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The Alarmist (1997)
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The Alarmist (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman, and is an instant success. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers there's more to this business and his boss Heinrich than he previously suspected.
Style: humorous, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, realistic, cynical, semi serious, light, romantic, sexy ...
Plot: satire, dark humor, investigation, forgery, innocence lost, workplace, dishonesty, screwball, cons and scams, workplace situations, oral sex, catastrophe, twists and turns, demon, revenge, natural disaster, violence, writers, murder, weapons, male nudity, lone hero, alternate reality, fantasy world, destiny ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and independent film films with plots about dark humor, satire, dishonesty, disorder, cons and scams, couples and workplace mostly in Comedy, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Alarmist: Dumbbells (2014), Two Hundred Thousand Dirty (2012), Dead Babies (2000), Hijacking Hollywood (1997), Boppin' at the Glue Factory (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dumbbells (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Dumbbells is a light-hearted buddy comedy set amongst a group of misfit employees that work in a struggling fitness center in Los Angeles.
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, realistic ...
Plot: workplace, workplace situations, buddies, basketball player, gym, ambition, recovery, society, social misfits, boss and employee, misfit, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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Two Hundred Thousand Dirty (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Welcome to the monotonous, oppressive modern American byproduct of suburban sprawl: the urban strip-mall. Native to this environment and products of outdated pop culture are Rob (Mark Greenfield) and Manny (Coolio), the unsuccessful, unrefined and ...
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, independent film, dark comedy ...
Plot: satire, murder, dishonesty, workplace, working class, cons and scams, workplace situations, dark humor, down on your luck, loser, rapper, store ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas
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44%
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Dead Babies (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When a group of college kids get together for a weekend of partying, they find themselves mixed up in a murderous plot. Having planned on a weekend of hard-core debauchery, the English students and their visiting American friends do not notice when ...
Style: suspenseful, witty, twisted, talky, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, danger, dark humor, nightlife, female nudity, babies and infants, college, mate swapping, chaos and mayhem, drug use, male pubic hair, nudity ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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
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37%
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Boppin' at the Glue Factory (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A junkie nurse rules the night shift at a convalescent hospital.
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, independent film, realistic
Plot: satire, workplace, dark humor, life is a bitch, against the rules, dishonesty, workplace situations, addiction, drug abuse, cons and scams, retirement home, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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30%
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
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29%
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Jinxed! (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Harold, a professional gambler, and his girlfriend Bonita, a lounge singer, follow Willie, a young blackjack dealer, around the western U.S. Harold has a jinx on Willie and can't lose with him. Bonita and Willie meet and fall for each other and ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot: dark humor, casino, hitman, dishonesty, outlaw, gambling, singer, blackjack, murder, bare chested male, cover up, luck ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Shut Up and Shoot! (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A movie producer hatches a scheme to have an actor (Silvio Pollio) kill his fellow filmmakers.
Style: realistic, cynical, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: murder, satire, actor's life, dark humor, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, politics, cons and scams, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles
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26%
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100 Mile Rule (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: semi serious, cynical, realistic, humorous, clever
Plot: infidelity, moral dilemma, introspection, femme fatale, cons and scams, nothing goes right, couple relations, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, manipulation, heist ...
Place: usa, los angeles, california, detroit
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26%
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Mystics (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, black comedy, dark comedy
Plot: elderly, cons and scams, partner, buddies, nothing goes right, dark humor, seance, scam, senior citizen, gangster, con artists, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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24%
Remarkable Power (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A late night talk show host masterminds an elaborate scheme to save his canceled show and avenge his wife's affair, entangling an eclectic collection of tinsel towners in the process.
Style: cynical, realistic, humorous, independent film, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: infidelity, media, crime gone awry, rivalry, vengeance, nothing goes right, dishonesty, life is a bitch, dark humor, cons and scams, showbiz, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 ...
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24%
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Sour Grapes (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Richie, a sneaker sole designer, and his cousin Evan, a brain surgeon, are spending this weekend with their girlfriends in Atlantic City. When one of them ends up with a $436,000 jackpot, sour grapes is what results. Even though Richie uses two ...
Style: humorous, intense, semi serious, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot: gambling, casino, greed, friendship, unlikely friendships, stupidity, partner, dishonesty, nothing goes right, change of luck, dark humor, vengeance ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: new jersey, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, bulgaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Open Season (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, biting
Plot: satire, media satire, workplace situations, showbiz, ambition, boss and employee, media, rise to the top, blind ambition, society, workplace, disorder ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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24%
Comic Book Villains (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When word hits the street that a nearby elderly gentleman has a cache of old, rare, and very valuable mint condition comic books, rival comic book shop owners Raymond McGillicuddy (Donal Logue) and Norman Link (Michael Rapaport) both set out to be ...
Style: humorous, stylized, dark comedy, cynical, clever ...
Plot: small town, internet, dark humor, dishonesty, comic book, satire, friendship, rivals, feud, old woman, male female relationship, death ...
Time: y2k
Place: barcelona
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23%
A Million to Juan (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, slapstick
Plot: chicano, family relations, community, money, restaurant, immigrant, disorder, cons and scams, social differences, down on your luck, mistaken identity, rich and poor ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: mexico, los angeles, california, usa, latin america
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American Cowslip (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with his garden. This dark comedy follows the last days of Ethan's life as he struggles to find ...
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot: redneck, friends, contests and competitions, life is a bitch, drug abuse, ambition, siblings relations, buddies, couples, dark humor, addiction, eccentric man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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22%
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Floundering (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a young man's unemployment benefits run out, the IRS freezes his bank account, and his druggie brother needs help, things can't get any worse...until he discovers his girlfriend is cheating on him!
Style: humorous, cynical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: unemployment, estrangement, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, society, buddies, dark humor, down on your luck, friendship, lifestyle, disorder, fictional reality ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: seattle, los angeles, italy, venice, usa ...
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22%
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Mr. Wrong (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature.
Style: humorous, semi serious, cynical, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: dark humor, battle of the sexes, fall in love, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable, couple relations, lifestyle, wooing, wedding, road trip, trip, talk show host ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 90s
Place: latin america, usa, mexico
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22%
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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
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21%
Getting Away with Murder (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander, he takes it upon himself to rid the world of this man.
Style: humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Plot: murder, vigilantism, dark humor, neighbor neighbor relationship, false accusation, investigation, college, uncover truth, racism, college professor, disorder, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: massachusetts
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21%
Critical Care (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million ...
Style: black comedy, cynical, humorous, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot: medical, hospital, medicine, dark humor, satire, law, business, half sister, nun, family problems, power relations, family relations ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
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21%
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson is a mockumentary on the disappearance of a fictitious wealthy British film producer, Kevin Johnson, who is dealing in sex, lies and blackmail in Hollywood.
Style: mockumentary, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: filmmaking, 007, tv crew, investigation, satire, found footage, artists and showbiz, media, missing person, kidnapping, hollywood, celebrity culture ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Late Last Night (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and intoxication. They start a cathartic ride through the city's underbelly.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, dark comedy
Plot: friendship, golf, self discovery, relationships, drug use, divorce, showbiz, nightlife, buddies, lifestyle, prostitute, legal action ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Take Me to Tarzana (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After learning their company has been illicitly spying, collecting and selling data on them, three millennial friends band together to fight back against a lecherous boss and the company's maniacal, Tarzan-obsessed CEO.
Style: buddy comedy, satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot: satire, workplace situations, escapades, teamwork, workplace, friendship, friends, group of friends, fight, fighting
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20%
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RPM (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when he steals a prototype supercar.
Style: independent film, fast, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, partner, car chase, cons and scams, disorder, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, chase, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, rivalry, crime gone awry ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, europe
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20%
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Blunt Talk (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: A British newscaster moves to Los Angeles with his alcoholic manservant and the baggage of several failed marriages to host a sanctimonious talk show.
Style: not serious, cynical, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot: media satire, media, journalism, silly humor, artists and showbiz, workplace situations, workplace, talk show host, bittersweet, satire, behind the scenes, talk show
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Scenes from a Mall (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A comedy about a married couple -- he's a sports lawyer, she's a psychologist -- which takes place on their 16th wedding anniversary, when they make some startling confessions.
Style: talky, intense, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: infidelity, dysfunctional family, adultery, crumbling marriage, family problems, couple relations, dishonesty, battle of the sexes, life turned upside down, dysfunctional marriage, husband wife relationship, divorce ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Mistress (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the ...
Style: humorous, cynical, cult classic, light, captivating ...
Plot: filmmaking, mistress, screenwriter, hollywood, showbiz, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire, media satire ...
Time: year 1992, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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LolliLove (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: A hip, misguided Southern California couple decide to make a difference in the lives of the homeless by giving them lollipops with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.
Style: mockumentary, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: social differences, social relations, rich and poor, nothing goes right, society, homelessness, charity, satire, homeless, couples
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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