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Vermin (2023)
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Original name: Alimañas
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The story of a mother who does not want to die and a pair of ruinous children who only think about inheriting.
Style:
satirical, family saga, tense, realistic, intense, crime drama, bleak, grim, dark comedy, suspense ...
Plot:
inheritance, brothers, greed, family conflict, sibling rivalry, relationships, family relations, heir, mother son relationship, satire, brother brother relationship, betrayal, moral ambiguity, character study, domestic drama, matriarchy, desperation, ambition, urban, apartment building, mortality, poverty, claustrophobia, social realism, dark humor ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, satirical, captivating and black comedy films with plots about satire, urban, moral ambiguity, betrayal, corruption, character study and family relations mostly in Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like Vermin: A Holy Venetian Family (2015), ...It's Snowing Outside! (2014), Mom's Gotta Go (2012), The Marquez-Castillo Siblings (2019), Brothers' Nest (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gualtiero Cecchin, the son of an entrepreneur must find a new way to make money after squandering his huge family fortune. With an idea and a good dose of recklessness Gualtiero must find a way to fund his new business while navigating the shady ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, satirical, humorous ...
Plot:
luxury, satire, family relations, money, money problems, business, mafia, organized crime, mobster, family conflict, family drama, criminal underworld ...
Place:
naples italy, venice
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After their mother dies, three brothers must live together in order to get their inheritance — and soon start to uncover dark family secrets.
Style:
funny, semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
brothers, family secret, family drama, lifestyle, brother brother relationship, family life, family relations, siblings, care, satire, guardian, grief ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Adult dreamer Tristan still lives under his mother's thumb. After she has a health scare, he realizes how much he wants her gone... permanently.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, dark comedy, dark ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A group of four siblings compete for the heritage of their father.
Style:
light, feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
brothers, money, rivals, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, greed, inheritance, family drama, father and son, sibling rivalry, absurd humor, humour ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
With their Mother dying of cancer, intent on changing her will to benefit her new husband before she dies, two brothers go to extreme and deadly lengths to protect their inheritance from being signed away before it’s too late.
Style:
black comedy, dark, dark comedy, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
inheritance, murder, last will and testament, brother brother relationship, plan gone wrong, family conflict, brotherhood, greed, brother brother conflict, brothers, family relations, murderer ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When their aunt's inheritance is given to their annoying cousin, three brothers and sisters have to work to get it back.
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, inheritance, siblings relations, heir, brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, eccentric family, family relations, relationships, family business, scheming, family drama ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A ne'er-do-well who's married to a millionnaire realizes his financial trouble might be solved if his wife was dead - and sets out a plot to achieve just that. A remake of Dino Risi's "il vedovo".
Style:
satirical, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, romantic relationship, couples, male female relationship, love and romance, love interest, couple relations, relationships, relationship problems, deception, greed, inheritance ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman, and is an instant success. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers there's more to this business and his boss Heinrich than he previously suspected.
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, cynical, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot:
satire, dark humor, greed, deception, moral ambiguity, small town, betrayal, office politics, suburban life, con artists, threat, single mother ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A building inspector uncovers a crumbling apartment building's long-buried secret.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
athlete's life, criminal heroes, couples, dishonesty, relationship vs career, secrets, apartment building, character study, urban, urban decay, moral ambiguity, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mr. Arturo, an old rich Spanishman who arrives to Havana to marry Yoli, dies suddenly in bed. Yoli's family, afraid of losing all the money, convinces her ex-boyfriend Papito to go to Spain and get the money. Papito will have to be clever ...
Style:
funny, satirical, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, deception, male female relationship, money, humour, absurd humor, eccentric family, con trick, silly humor, family relations, inheritance, wealth ...
Place:
cuba, spain
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In the shadows of the outskirts of Oslo, every criminal has their place until the economical meltdown. The luxury prostitute Wendy might have the key to the problem, or at least to the heart of the bank, the criminals and even the police.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, crime drama, neo noir ...
Plot:
prostitute, corruption, criminal underworld, manipulation, greed, police, moral ambiguity, underground, investigation, betrayal, financial crisis, urban ...
Place:
oslo norway
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Flora and Victor are fun, modern, caring parents. That is, until they decide to get a divorce, and the perfect job opportunity turns up for them. They now have one problem: custody.
Style:
satirical, feel good, funny, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
custody battle, child custody, divorce, satire, social satire, family problems, family relations, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, parents and children, parenting, dark humor ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Avelino Lechuga is an actor who tries to earn his living as a clown at children parties. He meets a promising child singer named Paquito and decides to turn him into a music star.
Style:
realistic, independent film, melancholic, tense, humorous ...
Plot:
clown, satire, showbiz, music industry, ambition, character study, struggle, bittersweet, aspiration, slice of life, poverty, exploitation ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A Russian immigrant finds himself in bed with the mob after buying a sexual novelties shop.
Style:
sex comedy, dark comedy, crime drama, tragicomedy, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
adult film industry, mafia, organized crime, dark humor, russian immigrant, desperation, moral ambiguity, loneliness, survival, satire, financial ruin, immigration ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After his engagement falls through, Murat finds himself knee deep in debt and accepts an enticing, ghastly offer from his boss at the TV station.
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
financial crisis, debt, moral dilemma, media satire, television studio, satire, social commentary, desperation, rise and fall, scandal, anti hero, manipulation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
anthology, satirical, black comedy, controversial, period piece ...
Plot:
hypocrisy, dark humor, moral ambiguity, corruption, satire, class conflict, prostitution, family drama, greed, character study, sexploitation, absurdism ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A classmate from Ushijima's middle school days, Takemoto, shows up. He was a kind man, but now is jobless and without a home. Adrift and unable to borrow money from Ushijima, Takemoto heads for Seiai Home where he can stay while doing work.
Style:
tense, dark drama, satirical, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
At a dinner for two couples, unexpected secrets unravel when a cunning detective crashes the gathering. As tensions soar with the arrival of a strangely behaving wife, hidden truths emerge. Can love and loyalty withstand the strain of distrust?
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Nigeria
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, satirical, captivating, intense, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Plagued by financial problems, ne'er-do-well Guido ends up in jail after faking an armed robbery at his workplace. A year later, just a few days before his release, he's forced by two dangerous inmates to take part in their jailbreak. On ...
Style:
suspenseful, satirical, captivating, psychological, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: Spain
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Story:
When the founder of Torregrosa Funeral Home dies, his scheming right-hand man is poised to take over the business. But the owner's widow has other plans.
Style:
suspense, intense, dark comedy, biting
Plot:
family business, funeral home, power struggle, female empowerment, family conflict, legacy, inheritance, mourning, grief, betrayal, scandal, social commentary ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Employees at a cosmetics firm grapple with their respective desires by arguing with themselves in the mirror, ahead of their company’s anniversary party.
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
workplace, ambition, satire, beauty, coworker, introspection, cosmetics, workplace situations, competitor, beautician, co worker co worker relationship, career ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Story:
Pello, a bank branch manager, is arrested on charges of embezzlement. Abandoned by his superior (who got him involved in the heist), Pello escapes from the court room and goes on the run. With no papers, no money and no family or friends he can ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating, tense, intense ...
Plot:
banking, fraud, satire, banker, new identity, personality change, fugitive, embezzlement, social injustice, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, class conflict ...
Place:
spain, basque country
Similarity:
45%
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Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jedna ruka netleska...
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, melancholic, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
eastern europe, central europe, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After the sudden death of their midwife, an L.A. couple hires her hippie son to be their live-in doula.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
pregnancy, satire, pregnant woman, pregnant wife, love interest, relationship problems, love triangle, love affair, family relations, husband wife relationship, family problems, midwife ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lonnie and Brian go on the run from the Cape Town underworld, after finding a box filled with cash and a valuable wrist watch. They steal a lucky fish that they use to barter with the gangsters.
Style:
satirical, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
criminal, escapades, money, gang, changing lives, bandit, money falling through the air, satire, club, organized crime, underworld, desperation ...
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the kooky tenants of an apartment block experience a sudden and shocking situation, they let their private lives, past secrets and crazy passions intervene as the confessions and absurd twists come thick and fast. Previous lovers, wild ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, light, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young student hungry for cash engages in the world of shady deals.
Style:
dark, suspense, tension, bleak, noir ...
Plot:
student, corruption, survival, money, underground, desperation, moral ambiguity, street life, urban, risk, greed, betrayal ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A vengeful mother-in-law locks horns with her daughter-in-law in a twisted tale laced with dark comedy, political intrigue, and chilling thrills.
Style:
dark comedy, dark, suspense, intense, tense ...
Plot:
family feud, female rivalry, confrontation, political intrigue, domestic drama, revenge, power struggle, psychological manipulation, scheming, satire, betrayal, manipulation ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Filthy Rich Filthy Uncle Phil is the tale of Pierce Pierson, the Eternal Izod Ingrate (an acrid sneer, frozen in the yuppie bilge of circa 1987), who disrespects his house-proud spouse and pays excessive lip service to his ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, queer cinema
Plot:
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Time:
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