Movies like Micmacs

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Micmacs (2009)
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Micmacs (2009)
Original name: Micmacs à tire-larigot
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers. Avid movie-watcher and video store clerk Bazil has had his life all but ruined by weapons of war. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco and one fateful night a stray bullet from a nearby shootout embeds itself in his skull, leaving him on the verge of instantaneous death. Losing his job and his home, Bazil wanders the streets until he meets Slammer, a pardoned convict who introduces him to a band of eccentric junkyard dealers including Calculator, a math expert and statistician, Buster, a record-holder in human cannonball feats, Tiny Pete, an artistic craftsman of automatons, and Elastic Girl, a sassy contortionist. When chance reveals to Bazil the two weapons manufacturers responsible for building the instruments of his destruction, he constructs a complex scheme for revenge that his newfound family is all too happy to help set in motion.
Style: surreal, light, atmospheric, cult classic, humorous, funny, touching, sweet, visual, visually stunning ...
Plot: eccentricity, teamwork, loneliness, magic realism, brutality, misfit, friendship, lifestyle change, goofy hero, dark humor, heartwarming, revenge, vengeance, satire, homeless, survival, teenager, cyberpunk, circus, railway, dream, freak, talent, acrobat, fictional country ...
Time: 2000s, year 2009, year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
Place: france, europe, paris france
Keyword: french, partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and funny films with plots about disorder, friends, buddies, friendship, partner, dark humor and police mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Micmacs: Delicatessen (1991), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Amelie (2001), Superchondriac (2014), My Best Friend (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 99 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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