Movies like No Surrender
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No Surrender (1985)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Michael Angelis stars in a comedy about double booking a Catholic and Protestant night in a Liverpool nightclub.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, cult film
Plot:
alcohol abuse, protestant, crimes, new year, on the road, friendship, friends, terrorism, partners, music band, graphic violence, dangerous animal, nightclub, artists and showbiz, elderly, chaos and mayhem, chaos, buddies, criminal heroes, deadly, golden years, disgruntled, profanity, satire, catholic ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
england, northern england, britain
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about friends, buddies, friendship, disorder, crimes, partners and profanity mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like No Surrender: One More Saturday Night (1986), Mystics (2003), Flip a Coin (2004), Shut Up and Shoot Me (2005), The Time of Their Lives (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The problems faced by both teenagers and adults in a small Minnesota town who are trying to get dates for a Saturday night.
Style:
touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, youth, music band, betrayal, coming of age, partners, sexual content, artists and showbiz, buddies, small town life, terrorism, nightclub ...
Time:
80s
Place:
minnesota
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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:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, dark humor
Plot:
elderly, cons and scams, nothing goes right, crimes, partners, golden years, buddies, scam, seance, gangsters, disorder, friends ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
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94%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
The hilarious duo Jay & Silent Bob are back. Film icons Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes made history and fans all over the world with the characters Jay & Silent Bob from the movies Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, talky, witty, not serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friends, friendship, showbiz, filmmaking, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, buddies, profanity, odd couple
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
CASPER and PHILIP two friends in their mid twenties, share a flat and spend most of their time chasing after girls. They chat girls up together, then flip a coin about who gets to pursue her. PHILIP always wins, but CASPER is the lucky one with the ...
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humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
love triangle, heist, crimes, fall in love, buddies, womanizer, nanny, friendship, seduction, bet, couples, friends ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
england, london, spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Colin Frampton is an Englishman who never stops worrying, not even on holiday in Prague. When Colin's wife is accidentally squashed by a statue, he decides that he can't face life without her. So Colin bribes Pavel to help him die. An ...
Style:
semi serious, dark humor, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
criminal heroes, deadly, friendship, reunion, misfit, hitman, gangsters, partners, death in the family, disorder, buddies, death wish ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
europe, czech republic, prague
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Determined to gatecrash her ex-lover's funeral on glamorous French hideaway Île de Ré, former Hollywood siren Helen escapes her London retirement home with help of repressed English housewife Priscilla and they hit the road together in a race ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, road movie
Plot:
elderly, friendship, on the road, escapades, love triangle, golden years, road trip, bonding, retirement home, strong female presence, friends, travel ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
france
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72%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the countdown to World War 3 begins. If anyone can prevent the oncoming apocalypse it's the ...
Style:
humorous, clever, witty, biting, suspense ...
Plot:
satire, society, politics, chaos, state affairs, danger, profanity, silly humor, nudity (full frontal - brief), chaos and mayhem, terrorism, island ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, england, caribbean, south america, soviet union ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Rock and Roll Road Movie Comedy set in Wales
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
gang, on the road, motorcycle chase, nothing goes right, buddies, drugs/alcohol, disorder, drug dealing, crimes, countryside, rock, friends ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two gamblers must leave New York City after one loses a lot of money. Doing what all gamblers in trouble would do, they hurry to the gambling capital Las Vegas to turn their luck around.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Plot:
prostitute, casino, nudity (full frontal - brief), gambling, hotel, family life, friendship, heist, on the road, silly humor, farce, profanity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. One day she witnesses a murder being committed by top hit-man, Seymour Flint. She decides to blackmail him into killing her, however, she has one or two friends he ...
Style:
humorous, dark humor, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
hitman, parents and children, graphic violence, golden years, dishonesty, crimes, elderly, forgery, deadly, cons and scams, murder, female protagonist ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Share this *Alcoholocaust: (Meaning: The aftermath of a drinking party, usually resulting in every available horizontal surface being covered in empty booze containers, spilled beverages and a general sticky alcoholic residue.) Jim Jefferies, the ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, sincere, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lifestyle, performer's life, buddies, politically correct, artists and showbiz, alcohol abuse, stand up special, live audience, drugs/alcohol, profanity, friends
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three pedigree chumps learn that every underdog has its day in this freewheeling Irish comedy. In hock to the tune of £50,000 to a Belfast bookie and saddled with a dopey greyhound that wouldn't run if its backside was on fire, the likely lads ...
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humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ambition, dishonesty, buddies, crimes, gambling, disorder, bookies, male friendship, male bonding, friendship between men, down on your luck, friends ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
You may see one show, but you haven't senn them all! Following on from the amazingly successful JAY AND SILENT BOB TEA BAGGING IN THE UK, Fast-talking, foul mouthed Jay and his "hetero life partner' Silent Bob return with their second ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
artists and showbiz, buddies, odd couple, partners, misfit partners, filmmaking, friends, friendship, profanity, disorder
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
ireland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. When the local shopkeepers no longer take her bad checks or bad credit cards, she's reduced to stealing from one family member to buy presents for others. It's ...
Style:
humorous, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, cult film
Plot:
computers and web, family life, friendship, couple relations, materialism, friends, couples, farce, wedding, obsession, buddies, crimes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
arkansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere is the much-loved sequel to Peter Kay's critically-acclaimed comedy series, "Phoenix Nights". Written by and starring Peter Kay and Patrick McGuinness, this six-part comedy/drama series is the ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
motor home, friends, on the road, friendship, buddies, lifestyle, odd couple, social relations, disorder, working class, chaos and mayhem, partners ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s
Place:
england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the business into a morass of recriminations and retaliations, kidnapping, and murder in this parable of ...
Style:
semi serious, dark humor, realistic, humorous, exciting ...
Plot:
americana, friendship, disorder, friends, partners, unemployment, buddies, desire for fame, society, experimenting, profanity, ambition ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Story of a happy-go-lucky small time crook who runs into a country music group looking for their big break. They end up helping each other out in unexpected ways.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, offbeat
Plot:
on the run, music band, country music, chases and races, criminal heroes, artists and showbiz, heist, cons and scams, country, stash, chase, partners ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
tennessee
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48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An ad-hoc orchestra treks through the woods, strolling and drinking, to the 'Carnaval du Monde' in Stavelot. The drunken procession appeals to them so much that they forget house and home. Like medieval wandering scholars, they travel from ...
Style:
non-linear, humorous, sincere, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, adventurer, farce, on the road, midlife crisis, music band, escapades, buddies, disintegration, hung over, nudity (full frontal - brief), mountain ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Chaz and his friends take a road trip after discovering his landlord's plot to kill the creator of the Showboy magazine. Chaz must choose between his beloved magazines, his best friends, the girl of his dreams, or saving an innocent man's ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
friends, buddies, on the road, moral dilemma, slacker, road trip, magazine, bar, garage, convention
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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:
offbeat, humorous, cynical, biting, dark humor ...
Plot:
factory, strong sexual content, satire, corporate crimes, workplace situations, moral dilemma, human nature, workplace, dishonesty, crimes, cooking and food, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jacob's feet are so turned out that he walks like Charlie Chaplin. He is different because of that and decides to emigrate from Palestine to Canada, where "everyone is equal". There everybody treats him kindly, and a thief ...
Style:
offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
self discovery, heist, oracle, friends, disability, friendship, farce, immigrants, crimes, society, misfit, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Aaron Roman (Gores) is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father (Mantegna) grants Aaron his wish for his 18th birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious
Plot:
hollywood, friendship, disability, nothing goes right, partners, artists and showbiz, good versus evil, odd couple, buddies, teenage life, wish come true, friends ...
Time:
contemporary, year 2005, 21st century, 2000s
Place:
usa, los angeles
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43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Who says crime doesn't pay? The mob will pay Jimmy Corona anything to stay away. But, then again, so would most people. His agent brushes off Jimmy's latest book proposal: detailing the conspiracy between Lee Harvey Oswald and Marylin ...
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Four old friends reconnect at their 20-year college reunion.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
reunion, golf, friendship, lifestyle, buddies, best friends, couple relations, betrayal, old friends, twentysomething life, alcohol abuse, midlife crisis ...
Time:
contemporary
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Comedy - Devin Begley, Destiny Monique, Amanda Nix, Liana Mendoza, Noel Gugliemi
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
One hot summer day in New Orleans, BJ (Troy Anders) tries to keep his deceased brother's legacy alive by throwing the hottest, rip-roaring block party of the summer. But he has a few obstacles to overcome first, one jealous baby-mamma and a ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, captivating
Plot:
nothing goes right, goofy hero, disorder, family relations, police corruption, nightlife, partners, lifestyle, crimes, drug dealing, buddies, silly humor ...
Time:
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Place:
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39%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
hip hop, ambition, partners, bus, filmmaking, on the road, disorder, destiny, ego clash, showbiz, lifestyle, self discovery ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, witty, not serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A quartet of disaffected Korean youths have robbed a Seoul gas station. After taking the gas station over, their wacky antics ensue; forcing the manager to sing, kidnapping customers that complain about the service, and staging fist-fights between ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, semi serious, light, absurd ...
Plot:
gas station, robbery, hostage, heist, gang, gangsters, crimes, hostages, partners, buddies, resentment, rebelliousness ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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