Movies like The Super 1991

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The Super (1991)
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The Super (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Joe Pesci stars as Louie Kritski, a heartless landlord who has been so negligent in keeping up his ghetto apartment that he is threatened with jail time. The judge gives him another option, which he accepts -- he must live in his rat-infested hell hole until he brings it up to liveable standards. The judge gives him 120 days, during which time Louie meets many of his tenants, including drug dealer Marlon (Ruben Blades). Over time, Louie grows more sympathetic with their problems and sees the results of his own greediness. Unfortunately, Louie's father, Big Lou Kritski (Vincent Gardenia), is the real owner of the property, and he resists his son's entreaties to spend money to clean up the place.
Style: funny, humorous, light, entertaining, clever, scary, political, smart, laugh out loud, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: culture clash, fish out of water, justice, stupidity, misfit, self discovery, parents and children, african american, racial slur, court, hip hop, con men, godfather, landlord tenant relationship, slum, family relations, profanity, society, urban, city life, disorder, switching roles, dishonesty, dancing, money ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, usa, boston
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, light and not serious films with plots about disorder, misfit, fish out of water, society, family relations, culture clash and nothing goes right mostly in Comedy, Family and Sport genres. Some movies like The Super: Life Stinks (1991), 3 Strikes (2000), Duplex (2003), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), A Boss in the Living Room (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Life Stinks (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless woman.
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious ...
Plot: homeless, wealth, greed, rags to riches, social differences, survival, switching roles, self discovery, wager, homelessness, poverty, fish out of water ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: arizona, usa, los angeles
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3 Strikes (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes" rule for felons that involves serious penalties. Hooks has 2 strikes, and wants to change his life for the better. When a friend picks him up, ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, intense, light, not serious ...
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Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, south central los angeles
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Duplex (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Style: humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, stylized, feel good ...
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Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Style: humorous, feel good, satirical, hilarious, light ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot: oil, culture clash, fish out of water, social differences, cons and scams, hillbilly, odd couple, goofy hero, redneck, childhood, father daughter relationship, bowling ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993, 90s
Place: beverly hills, arkansas, california, usa
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A Boss in the Living Room (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Cristina lives a peaceful life until her older brother Ciro, who has to attend a trial, asks to spend house arrests at Cristina’s home.
Style: not serious, humorous, light, feel good, realistic
Plot: hidden identity, life turned upside down, fish out of water, society, culture clash, misfit, family life, couple relations, family relations, dishonesty, couples, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: For hundreds of years, Africa has existed in a state of despair. Famine, civil wars and rampant disease have left the continent without hope, but for the efforts of Western do-gooders. At first, they arrived with food, bibles and the magic of ...
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, suspense, mockumentary ...
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Head of State (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam (Rock) as his replacement .
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, absurd ...
Plot: politics, president, usa president, farce, presidential election, stereotypes, black, hip hop, state affairs, ambition, republican, head of state ...
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Walk Like a Man (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Style: light, funny, sentimental, humorous, slapstick ...
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Time: 80s, year 1987
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Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Style: semi serious, humorous, sitcom, feel good, light ...
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Duration: 69 min.
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Style: light, captivating, feel good, independent film, talky ...
Audience: date night
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The Hustle (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run-down Baptist church mistakes him and his best friend Junior for replacement ministers, he grabs at ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, light, entertaining ...
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 102 min.
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Plot: culture clash, homecoming, meet the parents, social differences, couple relations, couples, fish out of water, society, family relations, parents and children, wedding, culture ...
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Place: turkey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
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Style: funny, humorous, witty, unusual plot structure, surreal ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: humorous, entertaining, feel good, light, black comedy ...
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Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
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Style: humorous, not serious, sentimental, realistic, happy
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Mobsters and Mormons (2005)
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: friendship, culture clash, hidden identity, fish out of water, gangster, misfit, society, teenage life, starting over, buddies, family relations, parents and children ...
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Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 99 min.
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Soul Plane (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Following a ridiculously awful flight that leads to his pet's death, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit against the airline, and wins a multimillion-dollar settlement. Determined to create a better flying experience, Nashawn starts his own airline, ...
Style: parody, humorous, funny, absurd, hood ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
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Dying Beyond Their Means (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: humorous, not serious, surreal, entertaining, light ...
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Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, black comedy ...
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Taking Care of Business (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
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Time: 80s, 90s
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Killer Bud (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After losing another job, two idiots embark on an adventure of mythic proportion: to acquire "Feed Bags," the discontinued entire-meal-in-a-bag, to impress their two equally dim-witted dates. When the only convenience store in town that ...
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Plot: best friend, nothing goes right, buddies, partner, disorder, friends, misfit, society, social misfits, drug dealing, unemployment, heist ...
Place: usa
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