Query: American crime comedy films based on actual events that aren't about the American Mafia
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
30 Minutes or Less
Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Money for Nothing (1993 film)
The Informant!
The Polka King
Bernie (2011 film)
War Dogs (2016 film)
The Newton Boys
Pain & Gain
Bonnie and Clyde (film)
I Love You Phillip Morris
Dog Day Afternoon
The Brink's Job
Kid Cannabis
Masterminds (2016 film)
Evidence from documents: 30 Minutes or Less: The plot of the film bears a resemblance to a real-life bank robbery gone wrong that resulted in the death of Brian Wells in 2003
Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story: American crime comedy films: '''''Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story''''' is a 1994 American made-for-television biographical satirical-drama film
based on actual events: The film portrays figure skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, and the extensive media coverage following the infamous 1994 Cobo Arena attack on Kerrigan.
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom: '''''The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom''''' is a 1993 comedy television film produced by and for HBO. It was directed by Michael Ritchie and starred Holly Hunter, Swoosie Kurtz and Beau Bridges.


It is based on the true story of Wanda Holloway, a woman who tried to put out a hit on one of her daughter's classmates (and the girl's mother) to advance her own daughter's junior high school cheerleading career.
Money for Nothing (1993 film): American crime comedy films: ''''Money for Nothing''''' is a 1993 American biographical comedy crime film directed by Ramón Menéndez, and written by Menéndez, Tom Musca and Carol Sobieski, based on the 1986 ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' article "Finders Keepers" by Mark Bowden.
based on actual events: It is loosely based on the life of Joey Coyle (Cusack), who, in 1981, discovered $1.2 million that had fallen out of an armored van in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The film is a fictionalization of events, depicting Coyle's struggles with keeping the money over a five-day period.
The Informant!: American crime comedy films: a 2009 American biographical-crime comedy film
based on actual events that aren't about the American Mafia: It depicts Whitacre's involvement as a whistleblower in the lysine price-fixing conspiracy of the mid-1990s, based on the 2000 nonfiction book ''The Informant'', by journalist Kurt Eichenwald.
The Polka King: ''''The Polka King''''' is an American biographical comedy film directed by Maya Forbes and written by Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky. The film is about real-life Polish-American polka band leader Jan Lewan, who was imprisoned in 2004 for running a Ponzi scheme.
Bernie (2011 film): American crime comedy films based on actual events: a 2011 American biographical black comedy crime film
that aren't about the American Mafia: t explores the 1996 murder of 81-year-old millionairess Marjorie Nugent in Carthage, Texas, by her 39-year-old companion, Bernhardt "Bernie" Tiede.
War Dogs (2016 film): '''''War Dogs''''' is a 2016 American black comedy-crime film directed by Todd Phillips and written by Phillips, Jason Smilovic and Stephen Chin, based on a 2011 ''Rolling Stone'' article by Guy Lawson, as well as Efraim Diveroli's 2016 memoir ''Once a Gun Runner'' as outlined in an ongoing lawsuit.
The Newton Boys: American crime comedy films: '''''The Newton Boys''''' is a 1998 American comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Richard Linklater.
based on actual events: It is based on the true story of the Newton Gang, a family of bank robbers from Uvalde, Texas.
Pain & Gain: It is based on the activities of the Sun Gym gang, a group of ex-convicts and bodybuilders convicted of kidnapping, extortion, torture, and murder in Miami in the mid-1990s.
Bonnie and Clyde (film): American crime comedy films based on actual events that aren't about the American Mafia: a 1967 American biographical neo-noir crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the title characters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker.
comedy: The New York Times'' wrote, "It is a cheap piece of bald-faced slapstick comedy
I Love You Phillip Morris: '''''I Love You Phillip Morris''''' is a 2009 biographical black comedy drama film based on a 1980s and 1990s real-life story of con artist, impostor and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell, as played by Jim Carrey.
Dog Day Afternoon: American crime comedy films: '''''Dog Day Afternoon''''' is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film
based on actual events: The feature chronicled the 1972 robbery and hostage situation led by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile at a Chase Manhattan branch in Brooklyn.
The Brink's Job: American crime comedy films: '''''The Brink's Job''''' is a 1978 American crime comedy drama film directed by William Friedkin and starring Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, and Paul Sorvino.
based on actual events: It is based on the Brink's robbery of 1950 in Boston, where almost 3 million dollars was stolen.
Kid Cannabis: '''''Kid Cannabis''''' is a 2014 American biographical comedy-drama film. It is based on the true story of an Idaho teen dropout who builds a multimillion-dollar marijuana ring by trafficking drugs through the woods across the Canada–US border.
Masterminds (2016 film): '''''Masterminds''''' is a 2016 American crime comedy film based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery in North Carolina.