Best tv shows like The Bad Guy
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Plot Summary:
The story of Nino Scotellaro, a Sicilian public prosecutor who devoted his entire life to fighting against the mafia and is suddenly accused of being one of the very men he has always fought against. After being condemned, and with nothing left to lose, Nino decides to pull off a Machiavellian revenge plan.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Rearview (2013)
Plot Summary:
Looking back at life from another level. As the story of Rearview develops, Fresno's life unravels and we learn why he is stuck in the past. But the journey he is on is driving him down a path of demise and some of the people he is affiliated with are the same ones that are influencing his life choices for the worse.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, dark comedy, cult film
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Jerk (2019)
Plot Summary:
Jerk follows the life of acclaimed stand up Tim Renkow, who plays a heightened version of himself; an American art school dropout who needs to get a visa to stay in the UK. The only problem is that Tim has cerebral palsy. This means that people judge him… all the time. Although usually they judge him wrongly, because what they don’t realise is that inside that severely disabled, vulnerable body is a bit of an asshole.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Rain Dogs (2023)
Plot Summary:
A wild and punky tale of a mother's love for her daughter, of deep-rooted and passionate friendships, and of brilliance thwarted by poverty and prejudice.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Mask Girl (2023)
Plot Summary:
An office worker who is insecure about her looks becomes a masked internet personality by night — until a chain of ill-fated events overtakes her life.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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High Desert (2023)
Plot Summary:
Peggy Newman, a woman with a checkered past, makes the life-changing decision to become a private investigator following the death of her beloved mother, who she lived with in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Lucky Hank (2023)
Plot Summary:
A mid-life crisis tale about the unlikely chairman of the English department in a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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The Actor (2018)
Plot Summary:
Joseph Kehr, a mentally disturbed aspiring actor returns to New York City to become the 'greatest actor of his generation'. In his pursuit of rising to the top, he enlists in an infamous acting class led by Professor Payton, a cunningly sharp-tongued teacher known for her relentless determination of breaking her students. His mind unravels as he discovers the power of the internet and is haunted by Bugsy Cloverdale, a social media Guru. Joseph's obsession of fame spirals out of control as he is forced to compete with a washed-up movie star.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: dark, dark comedy, independent film
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The Queen's Umbrella (2022)
Plot Summary:
A spirited queen tries to rein in her rowdy sons in order to make one of them the next king of Joseon, while her competitors vie to snatch the throne.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: period piece, dark comedy
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Da Kink in My Hair (2007)
Plot Summary:
Follows the lives of a group of women who let their hair down in more ways than one at Letty's, a vibrant and bustling hair salon in Toronto's Caribbean community. Novelette, Letty's smart and capable owner, has the answers to her clients' dilemmas but can't always figure out how to tame the tangles in her own life surrounded as she is by her outspoken eccentric sister Joy, her fourteen-year-old born-and-raised in Jamaica son Dre and her family of stylists including the wide-eyed new girl Starr and the wicked-tongued bad boy Nigel.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, sitcom
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The Consultant (2023)
Plot Summary:
After an unspeakable tragedy at CompWare, a games studio based in downtown Los Angeles, a mysterious consultant, Regus Patoff, blows into town and takes charge.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 33 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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The Other Black Girl (2023)
Plot Summary:
Nella, an editorial assistant, is tired of being the only black girl at her company, so she’s excited when Hazel is hired. But as Hazel’s star begins to rise, Nella spirals out and discovers something sinister is going on at the company.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Farzi (2023)
Plot Summary:
Sunny, a brilliant small-time artist is catapulted into the high-stakes world of counterfeiting when he creates the perfect fake currency note, even as Michael, a fiery, unorthodox task force officer wants to rid the country of the counterfeiting menace. In this thrilling cat-and-mouse race, losing is not an option!.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Stockholm (2018)
Plot Summary:
The black comedy starts with the death of Avishai Sar-Shalom, a renowned economist and leading Nobel prize candidate. His body is found by his four close old friends, and moments before calling an ambulance, one of them brings up with an idea. Only a few days separate between an economy professor that would be forgotten and a Nobel Prize winner.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, black comedy
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Série Noire (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two writers whose critically savaged crime show is a surprise hit decide that they need real criminal experiences to spice up their second season.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: dramatic, dark comedy, cult film
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Good Grief (2021)
Plot Summary:
Two very different sisters inherit a funeral home - and its eccentric employees - from their koro. While Ellie is determined to uphold her grandfather's legacy, Gwen can't wait to get to Bali and become a DJ. Can they figure out their lives while staring death in the face?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Duration:
Plot tags: dark comedy
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The Lovers (2023)
Plot Summary:
Janet is a foul-mouthed, hilarious, Belfast supermarket worker who doesn’t care about anything, including her life. Seamus is a handsome, self-centered, political broadcaster with what looks to be a perfect London life and a celebrity girlfriend. When they unexpectedly meet, they instantly clash – and yet also find themselves inextricably drawn to each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Community Squad (2023)
Plot Summary:
The members of a diverse vigilante group formed to boost the police's image are put in jeopardy when they stumble upon an unexpected drug deal.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Argentina
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Somebody Somewhere (2022)
Plot Summary:
Sam is a true Kansan on the surface but beneath it all struggles to fit the hometown mold. As she grapples with loss and acceptance, singing is Sam’s saving grace and leads her on a journey to discover herself and a community of outsiders that don’t fit in but don’t give up, showing that finding your people, and finding your voice, is possible. Anywhere. Somewhere.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, touching
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Mafia Only Kills in Summer (2016)
Plot Summary:
Palermo, 1979. The Giammarresi are a normal family — father, mother, a ten year old son and a daughter of sixteen — struggling with the problems of everyday life. Seemingly ordinary problems, oh, and the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian Mafia. Inspired by Pierfrancesco “Pif” Diliberto's film.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, dark comedy
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Café Minamdang (2022)
Plot Summary:
A suspicious business that offers the services of a purportedly all-knowing shaman catches the attention of a tenacious police inspector.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: dorama
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Black Midnight (2008)
Plot Summary:
Thrasos' family becames inheritor of his dead brother, Apostolis, house and nightclub. But also he takes over the mafia of his brother. Everyday new troubles appear with police. Silvi the ex girlfriend of Apostolis, trying to take control more than the 5% of the club. Murders, fights and forbiden loves take place everyday. Last his wife, gothic daughter and teenage son keep making the things worse.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, satirical, disturbing, black comedy, dark comedy
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Happily Married (2020)
Plot Summary:
Huguette and Gaétan, Serge and Micheline send their kids off for three weeks of camp. Alone with their partners, things quickly turn awkward and the façades begin to crack. Who slept with whom, who is on whose conscience? Marriage, suburbia, hell in Quebec, 1974.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, absurd, dark comedy
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Landscapers (2021)
Plot Summary:
A seemingly ordinary British couple become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 193 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, semi serious, atmospheric, humorous, dark comedy, black and white
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Mad Dogs (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a group of underachieving 40-something friends gather in Belize to celebrate the early retirement of an old friend, a series of wild, comedic events unfold, exposing dark secrets and a web of lies, deception and murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, exciting, light, humorous, dark comedy, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Dead to Me (2019)
Plot Summary:
A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious, atmospheric, feel good, dramatic, dark comedy, tragicomedy, emotional, witty
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The Green Glove Gang (2022)
Plot Summary:
When their latest heist goes wrong, three older female burglars evade officials by hiding out in a nursing home — where they uncover a sinister secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 917
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Hero (2001)
Plot Summary:
Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes that he wears, Kuryu possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have. Maiko Amamiya is a shrewd public prosecutor who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecutor and tries her best to be noticed by her boss. Kuryu, on the other hand, after earning a reputation for doing top-notch work, is transferred to Amamiya's division, and finally opens his eyes to the possibility of promotion. Unfortunately, his unprecedented work behavior abruptly brings things to a halt. Although earning a reputation as a bad apple, the influence from Kuryu's strong pursuit of justice slowly begins to change things around him.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
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The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013)
Plot Summary:
While Arturo tries to gain the love of Flora, he witnesses the history of Sicily from 1969 to 1992, miraculously dodging the crimes of the Mafia and supporting as a journalist the heroic struggle of the judges and policemen who fought this infamous organization.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, thought provoking, realistic, stylized, political, social, dark comedy
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Prosecution Elite (2023)
Plot Summary:
An Ni, a prosecutor of the Jiangcheng Procuratorate, was assigned by Chief Prosecutor Xu Ailin to handle the case investigating a missing college student who jumped off into a lake. She started with Zhao Jikai, the General Manager of Huiquan Games, and found connection between him and overseas organizations that promote bullying, leading to the arrest of the crime perpetrators. While Huiquan Games’ stocks price plummeted, Yin Huiquan donates to Jiangxiao Academy which would in turn corrupt minors in the guise of charity. The student Li Xiaowen and other victims come forward, publicly denouncing the unorthodox means of Jiangxiao Academy to control youngsters. An Ni presents solid evidences in the court, leading to the academy’s shut down and punishment of those who were involved. Yan Qin, who took over the Huiquan Games, misappropriated the funds to invest in the development of a copper mine. However, this investment venture was a Ponzi scheme by an online financial fraud gang.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags:
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Claws (2017)
Plot Summary:
Follow the life and crimes of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, brutal, humorous, grindhouse, dark comedy, idiotic