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Illegal Lives (2023)
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Original name: İllegal Hayatlar
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mahsun constantly has to cope with police raids since he runs an illegal casino. Because he wants to continue to run this casino, Mahsun decides to establish a fake political party as a disguise. His aim is to keep the casino able to continue operating in secret without any interference. However, this idea leads him and his friends into an unexpected outcome.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, tense, suspenseful, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, police, illegal gambling, escapades, problem, casino, casino owner, deception, scheme, corruption, double life, organized crime, law enforcement, urban, black market, moral ambiguity, fraud, survival, investigation, friendship, betrayal, conspiracy, impersonation, political satire, social commentary ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The political party called LMKP, which Mahsun, Şahin and Mehmet established as a front to secretly gamble, accidentally entered the parliament. As a result, the trio find themselves in a brand new world full of opportunities. The story, which ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 116 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Darren Flare is an Emmy Award-winning, slightly dim newscaster, who is about to stumble on the story of the decade: the capture of the FBI's most wanted terrorist, the Imam Abdul Mohammed Zaleeka.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, comedy drama ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
cartel, gang, drug dealer, neighborhood, drug traffic, drug, drug lord, criminal gang, gang war, con trick, drug cartel, satire ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
luxury, satire, family relations, money, money problems, business, mafia, organized crime, mobster, family conflict, family drama, criminal underworld ...
Place:
naples italy, venice
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, captivating, satirical, comedy drama ...
Audience:
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Plot:
satire, propaganda, conspiracy, absurdism, social issues, social problems, problem, workplace, social commentary, city, ethical dilemma, urban ...
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, fraud, scam, impersonation, con artists, cybercrime, social satire, blackmail, greed, pandemic, identity theft, quarantine ...
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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:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
indonesia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Nader saif eldeen and Afet elsherbiny are two competing Egyptians newspaper reporters who expose the truth but the Channel Manager rejects that for fear of government.
Style:
satirical, captivating, humorous, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
journalism, political satire, satire, humour, reporter, news reporter, female journalist, journalist, investigation, social commentary, corruption, urban ...
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, fast paced, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, escape attempt, prison escape, friendship, criminal underworld, loyalty, moral ambiguity, social commentary, betrayal, satire, corruption, flashback ...
Place:
saudi arabia
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, humorous, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: France
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Story:
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Style:
semi serious, satirical, entertaining, captivating, witty ...
Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Turkey
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, satirical, tense
Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 98 min.
Style:
captivating, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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