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Death on Holiday (2024)
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Original name: Moartea în vacanță
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mihai, Adrian and Patricia struggle to get into the good graces of Rodica, a lonely and rich old woman in the hope that they will inherit her fortune.
Style:
black comedy, cynical, dark comedy, satirical, art house, tension, comedy drama, twisted, absurd, raunchy comedy
Plot:
inheritance, greed, loneliness, con artists, deception, manipulation, scheming, moral ambiguity, elderly man, satire, deadpan, intimate, holiday, claustrophobia, provincial, social satire, bittersweet, vacation gone wrong, vacation, summer vacation, old lady, fortune
Place:
greece, romania
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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, moral ambiguity, social satire, greed, social commentary, dark humor and bittersweet mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Death on Holiday: Vecina (2025), Casatoria (2024), Mirciulica (2022), Wannabe Widowed (2013), A King in Havana (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a group of apartment neighbors is turned upside down when a 55-year-old woman named Doina moves in next door. A maniacal lawsuit enthusiast, Doina demands absolute silence in the building. Tensions rise and chaos unfolds as the ...
Style:
absurd, dark comedy, black humor
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
romania
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, melancholic, dark comedy, tension, psychological
Plot:
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Place:
transylvania
Similarity:
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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%
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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:
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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:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, funny, satirical, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, love interest, relationship problems, love, family relations, family problems, love story, love affair, secret plan, greed, deception, con artists ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, tragicomedy
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Cosmin plays a tennis game with 3 friends. He looks at the clock and starts panicking: he is late to the Registry Office, to a wedding- his wedding, with his ex-wife, who he had divorced without his friends knowing. Everything starts in 2007 when ...
Style:
satirical, dark comedy
Plot:
wedding, marriage, divorce, midlife crisis, male protagonist, greed, real estate, everyday life, social commentary, speculation, betrayal, social satire ...
Place:
romania
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Owing to a genetic mix-up involving stem cell research, the recently founded company Infinity Baby is able to offer a service for aspiring parents who never want to leave the baby bubble — infants that do not age.
Style:
art house, semi serious, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, infant, parents and children, children, child, technology, parenthood, ethical dilemma, genetic engineering, social commentary, absurd humor, laboratory ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Ugo Maria Volpone is a very rich shipowner. He dissimulates to be close to die in order to have the attention of three of his friends: Corvino, Voltore and Corbaccio. The three accepts every kind of humiliation and money loss in order to inherit all ...
Style:
dark comedy, period piece, parody, surprise ending
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mircea hates weddings. And everyone knows that until he makes a controversial post on Facebook that goes viral. Because he has to return a huge amount of money due to wrong decisions, the only solution for him remains his own wedding.
Style:
romantic comedy, ironic, romantic, satirical, black humor
Plot:
wedding, wedding planning, modern life, social media, debt, social commentary, satire, forced marriage, embarrassment, celebration, humiliation, self discovery ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a small Gernan Village 3 old people die. Their Kids decide to keep acting as if their were alive, so they can get their retirement benefit.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, dark, absurd, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, greed, moral ambiguity, social commentary, satire, cover up, macabre, unemployment, provincial life, secrets, deadpan, family conflict ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
One worker in a bankrupt factory finds an unusual solution to save his co-workers from unemployment. If it doesn't work the factory will be privatized and sold to a French company planning to convert the plant into a snail cannery. Only 300 of ...
Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
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Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, humorous, not serious, light, feel good ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, humorous, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
ironic, satirical, dark comedy, independent film, absurd ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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19
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Story:
Set amongst a tapestry of fairy tale excess, Michael is reared and mentored by an African American maid, Annie Mae. Michael is caught in a triangle of lies and deception by dysfunctional, quirky, upscale family and friends.
Style:
art house, fairy tale, ironic, satirical, surreal ...
Plot:
lie, deception, manipulation, secrets, family secret, dysfunctional family, family drama, class conflict, identity, betrayal, suburbs, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
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2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
32%
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Country: Mexico
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, tension, suspense, satirical, sitcom ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
30%
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, dark comedy, dark ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, funny, light, captivating, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, kidnapping, friends, debt, blackmail, conflict between friends, female blackmailer, male female relationship, relationships, hostage situation, claustrophobia, coercion ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Angelo lives selling fake paintings, but is exposed and forced to flee to the United States.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, funny, light, humorous ...
Plot:
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2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
30%
359
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
satirical, melancholic, romantic comedy, absurd
Plot:
gay slur, unemployment, inheritance, social commentary, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, loneliness, loss, deception, sexuality, friendship, satire ...
Time:
90s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Constance is struggling but then suddenly comes into money. Snakebite and Sinestra plan to get rid of Constance to get the money. They place her in a serious of death-traps such as tied to a railroad line. Will Manly save her?
Style:
suspense, tension, crime thriller, fast paced, black comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
greed, peril, female protagonist, scheming, betrayal, murder, survival, inheritance, rescue, macabre, domestic drama, kidnapping ...
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