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Citizen (2014)
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Original name: Obywatel
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An attempt at depicting the life of a generation born and raised in communist Poland; a generation that lived through all the stages of that system and made it to democracy. Throughout his life, the film's protagonist has always tried to be active, but something always got in his way, either through an absurd coincidence, as a result of his own lack of ability, or due to the unpredictable nature of certain events in our recent history.
Style:
historical drama, psychological, captivating, reflective, melancholic, existential, tragicomedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
polish history, politics, satire, secret, character study, social commentary, biopic, nostalgia, bureaucracy, regret, bittersweet, intimate, urban, political satire, absurdism, moral ambiguity, dark humor, television studio, female nudity
Time:
20th century
Place:
poland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, melancholic, captivating and existential films with plots about satire, bittersweet, dark humor, urban, social commentary, character study and intimate mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres. Some movies like Citizen: Nothing Funny (1995), Leaving (2011), Abby Singer (2003), You Know Him (2020), Hostage (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
Similarity:
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252
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A bitter sweet comedy that follows a highly appointed Chancellor who set to step down from his position after years of service to his country. With just two last days left to enjoy his palatial villa before he is finally evicted, his situation ...
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, existential, melancholic, allegory ...
Plot:
chancellor, retirement, political satire, character study, social commentary, bureaucracy, legacy, isolation, eviction, loneliness, bittersweet, public humiliation ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
79%
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 ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia, Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Doctor Kemal is head of a private hospital, is ambitious and has the best intentions for the residents of Istanbul. He is the best candidate for mayor of the Beyoglu district – in his opinion. An opinion not shared by his sceptical ex-wife; nor by ...
Style:
satirical, political, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
ambition, political satire, social commentary, satire, political unrest, social problems, political intrigue, political activism, social issues, politics, physician, politician ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Poland in the 80’s was a country ruled by crisis and a sense of hopelessness. Only few knew how to turn crisis into a business. It was a golden time for them. How did they know what would bring them money? How did they operate in a country where ...
Style:
bleak, historical drama, tense, period piece, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
economic crisis, social commentary, moral ambiguity, black market, communism, ambition, corruption, greed, smuggling, scheming, police surveillance, nostalgia ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
And in The Morning They Woke Up
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, black comedy
Plot:
hung over, satire, surrealism, multiple storylines, wedding night, alcohol abuse, flashback sequence, alcoholism, character study, male bonding, dark humor, regret ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
62%
182
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Tragicomic family film about the world of children heroes - particularly the son of a local communist officer and his friend, a little hostage of the regime, whose parents emigrated to the West, few years before "Prague Spring" and the ...
Style:
emotional, tragicomedy, period piece, historical drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
communism, grownups, friendship, coming of age, occupation, loss of innocence, innocence lost, children, social commentary, bittersweet, realism, family tragedy ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, prague, europe, central europe
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The film takes places in different time periods and countries. It narrates the story of a common man, who after entering into a deal with a strange character with superpowers, has the possibility of going back to his own past and to live again his ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
supernatural power, back in time, regret, second chance, changing the past or future, social problems, time travel, time jump, changing lives, lifestyle change, satire, sent to the past ...
Place:
morocco
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Marta is a romantic and a loser in school. She shares a room with her sister Kasia and grandma, who tells her granddaughters insurgency stories instead of fairy tales. In the room behind the wall, the parents - Tadek and Elżbieta - live their ...
Style:
sitcom, captivating, satirical, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
road trip, nostalgia, family relations, satire, family drama, adolescence, coming of age, hopes, bittersweet, siblings, tenderness, first love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
poland
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A firsthand experience about bureaucracy's stark-naked truth, inside the microcosmic reality of an office where a lot of unexpected things may happen long before the coffee break.
Style:
captivating, realistic, funny, light, psychological ...
Plot:
nudism, workplace, office, truth, bureaucracy, new job, office worker, workplace situations, clerk, job, coworker, social problems ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The movie takes us through the saga of the actor, Veljko Radisavljević, who has the impression that the entire universe has conspired against him.
Style:
psychological, tragicomedy, dark comedy, existential, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
performance art, actor's life, identity, ambition, character study, paranoia, outsider, obsession, midlife crisis, alienation, family conflict, bittersweet ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of relatively young (30-35 years), college-educated, smart, urban people, whose youth was destroyed in the events during the breakup of Yugoslavia, in a late search for their identity.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, existential, dramatic, reflective ...
Plot:
identity crisis, trauma, frustration, regret, memory, social commentary, generation gap, bittersweet, city life, nostalgia, friendship, intimate ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
balkan, belgrade serbia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Pepe and Prengel, returning from war, meet Ester and both fall in love with the girl and live together in a deserted house. Fanatic communist, Zelmira, wants to turn their world upside-down.
Style:
tragicomedy, art house, romantic drama, black comedy, offbeat ...
Plot:
communism, love triangle, post war, satire, fanaticism, political conflict, female antagonist, power struggle, political satire, obsession, moral ambiguity, sexual tension ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, balkan, europe, central europe
Similarity:
46%
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 ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jan Rydel is a contender for the office of the President of the Republic of Poland. He is in conflict with TV journalists, and when he finally gets on the air, he sits with his back to the camera. However, its ratings are high.
Style:
black comedy, serious, realistic, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
presidential campaign, election, politics, politician, candidate, presidential election, inheritance, last will and testament, argument, press conference, satire, political satire ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
43%
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:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tragicomic story about Communist activist who wants to bring the benefits of Communism to the inhabitants of a Serbian village after WW2.
Style:
tragicomedy, black comedy, absurd, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
communism, post war, irony, political satire, dark humor, small town life, bittersweet, bureaucracy, everyday life, humanism, moral ambiguity, social realism ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A middle-aged man emerges from a pandemic slump with a new job at a quiet hotel, until some eccentric guests turn his first night into a wild adventure.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, satirical, indie film, dark comedy ...
Plot:
hotel, satire, hotel receptionist, pandemic, workplace, loss of job, new job, waiter, loneliness, nightshift, unemployment, anxiety ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A night. Dozens of stories. A city. Lică, a taxi driver, is an all knowing guy, while Liviu, his friend, also a taxi driver keeps a lot to himself. They are completely different and their ideas about life and people only meet when they are eating ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, satirical, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
taxi driver, driver, taxi, driving, night, satire, multiple storylines, loneliness, working class, self discovery, friendship, city life ...
Place:
bucharest
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Five scenarios in which people have trouble distinguishing truth from illusions. Each segment reflects the motto of Voltaire's Candide: "Optimism is insisting everything is good, when everything is bad."
Style:
thought provoking, anthology, reflective, surreal, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
satire, irony, frustration, absurdism, social commentary, paradox, deception, bittersweet, existential crisis, moral ambiguity, mental disorder, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
38%
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:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Fifteen stories, contemporary and some historical, where humorous, sarcasm and courage passed bills to pain, old age, death and love, but above all with human stupidity, without concessions, watching her face the difficult life balance and human ...
Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, anthology, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
death, mature, satire, love, old age, mortality, bittersweet, absurdism, everyday life, sarcasm, social realism, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Fear, anger, sadness, joy, disgust, envy, shame. Adaś Miauczyński goes back to his childhood days when, like most of us, he used to find it problematic to name the emotions that accompanied him. To improve the quality of his adult life, he decides ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, mind bending, philosophical, confusing ...
Plot:
bittersweet, fear, anger, self discovery, childhood, joy, sadness, character study, doubts and hesitations, love affair, loneliness, human relationship ...
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
Polish drama series which follows the tragicomic adventures of a 40-year-old urban legend (Borys Szyc) in Warsaw. He is a deeply complex character, an irresponsible party animal, a serial lothario and everyone’s friend at the same time. Behind the ...
Style:
tragicomedy, captivating, thrilling, semi serious, satirical ...
Plot:
playboy, character study, polish, midlife crisis, satire, middle aged, lifestyle, male protagonist, bittersweet, introspection, urban, identity crisis ...
Place:
warsaw poland
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sarajevo on 28 of June, 2014. At the Hotel Europa, the best hotel in town, the manager Omer prepares to welcome a delegation of diplomatic VIPs. On the centenary of the assassination that is considered to have led to World War I, an appeal for peace ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
hotel, social problems, political unrest, murder, workplace, assassination, politics, class conflict, social realism, strike, national identity, urban ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A 27-year-old suburban slacker entertains daily conversations bordering on paradoxical with his conscience, which manifests itself in the form of a human-sized armadillo. Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Zerocalcare.
Style:
disturbing, humorous, psychological, captivating, existential ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, friendship, self discovery, psychoanalysis, imaginary character, social problems, introspection, lifestyle, anxiety, coming of age, identity crisis, adaptation ...
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
35%
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:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Remy and Sandra can't have children because they suffer from the "Past Loves Syndrome". To heal, there is only one solution, they must sleep with all their exes once.
Style:
sex comedy, psychological, thrilling, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, relationship problems, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, life, wanting a baby, ex couple relations, problem, self discovery, memory, personal growth, nostalgia, introspection ...
Similarity:
34%
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, black comedy, tragicomedy, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, suicidal thoughts, odd couple, dark humor, misfit, male female relationship, mishap, relationships, problem, accountant, opposites attract, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Romania
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The New Year That Never Came is a tragicomedy whose action takes place in a single day, before the counter-revolution of 1989, in which the characters search for normality, safety, love, freedom and meaning in an absurd world.
Style:
emotional, tragicomedy, tense, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
protest, communism, political unrest, oppression, social commentary, bittersweet, desperation, dark humor, cold war era, resilience, urban, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
romania, eastern europe, bucharest, europe
Similarity:
33%
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