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El Planeta (2021)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Amidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.
Style:
entertaining, dark comedy, funny, humorous, captivating, independent film, tragicomedy, black and white, black humor
Plot:
poverty, economic crisis, woman, mother daughter relationship, daughter, desire, single mother, crisis, poor, mother and daughter, poor family, survival, satire, desperation, class struggle, eviction, social realism, urban, character study, moral ambiguity, scam, bittersweet, resilience, escapism, mother ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, dark comedy, humorous and independent film films with plots about satire, moral ambiguity, desperation, survival, urban, character study and social realism mostly in Comedy, Drama and Music genres. Some movies like El Planeta: All Screwed Up (1974), What Doesn't Float (2023), L.A. Superheroes (2013), Out of the Woods (2017), Punching Henry (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A group of immigrants from the south of Italy live collectively in the Milano's suburbia in the 1974.
Style:
melancholic
Plot:
friendship, survival, class struggle, social realism, poverty, resilience, solidarity, slice of life, worker, desperation, bittersweet, machismo ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
italy, milan italy, europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
An anthology of New Yorkers at their wit's end.
Style:
anthology, dark comedy, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, life is a bitch, city life, loneliness, desperation, slice of life, existential crisis, intimate, working class, survival, resilience, bittersweet ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Helena, a beautiful immigrant actress/model, way too old for modeling and too old for acting without credits finally lands a big job but overseas. Out of desperation and advice of her LA friends she commits a federal fraud to get her traveling ...
Style:
funny, captivating, entertaining, light, tension ...
Plot:
fraud, betrayal, modeling, immigration, desperation, fake identity, con artists, lifestyle, career change, life is a bitch, career, female protagonist ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia, Slovenia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
60 year old woman leaves urban life and goes to live in a village to take care of her grandchildren whose parents now live in America. There she faces lots of financial hardships as the family doesn't send any money, and tries her best to ...
Style:
black comedy, existential, tragicomedy, dark comedy, absurd ...
Plot:
village life, elderly man, character study, moral ambiguity, satire, grandmother, post war, identity crisis, resilience, bittersweet, emigration, poverty ...
Place:
eastern europe, serbia
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Comedian Henry Phillips is lured to LA by a renowned TV producer who wants to bring his story of failure to the screen. But when a major network gets involved, Henry must decide whether he wants to make jokes for a living, or be the butt of them.
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
songwriter, comedian, satire, ambition, musician, stand up comedy, television producer, mishap, showbiz, musician's life, lifestyle, behind the scenes ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Athens, mid-August. Tsiou, addicted to substances, while trying to get his dose, mixes a number of people to his search through his sister and her mobster husband. A chain of meetings follows where the pressure passes from one to another.
Style:
intense, dark comedy, tense, tragicomedy, political ...
Plot:
addiction, drug, desperation, heroin, crisis, character study, urban, street life, realism, moral ambiguity, isolation, urban decay ...
Place:
athens greece, greece
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They build homes, elect their own government, work, beg, scavenge, date and fight all while living in a huge city dump. Some try to beat the odds and return ...
Style:
bleak, black comedy, existential, slapstick
Plot:
perestroika, homelessness, poverty, post soviet, survival, social realism, desperation, class struggle, realism, economic crisis, collapse, urban decay ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia, ussr
Similarity:
52%
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 ...
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Carmina, 58, runs a shop selling Iberian products in Seville. After several robberies and no help from her insurance company, she comes up with a way to recover the money she needs to keep her family. While she waits in her kitchen for her plan to ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, humorous, captivating, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family business, workplace, parents and children, insurance, family relations, eccentric family, female protagonist, survival, family drama, resilience, storekeeper, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, andalusia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hong Kong is just a ridiculous place full of lies. In this prosperous city, there are a group of people that have to live in the ‘space capsule’, which is a large seminar room subdivided into small living rooms. In such a small living space, ...
Style:
entertaining, dark comedy, humorous, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, city life, misfit, urban setting, social relations, social satire, lifestyle, society, humour, multiple storylines, class struggle, isolation ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Taylor Starks and his co-workers, all aspiring actors, toil in a Los Angeles restaurant while "waiting" for their big break.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
ambition, restaurant, follow your dream, actor, dream, disgruntled worker, aspiration, showbiz, friendship, realism, character study, slice of life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Three divorced fathers are forced to live together.
Style:
captivating, humorous, psychological, disturbing, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
father, roommate, working class, financial difficulty, parents and children, family relations, love and romance, living together, divorced parents, male female relationship, kids and family, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After two failed deliveries, a pair of motorcycle taxi drivers must recover the goods they lost for any hope of financially assisting their families.
Style:
humorous, satirical, feel good, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
loan shark, heist, working class, problem, escapades, satire, lifestyle, theft, jewel robbery, criminal, driver, jewel theft ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a man answers an ad to train as a record producer, he's excited by the prospect of signing undiscovered artists only to discover his new job isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
fish out of water, introspection, desire for fame, workplace situations, cons and scams, showbiz, moral dilemma, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, on the road, misfit, disorder ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The life of two old people Katya and Pasha is turning upside down after arrival of Katya's sister Mila who is definitely not an ordinary average person...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, humorous, uplifting, comedy drama
Plot:
small town, elderly, small town life, elderly woman, spirituality, senior citizen, lifestyle change, poor family, escapades, elderly man, changing lives, chinese culture ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A racially mixed single mother accepts an amateur porn gig to take care of her daughter and herself.
Style:
independent film, tense, melancholic, sexy, erotic
Plot:
single mother, trust, sex work, survival, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, character study, poverty, social commentary, sexuality, desperation, working class ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After learning an irreversible truth, Camila, Teté and Margo must abandon their busy lives to come up with a plan to end their mother Rosalinda's life.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, satirical, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sisters, mother daughter conflict, mother daughter relationship, moral dilemma, family drama, family relations, relationships, conflict, dysfunctional family, sick mother, sister, family problems ...
Similarity:
43%
164
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Valerio and his six-year-old son, Carlo, live in the attic above the apartment they've been evicted from. Every time new tenants arrive, they terrify them by pretending to be ghosts, in the hopes of being able to move back ...
Style:
tear jerker, touching, sentimental, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
single father, homelessness, survival, hopes, poverty, family home, father son relationship, trap, life is a bitch, social problems, single parent, family relations ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A sign holder gets fired from his job and as a result gets into the drug and bit-coin money laundering business.
Style:
crime drama, realistic, tense, suspense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
money laundering, drug traffic, desperation, character study, ethical dilemma, economic inequality, unemployment, urban, anti hero, moral ambiguity, cryptocurrency, satire ...
Similarity:
40%
194
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: South Korea, France, Canada, China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Desperate to support her family and earn enough money to get her husband out of jail, a woman with an unusual crying style becomes a professional mourner.
Style:
melancholic, bleak, realistic, crying, tragic
Plot:
mourning, female protagonist, family drama, prison, grief, desperation, working class, survival, poverty, character study, ritual, social commentary ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
china
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Alexander is a 26 year old scrap hauler who is facing eviction. In a last ditch effort to save his house from the bank, he turns it into a brothel - even though he has never had sex before.
Style:
funny, entertaining, captivating, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
brothel, male virgin, sexual humor, needing money, escapades, comedy of manners, financial problem, money problems, satire, social problems, eviction, desperation ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A down-on-his-luck Rotterdam dock worker struggles to get his financials and family life back on track.
Style:
crime drama, bleak, emotional, intense, tragic
Plot:
working class, poverty, moral ambiguity, blue collar, character study, social realism, everyday life, desperation, survival, city life, intimate, slice of life ...
Place:
rotterdam netherlands
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Valentino and Salvo, unemployed and in search of fortune and recommendation, leave Palermo for Valentino’s home town, Monteforte, where they will try to survive the Italian crisis by opening some sort of hospice.
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
friendship, living together, escapades, stealing money, road trip, neighbor neighbor relationship, wedding, economic crisis, social commentary, social satire, satire, unemployment ...
Place:
sicily
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Ramona is fat woman with too much weight and barely any luck. She recalls a childhood filled with moral abuse by her mother, sister and friends, calling her silly offensive names referencing her overweight. When she became an adult, things didn’t ...
Style:
entertaining, light, funny, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
female protagonist, overweight woman, weight loss, overweight, magic, changing lives, humour, lifestyle change, romantic relationship, bullying, obesity, empowerment ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Fulvio is the only one of the three brothers to have left the village to go to work in the city. Deputy chief of staff in a large company, he dismisses people without remorse until he gets fired himself and after being jailed for beating his ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, light, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, provincial life, community, society, social problems, small town, church, humour, family problems, breaking the law, money problems, small community ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Stray, poor, idle, addicted common people can be found easily around us. The politicians and system treat them as puppets. Such people are not considered as human beings. Most of their questions can't be solved but they themselves are a big ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, art house, political drama, tragic
Plot:
poverty, social injustice, social commentary, social realism, street life, addiction, class struggle, abuse of power, oppression, revolution, moral ambiguity, survival ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Carmela is thirty, beautiful and as untamed as an horsewoman. She is jobless and struggles to get by on her own, doing small day-to-day tasks. She makes ends meet by making use of the immigrants who populate the maze of alleyways of Naples' old ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, captivating, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
female protagonist, character study, immigration, poverty, survival, thirtysomething life, life is a bitch, woman, illegal immigrant, 30 year old, life, immigrant ...
Place:
naples italy
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman grapples with the meaning of love and commitment over the course of her “non-wedding” day.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, funny, humorous, tension ...
Plot:
wedding, female protagonist, relationships, parents, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, anxiety, marriage, family relations, love affair, couple relations, couples ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Croatia, Serbia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Djuro is a Romany, he has a large, happy family, and earns a living appearing in Serbian porn films. And it's through his sarcastic perspective that we follow the story of the Croatian war veteran Martin. He falls in love with a beautiful girl ...
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, satirical, art house, black humor ...
Plot:
veteran, prostitution, moral ambiguity, poverty, satire, taboo, character study, social realism, pimp, cynicism, sex work, forbidden love ...
Place:
eastern europe, balkan, croatia, serbia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Olav Hintz, a retired teacher who loves only himself, needs care as he sits in a wheelchair. The nurse, the single parent Trixi has several jobs to complete and gives the care to her 3 children. Chaos is on.
Style:
light, funny, captivating, entertaining, comedy drama ...
Plot:
disability, single mother, man in a wheelchair, parents and children, family relations, physical disability, nursing, wheelchair bound, handicapped, kids and family, single parent, children ...
Similarity:
33%
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