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The Onion Movie (2008)
17K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits losers hardest". This compilation of bogus news stories, celebrity profiles, movie trailers and skits come courtesy of the ace satirists at The Onion.
Style:
parody, spoof, black comedy, funny, dark comedy, satirical, cult classic, witty, sketch comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
satire, politics, television, irreverence, sexual humor, terrorism, media satire, journalism, racism, absurdism, stereotypes, marijuana, media, office, society, journalist, danger, corruption, adaptation, sketch, disorder, male nudity, food, reporter, joke ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, united states
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, parody, not serious and spoof films with plots about satire, disorder, media, farce, silly humor, nude and catastrophe mostly in Comedy and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Onion Movie: Airplane! (1980), Movie 43 (2013), The Hebrew Hammer (2003), American Raspberry (1977), Scary Movie 4 (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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The film is composed of multiple comedy shorts presented through an overarching segment titled "The Pitch", in which Charlie Wessler, a mad screenwriter, is attempting to pitch a script to film executive Griffin Schraeder. After revealing ...
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teens, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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parody, humorous, satirical, stylized, not serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
jerusalem
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
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100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, political, teen, not serious, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, europe, austria, los angeles, vienna ...
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 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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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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TV show
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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parody, humorous, absurd, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, anthology, parody, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, california, new york, los angeles, manhattan new york city
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Country: USA
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TV show
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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