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$elfie Shootout (2016)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two young and broke guys concoct an online contest scheme to get sexy females to submit their selfie for $25 a pop. They start by offering a $1,000 cash prize but as things go wrong and expenses balloon they ultimately inflate the prize to $1 million in order to attract more contestants.
Style:
indie film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
scam, social media, deception, manipulation, greed, hustler, escalation, young adult, fraud, internet culture, dark humor, youth, desperation, satire, partnership, sexual attraction, moral ambiguity, male friendship, ethical dilemma, humiliation, urban, embarrassment, small town, friendship between men
Time:
2010s, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, satirical, independent film and black comedy films with plots about satire, urban, moral ambiguity, dark humor, greed, deception and scam mostly in Comedy, Sci-Fi and Crime genres. Some movies like $elfie Shootout: Burning Down the House (2001), Holy Cash (2024), Debt Fees (2019), Let's Play - Uno : The Movie (2016), Ham & Cheese (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, satirical, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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74%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two talentless actors attempt to make it in the cruel world of showbiz. Without an ounce of talent between the two of them and their only strength being persistence, they'll do almost anything to attain their dream. Except let it go.
Style:
buddy comedy, independent film, offbeat, black comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
actor, showbiz, ambition, satire, perseverance, mishap, partnership, friendship, desperation, behind the scenes, self delusion, dark humor ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A degenerate gambler and his two idiot friends come up with an elaborate plan to pay down their colossal gambling debts by marrying the dysfunctional daughter of an upstart billionaire.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, satirical, absurd
Plot:
gambling, debt, scam, greed, dysfunctional family, scheme, marriage, deception, scheming, satire, social satire, manipulation ...
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56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
Style:
satirical, cynical, ironic, black comedy, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, satire, ambition, dark humor, clinic, greed, ethical dilemma, corruption, social satire, manipulation, character study, office politics ...
Time:
60s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of Internet "sensations" compete for a tv show. Parody of the Internet.
Style:
parody, captivating, humorous, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, talent show, internet, pop culture, found footage, fame, social media, internet culture, humour, competition, irreverent, ambition ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Let's Make a Movie is the story of Cassie Thompson (Played by Hallie York), a college dropout and ex-film student who is tired of being disrespected and downtrodden, has decided that she's had enough. In a subconscious effort to turn her ...
Style:
independent film, humorous, light hearted, mockumentary, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
filmmaking, coming of age, female protagonist, creativity, behind the scenes, perseverance, ambition, self discovery, friendship, college dropout, personal growth, young adult ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Life in Naples is tough. So Neapolitans invent ways to get by. Whatever works, conning mostly, tricking the IRS, the university, the landlord, cruise ship passengers, even conning victims three times with the same ruse.
Style:
picaresque, witty, dark comedy, slapstick
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, ruse, scam, con artists, satire, fraud, survival, streetwise, corruption, social commentary, working class, bureaucracy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
naples italy, italy
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51%
146
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The movie's about 6 Players with different types of game jumping from relationship to relationship until sex, lies and betrayal turns 2 friends against each other.
Style:
realistic
Plot:
betrayal, sex, lie, relationships, infidelity, cheating, friendship, deception, jealousy, sexual relations, love triangle, seduction ...
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51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A down and out rock 'n roll band, Hindenburg, kidnap their favorite British rock star Spazz-O (Maynard), and hold him hostage so he will listen to their music and make them famous. The problem is, Spazz-O's ex-porn star wife Holly Everest ...
Style:
satirical, parody, black comedy, independent film, road movie
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rock band, kidnapping, rock and roll, celebrity culture, music industry, hostage situation, publicity stunt, greed, media frenzy, media manipulation, satire, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
long island
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Istanbul is under quarantine. Felek and Kerim find the best way to make profits in this period. They will access people's computers and introduce themselves as government officials, making them confess their "crimes". However, the ...
Style:
dark comedy, twisted, suspense, fast paced, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, fraud, scam, impersonation, con artists, cybercrime, social satire, blackmail, greed, pandemic, identity theft, quarantine ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A ne'er-do-well who's married to a millionnaire realizes his financial trouble might be solved if his wife was dead - and sets out a plot to achieve just that. A remake of Dino Risi's "il vedovo".
Style:
satirical, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, romantic relationship, couples, male female relationship, love and romance, love interest, couple relations, relationships, relationship problems, deception, greed, inheritance ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, satirical, cynical, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot:
satire, dark humor, greed, deception, moral ambiguity, small town, betrayal, office politics, suburban life, con artists, threat, single mother ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
48%
211
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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265
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, which is actually just an excuse to sell merchandise.
Style:
cynical, dark comedy, independent film, parody, black humor
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Sour Party follows Gwen and James, two broke, flailing 30-somethings on a quest to scrounge money from a collection of checkered characters from their past in an attempt to show up to a baby shower with a proper gift.
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
.Ford Coleman is a struggling actor in Hollywood who fears never achieving fame other then appearing in local TV commercials. After over a year living in L.A., Ford is broke and in danger of being evicted from his apartment. His slacker roommate ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
buddy comedy, romantic comedy, lighthearted, feel good, slapstick
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
ironic, dark comedy, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
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40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A con artist in dire need of cash and a woman with a crypto fortune hit it off. Is she the target of his dreams, or is the scammer about to get scammed?
Style:
feel good, captivating, satirical, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, lighthearted, situational comedy, sitcom, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, satirical, cynical, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Matt and Tanner return for another night out in Waterloo, Iowa.
Style:
buddy comedy, indie film, lighthearted, slapstick, fast paced
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Belgium
Story:
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Style:
witty, dark comedy, absurd, tragicomedy, black humor
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Cheese and Ham are two men with nothing better to do in their lives. Until they meet a man dying of throat cancer who will pay the two men a large sum of money to kill a woman, whom he wants dead. The problem? She is the hottest chick, the two men ...
Style:
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