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Spit (2025)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Spitteri finds himself locked up in an immigration detention centre upon his return to Australia. With old enemies on his tail and a target on his back, he navigates a series of comedic misadventures, sharing with his fellow detainees the meaning of mateship and what it is to be truly Australian.
Style:
dark comedy, buddy comedy, satirical, multicultural, tense, fast paced
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, reformatory, community, ex convict, underdog, fish out of water, identity, social commentary, heartwarming, survival, forgiveness, redemption, satire, blue collar, dialogue driven
Time:
contemporary
Place:
australia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, satirical, captivating and semi serious films with plots about satire, friendship, redemption, identity, social commentary, urban and small town mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Spit: All for Two (2013), The End (2007), Shoot the Kuruvi (2023), Eastfrisian for Beginners (2016), We Are All Together (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
light hearted
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
light, funny, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot:
airplane, airline, bankrupt, coping, plan, business, businesswoman, business and finance, financial ruin, escapades, financial problem, plane crash ...
Place:
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Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
An army doctor helps his love interest's family to find their kidnapped daughter.
Style:
dark comedy, tense, black comedy, suspense, comedy drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country:
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Bulgaria
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 46 min.
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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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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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