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Films with the genre "Comedy thriller", sorted by name
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, 1h43Directed by John Whitesell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Obésité, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films about disabilities, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Martin Lawrence, Brandon T. Jackson, Jessica Lucas, Mari Morrow, Tony Curran, Michelle Ang
FBI agent Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) is elated to learn that his stepson, Trent Pierce (Brandon T. Jackson), has been accepted to attend Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. However, Trent is uninterested and instead wants Malcolm to sign a recording contract for him since he is underage. When Malcolm refuses, Trent's best friends encourage him to ambush Malcolm on the job in order to obtain the signature. Malcolm, in an attempt to capture Russian gang member Chirkoff (Tony Curran), uses an informant named Canetti to deliver a flash drive to the gang, while Trent attempts to ambush Malcolm on the job. Canetti (Max Casella) reveals that the flash drive is empty and a duplicate is hidden with a friend at the Georgia Girls School for the Arts.
Big Momma's House 2 (2006)
, 1h35Directed by John Whitesell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Obésité, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films about disabilities, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Emily Procter, Zachary Levi, Mark Moses, Chloë Grace Moretz
Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) has been assigned a desk job in public relations as an FBI agent, since he wants to live with his new wife, Sherry Pierce (Nia Long), during her delivery for the couple's new baby boy. Meanwhile, an incident occurs in Orange County, California, where Malcolm's old friend, Doug Hudson (Kirk B.R. Woller), has been killed while he was going undercover. FBI agent Kevin Keneally (Zachary Levi) is doing surveillance on a former U.S. Army military intelligence specialist named Tom Fuller (Mark Moses), who has since retired and is working for a private corporation called National Agenda Software. The FBI has soon discovered that Tom is developing a computer worm which will create backdoors into the databases of all the branches of the U.S. government. Affected by his friend's death, Malcolm asks FBI chief, Crawford (Dan Lauria), to put him on the case, but Crawford refuses and tells him to stay away for safety analysis. By eavesdropping via the webcam, Malcolm finds out that the FBI is sending one of the agents to infiltrate Fuller's house as a nanny. Giving Sherry the pretext of attending a safety conference in Phoenix, Arizona, Malcolm leaves for Orange County and takes the "Big Momma" costume with him.
Steelyard Blues (1973)
, 1h33Directed by Alan Myerson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Aviation films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Donald Sutherland, Jane Fonda, Mel Stewart, Peter Boyle, Howard Hesseman, John Savage
It concerns the lives of a group of misfits trying to find a happier life against the norms of society. Sutherland plays an ex-con with a passion for demolition derbies. He has wrecked almost every possible car, but violates his parole when confronted by a 1950 Studebaker. This embarrasses his brother, a politically ambitious district attorney (Howard Hesseman, in an unlikely respectable role). Fonda plays a prostitute with an off-on relationship with Sutherland's character. The gang tries to get an old Consolidated PBY Catalina plane flying, and much humor ensues.
Four Against the Bank (2016)
, 1h36Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Origin German
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Til Schweiger, Walter Kohut, Harald Leipnitz, Alexandra Maria Lara Claudia Paolina, Matthias Schweighöfer, Michael Herbig
Chris est boxeur, Peter est comédien et Max un jeune publicitaire. Au fil des ans, ils ont placé dans une banque d'investissement toutes leurs économies quand subitement, ils découvrent tous que leurs comptes ont été vidés ! Schumacher, le peu scrupuleux directeur de la banque, a intentionnellement vidé les comptes des trois hommes, pour pouvoir se débarrasser de Tobias, un conseiller de la banque. Avec la complicité de ce dernier, les trois hommes vont élaborer un plan pour récupérer leur argent et se venger en braquant la banque frauduleuse.
Going in Style (2017)
, 1h36Directed by Zach Braff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Vieillesse, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, Joey King, Maria Dizzia, Matt Dillon
Willie Davis, Joe Harding et Albert Garner sont trois amis octogénaires à la retraite. L'entreprise pour laquelle ils ont jadis travaillé a délocalisé son activité et leur retraite est partie en fumée. Fauchés, ils décident de braquer la banque Williamsburg, qu'ils jugent responsable de leurs problèmes économiques.
Bunty Aur Babli (2005)
, 2h57Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Bollywood
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Raj Babbar, Tania Zaetta
Rakesh Trivedi (Abhishek Bachchan) comes from a small village. His father is a ticket collector on the train and wants him to get into a similar occupation as well. However, Rakesh has big dreams; he is forever coming up with new business plans and is convinced he will make it big one day. He adamantly refuses any notion that he will one day work in a 9-to-5 environment.
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
, 1h13Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Pat O'Brien, Lewis Stone, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Bette Davis, Ruth Donnelly
Amid vignettes involving a philandering husband who fakes amnesia, a child prodigy who yearns to live a normal life, an aging bachelor whose housekeeper has disappeared, and an old lady whose daughter has run away, the primary plot line focuses on brash detective Butch Saunders, who is assigned to find missing Chicago banker Therme Roberts. Butch finds himself attracted to the man's wife Norma, despite the fact they're both married, so when his superior, Captain Webb, tells him she really is Norma Phillips and the man she claims is missing is not her husband but the person she has been accused of murdering, he doesn't believe her. Norma fakes her suicide by drowning and disappears, but can't resist returning when Butch stages her funeral in the hope she'll surface. Not only she but the missing Roberts, as well, turn up at the services. Norma tells Butch she once was Roberts' secretary, and he killed his mentally disturbed twin brother and assumed his identity in order to avoid embezzlement charges. Roberts denies her accusations, but Webb tricks him into admitting his guilt. Norma is cleared and, when Butch learns his wife Belle never divorced her first husband, the two are free to wed.
Cash (2008)
, 1h40Directed by Éric Besnard
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films, Escroquerie, Faux-monnayeur
Actors Jean Dujardin, Jean Reno, Valeria Golino, Alice Taglioni, François Berléand, Jocelyn Quivrin
A cleaner goes into the office of a banker. He tells the staff to leave then proceeds to change into a suit and place a picture on the desk of two brothers. Lardier, a courier, arrives and the man proceeds to explain to him that he has several financial options available. However a cell phones rings and Lardier hands it over to the man. The caller, who is angry, shouts down the phone. Uncomfortable the man tries to leave but is shot with a silenced pistol several times by Lardier. The man who died was the brother of Cash.
Café de Paris (1938)
, 1h31Directed by Georges Lacombe, Robert Vernay, Yves Mirande
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Véra Korène, Jules Berry, Albert Brouett, Alexandre Rignault, Simone Berriau, Jacques Baumer
Alors que la clientèle cosmopolite et mondaine célèbre le réveillon dans les salons du Café de Paris, Lambert, le directeur de la feuille à scandale la Parlotte, est assassiné à minuit pile alors que la salle était momentanément plongée dans l'obscurité.
Hunting Elephants (2013)
, 1h47Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Sasson Gabai, Moni Moshonov, Patrick Stewart, Yaël Abecassis, Moshe Ivgy
Jonathan's father, Daniel (Tzvika Hadar), dies of a heart attack in his workplace, with Jonathan present but unable to help him. The bank manager, Dedi (Moshe Ivgy), refuses to pay compensation because the contract with the insurance company doesn't cover such events. Jonathan's mother, Dorit (Yael Abecassis), starts going out with Dedi because she needs the money, leaving Jonathan in an elderly home with his grandfather Eliyahu (Sasson Gabai).
Ces dames s'en mêlent (1965)
, 1h34Directed by Raoul André
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Eddie Constantine, Patricia Viterbo, Carla Marlier, Jacqueline Vandal, Hubert de Lapparent, Philippe Mareuil
Jeff Gordon is a financial agent of the FBI section that fights against counterfeiting of dollars. Gordon went to Paris to infiltrate and stop the tape forgers headed by Thomas the printer. His work is so perfect that counterfeits are difficult to detect. One of counterfeiters thinks he recognizes Jeff as a mobster who wants to take revenge on them ...
Charade (1963)
, 1h53Directed by Marc Maurette, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Transport en Île-de-France, Métro parisien dans la culture populaire
Actors Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot
Regina "Reggie" Lampert (Audrey Hepburn), on a skiing holiday in Megève, tells her friend Sylvie Gaudel (Dominique Minot) that she has decided to divorce her husband Charles. She then meets a charming stranger, Peter Joshua (Cary Grant). When she returns to Paris, her apartment is completely empty, and police inspector Edouard Grandpierre (Jacques Marin) notifies her that Charles has been murdered while leaving Paris. Reggie is given her husband's travel bag, containing a letter addressed to her, a ticket to Venezuela, passports in multiple names, and other items. At the funeral, three odd characters show up to view the body. One sticks the corpse with a pin and another places a mirror in front of the body's mouth and nose, both to verify that Charles is really dead.
, 1h37Directed by Clive Donner, Paul Baxley
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller
Actors Peter Ustinov, Brian Keith, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Hatch, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson
Retired detective Charlie Chan is asked for his help by the San Francisco police to solve a new series of murders. But this time his usual sidekick, Number One Son, has been replaced by Lee's own son, Lee Chan, Jr.
Charlie Countryman (2013)
, 1h48Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Shia LaBeouf, Rupert Grint, Aubrey Plaza, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Til Schweiger
Charlie Countryman (Shia LaBeouf) is a normal guy living in Chicago. When his mother, Kate (Melissa Leo), dies, he sees her as a spirit. When he asks her what do to with his life, she tells him to go to Bucharest for adventure. On the flight, he meets Victor (Ion Caramitru), an elderly man returning home from a Cubbies game, with a hat as a gift for his daughter. Victor dies sitting next to Charlie, who later sees him as a spirit asking him to deliver his gift to his daughter, which he accepts.
Top Dog (1995)
, 1h25Directed by Aaron Norris
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about racism, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Martial arts films, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Chuck Norris, Michele Lamar Richards, Erik von Detten, Carmine Caridi, Francesco Quinn, Clyde Kusatsu
The film opens as two white nationalists destroy an apartment complex in which most of the residents are minorities. Veteran police officer, Sgt. Lou Swanson, and his police dog, Reno, investigate the crime and realize the explosives are military in style. Their investigation takes them to the harbor, where they find a ship loaded with weapons. They are discovered and shot. Lou dies, but Reno survives.