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The Boss of It All (2006)
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The Boss of It All (2006)
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, talky, humorous, realistic, not serious, black comedy, cult classic, laugh out loud, clever, offbeat ...
Plot: workplace, office, fish out of water, comedy of errors, dishonesty, boss and employee, actor's life, workplace situations, actor, dark humor, husband wife relationship, employer employee relationship, worker, lawyer, oral sex, director, elephant, contract, business meeting, profanity, sexual content, disorder, computer system, artists and showbiz, power relations ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century, contemporary
Place: europe, denmark, new jersey
Keyword: take over

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, witty and clever films with plots about disorder, workplace, workplace situations, satire, boss and employee, power relations and nothing goes right mostly in Comedy, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Boss of It All: Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story (1975), Haiku Tunnel (2001), Martin & Orloff (2002), The Slammin' Salmon (2009), Stromberg - The Movie (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story (1975)
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, tragicomedy, not serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot: oedipus complex, incest, age difference, older woman younger man relationship, mother son incest, factory, father son relationship, surrealism, eel, environment, dystopia, disorder ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 1K
Haiku Tunnel (2001)
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, stylized, satirical, absurd ...
Plot: workplace, adaptation, sarcasm, law firm, relationships, creativity, disorder, fighting the system, nothing goes right, boss and employee, introspection, workplace situations ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Martin & Orloff (2002)
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, witty ...
Plot: disorder, dark humor, self discovery, workplace, boss and employee, nothing goes right, hitman, power relations, media, unfulfillment, down on your luck, workplace situations ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
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, light, talky, not serious ...
Plot: restaurant, chef, cooking and food, farce, mentor, food, boss and employee, workplace, power relations, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, obnoxious boss ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: miami, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Stromberg - The Movie (2014)
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: boss and employee, workplace, power relations, workplace situations, road trip, loss of job, save the day, social problems, capitalism, unfulfillment, on the road, classical music ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: germany
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35%
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Demoted (2011)
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, silly humor, partner, rebelliousness, obnoxious boss, rivalry, boss and employee, buddies, rebellion, workplace intrigue, workplace situations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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35%
 5.4
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Good God (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Good God is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which premiered in April 2012 on HBO Canada. The show follows the life of character George Findlay, a role that Ken Finkleman reprised from The Newsroom and subsequent television projects. The ...
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, cynical, biting
Plot: misfit, fish out of water, television producer, media satire, power relations, workplace situations, disorder, media, office, satire, dark humor, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.7
 34K
The Idiots (1998)
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: art house, disturbing, surreal, controversial, experimental ...
Audience: adult
Plot: male nudity, dogme 95, sex orgy, commune, mental illness, sex scene, community, public nudity, stupidity, strong sexual content, sex, orgy ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Office Space (1999)
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: black comedy, dark comedy, funny, clever, humorous ...
Audience: date night, kids, adult
Plot: workplace, office, dark humor, corporate world, computer, rebelliousness, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, business, boss, embezzlement, satire ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999, y2k
Place: texas, austin texas, usa, dallas texas, mexico
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33%
 6.5
 5K
Kabluey (2007)
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, parenthood, loneliness, workplace, family relations, family life, insanity, existentialism, greed ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
What a Beautiful Day (2011)
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: humorous, not serious, realistic, happy
Plot: fall in love, goofy hero, workplace, workplace situations, danger, love and romance, power relations, disorder, silly humor, urban, terrorism
Time: 21st century
Place: milan italy, italy, europe
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31%
 5.4
 2K
Head Office (1985)
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, witty, humorous, biting ...
Plot: job promotion, workplace intrigue, boss and employee, cons and scams, workplace romance, workplace situations, power relations, workplace, dishonesty, rise to the top, business, office work ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Little Bather (1968)
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: not serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous, witty
Plot: lighthouse keeper, inventor, boat, boss, priest, contract, shipyard, preaching, fish out of water, countryside, one last chance, social differences ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: south of france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.9
 1K
Actors (2000)
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, film industry, actress, actor, television, jazz, midlife crisis, motorcycle accident ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Hijacking Hollywood (1997)
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, realistic, semi serious, clever ...
Plot: filmmaking, job, satire, hollywood, disorder, workplace situations, cons and scams, showbiz, hijacking, workplace, vengeance, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A collection of Christopher Walken's greatest SNL skits and hosting jobs
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, light, sketch comedy
Plot: lifestyle, workplace, workplace situations, goofy hero, media satire, nothing goes right, disorder, showbiz, actor's life, silly humor, artists and showbiz, media
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
I Want to Go Home (1989)
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: biting, surreal, realistic, semi serious, clever ...
Plot: cartoonist, satire, culture clash, extramarital affair, bittersweet, performer's life, estrangement, disorder, family relations, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, society ...
Time: year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.4
 12K
Noises Off... (1992)
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, light, witty ...
Audience: date night
Plot: actor's life, theater, theatre play, love and romance, disorder, showbiz, workplace situations, backstage, actor, eternal love, strong female lead, dance ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: iowa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
White Collar Blues (1975)
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, semi serious, realistic, humorous, slapstick
Plot: nothing goes right, disorder, satire, acid, workplace, goofy hero, boss and employee, power relations, workplace situations, down on your luck, bad luck, new year's eve ...
Time: year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Fierce Creatures (1997)
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: humorous, light, absurd, black comedy, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zoo, greed, farce, monty python, moral ambiguity, danger, obnoxious boss, father son relationship, workplace intrigue, businessman, sarcasm, marketing ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 4.5
 23K
Recep Ivedik 2 (2009)
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: humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot: goofy hero, love and romance, disorder, workplace, social misfits, unemployment, misfit, fish out of water, life is a bitch, nothing goes right, boss and employee, job seeking ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.0
 18K
The Closet (2001)
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: homosexuality, gay, pretending to be gay, workplace, workplace intrigue, friendship, dishonesty, disorder, discrimination, comedy of errors, workplace situations, parents and children ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Consuming Passions (1988)
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, guts, restaurant, cooking, factory, satire, profanity, disorder, dark humor, dishonesty, moral dilemma ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Dave Attell: Road Work (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: 2014 standup special originally aired on Comedy Central.
Style: cynical, talky, humorous, clever, not serious ...
Plot: performer's life, society, profanity, artists and showbiz, talk show, stand up comedy, stand up, live audience
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.4
 2K
Dead Tired (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc (Michel Blanc) is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around ...
Style: light, absurd, melancholic, talky, humorous ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, twins, self discovery, disorder, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, actor's life, satire, cinema, filmmaking, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Just for the Record (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A year after the collapse of a low-budget British rom-com, documentary maker Andy Wiseman sets out to find out what went wrong. He speaks to the producer, Nicholas Johnson, an alcoholic whose office is a lap-dancing club, the writer, Flynn Beatty, ...
Style: mockumentary, not serious, realistic, clever, offbeat ...
Plot: disorder, womanizer, actor's life, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, showbiz, filmmaking, expose, actress, strip club, karate, cinema ...
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
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, humorous, clever ...
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, insanity, showbiz, disorder, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, hidden identity, media, actor's life, workplace situations ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
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, absurd, satirical, surreal, stylized ...
Plot: filmmaking, death, actor's life, showbiz, dark humor, disorder, nothing goes right, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, ghost, cons and scams, stupidity ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, europe, france, paris france, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.4
 2K
Bartleby (2001)
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, art house ...
Plot: insubordination, office, mysterious character, dark humor, boss and employee, workplace, fish out of water, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, name calling, employer employee relationship, fired from the job ...
Time: year 2001
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
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, funny, ironic ...
Plot: filmmaking, adaptation, art, creativity, storytelling, couples, artists and showbiz, showbiz, rehearsal, disorder, nothing goes right, buddies ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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