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Crackheads (2013)
156
Genre: Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four unlikely friends, connected through social football, fall victim to methamphetamine addiction. Acting as the catalyst, the drug sends them on a disastrous, yet hilarious roller-coaster ride that will change their lives forever.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, independent film
Plot:
drug addiction, methamphetamine, dark humor, friendship, character study, religion, midlife crisis, self destructing, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, tragedy, deception, redemption, satire, social realism, drug addict, drug, sport team, city life, drugs/alcohol, used car salesman, self destruction, drugs
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, black comedy, satirical and humorous films with plots about satire, moral ambiguity, friendship, urban, dark humor, character study and deception mostly in Comedy and Mystery genres. Some movies like Crackheads: Shithead (2020), The Beasts (1971), What's Your Emergency? (2016), Zübük (1980), What Goes Around (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
500
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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black comedy, dark comedy, weird
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This is the story of the politician named Zübük. He gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of, due to corruption. The journalist Yaşar wants to make a news story about his case and investigates Zübük's doings. Yaşar ...
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Plot:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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784
Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Similarity:
51%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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self discovery, literary, identity, creative block, deception, redemption, moral ambiguity, midlife crisis, small town, fraud, betrayal, friendship ...
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usa
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49%
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Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Country: Italy
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Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Style:
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