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The Wild Goose Chase (1975)
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Original name: La Course à l'échalote
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme?
Style:
slapstick, humorous, realistic, not serious, neurotic, detective, slapstick comedy, poliziottesco
Plot:
transvestism, investigation, chase, farce, chases and races, nothing goes right, disorder, silly humor, workplace, goofy hero, workplace situations, survival, teenager, gay, thief, lawyer, ship, money, island, ballet, police officer, train, cat, gang, fishing ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france, england, paris france
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Most similar movies to The Wild Goose Chase
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slapstick comedy, humorous, slapstick and realistic films with plots about telephone call, cigarette smoking, listening to music, dance scene, photograph, bare chested male and barefoot male mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Crime genres. Some movies like The Wild Goose Chase: White Collar Blues (1975), I'm Losing My Temper (1974), The Big Store (1973), Agent 38-24-36 (1964), I'm Shy, But I'll Heal (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on Paolo Villaggio's books "Fantozzi" and "Il secondo, tragico Fantozzi", which are popular in Italy, this film tells the story of an unfortunate accountant's life over the course of one year, shown in a variety ...
Style:
cult classic, slapstick, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
disorder, nothing goes right, satire, acid, power relations, boss and employee, goofy hero, workplace, down on your luck, workplace situations, surrealism, new year's eve ...
Time:
year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Pierre is a clumsy, overly serious math teacher at an all-girls high school. His life is thrown into chaos after encountering a beautiful British actress and the paparazzi that follow her around.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, slapstick comedy, freeze frame ...
Plot:
paparazzi, skinny dipping, teacher, cinema, journalism, magic realism, dark humor, election campaign, surgeon, farce, love and romance, media ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, south of france, france, provence
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Four guys working for a small grocer in trouble, declare war on a new giant neighborhood supermarket by attempting several coups. A film about the big store taking over the business of smaller stores.
Style:
slapstick, fast, realistic, not serious, exciting ...
Plot:
motorcycle chase, sketch, supermarket, shoplifting, business competition, rivalry, partner, friends, disorder, nothing goes right, misfit partners, ambition ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In this Eduardo Molinaro Spy-Spoof, Anthony Perkins plays a Russian spy sent out to steal sensitive information from NATO about military mobilization. Without much intelligence of his own, the distrusted agent of Soviet intelligence needs all the ...
Style:
hilarious, realistic, semi serious, exciting, offbeat ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, murder, undercover, cat, deception, dog, party, spy spoof, grandmother granddaughter relationship, secret agent, comedy of errors ...
Time:
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Place:
russia, london, england, united kingdom, britain ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Pierre is a hotel cashier in Vichy, so shy that he answers an ad from the Psychology Institute and can't say no to the salesman, Aldo; he spends 6,000 francs on tapes, books, and a punching bag. Soon after, he's smitten by Agnes, a hotel ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
fall in love, unfulfillment, love and romance, wooing, unfulfilled love, male protagonist, sexual harassment, truck driver, male friendship, evil man, hotel, homophobic slur ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1968, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
europe, france, nice france, normandy, vichy
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Pierre Gastié-Leroy is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing. Despite his parents, two generous uncles and a bishop godfather who try to inculcate him the rigid values of his social level, Pierre is a dreamer, ...
Style:
slapstick, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
father son relationship, father son conflict, social worker, eccentric man, disorder, juvenile delinquency, goofy hero, nothing goes right, chaos and mayhem, job, anesthetic, family honor ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Chronic serial womanizer Stephane Margelle (Jean-Paul Belmondo) drops his wife Sophie (Marie Laforet) off at the airport so she can go away for Easter weekend. He immediately picks up beautiful young Julie (Sophie Marceau), who has just had a fight ...
Style:
sex comedy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, erotic ...
Plot:
farce, womanizer, adultery, nothing goes right, disorder, couples, infidelity, dishonesty, adulterer, female nudity, airport, young love ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
france, marseille, nice france, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sickened to see his students always sleeping in class, a teacher with a colleague and an anarchist start a war against the television. They climbed on Paris roofs to coat the T.V. antennas with a special product cutting the signal reception.
Style:
detective, slapstick comedy
Plot:
anarchist, english class, mogul, vandal, wanted, school janitor, squad, kidnapped man, cell, director, backfire, political persecution ...
Time:
60s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The film Liebesmarkt featuring a cute blonde Ingrid Steeger, not only became a cult actress stupidity of German youth who watched only American cinema. Ingrid was a true nudist and undressed in front of the camera without any pose. She wore a gold ...
Style:
sex comedy, erotic, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Plot:
female nudity, naturist, countryside, caught having sex, female voyeur, nude model, cousin cousin relationship, damsel in distress, masturbation, swinger couple, sex game, swinger party ...
Place:
central europe, munich germany, europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four friends from Paris are living misadventures of all sorts in Spain when their group of travelers is forced to split due to a travel scam.
Style:
slapstick comedy, slapstick, crying
Plot:
tourist, travel agent, scam, holiday, hotel, music band, bus driver, friend, summer, male protagonist, photograph, dwarf ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
spain, europe, paris france
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
Style:
anthology, crying, freeze frame, dark comedy, detective
Plot:
satire, secret relationship, cheating wife, television, lgbt, dead body, bare chested male, reading the bible, anton chekhov, anchorman, mass murder, cycling ...
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man, always very devoted to his mother, decides to look for his father whom he never met. He meats a seducing older woman prone to drinking and her aged boyfriend whom she grew tired of.
Style:
independent film, dark comedy, black comedy, crying, non-linear ...
Plot:
on off relationship, caught having sex, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, older man younger woman relationship, husband wife reunion, dark humor, estranged son, love hate relationship, estranged father, father issues, drunkenness, single mother ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three episodes. First Valerio is mistaken for a notorious criminal. Very beautiful journalists succeed to bring him to her house for an exclusive interview. She tries to seduce him. Second. Guiseppe, an unlucky and ugly man, gets a job as a maid. ...
Style:
sex comedy, erotic, sexy, anthology, detective ...
Plot:
police, seduction, obsession, dual identity, taxi driver, kidnapping, erotica, sex, female nudity, unemployed, wedding present, vulgar language ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
freeze frame
Plot:
tenant, male prostitution, prostitute, lovers, love letter, exam, striptease, photography, unfaithfulness, hairy chested man, adultery, marital infidelity ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
With only 12 percent of its pupils obtaining their baccalaureate, Jules Ferry High School is the worst school in France. The Inspector of Schools has already exhausted all the conventional means to raise standards at the school and he has no choice ...
Style:
humorous, light, realistic, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
teachers and students, high school life, youth, high school, school, teenage life, silly humor, teenager, save the day, teacher, unrequited love, history teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Night Before is a 1988 film starring Keanu Reeves and Lori Loughlin. Reeves plays Winston Connelly, the so-called high school nerd and vice president of the Astronomy club. Loughlin plays Tara Mitchell, the pretty and popular head cheerleader ...
Style:
cult classic, retro, semi serious, humorous, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
kidnapped man, teenager, night, cheerleader, party, teen angst, amnesia, prom, memory loss, partner, teenage life, on the run ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime (Louis de Funès), is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of his famous guests disappears.
Style:
humorous, exciting, realistic, feel good, tense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
food, hospitality, dishonesty, false accusation, abduction, cooking, boss, waiter, workplace situations, escapades, comedy of errors, restaurant ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The lawyer is visiting a prison to meet with a violent criminal who has been condemned to death. During the visit, things turn bad, there is a riot where prisoners escape and the criminal escapes taking a lawyer hostage.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, slapstick, slapstick comedy ...
Plot:
escape, on the run, politics, prison, murder, disorder, dishonesty, rebellion, chases and races, legal, fugitives, odd couple ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1968
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His ...
Style:
funny, slapstick, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Plot:
basement, factory, small town, ecology, factory owner, silly humor, ambition, couple relations, disorder, quibbling, couples, family problems ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Vincent, 18 years old, is dumped by Elina. It is his first love, it is the end of the world! His parents decide to take matters into their own hands and will try everything to make him forget this girl: he will have to follow them in a loving ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, entertaining, gaming
Plot:
high school student, jealous woman, family relations, husband wife relationship, school, brother sister relationship, student, drunkenness, father son relationship, husband wife conflict, awkward situation, emotional abuse ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Fantozzi contro tutti is an Italian comedy film, released in 1980. It is the third film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio.
Style:
cult classic, low brow humor, slapstick, slapstick comedy, crying ...
Plot:
family relations, office worker, accusation, failed expectations, erotic dance, plan gone wrong, bakery, contest, nobleman, mysterious event, suspicious man, italian abroad ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
central europe, europe
Similarity:
27%
897
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gorp is a delighfully silly send up of summer camp movies. It is set in a Catskills style resort for wealty Jewish kids. The main source of plot movement is from the following elements: camp waiters vs. camp management; camp guests vs. waiters; ...
Style:
independent film, teen sex comedy, grindhouse, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
summer camp, rabbi, female on male rape, sexual frustration, gay african american, male nudity, female rapist, summer, masturbation, food, teenager, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
With 'little captain' Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy", Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces Francois to play again the character of "The Tall Blond Man with One Black ...
Style:
funny, fast, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Plot:
violinist, assassination attempt, secret agent, spy, james bond spoof, karate, hitman, espionage, violin, misunderstanding, fool, silly humor ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rio de janeiro, paris france, france
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pedro, Arturo and Eligio are three college professors who lost their job because of economic crisis. Accidentally they find a solution for all of their problems; a multi-vitamin that allows them to party all night long without any side effects. The ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
seductive behavior, family relations, friendship, lawyer, divorce, teenager, professor, medicine, teacher, youth, destiny, rivalry ...
Time:
2000s, year 2017, year 2007, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, light, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gambling, casino, dysfunctional family, obsession, desert, family relations, farce, road trip, nothing goes right, teenage life, parents and children, vacation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, chicago, usa, nevada
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.
Style:
cult classic, parody, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
inheritance, clown, uncle niece relationship, orphan, gangster, ocean, silly humor, misfit, heroes, babies and infants, odd couple, society ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A teenager lies to her parents and goes to the South of France instead of studying for the summer. Meeting with her not-so faithful boyfriend and his DJ friend, she discovers her father is also there - with another woman.
Style:
sex comedy, teen sex comedy, freeze frame, raunchy comedy, mad ...
Plot:
seaside, taxi driver, jet ski, machismo, gay stereotype, villa, radio dj, nightclub, summer vacation, female nudity, mother daughter relationship, real estate agent ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
mediterranean sea, saint tropez, riviera, paris france, french riviera ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.
Style:
funny, humorous, slapstick, buddy comedy, laugh out loud ...
Plot:
bad luck, private detective, farce, hospital, amnesia, father daughter relationship, love and romance, memory loss, accountant, partner, goofy hero, nothing goes right ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1981, 18th century
Place:
france, paris france, latin america, europe, south america ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, witty, offbeat ...
Plot:
priest, boss, boat, contract, lighthouse keeper, shipyard, inventor, countryside, preaching, disorder, one last chance, power relations ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
south of france, europe, france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the ...
Style:
sex comedy, freeze frame, independent film, crying
Plot:
nudism, nude beach, lifeguard, skinny dipping, naturist, public nudity, female pubic hair, bare chested male, nudity, male nudity, outdoor sex, beach ...
Place:
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Similarity:
25%
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