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The Black Barons (1992)
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Original name: Černí baroni
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Komedie vás přesvědčí o tom, že i na chmurné stránky naší historie je možné se dívat s nadhledem a humorem. Čo bolo, to bolo... Major Terazky vede svůj šik pétépáků od průšvihu k průšvihu vstříc světlým zítřkům. Česká filmová komedie podle románu Miloslava Švandrlíka.
Style:
satirical, tragicomedy, black comedy, period piece, historical drama, retro
Plot:
army life, political satire, authoritarianism, social commentary, dark humor, cold war, outsider, political repression, absurdism, camaraderie, humiliation, adaptation, farce, nostalgia, veteran, army, satire
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
czechoslovakia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, black comedy, period piece and tragicomedy films with plots about satire, social commentary, political satire, dark humor, farce, absurdism and bureaucracy mostly in Comedy, Musical and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Black Barons: Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997), The Hit (1981), Attenti a quei P2 (1982), Let's All Sing Around (1991), I-4: Loufa & Apallagi (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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social commentary, dark humor, cold war, irony, satire, political satire, generation gap, autobiography, bureaucracy, slice of life, domestic drama, nostalgia ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, meta, parody, black comedy, period piece
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Attenti a quei P2 (Beware of those P2s) is a satirical parody of the judicial affair concerning the P2 Masonic lodge.
Style:
satirical, parody, black comedy, controversial, cynical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political corruption, satire, conspiracy, corruption, secret society, political satire, scandal, cover up, social satire, social commentary, dark humor, political intrigue ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A comedy on a typical children summer camp from the socialist time, telling the truth about it: combination of strange cynical leaders, absent-minded young assistants with complexes, teenage girls desperately in love with them etc. What a pioneer ...
Style:
satirical, period piece, ironic, dark comedy, light hearted ...
Plot:
summer, youth, teenage girl, satire, youth culture, summer camp, friendship, nostalgia, coming of age, slice of life, bittersweet, political satire ...
Time:
80s
Place:
czechoslovakia
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Μια παρέα νεοσύλλεκτων -που ο καθένας για τους δικούς του λόγους θέλει να πάρει απαλλαγή από το στρατό- αναγκάζεται να υπηρετήσεις ως Ι4. ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a typical Yugoslav company a relationship is developing between poltroon and CEO.
Style:
satirical, comedy drama, period piece, tragicomedy
Plot:
satire, office politics, bureaucracy, irony, social commentary, conformity, corruption, ethical dilemma, character study, political satire, everyday life, social realism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
former yugoslavia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, situational comedy, sitcom, absurd, black comedy ...
Plot:
farce, political satire, social commentary, cover up, absurdism, political corruption, scandal, chaos, dark humor, power struggle, rivalry, ridicule ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the thirties, during the Fascist Dictatorship, an insurance broker, Omero Battifiori, reaches a small country town from Rome seeking for new customers. The main authorities, expecting an incognito inspection from the Fascist Party of the capital, ...
Style:
satirical, period piece, cynical, black comedy, costume drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fascism, corruption, satire, hypocrisy, mistaken identity, political satire, farce, small town, bureaucracy, authoritarianism, dark humor, ss ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
From the same team that brought you “Goodbye Mr Loser” comes the hilarious dark comedy "Mr Donkey". In order to pay for the donkey that brings them water, a countryside village registers it as a teacher at its local school. But when ...
Style:
semi serious, satirical, entertaining, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, school, poverty, social satire, social commentary, village life, medieval, con trick, school teacher, problem, high school life, satire ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, funny, period piece, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
renaissance, friendship, plague, epidemic, friend, friends, best friend, friendship between men, illness, group of friends, camaraderie, male friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
florence, italy, europe, tuscany
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Like every year, everyone is going back to the ancestral family's home for the Christmas holidays. But this time, the old folks have a surprise, a good surprise for them. They have decided to go living with one of their children and make him or ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, tragicomedy
Plot:
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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:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Commedia all'italiana consisting of a series of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Cuba
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, road movie, fast paced, dark comedy, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
socialism, satire, treasure hunt, political satire, social commentary, irony, quest, greed, class conflict, farce, bureaucracy, inheritance ...
Place:
cuba, havana cuba
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, hilarious, period piece
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Singapore
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, lighthearted, independent film
Plot:
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Place:
singapore, southeast asia
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Country: Poland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, dark comedy, grim, road movie, political drama ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
Style:
satirical, cynical, ironic, black comedy, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, satire, ambition, dark humor, clinic, greed, ethical dilemma, corruption, social satire, manipulation, character study, office politics ...
Time:
60s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, cynical, black comedy, period piece, witty ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
madrid, catalonia, spain
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, satirical, black comedy, surreal, parody ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mars, fascism, satire, surrealism, martian, political satire, outer space, dictatorship, irreverent, ridicule, authoritarianism, absurdism ...
Time:
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Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, humorous, satirical, ironic, feel good ...
Plot:
medical malpractice, satire, irony, hospital, humour, medical examination, problem, medicine, anxiety, dark humor, accident, misadventure ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young man from an early age falls in love with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. His father however is a member of the "Stasi", the secret state police. The father not only hinders his ...
Style:
romantic drama, dark comedy, tragicomedy, romantic comedy, black humor
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
stasi, berlin wall, coming of age, secret police, satire, father son relationship, social commentary, irony, cold war, teenage love, political satire, forbidden romance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
german democratic republic, east germany, east berlin
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, satirical, light hearted, independent film, black comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 1989, 1950s, 50s
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, humorous, feel good, political ...
Plot:
politics, political satire, satire, ambitious, humour, political intrigue, political activism, ambition, social satire, social commentary, youth, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with the children of the US and Russian ambassadors falling in love.
Style:
satirical, witty, romantic comedy, lighthearted, parody ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
shakespeare's romeo and juliet, cold war, political satire, social commentary, matchmaking, international relations, european, diplomacy, cold war era, un, mistaken identity, politics ...
Time:
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Place:
russia, ussr
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