Movies like Holy Pilgrims
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Holy Pilgrims (2004)
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Original name: Santos Peregrinos
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When greed comes calling, say goodbye to saintliness. An irresistible comedy about what happens when the residents of a Mexico City apartment building discover that three religious figurines passed down through the decades from Emiliano Zapata are full of solid gold. Tempers fly, libidos flare and no one emerges unscathed, including viewers overcome by a heavenly dose of hilarity in Santos Peregrinos.
Style:
satirical, psychological, funny, thought provoking, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, absurd
Plot:
greed, avarice, satire, social satire, gold, neighbor, escapades, humour, silly humor, neighbor neighbor relationship, treasure, religion, conflict, temptation, urban, apartment building, human weakness, jealousy, irreverent, moral ambiguity, social commentary, inheritance, neighborhood, corruption, absurd humor ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
mexico city
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Most similar movies to Holy Pilgrims
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, satirical, humorous and feel good films with plots about satire, humour, social satire, urban, social commentary, irreverent and escapades mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Holy Pilgrims: Soap Opera (2014), The Usual Idiots: The Movie (2011), A King in Havana (2005), Golden Oldies (2008), The Marquez-Castillo Siblings (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the kooky tenants of an apartment block experience a sudden and shocking situation, they let their private lives, past secrets and crazy passions intervene as the confessions and absurd twists come thick and fast. Previous lovers, wild ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, light, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
apartment building, christmas, neighbor neighbor relationship, christmas eve, satire, neighbor, humour, christmas spirit, girl next door, new year, escapades, holiday ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A movie based on the italian sitcom "I Soliti Idioti".
Style:
entertaining, ironic, sitcom, satirical, funny ...
Plot:
satire, irreverent, friendship, silly humor, absurd humor, irony, escapades, humour, friends, social satire, pop culture, youth culture ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mr. Arturo, an old rich Spanishman who arrives to Havana to marry Yoli, dies suddenly in bed. Yoli's family, afraid of losing all the money, convinces her ex-boyfriend Papito to go to Spain and get the money. Papito will have to be clever ...
Style:
funny, satirical, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, deception, male female relationship, money, humour, absurd humor, eccentric family, con trick, silly humor, family relations, inheritance, wealth ...
Place:
cuba, spain
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four friends who only think about enjoying life, with big parties, women and drinks, are surprised by an eviction. In need of money, the group is forced to think about what they hate most: working! Confusion arises when everyone looks for an easy ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
neighbor neighbor relationship, social satire, friendship, friends, flatmate, escapades, social problems, living together, humour, neighbor, new neighbor, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A group of four siblings compete for the heritage of their father.
Style:
light, feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
brothers, money, rivals, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, greed, inheritance, family drama, father and son, sibling rivalry, absurd humor, humour ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
Carlos Ballarta mocks daily life in Mexico, including public transit, the education system and the corn seller who betrays your confidence
Style:
satirical, captivating, ironic, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, social satire, stand up comedy, humour, public speaking, comedian, irony, joke, absurd humor, social issues, stand up comedian, everyday life ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
While delivering a deceased man's body for burial, a naive village courier encounters a host of eccentrics and implicates himself in dark crimes.
Style:
funny, feel good, satirical, captivating, light ...
Plot:
farce, road trip, satire, car trip, changing lives, car trouble, escapades, dead, absurd humor, silly humor, travel, humour ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a young diplomat manages to get the Austrian government to return the Plume of Moctezuma to Mexico for an exhibition, his life quickly falls apart.
Style:
satirical, feel good, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, humour, escapades, diplomacy, international relations, political satire, bureaucracy, social commentary, nationalism, identity crisis, urban, family drama ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
mexico, austria, mexico city
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Tucci family discovers that they have not really lost all their money and, refusing to pay Italian taxes, decides to turn Torresecca into a tax haven, relying on a post-Italian unification bureaucratic oversight.
Style:
feel good, lighthearted, family comedy, satirical, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
political satire, satire, tax evasion, small town, family problems, eccentric family, money problems, humour, political humor, escapades, family life, family relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Brazilian politician João Ernesto surrenders to justice and is arrested for corruption, before attempting to overturn with sincerity and real proposals.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, funny, humorous, ironic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, corruption, satire, politician, social commentary, election campaign, politics, humour, political corruption, corrupt politician, irony, government corruption ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Four comedic episodes framed within the story of a tyrannical Zen master and his two hapless disciples.
Style:
anthology, parody, entertaining, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, silly humor, humour, escapades, farce, zen, irreverent, dark humor, family relations, pregnancy, dialogue driven ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
The new show by comedian Whindersson Nunes entitled This Is Not a Cult is now available on Netflix. This time, the artist reflects on current events, social networks, religion and much more.
Style:
satirical, humorous, semi serious, ironic, feel good ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, social satire, comedian, irony, stand up comedian, satire, joke, humour, social commentary, live performance, internet culture, irreverent ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
While blind drunk, two unemployed millennials entrepreneurs drunkenly post a video pitch about their revolutionary app to a crowdfunding site. When the app catches fire and they accidentally raise millions of dollars they actually have to create the ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
social network, joke, social satire, rich man, satire, brothers, con trick, escapades, deception, humour, brother brother relationship, friend ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
In his first Comedy Central one-hour special, Al Madrigal tells true tales of Coach Frankie the Cholo soccer dad, "Liam Neeson" the mushroom-addled cleaning lady, and Jesus the day laborer mas fuerte! Download Al's new special. Now ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, funny, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, stand up comedy, social satire, comedian, joke, stand up comedian, irony, humour, public speaking, storytelling, social commentary, ethnic humor ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ilya works as a trauma surgeon in a hospital. In the transition, he saves the life of a man who is trying to get compensation from a surgeon for broken ribs. This is the lesser of the doctor’s troubles. Saving the life of one of the patients, Ilya ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, light, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
hospital, surgery, doctor patient relationship, twists and turns, medical, doctor, goodhearted, compassion, young man, silly humor, workplace situations, social problems ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After going through a failed heist, 5 friends, apparently back to their normal lives, are involved in an opportunity to pull off another one.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
satire, heist, fugitives, silly humor, escapades, humour, unlikely criminals, runaway, friends, dark humor, urban, criminal underworld ...
Place:
rio de janeiro
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In ‘Jew,’ comic Ari Shaffir delivers a raunchy love letter to the religion he says he left behind.
Style:
funny, entertaining, captivating, satirical, feel good ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, satire, judaism, comedy club, jewish culture, religion, humour, joke, public speaking, stand up comedian, social satire, comedian ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Flora and Victor are fun, modern, caring parents. That is, until they decide to get a divorce, and the perfect job opportunity turns up for them. They now have one problem: custody.
Style:
satirical, feel good, funny, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
custody battle, child custody, divorce, satire, social satire, family problems, family relations, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, parents and children, parenting, dark humor ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Somewhere in Spain, four ETA terrorists await a phone call before carrying out a mission, while the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where Spanish soccer team is one of the favorites to win, is being held in South Africa.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, entertaining, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
terrorism, eta terrorist group, political satire, terrorist group, terrorist plot, neighbor neighbor relationship, terrorist, satire, neighbor, social commentary, nationalism, farce ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
spain, basque country
Similarity:
34%
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:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The owner of a bed and breakfast has an epiphany: in order to survive, he has to transform the B&B into a place of worship - where he will host tourists in exchange for a donation.
Style:
satirical, humorous, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, business, religion, religious fanatic, society, religious faith, social satire, escapades, religious cult, ethical dilemma, tax evasion, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
50+ YouTube Poop videos have been edited together to create a ‘very loose’ storyline in this visual mixtape. This ‘movie’ functions as both a compilation ‘best of’ as well as portraying the experience of flipping channels through ...
Style:
parody, satirical, feel good, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
internet, satire, internet culture, humour, pop culture, absurd humor, young adult, irreverent, college, underground, nostalgia, cult ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Bulgaria, UK, Hungary, Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A concert to celebrate Bulgaria joining the EU is being planned at the Embassy in London and it is the job of VARADIN, the new ambassador, to ensure the Queen attends. But with corrupt staff, criminal gangs operating out of the kitchen, falling in ...
Style:
satirical, funny, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, criminal, politics, escapades, job, irony, ambassador, chaos, embassy, farce, bureaucracy, corruption ...
Place:
london, bulgaria
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
How much chaos can three white goods dealers who come to İstanbul from Anatolia get into in three days? The paths of Namık, Adem and Sadık, three men going through difficult periods in their lives, intersect at a dealer meeting. After a series of ...
Style:
funny, feel good, satirical, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
businessman, friendship, thief, unlikely friendships, humour, silly humor, escapades, absurd humor, satire, theft, pregnancy, salesman ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
In this hilarious one hour comedy special, Kanan Gill squints at a variety of subjects ranging from the difficulty in talking to your parents to The Constitution of India. It's easy to keep it funny. Kanan keeps it real.
Style:
satirical, light hearted, captivating, funny, semi serious ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, live performance, everyday life, comedian, satire, joke, stand up comedian, social satire, humour, public speaking, urban, honest ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
In Drew's first ever comedy special, nothing is safe: politics, police brutality, mass shootings, depression, trans, sexual assault, and more topics he's unqualified to talk about.
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, comedian, stuttering, stand up comedy, joke, humour, social satire, public speaking, live performance, stand up comedian, dark humor, social commentary ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sebahattin is known around town as a magnet for misfortune. But to win over the woman of his dreams, he changes his ways to change his luck.
Style:
feel good, captivating, light, satirical, funny ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
getting home, satire, neighbor neighbor relationship, humour, teamwork, neighbor, lifestyle change, small town, second chance, slice of life, wooing, friendship ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
This Queen of Comedy shines as she takes the stage to sound off on her suspicion of free stuff, social media prayer requests, fake lashes and ugly shoes.
Style:
captivating, funny, satirical, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
female comedian, satire, stand up comedy, stand up comedian, social satire, joke, live performance, public speaking, comedian, humour, social commentary, urban ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay, because once the rumor mill gets wind of his plans, everyone suddenly wants a slice of his new ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
arson, insurance fraud, scam, film industry, satire, director, financial problem, film producer, filmmaker, escapades, silly humor, humour ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Mexican comic Carlos Ballarta mocks himself and points out the absurdities of parenthood and how he uses his wife's pregnancies to avoid commitments.
Style:
captivating, satirical, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, stand up comedy, comedian, humour, public speaking, stand up comedian, social satire, joke, everyday life, storytelling, parenthood, confession ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
29%
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