is that Cindy is a sociopathic con artist, and a freak workplace accident clears the way for her to ruin Joel forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, satirical, melancholic, talky, not serious, clever, black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic
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Lone Star State of Mind (2002)
Plot Summary:
Earl and Baby, two young lovers with a plan to escape their small Texas town. But when Baby's dim-witted cousin Junior gets tangled up in a whole heap of trouble, Earl has just 48 hours to save the day, rescue Junior and keep his promise to get his Baby to Los Angeles in time for sweeps.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, offbeat, independent film, soap opera, dark comedy, surprise ending
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Amos & Andrew (1993)
Plot Summary:
When Andrew Sterling (Samuel L. Jackson), a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver (Dabney Coleman) realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell (Nicolas Cage) a deal.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: clever, funny, light, humorous, realistic, semi serious, political, smart, witty, thought provoking
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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
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We're No Angels (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two escaped cons only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, clever, exciting, light, captivating, entertaining, sexy, cult classic, realistic
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Trapped in Paradise (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Firpo Brothers can get away with anything. They just can't get away!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, light, funny, absurd, hilarious, feel good, anamorphic, offbeat, realistic
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Life Without Dick (2002)
Plot Summary:
By accident, Colleen Gibson shoots and kills her gold-digging cheating boyfriend, Dick, a private eye who happens to have a hitman on his tail. Danny the hitman works for his brother-in-law, a cheerful but nasty Irish mobster, hasn't actually killed anyone, and wants to be a singer. He falls for Colleen. she likes him, too. He can solve her problem (Dick's body), she can solve his (meeting the mobster's demands that he kill people like Dick). Danny has an ex-girlfriend, who might still hold the key to his heart, two cops are sniffing around for Dick, a junk yard owner gets a conscience, and a talent show is coming up. Bullets, music, and true love are set to collide.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, touching, sentimental, melancholic, black comedy, detective
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A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
Plot Summary:
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try to take credit for his act of love. Before long, Sergio and Garet become entangled in a zany love-quadrangle involving Hattie and Stephanie. Written by Brian Whiting.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, romantic, sexy, clever
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Saving Silverman (2001)
Plot Summary:
A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, absurd, slapstick comedy, hilarious, scary, psychological, black comedy, romantic comedy
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Be My Baby (2007)
Plot Summary:
After dating several cheating husbands who pretended to be single, Rylee devises a scheme for revenge. She gets a married man drunk, convinces him that they slept together, then shows up a year later with a baby and demands money. Her blackmail plan is successful, but then she meets a single man, Max, who wants to be with her and keep the baby.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Bandits (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, hilarious, entertaining, feel good, romantic, dark comedy, surprise ending, clever, parody
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Two If by Sea (1996)
Plot Summary:
Frank O'Brien, a petty thief, and his 7-year-long girlfriend Roz want to put an end to their unsteady lifestyle and just do that last job, which involves stealing a valuable painting. Frank takes Roz to an island on the coast of New England, where he wants to sell the painting and also hopes that their sagging relationship will get a positive push back up. Not everything goes as planned.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, romantic, road movie, suspense, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy, funny, sexy
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Screwed (2000)
Plot Summary:
A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, intense, feel good, witty, not serious, offbeat, slapstick, hilarious, realistic
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High School High (1996)
Plot Summary:
Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and try to woo a fellow teacher.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, hilarious, humorous, hood, feel good, realistic, not serious, slapstick comedy
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Kicked in the Head (1997)
Plot Summary:
Redmond is a young guy who can't find what to do with his life. When his uncle Sam gives him the bag to deliver to some uptown connection he fails to do so and it gets them in trouble with Jack, low-key criminal. After that tough guy Stretch wants Redmond to take part in his illegal beer business, but before Redmond gets involved, the business ends in a bad way. Redmond is also having affair with flight attendant Megan.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, crying, funny, light, clever, brutal
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The Answer Man (2009)
Plot Summary:
Twenty years ago, Arlen Faber (Jeff Daniels) wrote a book about spirituality that became wildly popular. These days, he's a curmudgeonly recluse who only enjoys the company of his chiropractor, Elizabeth (Lauren Graham). As Elizabeth's warmth starts to melt Arlen's cold heart, he comes to realize what love really means.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, romantic, sweet, sex comedy, existential
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Off Beat (1986)
Plot Summary:
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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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
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Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Plot Summary:
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, witty, funny, entertaining, humorous, dark comedy, satirical, sexy, light
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Lost & Found (1999)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about finding your true love at any price. Dylan Ramsey resorts to snatching his beautiful neighbor's dog so he can spend time with her while they go on a phantom dog hunt. Succeeding in his plan, Dylan goes to return the pooch, only to discover that it has hidden Dylan's best friend's diamond ring. Written by WARNER BROS.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, romantic, sweet, entertaining, funny, light, sexy, sentimental, feel good, witty
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2 Days in the Valley (1996)
Plot Summary:
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, erotic, witty, intense, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, neo noir, detective, black comedy
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Heartbreakers (2001)
Plot Summary:
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, light, hilarious, humorous, sweet, cute, clever, witty, sexy