Movies like The Band
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The Band (1970)
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Original name: L'Homme orchestre
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The latter get their revenge by presenting Evans’ nephew Philippe, the only male member of the group, with a baby and a note claiming he is the father…
Style:
humorous, not serious, stylized, exciting, feel good, realistic
Plot:
farce, ballet, audition, yacht, car accident, choreographer, artists and showbiz, goofy hero, workplace situations, quibbling, family relations, babies and infants, disorder, boss and employee, power relations, misunderstanding, discipline, musician, dancing, clubbing, baby, dancer, ballerina, single mother, teacher student relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, 1960s
Place:
rome italy, europe, monaco, french riviera, france
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Most similar movies to The Band
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, not serious and feel good films with plots about disorder, love and romance, farce, silly humor, couples, goofy hero and workplace mostly in Comedy, Musical and Crime genres. Some movies like The Band: The Troops of St. Tropez (1964), Oscar (1967), The Tattoo (1968), Welcome Aboard (2011), The Discord (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The ambitious police officer Cruchot (Louis de Funès) is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling ...
Style:
funny, humorous, realistic, satirical, light ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
gendarme, father daughter relationship, beach, yacht, seaside, stolen painting, gendarmerie, nun, police, hitchhiker, gas station, investigation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, french riviera, saint tropez, cote d'azur, mediterranean sea ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his daughter is pregnant, an employee stole a large ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, sincere, light ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, farce, comedy of errors, family relations, maid, money, disorder, fraud, blackmail, boss and employee, cons and scams, parents and children ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, spoof, parody
Plot:
art dealer, castle, tattoo, veteran, retired, recovery, satire, silly humor, quibbling, disorder, dealer, farce ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Isabelle, HR of a large cruise company, made the mistake of choosing her boss as a lover. Before embarking on the maiden voyage of the new flagship of the fleet, though, he decided to disembark from their relationship! Some women take their revenge ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, light, sex comedy ...
Plot:
cruise, workplace romance, boss and employee, love and romance, workplace situations, goofy hero, farce, breakup, disorder, rivalry, workplace, ship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
71%
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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:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis de Funès) relishes the assignment, which he pursues with a manic zeal. Cruchot is after an offending driver, who turns out to be Josépha (Claude ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, exciting, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
gendarme, nun, farce, fall in love, father daughter relationship, marriage, humiliation, boss and employee, goofy hero, disorder, workplace, nothing goes right ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
saint tropez, french riviera, france, cote d'azur, riviera ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A cab driver and an opera fan strike up an unusual friendship.
Style:
independent film, realistic, witty, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
ice hockey, food, operetta, disorder, friends, couples, restaurant, hockey, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, ambition, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
69%
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:
69%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. While driving on the roads of the south, Roubier takes two young hitchhikers, but an unfortunate swerve ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, ambiguous ending, crying ...
Plot:
hitchhiking, tree, rescue, canyon, woman in danger, love triangle, rivalry, danger, television reporter, bribery, trapped in a car, cycling ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, riviera
Similarity:
68%
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:
66%
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:
66%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company and topples from one problem to another.
Style:
cult classic, semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
daydreamer, advertising, advertising agency, family relations, misunderstanding, marketing, mother son relationship, couples, disorder, nothing goes right, goofy hero, workplace ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
65%
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:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A composer finds love with a co-worker after taking a job at his uncle's advertising agency.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, touching, humorous, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
ex wife, lifestyle, going straight, starting over, ambition, hopes, womanizer, couples, infidelity, custody, parents and children, performer's life ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fifty years old, three years past of unemployment, benefits decreasing very quickly... Gerard is at the end of the rope when a position is offered him in Indonesia. To win the favor of his new employer, Gerard invites him to dinner at home. Fatal ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot:
boss and employee, disorder, guest, reception, entity, couples, nothing goes right, humour, mysterious character, hopes, power relations, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, indonesia, europe
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dr Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some ...
Style:
sex comedy, slapstick, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Plot:
carry on, hospital, nurse, doctor, medical, satire, power relations, disorder, doctors and patients, workplace, nothing goes right, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
sex, farce, playwright, nudity, power relations, couples, disorder, sexual relations, love affair, infidelity, couple relations, doctors and patients ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Everyone in the village of Bouzolles knows the Tuche family, who live by the philosophy "Man is not made to work." Despite their lack of money, they strive to be happy... that is, until their hand-to-mouth existence is turned on its head. ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining, realistic
Plot:
social differences, lottery, life turned upside down, fish out of water, eccentric family, culture clash, society, misfit, family life, family relations, disorder, wealth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
french riviera, france, monaco, europe, cote d'azur ...
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A spoiled rich girl who wants to be a dancer finds herself caught into between two rival dance groups set to do battle at an underground competition.
Style:
humorous, not serious, light, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancer's life, youth, rivalry, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, dance, dance contest, competition, choreography, friendship, satire, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A funny comedy about the war suddenly started between two restaurant owners families.
Style:
humorous, realistic, exciting, not serious
Plot:
rivalry, family relations, disorder, society, revenge, restaurant, interracial relations, silly humor, culture clash, uninhibited rivalry, losing-it hero, goofy hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two rival Medieval shows vie for supremacy in the world of Renaissance Faires.
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, fairy tale, sincere ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
couples, campus, nobility, love and romance, workplace, disorder, college, artists and showbiz, uninhibited rivalry, goofy hero, fish out of water, workplace situations ...
Time:
middle ages, 21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store dynasty. Mrs. Tuttle, Barbara's mother, is determined to split the two lovers, and hires ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, slapstick, feel good ...
Plot:
workplace, farce, department store, family relations, rise to the top, wooing, parents and children, disorder, goofy hero, mistaken identity, chaos and mayhem, store ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Charlie MacKenzie is an ambitious young career woman who stretches the truth in a job interview by professing to be married with a family. But her little white lie leads to a great big problem when her new boss moves next door. Desperate to ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sitcom, sincere ...
Plot:
hidden identity, eccentric family, couples, family problems, couple relations, actor's life, workplace, boss and employee, love and romance, workplace situations, cons and scams, best friend ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted
Style:
funny, retro, hilarious, black and white, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids
Plot:
cheerleader, teenager, broadway, love, small town, dancing, theater, dating, turtle, secretary, singer, songwriter ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
ohio, usa, washington d.c., new york, columbus ohio
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Three young men (Jacques, Pierre and Michel) share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties. Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package to deliver, and asks him if he can leave ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
fish out of water, disorder, buddies, self discovery, grownups, parents and children, couples, adolescence vs adulthood, life turned upside down, babysitting, friends, singleness ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
Style:
funny, stylized, humorous, witty, technicolor ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
business, broadway, satire, advertising, greed, marketing, economics, workplace, ambition, workplace romance, book, dance ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three friends leave Milan by car heading south. Two of them are married to two sisters, the third one is going to marry the third sister. The marriage is going to take place in the villa of their vulgar but very rich father in law. They are also ...
Style:
road movie, fast paced, not serious, parody, realistic ...
Plot:
dark humor, acid, male friendship, self discovery, love and romance, goofy hero, boss and employee, fall in love, nothing goes right, couple relations, power relations, couples ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The life of Osman VII. who was the emperor of the Turkish republic.
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, touching, suspense ...
Plot:
fish out of water, rise to the top, head of state, disorder, farce, love and romance, goofy hero, workplace situations, misfit, turkish history, friends, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, ottoman empire
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Razzle Dazzle follows the eager members of "Mr. Jonathon's Dance Academy" who, with their unique dance routines, compete for Grand Final success at Australia's most prestigious competition. Amidst parental politics, petty ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, suspense, biting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dance school, dancer's life, ambition, lifestyle, blind ambition, artists and showbiz, family relations, power relations, contests and competitions, desire for fame, teachers and students, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, sentimental ...
Plot:
prank, youth, disorder, high school life, high school, rebellion, rebelliousness, hardcase students, exam, private school, baby girl, bully ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
france, versailles, paris france, europe
Similarity:
60%
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