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Holy Flying Circus (2011)
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Holy Flying Circus (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A fantastical re-imagining of the events of 1979, when Monty Python made Life of Brian and the debate about what is an acceptable subject for comedy was blown wide open.
Style: clever, humorous, surreal, witty, semi serious, parody, offbeat, biting, suspense, banned ...
Plot: actor's life, clergy, religions or cults, friends, society, debate, artists and showbiz, religion, christianity, television, blasphemy, ignorance, monty python, profanity, media, religious fanatic, satire, cross dressing, censorship
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe, britain, united kingdom

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and clever films with plots about society, satire, artists and showbiz, friends, religion, lifestyle and media mostly in Comedy, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Holy Flying Circus: Grassroots (2012), Stella Street (2004), Reality (2012), The Infidel (2010), Dying of Laughter (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of the rise of morals crusader Mary Whitehouse in the UK in the 1960's,
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, biting, thought provoking
Plot: media, couple relations, private vs public, couples, ignorance, television, conservatism, husband wife relationship, campaigning, morality, christian, campaign ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england
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Grassroots (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lost his job. Initially given no chance, things turn dark when Cogswell makes it into the general ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, political ...
Plot: politics, ambition, satire, against the odds, society, campaign, friends, unemployment, election campaign, political campaign, campaigning, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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91%
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Stella Street (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Michael Caine, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Roger Moore all live on a quiet street in Surbiton and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards run their corner shop - who knew?
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, clever ...
Plot: misfit, fish out of water, disorder, satire, lifestyle, social decay, culture clash, showbiz, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, society, buddies ...
Time: 60s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Reality (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A dark comedy centering on the lives of a Neapolitan based family whose father, a fish merchant, is so infatuated with the reality TV show "Grande Fratello" (the Italian version of "Big Brother") he starts living his life as if ...
Style: cynical, thought provoking, semi serious, humorous, surreal ...
Plot: life turned upside down, losing-it hero, obsession, dark humor, disorder, audition, society, big brother, television, lonely, mental illness, satire ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, southern italy, rome italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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The Infidel (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, surreal ...
Plot: satire, culture clash, muslim, hijab, taxi driver, self discovery, social differences, adoption, society, dark humor, rabbi, religions or cults ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, middle east, europe, london
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62%
Dying of Laughter (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Nino and Bruno are two comedians who reach the heights of success with their duo act, turning them into huge TV celebrities. However, the hate between them grows as fast, and as much, as their fame
Style: dark comedy, captivating, biting, cynical, realistic ...
Plot: buddy, satire, behind the scenes, comedian, friends, dark humor, nightclub, media satire, workplace situations, rise to the top, buddies, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 90s
Place: wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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After School (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A student-teacher relationship goes way beyond the classroom, including pre-historic times.
Style: sex comedy, realistic, humorous, semi serious, offbeat ...
Plot: teacher student relationship, religion, god, seduction, reputation, debate, rumor, jealousy, christianity, catholicism, celibacy, evolution ...
Time: prehistory, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Moving Wallpaper (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Moving Wallpaper is a British satirical comedy-drama television series set in a TV production unit. It ran on ITV for two series in 2008–2009. The subject of the first series was the production of a soap called Echo Beach, each episode of which ...
Style: semi serious, clever, witty, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: workplace, workplace situations, artists and showbiz, media, opera, television producer, network, ratings, british humour
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Ultrachrist! (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: What would Jesus do if he returned to Earth and discovered he could no longer relate to the youth of today?
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: fish out of water, satire, destiny, religions or cults, clergy, society, heroes, disorder, antichrist, messiah, jesus, jesus christ ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA
Style: mockumentary, biting, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: elvis presley, special agent, drug dealing, politics, performer's life, artists and showbiz, head of state, ambition, state affairs, media, government agency, fighting crime ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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The Terrace (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Drama about the difficulties of a group of people trying to change their lives. A group of people gathers in a terrace in Rome . Some are friends, some know each other and others just meet for the first time. All are intellectual and belong to the ...
Style: satirical, captivating, non-linear, contemplative, cynical ...
Plot: television, food, restaurant, politics, screenwriter, communist, husband wife relationship, member of parliament, state affairs, unfulfillment, society, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Tommy is a vacuum cleaner salesman gripped by the fever of closing the deal. He lives on puffa rice stored in his glove compartment, listens to motivation tapes of his own voice shouting 'Sell, sell, fucking sell' and his punters are up to ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, talky, fast ...
Plot: partner, introspection, self discovery, odd couple, job seeking, fish out of water, working class, dark humor, blind ambition, reluctant partners, workplace, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Living in Oblivion (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in ...
Style: surreal, independent film, humorous, funny, talky ...
Plot: filmmaking, actor, filmmaker, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, showbiz, friends, actor's life, lifestyle, satire, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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How to Be (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young man having an existential crisis convinces a Canadian self-help guru to come to London and become his personal life coach.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, melancholic ...
Plot: introspection, coming of age, self discovery, unfulfillment, lifestyle, hopes, artists and showbiz, youth, musician, psychology, musician's life, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Childstar (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Childstar is about an egotistical 12-year-old named Taylor Brandon Burns who has skyrocketed to fame at that young age. His relationship with his driver, Rick, takes a turn when Taylor confides in him about the problems of celebrity and the fears of ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, independent film ...
Plot: youth, fame, actor's life, coming of age, lifestyle, showbiz, filmmaking, movie business, artists and showbiz, parents and children, celebrity culture, family relations ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at nothing to possess them. Peggy Ashcroft and Larry Pine star as two rapacious art collectors who ...
Style: contemplative, semi serious, realistic, clever, stylized ...
Plot: siblings, couples, optimism, friends, bank, siblings relations, cons and scams, celebrity culture, heist, media satire, breakup, friendship ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
Place: india, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Monster in a Box (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.
Style: independent film, witty, clever, talky, realistic ...
Plot: writers, live performance, concert, one-man show, biopic, creative block, performer's life, media satire, showbiz, midlife crisis, musician's life, writer's life ...
Time: year 1992, 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Cemetery Junction (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When ...
Style: witty, inspirational, stylized, funny, humorous ...
Plot: small town, coming of age, friendship, friends, old love, love, relationships, profanity, society, love and romance, social differences, factory ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Chain (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
Style: independent film, biting, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: relocation, house, couples, family relations, love and romance, society, social differences, property, moving
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: london, england
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46%
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Holy Man (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Eddie Murphy stars as an over-the-top television evangelist who finds a way to turn television home shopping into a religious experience, and takes America by storm.
Style: touching, humorous, satirical, intense, funny ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: guru, life philosophy, justice, religion, media satire, materialism, workplace, media, love affair, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, satire ...
Time: 90s
Place: florida, miami
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min.
Story: This kaleidoscopic film weaves together approximately 20 fragmented scenarios that offer a view of contemporary Spain, drawing conclusions about the persistence of the human condition, strangeness, and the chaos within relationships. Starring Raul ...
Style: biting, clever, sincere, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: human nature, person in a car trunk
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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46%
The Late Shift (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky, independent film ...
Plot: showbiz, media, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, ambition, media satire, television, talk show host, comedian, intrigue, talk show, negotiation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1991, year 1992
Place: usa, new york
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46%
The Gospel According to Vic (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles that would promote the late Edith Semple to sainthood; Mathews, a non-believer, wishes the school ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: school, religion, village, small town, fishing village, miraculous event, terminal illness, youth, society, hopes, life is a bitch, religions or cults ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: scotland, england, glasgow scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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No Shame (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A script fell to Isabel by chance. In reading it you realize it's the same story of the romance she had with the film director Mario Fabra, author of the script. Isabel decides appointment with Mario, who was not seen again, but at the moment ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, biting, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: couples, lovers reunited, ego clash, love and romance, rise to the top, ambition, lifestyle, filmmaking, showbiz, youth, actor's life, school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, madrid, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Dark Habits (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.
Style: dark comedy, erotic, surreal, social, hispanic ...
Plot: satire, lgbt, catholic, catholic church, gays and lesbians, nun, drug addiction, religion, gay, lgbtq, surrealism, sin ...
Time: year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place: spain, europe
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45%
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The Passion (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.
Style: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: society, celebrity culture, nothing goes right, disorder, lifestyle, religions or cults, celebration, art, filmmaking, religion, artists and showbiz, down on your luck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, europe
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44%
A Private Function (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Life isn't easy in 1947 Yorkshire, where strict post-war rationing is putting the squeeze on the townspeople. But when a working-class couple discover that the town's wealthy elite has been secretly fattening up an illegal pig for their ...
Style: humorous, clever, offbeat, witty, culinary ...
Plot: satire, working class, small town, food, couples, village, ambition, society, village life, social differences, monty python, rural area ...
Time: 20th century, year 1947, 1940s
Place: england, yorkshire, europe, britain, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Saving Grace (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately teach the Pope and his new friends some important ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, clever
Plot: religion, catholic, profanity, hidden identity, friendship, society, misfit, clergy, self discovery, hopes, friends, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Three and Out (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A London tube driver considers pursuing a third fatal accident to collect a huge payout.
Style: realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, clever ...
Plot: friendship, terminal illness, teenage life, cons and scams, writer's life, friends, dark humor, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, kinky sex, unfulfillment, unlikely friendships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london, liverpool
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Milky Way (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.
Style: surreal, spiritual, road movie, psychedelic, satirical ...
Plot: religion, surrealism, bible, satire, jesus christ, philosophy, jesus, anarchist, spirituality, religious, inquisition, drifter ...
Time: year 1969, 20th century, year 1964, 60s
Place: spain, paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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