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Heroes Like Us (1999)
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Original name: Helden wie wir
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young man from an early age falls in love with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. His father however is a member of the "Stasi", the secret state police. The father not only hinders his son's relationship with the girl, but he arranges for his son, after finishing school, to become a Stasi spy himself.
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, romantic drama, romantic comedy, black humor
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
stasi, berlin wall, coming of age, secret police, satire, teenage love, cold war, father son relationship, irony, political satire, social commentary, family conflict, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, political oppression, young adult, forbidden romance, domestic drama, iron curtain, nostalgia, alternate history, love of one's life, love interest, german reunification, masturbation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
german democratic republic, east germany, east berlin, gdr
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Most similar movies to Heroes Like Us
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, satirical, feel good and period piece films with plots about satire, social commentary, political satire, moral ambiguity, identity crisis, irony and coming of age mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Heroes Like Us: Meier (1986), Forwards Ever! (2017), Old White Man (2024), Open the Wall (2014), Rotwang Must Go! (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Meier, a paperhanger in East Berlin, inherits from his father in West Berlin. With this money he wants to fulfil himself the dream of his life: a journey around the world. He buys a forged West German passport and pretends to go on a trip to ...
Plot:
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Place:
east berlin, berlin germany, east germany, germany, west berlin west germany ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, light, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A comedy directed by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg.
Style:
black comedy, dark, absurd, dark comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
raf, satire, stasi, murder mystery, multiple suspects, business tycoon, flashback, social commentary, conspiracy, corruption, moral ambiguity, whodunit ...
Time:
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Place:
east germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
black comedy, family saga, tragicomedy, period piece, satirical ...
Plot:
social commentary, dark humor, cold war, irony, satire, political satire, generation gap, autobiography, bureaucracy, slice of life, domestic drama, nostalgia ...
Time:
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Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, central europe, europe
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58%
2K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
german democratic republic, germany, east germany, europe
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Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
social, sitcom, dark comedy, situational comedy, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, political satire, village life, innocence, underdog, irony, social justice, wit, realism, coming of age, unhappiness, political commentary
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a small Gernan Village 3 old people die. Their Kids decide to keep acting as if their were alive, so they can get their retirement benefit.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, dark, absurd, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
germany
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53%
12K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This is the story of the politician named Zübük. He gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of, due to corruption. The journalist Yaşar wants to make a news story about his case and investigates Zübük's doings. Yaşar ...
Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, political drama, black humor
Plot:
corruption, political satire, con man, social commentary, satire, deception, betrayal, scandal, greed, investigative journalism, absurd humor, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A Red Army major caught between East and West Berlin finds his wife gone and somebody else moved into his apartment.
Style:
art house, tense, period piece, melancholic, political drama ...
Plot:
cold war, survival, character study, red army, soviet army, identity crisis, underground, post war, isolation, black market, loneliness, alienation ...
Place:
east germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this satire of the I.R.S., George Segal plays an Average Joe targeted for the Audit from Hell. His bank accounts are frozen, his home and business are attached by the government, and his wife leaves him. Segal is forced to move into the house of ...
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, twisted, psychotronic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a group of apartment neighbors is turned upside down when a 55-year-old woman named Doina moves in next door. A maniacal lawsuit enthusiast, Doina demands absolute silence in the building. Tensions rise and chaos unfolds as the ...
Style:
absurd, dark comedy, black humor
Audience:
adult
Plot:
neighbor, satire, apartment building, social satire, social commentary, absurd humor, modern life, escalation, farce, reluctant hero, domestic drama, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania
Similarity:
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430
Genre: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, comedy drama, period piece, tragicomedy
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
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Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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1K
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Duration: 101 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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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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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, romantic, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Egypt
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
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34%
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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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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
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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32%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
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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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 103 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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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic comedy, situational comedy, romantic drama, sitcom, comedy drama ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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