Movies like The Flying Scissors

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The Flying Scissors (2009)
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The Flying Scissors (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Comedy starring Mason Pettit, Matthew Arkin, Devin Ratray
Style: humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, mockumentary, offbeat, independent film
Plot: rivalry, lifestyle, silly humor, uninhibited rivalry, contests and competitions, found footage, feminist, museum, steroids, rock paper scissors, ambition
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, new york

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, not serious and witty films with plots about ambition, contests and competitions, rivalry, silly humor, disorder, artists and showbiz and satire mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like The Flying Scissors: Midgets Vs. Mascots (2009), Closing Escrow (2007), MoCap LLC (2009), The Big Tease (1999), The Grand (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Way of the Tosser (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This hilarious genre-bending comedy follows Gary Brewer, along with girlfriend Holly Brewer (no relation), and best friend Trevor Morehouse as Gary quests to reign supreme at the 2006 Rock, Paper, Scissors World Championships.
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, light, mockumentary ...
Plot: rivalry, goofy hero, disorder, contests and competitions, athlete's life, silly humor, rock paper scissors, uninhibited rivalry, effeminacy, friend, ambition, tank top
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: canada
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95%
Midgets Vs. Mascots (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This documentary follows 10 contestants as they compete for 1 million dollars in prize money.
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, witty, slapstick ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: chaos, disorder, strong sexual content, rivalry, contests and competitions, physical appearance, chaos and mayhem, misfit, silly humor, profanity, interview, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
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69%
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Closing Escrow (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three quirky families seeking to buy their next home collide when trying to purchase the same property. The bidding war tests the limits of their marriages and the resolve of their agents.
Style: mockumentary, humorous, cynical, light, feel good ...
Plot: uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, eccentric family, social relations, family relations, ambition, satire, real estate, couples, marriage, estate, found footage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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62%
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MoCap LLC (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story: MoCap, LLC presents a dark, hysterical, behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of a low-rent motion capture studio willing to do just about anything to find work in the video game industry.
Style: witty, not serious, humorous, realistic, mockumentary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: office, workplace situations, power relations, lifestyle, workplace, nothing goes right, twentysomething life, silly humor, satire, boss and employee, video game, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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The Big Tease (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Thinking he's competing in Los Angeles' hot Platinum Scissors contest, Scottish hairstylist Crawford (Craig Ferguson) leaves Glasgow with a film crew to capture the event. When he learns he's a mere audience member, Crawford must find ...
Style: mockumentary, talky, humorous, witty, clever ...
Plot: gay, satire, culture clash, lgbtq, competition, hairdresser, business, fashion, contests and competitions, underdog, fighting the system, ambition ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: scotland, los angeles, california, usa, europe ...
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51%
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Caught cheating and banned for ten years, Bobby Dukes, paintball's first superstar, returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past.
Style: witty, feel good, humorous, not serious, mockumentary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rise and fall, ambition, rivalry, goofy hero, underdog, contests and competitions, buddies, social satire, partner, rejection, friends, misfit ...
Time: year 2004
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51%
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The Grand (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes ...
Style: funny, humorous, mockumentary, entertaining, clever ...
Plot: gambling, poker, gambler, greed, sarcasm, adaptation, contests and competitions, casino, underdog, ambition, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
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47%
Never Been Thawed (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A hilarious mockumentary about the delicious hobby of frozen food collecting and Christian rock band, The Christers. The film follows the Mesa Frozen Entree Enthusiast's Club as they plan their first Frozen Entree Enthusiasts Convention.
Style: not serious, cynical, humorous, witty, mockumentary ...
Plot: friendship, rise to the top, lifestyle, partner, disorder, ego clash, desire for fame, misfit, nothing goes right, rivalry, satire, cooking and food ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Standup special filmed live at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
Style: humorous, witty, talky, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, performer's life, dark humor, society, stand up comedy, silly humor, stand up
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Dealin' with Idiots (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Faced with the absurd competitiveness surrounding his son's youth league baseball team, Max Morris, a famous comedian, decides to get to know the colorful parents and coaches of the team better in an attempt to find the inspiration for his next ...
Style: witty, humorous, realistic, not serious, funny ...
Plot: family relations, baseball, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, social relations, ambition, writer's life, parents and children, baseball team, satire, father son relationship, mother son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Death and Texas (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Barefoot Bobby Briggs, the legendary running back for the Austin Steers was today sentenced to die for his role in the armed robbery/murder at a downtown Stop 'n Go convenience store... It's five years later, and Bobby's appeals have ...
Style: witty, humorous, realistic, semi serious, mockumentary ...
Plot: satire, murder, prison life, athlete's life, rivalry, fighting the system, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, courtroom drama, legal, sport team, death row ...
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Beef (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: BEEF is a comedic spin on a real person courtroom show. Set in a NY deli, BEEF revolves around Lou, his family, and the cases he settles. People march in with a "beef" for Lou to solve with old-school advice, simple justice, or a fine cut ...
Style: parody, not serious, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Plot: courtroom, judge, rivalry, workplace, legal, workplace situations, society, store, family relations, silly humor, courtroom drama
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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38%
Let Them Chirp Awhile (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The basic storyline of the film follows Bobby and Scott, two young men in their late twenties who are struggling to make careers out of their artistic dreams but their competitiveness with each other gets in the way.
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, feel good, humorous ...
Plot: lifestyle, looking for love, couples, performer's life, couple relations, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, twentysomething life, down on your luck, urban, male female relationship, dog ...
Time: september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Cult of Sincerity (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A New York hipster sets out on a a quest to create the most sincere T-shirt ever.
Style: semi serious, realistic, talky, cynical, humorous ...
Plot: friends, self discovery, society, friendship, dull life, lifestyle, ambition, youth, twentysomething life, farce, unfulfillment, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Qualunquemente (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Corrupt and sleazy entrepreneur Cetto La Qualunque comes back to Italy and "jumps into politics" lest his law-abiding opponent, Giovanni De Santis, is elected as mayor.
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious, funny, sexy
Plot: politics, political satire, uninhibited rivalry, campaign, rivalry, farce, state affairs, satire, silly humor, media, mayor
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Mother of Invention (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A mockumentary about an aspiring inventor who dreams of winning an annual young inventor award. The only problem is... he's never made an invention that works.
Style: stylized, humorous, semi serious, realistic, entertaining ...
Plot: inventions and discoveries, ambition, contests and competitions, found footage, rivalry, inventor, multiple contestants, humour, invention, rivals, lonely
Time: 21st century
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35%
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Noobz (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four friends hit the road to LA to compete in the Cyberbowl Video Game Championship, but will they be able to compete with the worst hangovers of their lives?
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, light, gaming ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: on the road, contests and competitions, computers and web, buddies, obsessive quest, rivalry, misfit partners, friends, stoner, toilet humor, road trip, tournament ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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35%
Who's Got the Action? (1962)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: gambling, bookies, casino, gangster, forces of nature, cons and scams, disorder, nothing goes right, rivalry, ambition, dishonesty, contests and competitions ...
Time: 60s
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34%
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SBK The-Movie (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A film 35 years in the making. One man's journey to become a legend of the Boardwalk by claiming the title of World Champion in the fast paced sport of professional Skeeball.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat
Plot: contests and competitions, ambition, athletics, arcade, boardwalk
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Not Another Not Another Movie (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In this non- stop hilarious ride we follow a struggling Movie Studio that is willing to do anything to make a buck even if it means ruining its reputation, and running the Movie Industry into the ground. This film has everything that an audience ...
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, spoof, mockumentary ...
Plot: filmmaking, satire, showbiz, media satire, artists and showbiz, media, disorder, ambition, downfall, blind ambition, nothing goes right, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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33%
Bam Margera Presents: Where The #$&% Is Santa? (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the midst of a trip to Finland to find the perfect Christmas gift for his wife, Missy, skateboarding superstar MTV personality Bam Margera is struck by inspiration to find the elusive Santa clause.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, slapstick, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: christmas, silly humor, friends, disorder, buddies, escapades, jackass, profanity, prank, found footage, farce, toilet humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, antarctica
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32%
Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The hardest group you've never heard of is back. Gangsta Rap is a mockumentary based on a group of over the hill gangster rappers (circa NWA), trying to make a comeback. Its a hilarious look at the soft underbelly of hard core hip hop.
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, mockumentary, captivating ...
Plot: hip hop, profanity, lifestyle, showbiz, silly humor, artists and showbiz, musician's life, buddies, music band, celebrity culture, friends, urban ghetto ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles
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32%
Hitting the Nuts (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Hitting the Nuts is the 'true' story of the 2009 Scott County, Indiana Poker Championship as told by those who were there. This mockumentary follows the town preacher, busty waitress, lovable redneck dad, portly returning champion and a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, mockumentary
Plot: poker, rivalry, ambition, parents and children, gambling, sport team, clergy, society, contests and competitions, small town, racism, religions or cults ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana
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32%
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The Test (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 86 min.
Story: On the final test of a public tender for federal judge in Rio de Janeiro, the four finalists lawyers come from bizarre way: the gaucho Rogério Carlos (Fábio Porchat) comes surrounded woman dressed transvestites, the São Paulo Rezende (Rodrigo ...
Style: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: contests and competitions, buddies, ambition, nothing goes right, disorder, rivalry, silly humor, legal, friends, fish out of water, nudity, sexual content
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro
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Elite Cup (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A spoof of recent Brazilian movies.
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good ...
Plot: silly humor, contests and competitions, fighting crime, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, world cup
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
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31%
Aries Spears: Hollywood, Look I'm Smiling (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: Hollywood, Look I m Smiling is a laugh-out-loud and insightful comedy concert starring Mad TV s break-out star Aries Spears. Spears is in rare form as he tackles controversial topics such as political correctness , the Hollywood establishment and ...
Style: realistic, humorous, not serious
Plot: society, stand up comedy, concert, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, showbiz, interracial relations, stand up
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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31%
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Stuntmen (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When the industry's two biggest stuntmen are nominated for Stuntman of the Year, an over-ambitious documentarian reignites a dormant rivalry between the two men that results in an all out press war.
Style: realistic, rough, semi serious, humorous, exciting ...
Plot: stuntman, contests and competitions, actor's life, rivalry, artists and showbiz, rise to the top, downfall, hollywood, filmmaking, ambition, celebrity culture, showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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31%
Cho Dependent (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Miss Margaret Cho is back, and she has a few things she'd like to share with you. From her hilarious recounting of her backstage feud with the Palins during 'Dancing with the Stars' to musical interludes featuring Cho's witty ...
Style: humorous, witty, talky, not serious, realistic
Plot: singing, lifestyle, performer's life, fish out of water, feminist, disorder, artists and showbiz, feminism, misfit, gender, gay interest, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia, usa
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31%
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball ...
Style: mockumentary, not serious, humorous, parody, realistic ...
Plot: martial arts, actor's life, rising to stardom, rise and fall, against the odds, showbiz, filmmaking, media, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, lifestyle, odd couple ...
Time: 70s
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31%
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A collection of Christopher Walken's greatest SNL skits and hosting jobs
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, light, sketch comedy
Plot: lifestyle, workplace, workplace situations, goofy hero, media satire, nothing goes right, disorder, showbiz, actor's life, silly humor, artists and showbiz, media
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