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Shock Treatment (1981)
6K
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Janet and Brad Majors, unhappily married, are separated after appearing on a game show. Janet becomes a superstar while Brad is thrown into a mental hospital. But what does fast food magnate Farley Flavors have up his sleeve?
Style:
surreal, allegory, spoof, cult classic, horror musical, black comedy, dark comedy, horror comedy, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, nervous breakdown, cheerleader, brainwashing, fictional game show, social commentary, small town, insanity, rock band, surrealism, nurse, marriage, mental health, television studio, psychiatric hospital, sex crime, rock opera, mental institution, television, obsessed fan, kidnapping, misfit, missing person, profanity, couples ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, offbeat, realistic and parody films with plots about dancing, satire, song, singing, couples, runaway and artists and showbiz mostly in Comedy, Musical and Romance genres. Some movies like Shock Treatment: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), True Stories (1986), The Independent (2000), Back to the Beach (1987), Bye Bye Birdie (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
parody, cult classic, sexy, homoerotic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The Independent is a mockumentary comedy film made in 2000, directed by Stephen Kessler, starring Jerry Stiller as an independent film maker, who makes little-known B movies with titles like Twelve Angry Men and a Baby. The film spoofs independent ...
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Plot:
filmmaking, eccentricity, creativity, stereotypes, misfit, media, artists and showbiz, dark humor, media satire, nothing goes right, film producer, satire ...
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Place:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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disturbing, surreal, scary, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
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Plot:
evil scientist, brutality, couples, wilderness, trap, blood, fish out of water, small town, freakshow, help, house, demon ...
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With special appearances by Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Pee-Wee Herman, Jerry Mathers and other familiar ...
Style:
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Audience:
kids, teens, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, usa, colorado, los angeles, ohio ...
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
parody, funny, philosophical, surreal, cult classic ...
Plot:
satire, monty python, philosophy, dark humor, surrealism, atheism, existentialism, atheist, humour, social commentary, death, life ...
Time:
year 1983, medieval times, 20th century, 19th century, 80s ...
Place:
london, england, europe, africa, northern england ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Sandra Bernhard stars in a studio version of her off-Broadway show, blending re-enactments of the original show's pieces with concept vignettes and 'testimonials' to underscore the relationship between a performer and an audience.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, not serious, biting ...
Plot:
bare breasts, sex, female pubic hair, nudity, female nudity, satire, soul, couples, estrangement, music, gender, performer's life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Pin-up photographer, who doesn't want to get pinned down, comes up against a girl who won't take no for an answer.
Style:
realistic, humorous, surreal, semi serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
impossible love, elvis presley, photograph, disorder, boss and employee, unlikely couple, love triangle, fall in love, fashion photographer, couples, lifestyle, workplace ...
Time:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, black and white, mockumentary, not serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, britain, europe, united kingdom, england
Similarity:
19%
68K
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Place:
canada, winnipeg, sarajevo, new york, serbia ...
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19%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 83 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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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
parody, spoof, absurd, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Chevy Chase makes his film debut in this riotous collection of live skits. Directed by Ken Shapiro and featuring Chase, Richard Belzer and others, The Groove Tube mocks TV Land and its trappings by spoofing kids' shows -- from a ...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, witty, sketch comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, talky, dark comedy, black comedy, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, spoof, mockumentary ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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18%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This whimsical Off-Broadway hit musical is aptly reworked and transferred to the screen. The self-descriptively titled Naked Boys Singing is a musical revue of songs that poke fun at gay life, body image, love, loss and yearning.
Style:
sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, erotic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A new-wave extravaganza in which a young woman wants to become the next big singer with the help of her friends and despite the wishes of her working class family.
Style:
erotic, realistic, laugh out loud, psychotronic, semi serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series. It presents, with some inevitable, tiny technical shortcomings, a live 1980 performance in Central Park, not the 1983 movie of the ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is ...
Style:
surreal, witty, humorous, satirical, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
britain, europe, london, england
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
grindhouse, independent film, spoof, absurd, not serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, horror comedy, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
mad scientist, castle, frankenstein, monster, experiment, satire, frankenstein's monster, farce, laboratory, hunchback, sex scene, blindness ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1974, near future ...
Place:
transylvania, arizona, europe, usa, seattle
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad, big budget action film which he proceeds to steal the reels and leave the cast and crew in a frenzy.
Style:
mockumentary, cult classic, parody, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, insanity, showbiz, disorder, hidden identity, actor's life, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, lifestyle, media, media satire ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
17%
1K
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A frizzy-haired, pink-cheeked outcast named Spork navigates her way through the annals of junior high.
Style:
touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, stylized, humorous, witty, technicolor ...
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date night
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, realistic, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
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date night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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