Movies like From the Village to the City
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From the Village to the City (1974)
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Original name: Köyden Indim Sehire
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After they find buried treasure, four hapless brothers from the countryside discover that changing their fortunes will take more than gold.
Style:
sitcom, buddy comedy, slapstick, situational comedy, light hearted, feel good, period piece, nostalgic
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
treasure, gold, village life, fish out of water, brothers, class differences, city life, misadventure, inheritance, greed, working class, satire, social commentary, urbanization, corruption, plantation, adaptation, identity, turk, economist, village, city, brother brother relationship, general, turkish
Time:
70s, year 1974
Place:
turkey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slapstick, feel good, sitcom and situational comedy films with plots about satire, fish out of water, friendship, social commentary, turk, culture clash and mistaken identity mostly in Comedy, History and Romance genres. Some movies like From the Village to the City: Shakir the Clumsy (1977), Saban, Son of Saban (1977), King of the Doormen (1976), The Chaos Class Is on Vacation (1977), Oflu Hodja's Code (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Shakir, who lives in Kayseri, has a great legacy from his uncle who died in Istanbul. His uncle sends a telegram to Kayseri and dies before seeing Shakir, but a relative who does not want to share the legacy begins to make plans to eliminate him.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, situational comedy, lighthearted, slapstick ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
istanbul turkey
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Genre: Comedy, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Clumsy soldiers Şaban and Ramazan fall for a singer-dancer and accidentally become secret policemen tracking down a missing diamond.
Style:
sitcom, slapstick, lighthearted, situational comedy, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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94%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, lighthearted, slapstick, period piece
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, slapstick
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lazy, uneducated male students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. Because of the financial ...
Style:
lighthearted, slapstick, buddy comedy, teen, period piece ...
Plot:
friendship, unhappiness, boarding school, rivalry, school trip, youth culture, social class, loyalty, rebellion, romantic rivalry, satire, turk ...
Time:
70s
Place:
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Similarity:
68%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A famous imam from Northern Anatolia gets into competition with contractor Ahmet to become the president of a football club which is called 'Doganspor'. Moreover, the imam also appears as a guest on a television show to answer funny ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
satire, rivalry, islam, competitor, rivals, lifestyle, village life, small town life, social commentary, political satire, irony, election campaign ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, political drama, black humor
Plot:
corruption, political satire, con man, social commentary, satire, deception, betrayal, scandal, greed, investigative journalism, absurd humor, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The three brothers, Akos, Tamas and Andras - known from the first part - try to get back their 60 million forints stolen by impostor Alex who ran away with the money and the girlfriend of the oldest brother.
Style:
lighthearted, situational comedy, sitcom, feel good, fast paced ...
Plot:
brothers, con artists, misadventure, scheming, impostor, scam, betrayal, revenge, heist, friendship, urban, romantic rivalry ...
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Place:
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Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Xate is an ordinary woman from Midyat with eight children in tow. The only thing that sets her apart is her husband's job as Mayor of Midyat. Until, that is, an extraordinary day changes her life - and the lives of everyone else in Midyat. For ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, family comedy, captivating, light ...
Plot:
mayor, small town, family life, life turned upside down, parents and children, politics, disorder, social relations, small town life, state affairs, society, female protagonist ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Now settled into married life, Pervez and Sheikh jump at the chance to travel to Turkey with their wives to visit Pervez's well-to-do brother-in-law, Rahat.
Style:
light hearted, sitcom, feel good, buddy comedy, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
After being humiliated and kicked out from a music hall because they could not pay the bill, six ne'er-do-wells decide to kidnap the star performer Emel Sayın for revenge.
Style:
lighthearted, buddy comedy, feel good, romantic comedy, retro ...
Plot:
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Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Morocco
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Story:
This comic series tackles the clash between the Bedouin nature of the new residents of the cities and the modern lifestyle in a comic form, as Kabour and Lahbib live a new life in a room on the roof of a building in the city of Casablanca and ...
Style:
captivating, funny, entertaining, humorous, light hearted ...
Plot:
city life, neighbor, culture clash, fish out of water, house, city, big city, adventure hero, apartment building, humour, urban setting, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
morocco, north africa
Similarity:
44%
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
43%
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Country: Dominican Republic
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Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, situational comedy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Turkey
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Turkey
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Turkey
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
buddy comedy, feel good, sitcom, situational comedy, lighthearted ...
Audience:
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Country: Czech Republic
Story:
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Style:
light hearted, situational comedy, sitcom, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Turkey
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Story:
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Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, funny, satirical ...
Plot:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
lighthearted, slapstick, buddy comedy, absurd
Plot:
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