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Big Brother (2018)
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Original name: 大師兄
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A soldier-turned-high school teacher uses unusual methods to reach to a class of poor students, while dealing with a greedy entrepreneur and his gang of fighters as well as the government.
Style:
funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, motivational, inspirational, action comedy, action drama, cult classic
Plot:
martial arts, school, high school life, school teacher, problem solving, humour, financial problem, training, gross out humor, high school teacher, friendship, resilience, fight scenes, gang, loyalty, urban, redemption, working class, coming of age, corrupt businessman, social commentary, heartwarming, corruption, kung fu, teacher ...
Place:
china
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Most similar movies to Big Brother
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, entertaining, humorous and emotional films with plots about friendship, redemption, martial arts, coming of age, school, revenge and kung fu mostly in Comedy, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Big Brother: Gokusen: The Movie (2009), Spin Kick (2004), Pedicab Driver (1989), Ip Man 3 (2015), My Schoolmate the Barbarian (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A passionate teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of Class 3D of Akado High School, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time. Current and former Class 3D students collide in this ...
Style:
anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny
Plot:
teacher, school, spoiled brat, school teacher, teachers and students, troubled youth, troubled teen, rebellious youth, coping, training, youth culture, female teacher ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A school director is forced to train the 'worst' students of his school to master Taekwondo as the old coach, taking along the best of his athletes, left the school.
Style:
feel good, satirical, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
martial arts, school, teamwork, martial arts school, taekwondo, troubled youth, martial arts training, athlete and trainer, humour, satire, showdown, high school life ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. ...
Style:
romantic comedy, buddy comedy, slapstick, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, prostitution, friendship, male camaraderie, working class, fight, escape, street life, urban, loyalty, class struggle ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand.
Style:
breathtaking, entertaining, stylized, scenic, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, fight scenes, martial arts school, medieval, culture clash, cancer, fight, gang, mentor, gangster ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 2015, 2010s, year 2016 ...
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A brainy private school student is transferred to a far less elite institution, where he must fend off classmates who settle scores with fistfights.
Style:
satirical, disturbing, semi serious, captivating, action drama ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, martial arts, school bully, school, fight, high school, teenager, satire, militant, rivalry, fistfight, teenage life ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A mobster must complete college and spend some time as an ethics teacher in order to receive a promotion to a coveted territory.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
organized crime, school, second chance, mobster, fish out of water, gangster, school teacher, teacher, life is a bitch, high school life, ambition, bandit ...
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A series of embarrassing incidents force a mobster to go back to high school to finally graduate.
Style:
entertaining, light, humorous, captivating, slapstick ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
school, corruption, gang, gangster, high school, humour, outlaw gang, training, gang member, bandit, criminal, high school life ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A story between school kids and the teacher in a high school happened in 1985 China.
Style:
feel good, humorous, exciting, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
teacher, training, school, adolescence, high school life, youth, mentor protege relationship, education, coming of age, high school, guy, young woman ...
Time:
80s
Place:
china
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After being dumped by his fiancé, heartbroken Hong Kong police officer Fallon Zhu gains 200+ pounds. His superiors demote him to the job of escorting convicts to Japan. When ha convict in his custody mysteriously dies, he must team up with citizen ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, inspirational, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
medieval, obesity, martial arts, kung fu, police officer, transformation, divorce, training, danger, society, warrior, goofy hero ...
Place:
china, hong kong, tokyo
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The plot is a trifle about an obnoxious restaurant delivery boy causing trouble with some local bad guys for the cook who secretly knows kung fu, eventually learning some techniques and finally, with the cook, confronting the bad guys.
Style:
action comedy, fast paced, crime drama, grindhouse
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, restaurant, delivery man, showdown, gangster, revenge, friendship, trick, redemption, loyalty, honor ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When staff salaries get stolen at his school, a reluctant new teacher sets out to recoup the money and soon discovers the joys of teaching.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, disturbing, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
school, teacher, staff, workplace, school teacher, satire, workplace situations, coworker, escapades, gangster, education, high school life ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ashour, Salaah’s father, runs his school with severity and cruelty. after Ashour's death, Salah inherits the job and lets Sayed, his deputy, take charge. Hussein the teacher makes a great effort to guide Salah to succeed in managing the ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
school, satire, director, high school life, high school teacher, school principal, school teacher, teacher student relationship, education, power, social commentary, mistrust ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong.Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the ...
Style:
heroic, exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, master warrior, warrior, contests and competitions, fight, fistfight, medieval, pride and honor, mentor, wuxia ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 1950s, 50s, 1940s ...
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, asia, tokyo ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second ...
Style:
tense, captivating, heroic, epic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
martial arts, wing chun, human spirit, master warrior, kung fu, warrior, courage, bravery, training, martial artist, fistfight, sino japanese war ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1937 ...
Place:
china, east asia, seattle, asia, ancient china ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, semi serious, cult classic, slapstick ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, kung fu master, martial artist, kung fu classic, wuxia, boxing, fight scenes, fight, kung fu fighting, heroes, showdown ...
Time:
year 1994, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A unemployed father, due to his laziness, is supported by his wife. Their daughter decides to put their lazy dad up for rent on a secondhand site.
Style:
feel good, funny, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
family values, fatherhood, family drama, responsibility, parent child relationship, parents and children, father and daughter, family relations, father daughter relationship, relationship problems, humour, relationships ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ip Man 4 is an upcoming Hong Kong biographical martial arts film directed by Wilson Yip and produced by Raymond Wong. It is the fourth in the Ip Man film series based on the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster of the same name and features Donnie Yen ...
Style:
inspirational, poignant, saga, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, master warrior, human spirit, fight, hand to hand combat, medieval, immigrant, duel, warrior, philosophy ...
Time:
2010s, 60s
Place:
hong kong, china, usa, san francisco, california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A widowed housewife returns to college to complete her studies and embarks on a journey that gives her life new meaning.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
college, widow, education, personal growth, second chance, self discovery, male female relationship, humour, relationships, training, resilience, grief ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A poor barefoot young man from the country arrives in the city to start work with the friend of his dead father.
Style:
tense, period drama
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, hand to hand combat, underdog, student teacher, family business, working class, poverty, loyalty, betrayal, justice, friendship ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A plump butcher student of 'Wong Fei Hung', Lam Sai-Wing (Sammo) gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as 'Five Dragons'. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, stylized, slapstick comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, kung fu classic, wuxia, wong fei hung, fight, kung fu master, master warrior, hand to hand combat, kidnapping, gang, vigilantism ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The grand master Fei Lung lost everything after he got defeated by Chun. To regain his reputation, Fei Lung challenges her to a final fight. Much to his surprise, he gradually falls in love with Chun. Will he be able to win both Chun’s heart and ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, intense, heartfelt ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kung fu, rivalry, boxing, fight, martial arts, romantic relationship, relationships, romantic rivalry, contests and competitions, title bout, love and romance, male female relationship ...
Place:
china, east asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A substitute teacher takes on a job as a year 6 class teacher in a village he does not know. He has to help a student adjust back into school, although none of his classmates want him there.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
bullying, school, teacher, children, education, substitute teacher, adult child friendship, school teacher, high school teacher, schoolboy, high school life, social problems ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Master Law awakes from a 30-year coma without memories, but his martial arts skills are intact. His renowned kung fu academy is now a teahouse, and greedy developers are trying to steamroll it to make way for condos
Style:
exciting, humorous, captivating, light, tense ...
Plot:
martial arts, master warrior, save the day, athlete and trainer, rivalry, hopes, ambition, martial arts tournament, friendship, society, violent content, anti hero ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Professor Mathew Idikkula who reformed the atmosphere of a college by developing a healthy relationship between teachers and students. The film reflects the goodness of the youth and the impact the students can have.
Style:
thrilling, semi serious, captivating, psychological, inspirational ...
Plot:
professor, college, teacher student relationship, revenge, campus, teacher, school teacher, fight, social problems, mentor, friendship, justice ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Apliu Street is the epitome of Hong Kong. With the ups and downs of Hong Kong's economy, it has also experienced a prosperous golden age and has become a second-hand goods trading market. Before the financial turmoil, Dai Shaoliang’s high-end ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, relationships, social relations, relatives, family relations, sibling relationship, lifestyle, society, family life, social satire, satire, humour ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
2016 Indian Malayalam childrens film directed by Midhun Manuel Thomas and written by Thomas and John Manthrichal. Produced by Alice George under the banner of Goodwill Entertainments, the film stars Baby Sara, Sunny Wayne, and Aju Varghese.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
friendship, school, child protagonist, children, families, relationships, school teacher, lifestyle, schoolgirl, relationship problems, satire, friends ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Polly Shang Kwan and Sam Hui are con artists who befriend a family of street venders and entertainers. The group constantly faces financial problems as they are ripped off by thugs, their rent is raised and car breaks down. Polly Kuan (who portrays ...
Style:
retro, period piece, slapstick
Plot:
martial arts, con artists, triad, street life, urban, working class, friendship, kidnapping, rescue mission, poverty, anti hero, gang violence ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Martial arts expert Wing Chun battles bandits in this magical film that provides as many laughs as it does wallops. Besides horse thieves, Wing Chun must deal with the men around her who simply can't handle a strong, independent woman. ...
Style:
cult classic, semi serious, humorous, stylized, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wing chun, female martial artist, martial arts, female warrior, kung fu, wuxia, fight, kickass women, kung fu master, feminist, wiretap, martial artist ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Wazim is young, carefree and often drawn to fights. But when love blooms with a star vlogger, the impact of his fists could have disastrous effects.
Style:
entertaining, dramatic, captivating, humorous, funny ...
Plot:
youth, married, plan, escapades, couples, chase, fistfight, dancing, wedding, police, lifestyle, youth culture ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Jan Sienkiewicz, a writer and lecturer who was expelled from university, takes a job at a Warsaw high school. Under his care comes the school's famous class of rebellious and knowledge-resistant outcasts. IIB are students from hell, and their ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, inspirational, tragicomedy
Plot:
teacher, student, teenager, high school, second chance, literature, troubled youth, school, troubled, social problems, high school teacher, schoolboy ...
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
Similarity:
23%
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