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Plot Summary:
Two missionaries (Bud Spencer and Terence Hill) come into conflict with the authorities when they turn their missionary into a parrot farm. The Bishop of Maracaibo calls them his 'black sheep' and the Monsignore has been called to check on their behavior. Like usual, our heroes help the poor to defend themselves and provoke some funny fist fights in the process. (from Wikipedia).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, buddy comedy
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Bomber (1982)
Plot Summary:
Bomber is an unemployed boat captain. One day he meets Jerry, a manager of boxers who are struck by the force of his fists. That is when they see the chance to win big money.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Action, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 78%
The World of Don Camillo (1984)
Plot Summary:
A priest helps the small town he's stationed in to resolve conflicts by working together.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Trinity: Gambling for High Stakes (1978)
Plot Summary:
This movie is about a navy Lieutenant named Johnny Firpo who is ordered to work with the Miami Police force to help stop a gang of crooked card sharks. He needs the help of a pro gambler-now retired named Charlie Firpo. Charlie won't help Johnny, so Johnny steals Charlies transfer truck and he then agrees to help him. They both find out that they are half brothers. Johnny convinces Charlie that their father is "Blind" and need to raise $ 100,000 for an eye operation. So Charlie becomes a gambler again just to raise the money.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick, independent film, detective, cult film
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Banana Joe (1982)
Plot Summary:
Bud Spencer plays Banana Joe, a brawny yet friendly man who lives in a small rainforest village called Amantido with a huge number of his own children and regularly delivers bananas to a South American river port (hence his name). One day, the henchmen of a local gangster boss named Torsillo come ashore in Amantido to initiate the construction a banana processing plant. Of course, Joe (in typical direct-approach manner) evicts the goons, who promptly return to their boss. Torsillo finds out that Joe is trading bananas without a license and decides to exploit it. Upon his next delivery, Joe is apprehended by the police and given the choice of either acquiring a legal license or getting his boat taken away and himself arrested for illegal shipment. Joe travels to the nearest city, which to him is a new world, as he grew up in the rainforest.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, slapstick, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, parody, funny, inspirational, brutal, feel good
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Double Trouble (1984)
Plot Summary:
Billionaire cousins Bastiano (Terence Hill) and Antonio (Bud Spencer) are two savvy businessmen, at least in one regard. They want to close a large deal, although they have to fear for their lives because of it since their competition won't even stop at murder. Therefore they have an agency find two look-alikes from the United States, stuntman Elliot Vance (Terence Hill) and the jazz saxophonist Greg Wonder (Bud Spencer). These accept the job offer, initially not knowing why they really have been hired. Nonetheless Elliot and Greg manage to fight their way through all kinds of situations without too much trouble. Additionally they quickly come to like the jet-set life. The resulting damage to their reputation provokes the Coimbras to return to Rio ahead of time. This puts them right into the sights of their enemies, alongside the cousins' look-alikes.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Italy, Brazil, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: action comedy, cult classic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, buddy comedy, cult film
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Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Plot Summary:
After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it back.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Brice 3 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Brice is back. The world has changed, but not him. When his best friend, Marius, calls for help, he goes on a wild adventure that will lead him to the other side of the world... Travel shapes youth but will he remain the king of the "casse" ?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Trinity: Good Guys and Bad Guys (1985)
Plot Summary:
In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber who was caught was released from jail. He immediately went to Miami, only to be found dead the next day. Now FBI agents Doug Bennet and Steve Forest have been called in to investigate the case while posing as Miami police officers. Somewhere in Miami the third robber is hiding with his $20 million, and he has a seven-year head start on the authorities.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, cult classic, buddy comedy
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Silver Case (2012)
Plot Summary:
In TInseltown, the world of scheming and dreaming reaches a particularly nasty low when a powerful producer known as the 'Senator' hatches a plan to undermine the future success of his shady arch rival, the 'Master' in more ways than one. His plot begins with the simple delivery of a silver briefcase. But nothing is simple in Hollywood. The case goes missing, which sets off a chain of events that are categorically not part of the plan. The Senator engages the best of his team to locate the package, but doesn't count on the tenacity of two thugs who now have the mystery prize in their curious possession.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, suspense, independent film, biting
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Everything Happens to Me (1980)
Plot Summary:
Following the events of The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid, Sheriff Hall and H-725 (using the official identity of Charlie Warren) still get no rest from the military: because the little alien has not yet grasped the meaning of keeping a low profile, they are constantly on the move, and H-725’s father has had to pick them out of a tight spot too many times already.Hall and Charlie eventually arrive at the city of Munroe, where petty crime, from vandalism to armed robberies, is running rampant, more so because the town currently has no sheriff. Charlie pushes Hall into staying in this place, and somewhat reluctantly Hall takes up the job in this chaotic place, with the help of the local radio jock and City Mayor Howard (Ferruccio Amendola). Soon the riff-raff in town learns not to underestimate the new sheriff as he metes out hard-hitting advice to stay out of trouble.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, slapstick
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Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
Plot Summary:
A New York City bank teller becomes a media celebrity when he refuses to comply with his employer's demands that he shave his beard. Directed by Garson Kanin, this 1969 comedy stars Dick Van Dyke, Angie Dickinson, Rosemary Forsyth, Zohra Lampert, Carole Shelley, David Doyle, Elliott Reid, Pippa Scott, Connie Gilchrist, Roy Roberts and Peter Turgeon.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, biting, suspense
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Soldier of Fortune (1976)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, parody, spoof, cult film
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I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)
Plot Summary:
In Africa, many years ago, Slim and Tom don't like it when a German tyrant, starts selling all of the African wildlife to Canadian Zoo's! Slim and Tom must teach this guy a lesson by beating the hell out of him and his gang, left and right! Written by Mark MacIntyre {[email protected]}.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy, South Africa, West Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, not serious, slapstick, buddy comedy, independent film
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Bindlestiffs (2012)
Plot Summary:
Three high school virgins, suspended from school on a bogus graffiti charge, flee to the inner city in an attempt to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye - a book they neither have read nor understand. BINDLESTIFFS documents their struggles along the way as they surrender their virginities to vagrants, prostitutes, and crack fiends. Hot on their tail is Charlie, the deranged school security guard. Under the impression that the boys are planning a school shooting, he takes the law into his own hands to stop them and save America.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, teen sex comedy, independent film, sexy, hot
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Go for It (1983)
Plot Summary:
Mason is driving a truck when he takes on his lorry Rosco a hitchhiker. Traffic police stop them for a control but they are confused for two robbers. They manage to escape in a very strange way from this situation, but just to fall in a worse one. They run to the airport trying to take the first flight available. The couple not only succeeds to have a free flight to Miami but someone give them a bag full of million dollars. Later Rosco and Mason will understand that this time they were confused for two secret agents but it is too late, now they are too deeply involved in the situation. Obviously a funny situation.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, exciting, parody, humorous, not serious, slapstick, fast, road movie, independent film, spoof
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Crime Busters (1977)
Plot Summary:
An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, entertaining, buddy comedy, poliziottesco, realistic, slapstick
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
Plot Summary:
Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for his life, and switch him with a look-a-like London cabby. Throw in two(!) lovely blondes, treachery, and a battle for life and honour, and enjoy life at its zaniest.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, parody, spoof, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The Night Before Christmas (1994)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers who hate themselves are going to spend Christmas with their mother. She tries to get them together.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Western
Country: Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, spaghetti western, feel good, captivating, light, sincere, touching, entertaining, cult classic
Similar in 76%
Man of the East (1972)
Plot Summary:
By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers footpads all of them shall teach him otherwise. This doesn't work until Joe has to defend himself against gunman Morton who's jealous of Joe's love to rancher Ohlsen's beautiful daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Western
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, funny, euro western, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 82%
They Call Me Trinity (1970)
Plot Summary:
The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys packing with slapstick humor instead of excessive violence, saving the day.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, buddy comedy, spoof, funny, grindhouse, parody, humorous, slapstick, epic, fast paced
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Trinity Is STILL My Name! (1971)
Plot Summary:
A couple of two-bit thieving brothers try and keep a promise to their dying father: stick together and become successful outlaws. Bambino reluctantly agrees to show younger Trinity the ropes, but their gentle demeanors tend to diminish their haul by repeatedly helping the selfsame family they initially held up. Fun ensues in town and at the local Spanish mission where they are taken for federal agents, mistakenly so identified by Trinity's young love interest, daughter of the aforementioned family.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, funny, epic, grindhouse, euro western, cult classic, spoof, exciting, humorous, realistic
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Ace High (1968)
Plot Summary:
After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their horses. This results in a merry chase and Stevens and Bessy become unwilling allies in Cacopoulus' revenge against the people who deserted him and framed him to get their money back.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, funny, euro western, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Even Angels Eat Beans (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two nice guys, a wrestler (Bud Spencer) and an Ice-cream vendor (Giuliano Gemma) are mistaken for dangerous killers by an important local gangster, whose nickname is "Sorriso". With the help of many funny coincidences they play along with Sorriso "working" for him, just to survive, but, when they receive the order to butcher the components of a very indigent family they are unmasked and.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Carry on Pimpernel (1967)
Plot Summary:
The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy take it upon themselves to aid their French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes "the black fingernail", scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody, sex comedy, exciting, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film
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They Call Me Renegade (1987)
Plot Summary:
While on his travel across the Southwestern United States, with his Jeep CJ Renegade and his chestnut colt named Joe Brown, Luke meets Matt, son of a friend of his, Moose, who is in jail. Moose asks Luke to take care of Matt, and to help him to take possession of a piece of land. So starts their travel, full of adventures.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: parody, spaghetti western, cult classic, slapstick, exciting, feel good, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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All the Way Boys (1972)
Plot Summary:
The "Trinity" crew makes another modern era film. Plata and Salud are pilots ditching aircraft for insurance money. They wind up crashing for real in the jungles of South America. The plot involves "Mr. Big", who is buying the diamonds from the miners for much too little, and has thugs who keep the price down. Of course, Plata and Salud side with the miners.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, grindhouse, rough, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Keep Your Hands Off the Island (1981)
Plot Summary:
Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He manipulates the ship's compass so that Charlie is not aware that he is sailing to the treasure island. But when they step on the island, they discover that it is not as abandoned as they believed: there are some natives - and a Japanese soldier still defending the treasure.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Action
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick, buddy comedy, independent film
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Camouflage (2001)
Plot Summary:
Marty Mackenzie is an unsuccessful stage actor who takes an interest in private investigating. He takes a job working with Jack Potter, a crusty private eye. They both take a case in Beaver Ridge, a seedy small town where a murder is being planned against a rich gravel pit owner. Marty realizes that private investigating is not as it seemed to be.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, detective, feel good, sentimental, touching, funny, spoof, slapstick
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The Daughter of D'Artagnan (1994)
Plot Summary:
It is 1654, in the South of France. When horsemen follow a runaway slave into the convent where he's taken sanctuary and kill both the fugitive and the Mother Superior, they little realise that one of the novices is the spirited daughter of retired musketeer D'Artagnan.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, historical drama, exciting, humorous, semi serious
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Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
Plot Summary:
Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: funny, exciting, feel good, humorous, cult classic, realistic, semi serious, independent film, romantic, clever