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The Boss of It All (2006)
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Original name: Direktøren for det hele
Genre: Comedy
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Italy, Germany, Iceland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.
Style:
surreal, black comedy, cult classic, talky, humorous, realistic, not serious, laugh out loud, clever, offbeat ...
Plot:
workplace, office, actor, dishonesty, director, contract, business meeting, dark humor, employer employee relationship, fish out of water, comedy of errors, boss and employee, actor's life, workplace situations, business, lawyer, lie, oral sex, boss, manipulation, guilty conscience, elephant, false identity, meeting, signing a contract ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
denmark, europe, new jersey
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Most similar movies to The Boss of It All
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, clever and witty films with plots about workplace, workplace situations, satire, disorder, boss and employee, power relations and brutality mostly in Comedy, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Boss of It All: Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story (1975), Four Rooms (1995), Haiku Tunnel (2001), Martin & Orloff (2002), Office Space (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A fairy tale and satire about a wealthy industrialist, whose son has been subdued and oppressed and totally uninterested in his father's business.
Style:
surreal, not serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot:
oedipus complex, forbidden sex, surrealism, father son relationship, eel, environment, dystopia, age difference, male female relationship, mother child relationship, older woman younger man relationship, factory ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
copenhagen
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, funny, cult classic ...
Plot:
dark humor, multiple storylines, curses spells and rituals, workplace situations, couples, disorder, fish out of water, gangster, lifestyle, supernatural ability, workplace, hotel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
america, los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Josh is the consummate temp employee, avoiding all long-term connections and responsibilities, both at work and in his personal life. However, by the time his agency places him at the Schuyler & Mitchell law firm, Josh is tired of his ...
Style:
humorous, funny, absurd, satirical, stylized ...
Plot:
workplace, adaptation, sarcasm, law firm, creativity, relationships, disorder, fighting the system, introspection, nothing goes right, boss and employee, workplace situations ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
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38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
This is the story of a marketing man and his shrink. A suicide attempt and a softball game; A PHD-toting stripper and a deranged Desert Storm vet; A giant sparerib costume and the world's largest peenis; John Woo-style violence and Steel ...
Style:
realistic, clever, independent film, not serious, offbeat ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, disorder, dark humor, workplace, self discovery, boss and employee, power relations, hitman, media, unfulfillment, workplace situations, mental illness ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Three office workers strike back at their evil employers by hatching a hapless attempt to embezzle money.
Style:
cult classic, dark comedy, laugh out loud, satirical, funny ...
Audience:
date night, kids, adult
Plot:
workplace, dark humor, office, computer, friendship, satire, embezzlement, corporate world, rebelliousness, waitress, obnoxious boss, workplace situations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, y2k
Place:
texas, dallas texas, austin texas, usa, mexico
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most money in one night: the winner stands to gain $10,000, ...
Style:
humorous, funny, talky, not serious, feel good ...
Plot:
restaurant, chef, cooking and food, food, farce, mentor, boss and employee, workplace, power relations, obnoxious boss, rivalry, workplace situations ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
miami, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
What go around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen (Astin and Vartan) who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss (Cross)
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, captivating
Plot:
prank, workplace, partner, silly humor, rebellion, buddies, rebelliousness, boss and employee, rivalry, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Leslie is left with few options when her husband is sent back to war in the Middle East. A modest amount of help arrives in the form of his brother, Salman, who is less than prepared to care for the couple's two preadolescent boys. When Leslie ...
Style:
surreal, humorous, dark comedy, light, black comedy ...
Plot:
life, dark humor, small town, single parent, child, parenthood, workplace, loneliness, family relations, family life, existentialism, insanity ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, iraq
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, France, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their ...
Style:
sexy, experimental, surreal, disturbing, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dogme 95, commune, orgy, mental illness, sex orgy, male nudity, nudity, sex, unsimulated sex, community, stupidity, sex scene ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The celebration of the 50th anniversary of “Capitol-Insurance” is due – that's what the bosses thought. All employees are invited to join the party in a hotel. However, rumors say the company's not doing very well. To avoid ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, funny, surreal
Plot:
power relations, boss and employee, workplace, workplace situations, loss of job, road trip, save the day, capitalism, social problems, unfulfillment, on the road, bus trip ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tinseltown has its movers and shakers, but they all first started somewhere as The Assistants in Hollywood. The Assistants is a new movie opening December 3. It's a story about a group of Hollywood assistants who use their positions to lie, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, rivalry, follow your dream, desire for fame, ambition, satire, workplace, boss and employee, manipulation, workplace situations, artists and showbiz, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, biting ...
Plot:
job promotion, workplace intrigue, boss and employee, cons and scams, workplace romance, workplace situations, power relations, rise to the top, workplace, dishonesty, business, money ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Les Acteurs is the absurd story of Jean-Pierre Marielle desperately waiting for a cup of hot water, the story of a conspiracy against actors, the story of aging actors whose careers are slowly less active than they used to be, but a stunning tribute ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty, surreal ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actor's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, showbiz, actress, actor, film industry, television, jazz, midlife crisis, homeless man ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Joey Wellman, an American cartoonist from Cleveland now largely forgotten at home, visits France with his partner Lena to attend an exhibition in Paris about the comic strip (bande dessinée) which features his work. He also hopes to be reconciled ...
Style:
surreal, biting, semi serious, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
cartoonist, extramarital affair, satire, culture clash, performer's life, bittersweet, disorder, estrangement, family relations, lifestyle, society, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An aspiring director working as a lowly production assistant, conspires with his aspiring producer roommate to steal the reels of a mega budgeted film he's working on.
Style:
independent film, cynical, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
filmmaking, job, satire, hollywood, disorder, cons and scams, workplace situations, showbiz, hijacking, artists and showbiz, obnoxious boss, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton (Tyler Butterworth) accidentally knocks several employees into a huge ...
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, semi serious, realistic, biting ...
Plot:
food, cooking and food, restaurant, guts, cooking, factory, disorder, dark humor, workplace, moral dilemma, dishonesty, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Dans le quartier du Sentier, Eddie Vuibert, Dov et Yvan sont confrontés aux procédés pour le moins expéditifs de leur nouveau client, Eurodiscount, une chaîne européenne d'hypermarchés. Karine, lasse des turpitudes de son volage époux, ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, light, feel good
Plot:
partner, satire, working class, comedy of errors, friends, workplace situations, love and romance, society, couples, mistaken identity, buddies, farce ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, black comedy, light, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
farce, zoo, greed, father son relationship, monty python, moral ambiguity, danger, obnoxious boss, workplace intrigue, businessman, sarcasm, marketing ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe, seattle
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Omar gets an office job at Relotech, where he becomes the boss's favourite, which is great, until it’s not.
Style:
satirical, humorous, not serious
Plot:
workplace problem, corporate world, lifestyle change, rivalry, workplace situations, rebelliousness, self discovery, promotion, boss, coworker relationship, disorder, workplace ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars ...
Style:
humorous, witty, talky, cynical, parody ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, circumcision, adaptation, creativity, art, storytelling, dialogue, couples, artists and showbiz, showbiz, nosy ...
Time:
year 2005, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Checco, an uneducated but self-satisfied fellow from Milan, who has always dreamed of becoming a police officer, fails his entrance exam for the third time. It must be said that at the oral examination Checco said that the reason why he wanted to ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, slapstick, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
fall in love, goofy hero, workplace, disorder, power relations, danger, love and romance, workplace situations, urban, cathedral, fish out of water, security guard ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy, milan italy
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When his grandmother takes ill, foolish brute Recep tries to satisfy her wishes by getting a job and attempting to find a suitable wife.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
profanity, goofy hero, misfit, disorder, life is a bitch, love and romance, social misfits, unemployment, fish out of water, workplace, job seeking, buddies ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ever have one of those nights where nothing seems to be going right? Ever have a job that made you ponder "this place would be fun if it didn't suck so much"? Welcome to food-service hell. Natalie, the waitress, is on the verge of a ...
Style:
talky, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
workplace romance, love and romance, betrayal, obnoxious boss, workplace, couples, workplace situations, boss and employee, cooking and food, heist, love, rodeo ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad, big budget action film which he proceeds to steal the reels and leave the cast and crew in a frenzy.
Style:
mockumentary, cult classic, parody, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, insanity, showbiz, disorder, hidden identity, actor's life, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, lifestyle, media, media satire ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" told in the setting of a modern office.
Style:
surreal, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
insubordination, office, mysterious character, boss and employee, workplace, dark humor, fish out of water, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, employer employee relationship, skinny dipping, fired from the job ...
Time:
year 2001
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy Store. Then one night when he's up in his mom's loft, a ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, absurd, surreal, stylized ...
Plot:
filmmaking, death, showbiz, actor's life, dark humor, disorder, nothing goes right, cons and scams, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, ghost, stupidity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, france, europe, paris france, california ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, closeted homosexual, homosexual, gay pride, workplace, pretending to be gay, satire, lgbtq, friendship, workplace intrigue, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, seattle
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A travelling theater group has so much action going on behind-the-scenes it almost ruins the performances.
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, witty, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
actor's life, nothing goes right, theater, theatre play, love and romance, disorder, showbiz, workplace situations, eternal love, actor, backstage, farce ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
iowa, new york, miami, cleveland ohio, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
TV producer Warren (Isaak James) is developing his masterpiece, a reality show called "Handicaps" starring a variety of people with disabilities. Aided by Laura (Eva James), an overbearing partner with anger issues, and an ex-prison guard ...
Style:
humorous, witty, not serious, independent film, mockumentary ...
Plot:
satire, disability, ambition, politics, misfit, workplace, workplace situations, showbiz, dark humor, disabled person, obstacle, paraplegic ...
Similarity:
22%
43K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage in the grossest manner of the women who work with him. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house they assume control of his department and productivity leaps, but just how long can they ...
Style:
funny, retro, light, rom com, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
workplace, female protagonist, revenge, feminist, strong female lead, satire, girl power, sexual harassment, kidnapping, farce, marijuana, fighting the system ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new york, seattle ...
Similarity:
22%
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