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Sewage (2009)
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Original name: Kanal-i-zasyon
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Imdat is a poor, uneducated, working class window cleaner who has migrated to the big city. As he cleans the windows of the private TV channel Kanal I, the president of the channel, Berk, discovers that Imdat has an uncanny ability to sense what program will yield the best ratings and what is likely to be panned by audiences, thus Berk begins milking Imdat's unique ability to score ratings. Soon Imdat finds himself replacing the president and leading the TV channel. He goes on to produce some truly tasteless and exploitative programs that enjoy massive ratings, eventually becoming part of the dirty media games himself.
Style:
comedy drama, dark comedy
Plot:
media satire, working class, exploitation, rise to power, social commentary, corruption, manipulation, ambition, greed, fame, urban, class struggle, pop culture, social climbing, behind the scenes, celebrity culture, identity crisis, manager, television producer, television show, tv show
Time:
2000s, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, satirical, comedy drama and semi serious films with plots about satire, urban, ambition, social commentary, celebrity culture, corruption and character study mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Sewage: Debt Fees (2019), Illegal Hayatlar: Meclis (2024), An L.A. Minute (2018), The House of 72 Tenants (1973), The Life Coach (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
95%
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:
situational comedy, dark comedy, cynical, sitcom, black comedy ...
Plot:
corruption, political corruption, parliament, greed, political satire, opportunism, ambition, social commentary, moral ambiguity, fraud, scam, criminal underworld ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Best-selling author Ted Gold faces a moral dilemma when Velocity, an avant-garde performance artist and the living embodiment of integrity, rocks his 1% world.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, satirical, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, social commentary, class differences, showbiz, performance art, celebrity culture, fame, price of fame, celebrity, desire for fame, morality, success ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set during a period of depression, the film chronicles the daily lives of a single urban building split up into several separate units, and the actual people that dwell within.
Style:
comedy drama, period drama
Plot:
community, poverty, daily life, urban, survival, exploitation, social commentary, class struggle, slum, social realism, satire, corruption ...
Time:
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Place:
asia
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mockumentary about the rise and fall of Hollywood's life coach to the stars.
Style:
witty, mockumentary, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hollywood, celebrity culture, rise and fall, hidden identity, artists and showbiz, power relations, humour, coach, satire, showbiz, behind the scenes, fame ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Costica, unemployed and without many goals in life, tired of being taken for a fool, runs for president to steal his neighbor's parking spot, unaware that he is being manipulated by the party, which secretly wants to lose the election, in order ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, ironic, dark comedy, political thriller
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, political corruption, political satire, social commentary, embezzlement, political campaign, farce, working class, bribery, media manipulation, bureaucracy, conspiracy ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Kazakhstan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A rich oligarch is setting a two million dollar prize contest looking for a perfect girl who will give a birth to his grandson.
Style:
psychological, dark comedy
Plot:
inheritance, heir, grandson, contest, pregnancy, money, exploitation, wealth, legacy, prize, fertility, surrogate mother ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A man, working for cinema industry, has dreams about becoming a producer. He tries so many things for his dreams becomes true but must to manage so many bad situations.
Style:
realistic, independent film, satirical, melancholic, humorous ...
Plot:
film industry, struggle, behind the scenes, ambition, financial difficulty, character study, resilience, perseverance, frustration, backstage, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Time:
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Place:
turkey
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
A retired football star, notorious and oppressed by the media, cooperates with his daughter in an opportunity to take revenge on the social media portal. The more they dive into the dream of fame and stardom, the greater their involvement.
Style:
tense, dark comedy
Plot:
celebrity culture, social media, media manipulation, fame, revenge, ambition, father daughter relationship, scandal, betrayal, obsession, public humiliation, retribution ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Thomas Müller is spotted by a marketing agency for his exceptional normality.
Style:
dark comedy, mockumentary
Audience:
adult
Plot:
media satire, modern life, marketing, celebrity culture, fame, publicity stunt, media, satire, social commentary, slice of life, character study, commercialism ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A small-time politician aspires to become the leader of the state.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, political, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
political satire, ambition, satire, politician, election campaign, political activism, political candidate, political campaign, politics, political humor, social commentary, power struggle ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic, comedy drama
Plot:
fame, celebrity culture, showbiz, character study, fan culture, privacy invasion, slice of life, relationships, introspection, intimate, modern life, realism ...
Place:
tehran, iran, persia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Colombia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of an upperclass guy that finds himself singing popular music in a reality show against his friends and family's endorsement.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
talent show, ambition, satire, friendship, male female relationship, friends, couple relations, ambitious man, relationships, music, musician, love affair ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, tension, suspense, dark comedy
Plot:
showbiz, film industry, behind the scenes, ambition, satire, celebrity culture, moral ambiguity, backstage, scandal, character study, sensuality, sexploitation ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, comedy drama, rom com
Plot:
materialism, shallowness, pop culture, gossip, imprisonment, celebrity culture, romantic relationship, irreverent, identity crisis, scandal, humiliation, satire ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Darren goes to Hollywood to tackle his dream of becoming an A-list movie star. However, once he gets there his dreams are crushed once he realizes the life of an actor isn't all of the glitz and glamour he had hoped. When Darren is mistaken for ...
Style:
comedy drama, satirical, cynical
Plot:
celebrity culture, aspiring actor, hollywood, mistaken identity, showbiz, paparazzi, ambition, satire, behind the scenes, bittersweet, identity crisis, fame ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, political drama, black humor
Plot:
corruption, political satire, con man, social commentary, satire, deception, betrayal, scandal, greed, investigative journalism, absurd humor, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, satirical, cynical, twisted, black comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, comedy drama, romantic comedy, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: West Germany
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
lighthearted, satirical, feel good, period piece, romantic comedy
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
pop music, domineering mother, music industry, pop star, aspiring musician, mother son relationship, ambition, showbiz, light comedy, competition, satire, underdog ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
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204
Genre: Comedy
Country: Estonia
Story:
IT specialist Taavi and his teacher wife Liisa are suddenly faced with a question: what to do if one morning they have an absurdly large amount of money in their bank account - no less, no more than 50 million euros.
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological, dark comedy, crime thriller
Plot:
moral dilemma, money problems, life changing, ordinary people, temptation, social commentary, middle class, social experiment, satire, greed, banking, marriage ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
estonia
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
The crew of an unloved franchise movie fight for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe. The series shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, to ask the question — how exactly does the cinematic ...
Style:
comedy drama, dark comedy, cynical, meta
Plot:
superhero, filmmaking, hollywood, satire, film industry, behind the scenes, ambition, backstage, commercialism, compromise, bureaucracy, survival ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
America's three top leisure-time activities come roaring to life in National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins. This film consists of three short stories: Greed (Joe Mantegna), Anger (Andrew Clay) and Lust (Denis Leary).
Style:
anthology, black comedy, parody, dark comedy, sex comedy ...
Plot:
satire, anger, lust, greed, irreverent, sin, social commentary, adult humor, entertainment industry, celebrity culture, showbiz, urban ...
Time:
90s
Place:
america
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Udayabhanu is an assistant director and scriptwriter, who dreams of making it big in the film industry. His attempt is thwarted by his roommate, a junior artiste, Rajappan Thengamoodu who steals his script to become superstar Saroj Kumar
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, comedy drama, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
filmmaking, movie star, film industry, celebrity culture, behind the scenes, problem, escapades, movie business, filmmaker, ego clash, ambition, betrayal ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Paul Martin is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy to pay for the modern lifestyle he is buying on credit. Seeing that marrying his immediate superior's daughter will not get him the results he ...
Style:
satirical, cynical, black comedy, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
ambition, murder, social climbing, office politics, dark humor, greed, power struggle, manipulation, debt, scheming, deception, satire ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An arrogant politician feeds his mail ego in meeting with a Russian call girl. At the same time his wife, a young hysterical star, picks a fight on set with a talk-show hostess who is in a loveless marriage with a yuppie manager who vents in therapy.
Style:
satirical, ironic, dark comedy
Plot:
social commentary, hypocrisy, high society, political satire, infidelity, paranoia, vanity, elitism, ego, call girl, class conflict, celebrity culture ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
34%
108
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, independent film ...
Plot:
satire, hidden camera, talk show, fictional reality show, mental disorder, delusion, character study, celebrity culture, media manipulation, surveillance, loneliness, irony ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An autorickshaw driver frequently expresses discontent with life's aspects but harbors an ambitious dream of changing the world, though his actions fail to align with his aspirations.
Style:
melancholic, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, frustration, working class, aspiration, daydreamer, social commentary, slice of life, identity crisis, transportation, satire
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
This homage to Italy’s “White Telephone” films (sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around working-class girls) of the 1930s gives Agostina Belli her best role – going from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ...
Style:
comedy drama, historical drama
Plot:
female protagonist, aspiration, societal hypocrisy, showbiz, social climbing, film industry, ambition, satire, moral ambiguity, glamour, celebrity culture, coming of age ...
Place:
rome italy, venice, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A degenerate gambler and his two idiot friends come up with an elaborate plan to pay down their colossal gambling debts by marrying the dysfunctional daughter of an upstart billionaire.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, satirical, absurd
Plot:
gambling, debt, scam, greed, dysfunctional family, scheme, marriage, deception, scheming, satire, social satire, manipulation ...
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