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Aanchhi (2022)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A Pandemic Comedy of a contract-rat killer who gets a new job but mistakes it for something else which changes the course of his life.
Style:
black comedy, dark, ironic, sitcom, dark comedy, situational comedy, offbeat, cynical, surreal, fast paced ...
Plot:
pandemic, mistaken identity, contract killer, hitman, quarantine, satire, moral ambiguity, violence, mature, urban, identity crisis, social commentary, loneliness, covert operation, deadpan, bittersweet, underworld, corruption, black market, slice of life, killer, life, job
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, absurd, black comedy and satirical films with plots about satire, urban, moral ambiguity, social commentary, bittersweet, mistaken identity and character study mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Aanchhi: Stinking Heaven (2015), Sabhaapathy (2021), Nothing Funny (1995), Commissioner Shakespeare (2000), Gulu Gulu (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A black as tar comedy charting the dissolution of a commune for sober living in '90s suburban New Jersey.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, dark, indie film, satirical ...
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Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey
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Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 95 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A travel junkie with no one particular identity to himself creates a chaos when he sets out to help a group to rescue their friend.
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia, Slovenia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Place:
eastern europe, serbia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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70s
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, humorous, fast paced, dark comedy
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185
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, situational comedy, satirical, sitcom, tension ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Duration: 92 min.
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Duration: 80 min.
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Duration: 84 min.
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Duration: 134 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
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Story:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: China
Duration: 109 min.
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Country: India
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Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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