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Schizopolis (1996)
 6.7
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Schizopolis (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.
Style: surreal, experimental, black comedy, psychedelic, parody, confusing, cerebral, cult classic, clever, humorous ...
Plot: doppelganger, satire, surrealism, nudist camp, dentist, existentialism, absurdism, lookalikes, workplace, exterminator, infidelity, philosophy, tribe, skyscraper, trippy, human relationship, tree, assassination, deep south, office, masturbation, death, golf, corporation, cooking ...
Time: 90s
Place: new mexico, costa rica, rhode island
Keyword: avant-garde, french

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, surreal, weird and offbeat films with plots about surrealism, sex, dream, husband wife relationship, death, satire and cigarette smoking mostly in Comedy, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like Schizopolis: Office Space (1999), The One I Love (2014), Being John Malkovich (1999), Wrong (2012), Putney Swope (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Style: satirical, dark comedy, ironic, cynical, enigmatic ...
Plot: advertising, workplace, business, satire, creativity, advertising agency, obsession, introspection, mental illness, body horror, anxiety, psychiatrist ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: paris france, jerusalem, russia
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Office Space (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Three office workers strike back at their evil employers by hatching a hapless attempt to embezzle money.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, funny, clever, humorous ...
Audience: date night, kids, adult
Plot: workplace, office, dark humor, corporate world, computer, rebelliousness, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, business, boss, embezzlement, satire ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999, y2k
Place: texas, austin texas, usa, dallas texas, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The One I Love (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two ...
Style: surreal, tricky, emotional, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: couples, husband wife relationship, marriage, infidelity, betrayal, love, twists and turns, family problems, moral dilemma, self discovery, magic realism, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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38%
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Spike Jonze’s debut feature film is a love story mix of comedy and fantasy. The story is about an unsuccessful puppeteer named Craig, who one day at work finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for ...
Style: surreal, cerebral, mind bending, psychological, offbeat ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: surrealism, puppeteer, subconscious, psychology, philosophy, existentialism, satire, lesbianism, insanity, body swapping, mind control, magic realism ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Wrong (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others -- risking his sanity all the while.
Style: surreal, experimental, not serious, humorous, mindfuck ...
Plot: surrealism, identity crisis, disorder, mysterious character, pets, absurdism, lost dog, hipster, dog, human relationship, existentialism, mental disorder ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.8
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Putney Swope (1969)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Swope is the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm, and is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman of the board.
Style: independent film, surreal, black and white, black comedy, funny ...
Plot: advertising, satire, business, absurdism, advertising executive, advertising agency, employer employee relationship, husband wife relationship, ceo, board of directors, blaxploitation, racism ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: new york, usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Slipstream (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his ...
Style: surreal, semi serious, humorous, atmospheric, mind bending ...
Plot: filmmaking, aging, self discovery, escape from reality, imaginary, daydreamer, hopes, writers, imagination, screenwriter, hallucination, friendship ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Zero Theorem (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Romania, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
Style: surreal, thought provoking, philosophical, psychedelic, cerebral ...
Plot: computers and web, computer, computer system, virtual reality, loneliness, escape from reality, distopia, society, computer genius, hacker, dystopian future, existentialism ...
Time: future, distant future, year 2013, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Brand New Testament (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 114 min.
Story: God lives in Brussels. On earth though, God is a coward, with pathetical morals and being odious with his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she ...
Style: philosophical, surreal, dark comedy, meditative, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: goddess, god, father daughter relationship, religion, life & death, humanity, greed, irreverent, existentialism, destiny, death, satire ...
Time: year 2015
Place: france, brussels belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Breakfast of Champions (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A portrait of a fictional town in the mid west that is home to a group of idiosyncratic and slightly neurotic characters. Dwayne Hoover is a wealthy car dealer-ship owner that's on the brink of suicide and is losing touch with reality.
Style: surreal, talky, dark comedy, black comedy, tragicomedy ...
Plot: midlife crisis, car salesman, adaptation, surrealism, losing-it hero, self discovery, success, against the rules, couple relations, small town, small town life, satire ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place: indiana, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.9
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Symbol (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A Japanese man wakes up alone in a brightly illuminated white room with no windows or doors. When he presses a mysteriously phallic protuberance that appears on one wall, a pink toothbrush materializes from nowhere, clattering to the floor and ...
Style: surreal, not serious, mind bending, mindfuck, deep ...
Plot: confinement indoors, human spirit, captivity, isolation, twists and turns, surrealism, room, conversation, trippy, survival, mental disorder, asian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, mexico, asia, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.9
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Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then ...
Style: black comedy, funny, independent film, humorous, scary ...
Plot: mummy, mental illness, president, undead, dark humor, nightmare, roommate, monster, irreverent, musician, old man, friendship ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, las vegas, usa, southern usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
Style: surreal, philosophical, psychological, humorous, witty ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: existentialism, private detective, self discovery, jealousy, investigation, relationships, buddhism, suburbs, multiple storylines, escapades, environmental activism, strong sexual content ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century, 21st century
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32%
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Full Frontal (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A contemporary comedy set in Los Angeles, Full Frontal traces the complicated relationship among seven friends as they deal with the fragile connections that bind them together. Full Frontal takes place during a twenty-four hour period - a day in ...
Style: talky, entertaining, non-linear, melancholic, humorous ...
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, actor's life, workplace intrigue, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz, couple relations, husband wife relationship, satire, internet, film industry ...
Time: year 2002
Place: los angeles, california, usa, manhattan new york city, africa ...
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32%
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The Overnight (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
Style: humorous, sexy, sex comedy, independent film, dark comedy ...
Plot: swinger, sex scene, sex, couple relations, erotic massage, sex orgy, gay, couples, male nudity, massage, infidelity, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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31%
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
Style: suspenseful, dark comedy, witty, feel good, clever ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: murder mystery, investigation, obsession, murder, women, death, marriage, paranoia, hotel, sherlock holmes, mysticism, truth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new york state
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31%
Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min.
Story: An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, humorous, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: surrealism, absurd humor, ufo, imaginary, daydreamer, contact, goofy hero, absurdism, alien, creature, stupidity, trippy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Bartleby (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An adaptation of Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" told in the setting of a modern office.
Style: surreal, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, art house ...
Plot: insubordination, office, mysterious character, dark humor, boss and employee, workplace, fish out of water, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, name calling, employer employee relationship, fired from the job ...
Time: year 2001
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30%
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City of Women (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A businessman finds himself trapped at a hotel and threatened by women en masse.
Style: surreal, cerebral, satirical, art house, atmospheric ...
Plot: surrealism, sex, female nudity, satire, sexual relations, women, feminism, psychology, fetish, voyeurism, solidarity, human relationship ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Monkeybone (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu Miley (Fraser) into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilariously horny alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and ...
Style: stylized, humorous, absurd, not serious, cult classic ...
Audience: date night, family outing, teens, adult
Plot: parallel world, coma, surrealism, monkey, alternate reality, dream, carnival, drawing, cyclops, goofy hero, imaginary, stop motion ...
Time: 20th century, year 2001
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Beetlejuice (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the ...
Style: gothic, black comedy, surreal, witty, dark comedy ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: afterlife, haunted house, ghost, supernatural, surrealism, dark humor, goth, dysfunctional family, teenage girl, monster, seance, attic ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: america, usa, new england, connecticut
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30%
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him ...
Style: talky, humorous, surreal, cult classic, funny ...
Plot: art, writers, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, relationships, philosophy, satire, sexual content, eternal love, depression ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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30%
The Bothersome Man (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Norway, Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but ...
Style: surreal, enigmatic, psychological, psychedelic, mindfuck ...
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Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 86 min.
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 100 min.
Story: A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
Style: psychological, philosophical, confusing, thought provoking, surreal ...
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Time: year 2007, 20th century, 21st century
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Duration: 93 min.
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Style: psychological, surreal, mindfuck, bleak, art house ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: shyness, doppelganger, surrealism, suicide, loneliness, depression, workplace, office, obsession, losing-it hero, loser, wise man ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: britain, usa
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29%
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Germany, Norway, France, Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.
Style: surreal, realistic, talky, lyrical, dark comedy ...
Plot: power relations, society, odd couple, teaching the ways of the world, absurdism, partner, misfit, on the road, dark humor, surrealism, existentialism, humanity ...
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29%
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and ...
Style: surreal, psychedelic, cerebral, art house, psychological ...
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A Serious Man (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: dark comedy, black comedy, philosophical, ironic, cynical ...
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Time: year 2009, 60s, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
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Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his ...
Style: philosophical, surreal, offbeat, humorous, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: literature, paranoia, philosophy, publisher, novelist, writer's life, existentialism, heartwarming, love story, professor, hearing voices, love and romance ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
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29%
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