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Salesmen (2022)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Four door-to-door salesmen struggle to get by while pursuing an analog profession in a digital world. They unwittingly begin selling propaganda for a cult, whose popularity sweeps the city, leaving the salesmen as the only people who can stop it.
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, semi serious, satirical, comedy drama, tension
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, propaganda, conspiracy, absurdism, social problems, problem, social issues, workplace, social commentary, dark humor, friendship, city, morality, urban, ethical dilemma, survival, redemption, nostalgia, identity crisis, bittersweet, intimate, con artists, investigation, rebellion, urban decay ...
Place:
boston
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, captivating, semi serious and entertaining films with plots about satire, urban, friendship, social commentary, bittersweet, social problems and slice of life mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Salesmen: Motorvation (2022), The 420 Movie (2020), The No-Job Agency (2016), Take Me to Tarzana (2021), Illegal Lives (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A small-town janitor / motivational speaker, stumbles along through life, until he has a personal revelation and begins 'un-motivating' the town, turning everything upside down in the process.
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, social, semi serious ...
Plot:
motivational speaker, janitor, small town, satire, small town life, changing lives, social problems, lifestyle, town, social issues, lifestyle change, character study ...
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
With grand ideas of leaving the broken city they grew up in, two sisters get roped into using their get rich idea to help their womanizing father save the city he loves from bankruptcy and a three foot tall Mexican Drug Lord.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, city, drug lord, family relations, needing money, problem, drug dealer, money problems, escapades, social problems, drug, marijuana ...
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Stéphane, Cathy and Thierry are the best employees of the Employment Agency of their city. But their results are so good that the agency will have to close because of a lack of unemployed. The three colleagues then have the crazy idea of creating ...
Style:
semi serious, satirical, entertaining, captivating, witty ...
Plot:
unemployment, satire, teamwork, colleague, employment agency, problem, employment, workplace, job, problem solving, coworker, escapades ...
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After learning their company has been illicitly spying, collecting and selling data on them, three millennial friends band together to fight back against a lecherous boss and the company's maniacal, Tarzan-obsessed CEO.
Style:
satirical, buddy comedy, dark comedy, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, surveillance, friends, escapades, group of friends, workplace, workplace situations, teamwork, friendship, social commentary, privacy, empowerment ...
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mahsun constantly has to cope with police raids since he runs an illegal casino. Because he wants to continue to run this casino, Mahsun decides to establish a fake political party as a disguise. His aim is to keep the casino able to continue ...
Style:
semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, police, illegal gambling, casino, problem, escapades, casino owner, deception, scheme, organized crime, black market, fraud ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
86%
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:
74%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Each morning, whatever the day, four friends meet at a bar to have some beers and fix the world their own way, by criticizing and ranting against everything and everyone. They have something in common: they are all unemployed. Well, all but one.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
unemployment, friendship, social satire, satire, social issues, friends, conversation, group of friends, social problems, camaraderie, working class, everyday life ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The Next Big Thing is a dark comedy about friendship, revenge and the lust for fame. The protagonist is Julian, who, despite his "talent," has never achieved the level of fame he thinks he deserves. When his deranged and estranged best ...
Style:
ironic, dark comedy, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
found footage, satire, friend, dark humor, fame, celebrity culture, lifestyle, stalking, problem, irony, being followed, surveillance camera ...
Similarity:
73%
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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:
72%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After the death of their super powered villainous boss, low-level henchpeople Beatrix, Cain and Harold are left destitute living in an abandoned grocery store. Not content with the situation they find themselves in, Beatrix is determined for them to ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, dark comedy, absurd ...
Plot:
satire, super villain, villain, henchman, lifestyle, social problems, scheming, ambition, urban, rise to power, urban decay, anti hero ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Sour Party follows Gwen and James, two broke, flailing 30-somethings on a quest to scrounge money from a collection of checkered characters from their past in an attempt to show up to a baby shower with a proper gift.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, comedy drama ...
Plot:
satire, money, escapades, desperation, millennial, socially awkward, friendship, embarrassment, class struggle, urban, slice of life, baby shower ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An underground trivia legend in NYC lives in the shadows. He faces a mysterious unbeaten game show from his past when he battles his rival to reclaim the greatness he once had.
Style:
game show, intellectual, tension, comedy drama, satirical ...
Plot:
rivalry, obsession, competition, ambition, nerd, redemption, second chance, urban, humiliation, friendship, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama series depicts the lives of three men born in 1987 and oppose irrational things of the world through work, love, and friendship. The men are from the "yutori generation", when the Japanese government reformed the education system, ...
Style:
sitcom, satirical, semi serious, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, workplace, friendship, generation gap, male friendship, slice of life, lifestyle, society, friends, social issues, social satire, social problems ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Some Say No is a new Italian comedy with a very serious subject: the way the country's society is corroded by favoritism that pushes inferior people to the top in virtually every field. In Florence, three thirty-somethings band together to wage ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
satire, friendship, social commentary, nepotism, favoritism, problem, social problems, friends, old friends reunited, investigation, reunited friends, humour ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florence
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Dave is convinced that his knock-out girlfriend Jamie is cheating on him, despite his best friend Victoria's reassurance that it's all in his head. When his life begins to unravel, both at work as well as in his relationship, Dave's ...
Style:
dark comedy, feel good, entertaining, satirical, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, paranoia, satire, unfaithful girlfriend, women, revenge, relationships, male female relationship, suspicion of adultery, relationship problems, suspicion, manipulation ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Vincent, a civil servant, has always enjoyed the benefits of his family's status. When the government votes on a massive savings plan, Vincent is pushed out. When he is transferred to the North Pole, he meets Eva and finds love. It's time ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, satirical, comedy drama ...
Plot:
satire, love story, social problems, problem, lifestyle change, changing lives, career, employer employee relationship, layoff, love interest, love and romance, workplace ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Savyon and Amir play a pair of unsuccessful brothers who manage a boutique hotel in Jerusalem . Eldad (Savyon) is the hotel manager and Pipo (Amir) is in charge of the kitchen, a woman chaser and a released prisoner for drug possession offenses. ...
Style:
semi serious, funny, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, problem, brothers, hotel manager, brother, workplace situations, hotel, coworker, workplace, brother brother relationship, bittersweet, urban ...
Place:
jerusalem
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
From the same team that brought you “Goodbye Mr Loser” comes the hilarious dark comedy "Mr Donkey". In order to pay for the donkey that brings them water, a countryside village registers it as a teacher at its local school. But when ...
Style:
semi serious, satirical, entertaining, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, school, poverty, social satire, social commentary, village life, medieval, con trick, school teacher, problem, high school life, satire ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story:
Clyde, a meek, unassuming fast food worker, decides to become a super hero.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, indie film ...
Plot:
superhero, teenage life, workplace, heroes, youth, humble, inheritance, aspiration, self discovery, double life, vigilante, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of unhappy strangers decide to end their lives together, but soon they find that their plan is flawed after one of them turns out to be a beautiful woman.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, male female relationship, relationships, social problems, love affair, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationship problems, suicide attempt, suicide, redemption, self discovery ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, korea
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Two rival record collectors attempt to con an old lady out of a rare but cursed 1930s blues record. When a series of unfortunate circumstances lands them in jail, the feud festers for over 20 years until they are released from prison and get a ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
art collection, art collector, escapades, heist gone wrong, satire, collector, robbery, obsession, rivalry, bittersweet, cursed object, nostalgia ...
Similarity:
50%
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:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Nader saif eldeen and Afet elsherbiny are two competing Egyptians newspaper reporters who expose the truth but the Channel Manager rejects that for fear of government.
Style:
satirical, captivating, humorous, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
journalism, political satire, satire, humour, reporter, news reporter, female journalist, journalist, investigation, social commentary, corruption, urban ...
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Maroso Golfetto is a firm manager from Veneto who is always yelling at his employees, all either immigrants or Southern Italians. He regularly appears on the local TV channel where he keeps denouncing the evils of immigration and is very popular ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, allegory ...
Plot:
satire, immigration, xenophobia, prejudice, irony, racism, social satire, social commentary, immigrant, lifestyle change, working class, social issues ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A hypno-therapist in midlife crisis must tackle his own personal challenges before helping others and getting joint custody of his kids.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating, satirical, comedy drama ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, satire, doctor, family relations, custody battle, hypnosis, relationship problems, social problems, family problems, hypnotist, relationships, self discovery ...
Similarity:
44%
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:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Enrico Giusti works for a big corporation: his job is to save dying companies by persuading young scions to sell. However, his latest assignment is proving more difficult than anticipated, since it concerns two teens whose parents just died in a car ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny ...
Plot:
family business, workplace, sudden death, problem solving, changing lives, employer employee relationship, inheritance, satire, workplace situations, problem, lifestyle change, coworker ...
Similarity:
43%
622
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 32 min.
Story:
A lonesome woman comes back from the dead to live the life she was too afraid to live.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, satirical, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, satire, back from the dead, social problems, changing lives, lifestyle change, loner, loneliness, single woman, lifestyle, self discovery, second chance ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A coming of age film for 40 year olds. Three middle-aged friends reunite to put on a play and find themselves again.
Style:
psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, self discovery, showbiz, character study, group of friends, lifestyle, middle aged, satire, adulthood, grownups, friends ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
Story:
Sam Morril delivers his trademark dry and dark punchlines in a stand-up set ranging from problematic fairy tales to biting social commentary.
Style:
feel good, captivating, semi serious, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, live performance, satire, comedian, stand up comedian, public speaking, humour, joke, intimate, storytelling, political humor, social issues ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
39%
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