Top 20 movies like The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie

A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.

The Fortune Cookie is of 2 hour(s) and 5 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Phalanx Productions, Jalem Productions, United Artists. It was released on 1966-10-19. It has the tagline: Is he a spy? A security risk? Is he unfaithful? Or is he a nice, normal shnook - out to make a million bucks by sheer accident! It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

Genres: Comedy

1. The Soul of a Spy (Душа шпиона)

The Soul of a Spy

The Russian spy in England, Alex Wilkie, is tasked with infiltrating American intelligence and identifying a mole – our intelligence officer, who transmits intelligence information to the enemy. The hero is forced to overcome incredible obstacles in order to gain the trust of the Americans...

It has an average vote of 4.4 on TMDB.

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2. Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the practise of his lawyer skills, he takes the case of Leonard Vole, an unemployed man who is accused of murdering an elderly lady friend of his, Mrs. Emily French. While Leonard Vole claims he's innocent, although all evidence points to him as the killer, his alibi witness, his cold German wife Christine, instead of entering the court as a witness for the defense, she becomes the witness for the prosecution and strongly claims her husband is guilty of the murder.

It has an average vote of 5.962 on TMDB.

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3. The Wayward Wife (La provinciale)

The Wayward Wife

The ever-growing popularity of Gina Lollobrigida was a decided box-office asset when the Italian La Provinciale was distributed to the U.S. as The Wayward Wife. Lollobrigida acquits herself quite nicely in the tensely dramatic role of a much-put-upon small-town girl named Cemma. Seduced by a lad who turns out to be a relative, Cemma is tossed out of her home. Seeking security, she impulsively marries bookish science professor Franco Vagnuzzi . Bored by her marriage, Cemma doesn't realize the true value of her loving husband until it's almost too late. The original 118-minute run time was reduced for U.S. release.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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4. The Fortune

The Fortune

Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

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5. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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6. The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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7. The Seven-Ups

The Seven-Ups

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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8. Freakonomics

Freakonomics

Some of the world's most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everything.

It has an average vote of 6.138 on TMDB.

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9. Send Me No Flowers

Send Me No Flowers

At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he's not dying at all and she believes it's just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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10. Irma la Douce

Irma la Douce

When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who’s to be her only customer.

It has an average vote of 7.428 on TMDB.

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11. Christmas Evil

Christmas Evil

Garbed in his red suit, Harry, a toy factory worker, decides that the only thing he can do to save the spirit of Christmas is to become Santa Claus himself and make all of the naughty townspeople pay... in blood!

It has an average vote of 5.456 on TMDB.

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12. Days of Wine and Roses

Days of Wine and Roses

An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.

It has an average vote of 7.461 on TMDB.

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13. Harper

Harper

Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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14. Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.

It has an average vote of 7.02 on TMDB.

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15. Avanti!

Avanti!

A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.

It has an average vote of 6.97 on TMDB.

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16. The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

It has an average vote of 7.239 on TMDB.

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17. Coma

Coma

A young female doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy patients are having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas. The patients are then shipped off to an institute that looks after them. The young doctor suspects there is more to this than meets the eye.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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18. The Front Page

The Front Page

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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19. Trial by Fire

Trial by Fire

The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.

It has an average vote of 6.843 on TMDB.

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20. Grumpy Old Men

Grumpy Old Men

For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.

It has an average vote of 6.629 on TMDB.

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