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Lawrence & Holloman (2013)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lawrence is an optimistic suit salesman for whom everything always goes right-until he takes the suicidal credit collector Holloman under his wing, and everything starts to go wrong. Very wrong.
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, tragicomedy, black comedy, captivating, satirical, thrilling, absurd, bleak, art house ...
Plot:
satire, suicidal thoughts, dark humor, odd couple, relationships, misfit, accountant, male female relationship, opposites attract, problem, mishap, irony, cynicism, bittersweet, character study, friendship, suicide, mental health, deadpan, naivete, misanthropy, urban, suicidal, bad luck, optimism ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Lawrence & Holloman
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, satirical and dark comedy films with plots about satire, urban, character study, bittersweet, intimate, relationships and slice of life mostly in Comedy, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Lawrence & Holloman: Dim the Fluorescents (2017), Bungalow (2022), Nothing Funny (1995), The Grounds (2018), Abby Singer (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A struggling actress and an aspiring playwright pour all of their creative energy into the only paying work they can find: role-playing demonstrations for corporate training seminars. When they book the biggest gig of their careers at a hotel ...
Style:
independent film, thrilling, captivating, psychological, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, playwright, role playing, struggling artist, actress, relationship vs career, character study, female friendship, ambition, improv, behind the scenes, slice of life ...
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185
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young couple buys a rotten house with the intention of turning it into their dream home. But the more the renovations progress, the more their life turns into a nightmare. Bungalow is a comedy-drama about the financial, social and sexual anxieties ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, thrilling, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
renovation, satire, money problems, young couple, love affair, male female relationship, relationship problems, family relations, lifestyle, marital problem, married couple, relationships ...
Time:
2020s
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30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
One day, hospital orderlies, watching corpse in the morgue, recognize film director. Man, even though he died, he begins to remember his life. He made a career making movies, had numerous mistresses, but never realized their dreams. His life was ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, tragicomedy, existential, cynical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, film industry, regret, satire, loneliness, anti hero, midlife crisis, bittersweet, alienation, social commentary, absurd humor, deadpan ...
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29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Calvin, an alcoholic wastrel, is forced to find a new job after he is fired from his grounds-keeping job at a golf course. After scaring away other potential applicants, he is hired to tend the grounds of a beautiful hillside mansion by Julie, the ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, thrilling, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
friendship, alcoholic, suicidal, suicidal tendency, alcoholism, loneliness, drunkenness, suicide, character study, substance abuse, self destructing, friends ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sundance Film Festival, Clemins' calls upon his old college chum, Kevin Prouse, giving the now ...
Style:
independent film, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
problem, dream, filmmaker, satire, character study, midlife crisis, personal growth, struggling artist, alcoholism, divorce, friendship, mature ...
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543
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says: "Your friend Luigi has died. P.S. I took the car". The problem is that he does not even remember who this guy Luigi is. This is just the ...
Style:
enigmatic, psychological, disturbing, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
memory loss, satire, friend, puzzle, uncover truth, problem, memory lapse, identity, everyday life, confusion, isolation, midlife crisis ...
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26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Marc, a bipolar and paranoid filmmaker, cannot tolerate seeing his current project picked apart by his producers. The clips he’s been able to sneak a look at lead him to fear the worst. With his editor as an accomplice, he manages to spirit away ...
Style:
psychological, meta, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, bipolar disorder, creative process, creative block, character study, paranoia, mental illness, filmmaking, family relations, social problems, family problems, relationships ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After devoting his life to publish philosophy, history and psychoanalysis, the editor Mario Zavadikner, discontented with the social and intellectual reality, decides to shoot himself at the office of his publishing house. An unexpected presence ...
Style:
tension, dark, dark comedy, thought provoking, black comedy ...
Plot:
writers, literary, book editor, suicide, suicide attempt, existential crisis, character study, publishing house, desperation, moral dilemma, philosophy, office ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A model family's happy life unexpectedly goes off the rails when the carefree Hedi, played by Laura Tonke, suddenly starts having panic attacks. First mental illness and then drug dependency – the happiness that these happy-go-lucky ...
Style:
thrilling, satirical, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
panic attack, mental illness, anxiety, female protagonist, panic, lifestyle, social problems, satire, male female relationship, problem, relationships, intimate ...
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25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set in Chellanam, Kochi, the story revolves around the death of Vavachan Mesthiri in a coastal village. It showcases the events that unfold between two evenings and looks at death from different perspectives.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
satire, ritual, life is a bitch, family relations, relationships, social problems, grief, social commentary, family drama, haunting, realism, bureaucracy ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of unhappy strangers decide to end their lives together, but soon they find that their plan is flawed after one of them turns out to be a beautiful woman.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, male female relationship, relationships, social problems, love affair, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationship problems, suicide attempt, suicide, redemption, self discovery ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, korea
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After ending his long-term relationship, Antonio is sure that he can quickly get over Sofia. But nothing is as simple as it seems. And realizing the impossibility of controlling his own feelings, he begins to boycott them, using all sorts of ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, satirical, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
breakup, relationships, heartbreak, relationship problems, unfulfilled love, tragic love, ex girlfriend, unrequited love, resentment, love, emotional manipulation, problem ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A darkly comic drama about a man left to care for his infant son when his wife is imprisoned for cheating on him with a minor.
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, semi serious, controversial, dark ...
Plot:
family problems, under the surface, parents and children, life is a bitch, dark humor, babies and infants, marital crisis, infidelity, domestic drama, self destructing, shame, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Comedy drama in which two actors who owe their entire careers to the Western genre seek revenge against a legendary screenwriter who once mistreated them on the set of an early film.
Style:
neo western, psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark comedy ...
Plot:
revenge, satire, public humiliation, problem, road trip, film industry, regret, irony, haunted by the past, midlife crisis, father daughter relationship, nostalgia ...
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man in Calgary, Alberta is multiphobic: nonetheless, he believes that he is the cause of the fear which is killing people around him.
Style:
psychological, satirical, thrilling, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
fear, phobia, anxiety, satire, lifestyle, problem, social problems, mental illness, panic, paranoia, guilt, character study ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Vanessa embarks on a solo trip after the death of her best friend, Jennifer. However, her self-care plans change when she finds Jennifer standing in her kitchen, claiming to be an extraterrestrial.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
grief, female protagonist, alien encounter, extraterrestrial, satire, alien contact, alien abduction, bittersweet, friendship, self discovery, female friendship, intimate ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A group of former high school pals see their friendship put to test amid their struggles with love, marriage and careers.
Style:
semi serious, thrilling, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, slice of life, friends, middle aged, middle aged man, lifestyle, best friend, multiple storylines, satire, bittersweet, realism ...
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Single mother Lotta and her younger sister Sanna are both successful in their different jobs, and are living very different lives, but are attracted to men who are their opposites.
Style:
satirical, psychological, semi serious, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
single mother, opposites attract, sibling relationship, sisters, satire, sister sister relationship, relationships, family relations, single parent, lifestyle, family drama, slice of life ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Divorced from his wife and reality, deluded, eccentric Andrew applies a magical philosophy to his romantic life to become a successful lady's man, rise from his depression and achieve godhood. With the superhuman persistence of a door to door ...
Style:
existential, dark comedy, absurd, tragicomedy, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
delusion, male protagonist, obsession, socially awkward, midlife crisis, wish fulfillment, loneliness, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, character study, divorce, satire ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two Chicago couples struggle to keep their love alive when secrets and long-simmering resentments rise to the surface.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, semi serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
couples, character study, secrets, realism, husband wife relationship, marital problem, satire, lifestyle, secret, relationship problems, couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Hemlock Society is a school that teaches aspirants how to successfully commit suicide. Meghna, one of the aspirants, has a near-death experience, turning everybody's lives upside-down.
Style:
psychological, social, thought provoking, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot:
mental health, suicide, depression, changing lives, love affair, relationship problems, problem, relationships, couple relations, male female relationship, hopes, empathy ...
Place:
kolkata, india
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, France, Cyprus, Qatar
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Waleed (40) lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He develops a close relationship with his neighbor (a small-time crook) with an ulterior plot in mind. While the scheme ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
depression, friendship, dream, character study, loneliness, writer's life, relationship problems, satire, depressed man, friends, social problems, writers ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
One bullet can do a lot of damage.
Style:
tense, twist ending, black comedy, biting, bleak ...
Plot:
dark humor, irony, satire, deadpan, minimalism, absurdism, social commentary, intimate, confrontation, character study, mortality, monologue ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A prophetic young dishwasher with brain-damage and a homeless prostitute are brought together through obscene circumstances and embark on a perverse journey through the gutter.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, satirical, independent film ...
Plot:
drug abuse, satire, prostitute, addiction, character study, homelessness, prostitution, in love, perversion, love affair, relationship problems, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Johan, a loner with horses and explosives, is never accepted by the local community. We follow his struggle for belonging in the village and the lifelong, unrequited love for the girl next door, which he accidentally blew up in his youth.
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, satirical, psychological, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
satire, unrequited love, rebel, relationship problems, homecoming, love interest, love affair, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, relationships, ex couple relations, love story, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, Poland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A story about suicidal general, a minister in the Croatian government who voluntarily locks himself inside a prison cell, and 4 pensioners, who steal the coffin with the remains of the late Croatian president.
Style:
absurd, thrilling, psychological, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
life, satire, life is a bitch, problem, social commentary, irony, political satire, national identity, political corruption, confined, existential crisis, jail cell ...
Place:
croatia, balkan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In the exact moment they're hitting rock bottom, four strangers are visited by a mysterious man who gifts them a week to see how the world would be without them.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, existential, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
second chance, suicide, alternate reality, satire, life is a bitch, vigilantism, changing lives, lifestyle change, problem, isolation, self discovery, mental health ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
It is Dr. Borlai's job to tell the patients that they just have a few days left. But one day his colleauge tells him this story. So the sample husband the best father and doctor comes up with a devilish plan. To ruin every relationship that he ...
Style:
dark comedy, existential, emotional, psychological, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
relationships, mortality, death, terminal illness, ethical dilemma, character study, bittersweet, loss, deception, grief, marriage, acceptance ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Vaalvi is a dark comedy that explores the profound human nature involving selfishness, apathy and self-preservation.
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, dark, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
suicide, murder, dark humor, selfishness, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, couple relations, family problems, troubled marriage, relationships, marital problem, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sid Straw leads a dull life until he accidentally stalks famous college friend, Elizabeth Banks, on social media. With each failed attempt to prove he knows her, he rediscovers more of himself and the true meaning of friendship.
Style:
satirical, funny, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, celebrity, evidence, problem, friends, high school friend, humour, celebrity culture, self discovery, loneliness, male protagonist ...
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