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Play Nice (2014)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
For Raquel and Peter Jacobs, getting their little boy George into the prestigious Le Chance Academy is going to be a lot harder than they expected.
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, black humor
Audience:
adult
Plot:
parenting, social satire, elitism, family drama, satire, moral dilemma, guilt, cover up, moral ambiguity, class conflict, social climbing, humiliation, panic, anxiety, middle class, dog, school
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, satirical, semi serious and captivating films with plots about satire, moral ambiguity, social satire, social commentary, friendship, moral dilemma and character study mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Play Nice: Old White Man (2024), Honeymoon Crasher (2025), The Drop (2022), At Hostar (2016), Vorne ist verdammt weit weg (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In order to finally get that long-awaited promotion, Heinz Hellmich, an old white man, has to show his "wokest" side at work. When he invites his superiors to a private dinner at his home, his family's politically correct façade ...
Style:
dark comedy, satirical
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hypocrisy, satire, social satire, political satire, dinner party, office politics, irony, socially awkward, social climbing, character study, family drama, identity crisis ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his fiancée dumps him at the altar for her ex, a young man is left with no alternative but to go on his romantic honeymoon with his mother.
Style:
dark comedy, absurd, satirical, indie film, lighthearted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, social satire, identity crisis, family secret, road trip, intimate, moral ambiguity, small town, thoughtful, dark humor
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76%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In this clever cringe comedy, a seemingly happy married couple confronts a test of their marriage when one of them drops a baby while at a destination wedding at a tropical island.
Style:
tense, captivating, satirical, feel good, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
marriage, couples, tropical island, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, couple relations, married couple, marital crisis, family life, satire, island ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Due to poor business performance, a small hotel is being sold to an international buyer. Employees do not want to lose their jobs, so they take things into their own hands and try to sabotage the sale of the hotel.
Style:
tension, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hotel, sabotage, loyalty, resilience, social commentary, satire, class conflict, misadventure, farce, moral ambiguity, optimism
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
humorous, satirical, situational comedy, sitcom, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, loyalty, unlikely hero, satire, fish out of water, moral dilemma, class conflict, social satire, city, mistaken identity, replacement, prostitute ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
45%
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:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A family’s secret, it’s a time bomb ! Despite their fundamentally opposite characters, Albert and Gédéon, former participants of the May 1968 protest movement, share the same house since the disappearance of the woman of Albert. When Claire, ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, satirical, tense, dark comedy
Plot:
family secret, family reunited, family drama, family relations, relationships, undercover, satire, secret, family problems, father daughter reunion, relationship problems, kids and family ...
Similarity:
42%
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:
neighbor, satire, apartment building, social satire, social commentary, absurd humor, modern life, escalation, farce, reluctant hero, domestic drama, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
All that David Pauly ever wanted in life was to witness the downfall of his high school nemesis Chembaden Joey. When Joey louses up Davy's betrothal ceremony, Davy and his friends vow to scheme up something that would button up Joey forever. ...
Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, dark, twisted, black humor
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rivalry, revenge, small town, unhappiness, misadventure, friendship, social satire, satire, village life, moral ambiguity, anti hero, scheming ...
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40%
106
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Story:
Two villages that received only half their necessary annual budgets decide to wage it all on a soccer game between themselves. Whoever wins gets it all and fulfill their objectives. So everything becomes fair game in their quest to win.
Style:
satirical, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
soccer match, village life, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, dark humor, comic violence
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The owner of a bed and breakfast has an epiphany: in order to survive, he has to transform the B&B into a place of worship - where he will host tourists in exchange for a donation.
Style:
satirical, humorous, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, business, religion, religious fanatic, society, religious faith, social satire, escapades, religious cult, ethical dilemma, tax evasion, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
When the warden of their hostel takes his own life, a group of students conspire to make it look like an accident for fear that they will be blamed.
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, psychological, black comedy, dark ...
Plot:
suicide, satire, cover up, hostel, student, corpse, disposing of a dead body, accusation, hidden corpse, guilt, dark humor, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india, kannada
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When their sixty-something mother announces she’s pregnant, Esam and Basem find themselves in hilarious situations as they try to get her to have an abortion.
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, satirical, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, mother, pregnancy, relationships, family relations, kids and family, pregnant woman, unplanned pregnancy, family drama, siblings, taboo, social commentary ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Randy Quaid as the taxi driver drives Zen parables (Is time money - Is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger/protegee in a high-speed, idiosyncratic tour of their city's ethnic coteries. All the boy wants is to dispose of his ...
Style:
dark comedy, offbeat, surreal, independent film, philosophical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
night, taxi driver, satire, quest, social satire, moral ambiguity, burial, sexual tension, character study, coming of age, love and romance, supernatural ability ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Jack will do anything to win his league - even take out his opponents players. Jack Snow is a family man obsessed with winning his high stakes fantasy football league. He's a huge fan of fantasy football and professional football, but his wife ...
Style:
surprise ending, comedy drama, tense, satirical, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gambling, obsession, responsibility, american football, competition, family man, moral dilemma, bittersweet, domestic drama, friendship, secret life, realism ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental manslaughter gets in the way.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, dark comedy, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
interfaith relationship, satire, dinner, family relations, couples, parents, problem, relationships, family problems, awkwardness, holiday, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
buddy comedy, atmospheric, dark comedy, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
theft, ransom, religion, misadventure, heist, satire, escape, moral ambiguity, blue collar, moral dilemma, crisis of faith, odd couple ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a grandmother falls for a cheeky suitor with dubious intentions, her family devises a secret plan to protect her life — and their inheritance.
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
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A catalan manufacturer of intercoms travels to Madrid, accompanied by his mistress, to attend a hunt that he has organized. Its main purpose is to mix with people of high society to improve their business. All seems well until the owner of the farm ...
Style:
satirical, cynical, black comedy, period piece, witty ...
Plot:
corruption, hunting, absurdism, irony, social satire, political satire, social climbing, hunter, class conflict, female nudity, farce, satire ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, year 1972
Place:
madrid, catalonia, spain
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two brothers Yılmaz and Müjdat, who have grown up in an orphanage, are inherited a car body repair shop from Nuri and İsmet who were like fathers to them. One night they take an old grumpy man's car to couple of streets away. In the middle ...
Style:
entertaining, satirical, feel good, tragicomedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, auto repair, corpse, disposing of a dead body, escapades, friends, problem, dead body, brothers, guilt, working class ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A guy puts his unwitting bride-to-be through a series of increasingly bizarre "stress tests" to see if she's worthy of marriage.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, romantic, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
engagement, marriage proposal, satire, wedding, wedding planning, wedding preparations and rituals, love story, relationships, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love and romance, in love ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this satire of the I.R.S., George Segal plays an Average Joe targeted for the Audit from Hell. His bank accounts are frozen, his home and business are attached by the government, and his wife leaves him. Segal is forced to move into the house of ...
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, twisted, psychotronic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, underdog, financial ruin, bureaucracy, middle class, social commentary, political satire, family conflict, small business owner, revenge, scheming, redemption ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
33%
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:
32%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Sarah and Tom are in terrible financial trouble. On the brink of losing everything, they’ve managed to find a buyer for their stylish London home. When their best friends Richard and Beth come round for a final dinner, an uninvited old friend, ...
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, satire, dinner party, financial problem, moral ambiguity, problem, friends, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, couple relations, marital problem ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
31%
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:
31%
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:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Ali and Sudi, who received a 10-year imprisonment for embedding many bodies in the backyard of a construction they had previously worked on, were now free after completing their sentences. After the past events, both friends are determined not to ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious, satirical, dark ...
Plot:
cover up, problem, corpse, workplace, confronting the past, disposing of a dead body, social satire, criminal, workplace situations, troubled past, satire, hidden corpse ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a botched robbery, incarcerated friends Hamad, Ma’an and Sanad, in their attempt to escape, end up in a biographical film financed by eccentric Saudi magnate Abdullatif Al-Hanhouni, set in the same locations of their past heists.
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:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This zany take on the American Dream follows the Raj clan, who are just like any other family in Hoboken, N.J.: drowning in debt, driving one another crazy and ... mixed up with the mob by way of a call center in India.
Style:
light hearted, romantic comedy, romantic, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
american dream, call center, culture clash, assimilation, diaspora, satire, identity, fish out of water, social satire, parents and children, family conflict, debt ...
Place:
atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
30%
142
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Alan, a balding film director, loses his fiancé's dog at a gender reveal party on the morning of an important shoot. A critic named Nick gives candid observations on a series of incomplete shorts that Alan has spent his own money making. As ...
Style:
independent film, dark comedy, absurd
Plot:
filmmaking, chaos, anxiety, struggling artist, character study, behind the scenes, urban, humiliation, obsession, realism, embarrassment, satire ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
29%
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