Movies like The Professional 2003
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The Professional (2003)
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Original name: Profesionalac
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia and Montenegro
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Till recently a University professor, a bohemian writer, a member of Belgrade's intellectual circles and a passionate opponent of the Milosevic's regime meets the man, unknown to him, but who knows every tiny detail of his life. Man tells him a story and plot unfolds unimaginably.
Style:
clever, cult classic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, intellectual, black comedy, dark comedy, thought provoking
Plot:
undercover, working undercover, life turned upside down, uncover truth, secret agent, rivalry, social decay, conspiracy, totalitarian regime, communism, satire, twists and turns, taxi driver, journalism, society, rebelliousness, opponent, mind game, secret, hidden identity, ex law enforcer, secret agents
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
balkan, former yugoslavia, serbia, eastern europe, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and dark comedy films with plots about satire, society, dark humor, family relations, disorder, rivalry and couples mostly in Comedy, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Professional: Balkan Spy (1984), The Marathon Family (1982), Frozen Stiff (2002), The Witness (1969), Cheese and Jam (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Balkanski špijun is a 1984 Yugoslav comedy/drama. Ilija Čvorović, a former Stalinist who spent several years in a prison on Goli otok, is contacted by the police to routinely answer questions about his tenant, Petar Markov Jakovljević, a ...
Style:
funny, dark comedy, black comedy, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
spy, communism, espionage, cold war, amateur detective, secret mission, conspiracy, cold war era, communist, badass, hitman, mental health ...
Time:
year 1984, 50s
Place:
balkan, former yugoslavia, serbia, europe, belgrade serbia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Topalovic family has been in the burial business for generations. When the old (150 yrs old) Pantelija dies, five generations of his heirs start to fight for the inheritance.
Style:
dark comedy, cult classic, parody, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
parents and children, crematorium, cemetery, moving, badass, family business, murder, mafia, grave digger, small town, funeral, pianist ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
balkan, former yugoslavia, serbia, europe
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66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The basic plot revolves around drug dealer Limeni (Tin Man) who is said to have no heart, and two men, Lemi and Kiza, who are trying to transport their dead grandfather for burial, until their car breaks down and they end up struggling to get him ...
Style:
semi serious, disturbing, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, smuggling, comedy of errors, satire, brothers, train travel, mysterious disappearance, corpse, brother, conspiracy, feeling, dead body ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
former yugoslavia, belgrade serbia, eastern europe, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Known as the best satire about communism, banned for over a decade in Hungary. 'The Witness' has become a cult classic, well received by critics and general audiences when it was finally released outside of Hungary. 'The Witness' ...
Style:
black comedy, parody, cult classic, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Plot:
satire, communism, political satire, dark humor, society, corruption, priest, socialism, meat, rehabilitation, hunting, amusement park ...
Time:
year 1969, 50s, 1950s
Place:
hungary, eastern europe, budapest, europe
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A story about a couple from the bottom of the social ladder, about smuggling refugees across borders and other 'suspect' things- it is, first and foremost, an attempt to tell a story about the worst in people, wherever they may be coming ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, clever
Plot:
unemployment, couples, rivalry, human nature, society, social misfits, social differences, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, illegal immigration, down on your luck, female nudity, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
slovenia, europe, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The staff of elementary school prepare the retirement party for their cleaning woman. The complicated relations within the school will emerge to the surface on the same night.
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, ironic, satirical, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
school, elementary school, satire, office politics, social commentary, intimate, hypocrisy, slice of life, bureaucracy, bittersweet, social realism, totalitarian regime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Don Fabijan is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on the island, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar and ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, tragicomedy, suspense ...
Plot:
pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, satire, mediterranean, religions or cults, clergy, village life, social relations, disorder, dishonesty, society, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, croatia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia, USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Here and There (Serbian: Tamo i ovde) is a Serbian film which was premiered at the Belgrade Film Festival FEST 2009. Here and There follows two interconnected stories on two different continents. Robert (Thornton), a depressed New Yorker, tries to ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, clever, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
immigrant, lifestyle, life is a bitch, misfit, fish out of water, family relations, eviction, disorder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, culture clash, emigration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, balkan, new york, serbia, europe ...
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A man, after having abandoned his family to live in a monastery, goes back into the world after 17 years.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, emotional, realistic, clever
Plot:
woman urinating, escape from reality, dysfunctional family, leaving home, social decay, church, monastery, society, family problems, family life, clergy, woman peeing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The tough lives of two ordinary individuals: Alex, an accountant and his wife Béatrice, a taxi driver.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, biting, suspense
Plot:
life turned upside down, fighting the system, life is a bitch, injustice, society, wrongfully committed, satire, husband wife relationship, loss of job, taxi driver, disorder, mental institution ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Nino and Bruno are two comedians who reach the heights of success with their duo act, turning them into huge TV celebrities. However, the hate between them grows as fast, and as much, as their fame
Style:
dark comedy, biting, cynical, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, buddy, behind the scenes, comedian, dark humor, friends, nightclub, workplace situations, media satire, actor's life, buddies, rise to the top ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
usa, wyoming
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Balding advertising executive Mr. Baum spends more time on a new ad campaign for purple sunglasses than he does with his own family. But suddenly he is forced to reexamine his life after a doctor tells him that he has an 'aggressive' brain ...
Style:
dark comedy, contemplative, semi serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
satire, dull life, family relations, dark humor, dealing with death, race against time, introspection, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, terminal illness, family life, doctor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
middle east, israel
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A dark comedy centering on the lives of a Neapolitan based family whose father, a fish merchant, is so infatuated with the reality TV show "Grande Fratello" (the Italian version of "Big Brother") he starts living his life as if ...
Style:
thought provoking, cynical, semi serious, humorous, surreal ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, dark humor, life turned upside down, obsession, disorder, society, audition, television, big brother, mental illness, lonely, power of media ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, southern italy, rome italy
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The socialist mayor of a small village in France dreams of building an arts center but he runs up against some opposition.
Style:
satirical, cynical, biting, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
french teacher, architecture, satire, social relations, couples, society, politics, opposites attract, small town, small town life, rural setting, mayor ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A lonely composer committed suicide in his apartment in Belgrade. Unaware of the camera catching them, neighbours and other people, shows their inappropriate behavior.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, disturbing, dark comedy ...
Plot:
found footage, suicide, satire, death, videotaping, corpse, neighbor, hidden camera, indifference, privacy invasion, loneliness, forensics ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
belgrade, balkan, serbia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A group of crotchety codgers attempt to revive the punk-rock band they all played in 17 years earlier in "Punk Is Not Dead".
Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, contemplative, sincere ...
Plot:
counterculture, music band, dark humor, friends, society, disorder, punk, rivalry, club, punk rock, rock, punk band ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
macedonia, former yugoslavia, serbia, europe, bosnia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Artist Bedřich Mára (Bolek Polivka) is unable to find much secure work due to his public antagonism toward the ruling Communist Party. He has a wife and two children. Life begins to change when art historian Alois Fábera (Jiři Pecha) begins ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, period drama
Plot:
family life, life is a bitch, political unrest, survival, down on your luck, communism, performer's life, bare chested male, talking about masturbation, masturbation, school principal, secretly observing ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
balkan, europe, central europe, czechoslovakia, prague ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A wry, insightful comedy of manners in which somewhat dizzy society matron Millicent Jordan arranges a dinner party to honor some visiting aristocrat while remaining oblivious to her husband's health and financial problems as well as her ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, talky, cynical, witty ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, love and romance, rivalry, dishonesty, couple relations, intrigue, couples, disorder, bad attitude, dinner party, greed, high society ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find ...
Style:
independent film, satirical, disturbing, melancholic, meditative ...
Plot:
dark humor, suicide, satire, adaptation, crumbling marriage, society, self discovery, filmmaking, love and romance, couple relations, starting over, rise and fall ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
It's the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come. Piscoci, an old retired man is preparing for another Christmas alone. Manescu, the history teacher, tries to keep up with ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, humorous, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot:
communism, politics, holiday, friendship, state affairs, elderly, small town, dictatorship, international relations, husband wife relationship, revolution, communist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, romania, europe, bucharest
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
6 gun wielding people are trapped in a NY loft with $4 million in stolen diamonds.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, rivalry, disorder, criminal's revenge, betrayal, law enforcement, dishonesty, alcohol abuse, brother brother relationship, thief, diamond, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by Karl Marx's "Das Kapital", three men and a girl named Jugoslava decide to wake up the conscience within the working class and peasants. Faced with the primitivism and a lack of morale, their revolution fails and the girl ...
Style:
black and white, biting, semi serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
revolution, revolutionary, protest, black, politics, feminism, sexual content, society, rebellion, coming of age, state affairs, youth ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
slovakia, former yugoslavia, balkan, europe, czech republic
Similarity:
24%
894
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Matt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbours whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud errupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.
Style:
slapstick, biting, cynical, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
neighbor, feud, terror, professor, prank, dark humor, disorder, couples, family relations, contests and competitions, rivalry, society ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
24%
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693
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Oskar, a self-centred TV weatherman, cheats on his wife Zuzana with their au pair, she kicks him to the curb and enlists her in-laws in the search for a new boyfriend.
Style:
sensual, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
weatherman, midlife crisis, love affair, infidelity, crumbling marriage, media, human nature, introspection, life turned upside down, society, rivalry, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
czech republic, europe, central europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a way of protesting for inhuman living conditions and the shortage of medications caused by the disintegration of Yugoslavia and its sanctions, a doctor in a hospital decides to close his clinic for mental illness. His wish is to return the ...
Style:
dark comedy, offbeat, black comedy
Plot:
farce, bosnian war, psychiatric patient, psychiatric hospital, male female relationship, father son relationship, love, doctor, husband wife relationship, wedding, marriage, mental institution ...
Place:
balkan, belgrade, serbia, belgrade serbia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
As Sister Mary delivers a lecture on sin and its consequences, she's interrupted by several of her former students, who have little positive to say about how a Catholic education has impacted their lives.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
nun, religions or cults, clergy, society, disorder, church, rivalry, catholic school, christmas, belief in the afterlife, lifestyle change, humour ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
358
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A feuding double act try to make it in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film, black comedy ...
Plot:
showbiz, friends, disorder, buddies, artists and showbiz, partner, fish out of water, on the road, odd couple, ambition, rivalry, feud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A suburban mom relives her season with the soccer obsessed sports parents whose outrageous "win at all costs" behavior spirals out of control.
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
soccer, obsession, family relations, eccentric family, sport team, youth, parents and children, rivalry, satire, underdog, fish out of water, suburbs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering ...
Style:
independent film, black comedy, retro, cult classic, realistic ...
Plot:
working class, realism, mission, philosophy, family relations, liberal, couples, yuppie, culture clash, class differences, couple relations, babies and infants ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
black comedy, semi serious, realistic, surreal, humorous ...
Plot:
bad father, satire, family relations, journalism, obsession, parents and children, midlife crisis, rainstorm, motorcycle, son, father, eccentricity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
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