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Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983)
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Original name: ცისფერი მთები ანუ დაუჯერებელი ამბავი
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An author - a passive young man - enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn.
Style:
absurd
Plot:
caucasian, worker, european, chess, motorcycle, writers, book, jealousy, office, elevator, communism, secretary, painting, absurd humor, trapped in an elevator, publisher, satire, bureaucracy, absurdism, bureaucrat, manuscript, collapse, soviet, novel, language
Place:
soviet union, caucasus, georgia, ussr, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, black comedy, realistic and surreal films with plots about soviet, satire, bureaucracy, society, cold war, perestroika and surrealism mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story: Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967), Promised Heaven (1991), Don't Grieve (1968), Mimino (1977), Afonya (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In this comic but dated story, nerdy Shurik travels to Caucas in search of native legends and folklore. But what he finds is a beautiful girl whom, due to intoxication and deceit of the local "gang", he ends up literally stealing for the ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, spoof, parody
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
couple relations, student, corrupt official, kidnapping, love affair, love and romance, human relationship, criminal gang, social relations, farce, drunkenness, summer ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr, caucasus, russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They build homes, elect their own government, work, beg, scavenge, date and fight all while living in a huge city dump. Some try to beat the odds and return ...
Style:
bleak, black comedy, existential, slapstick
Plot:
perestroika, homelessness, poverty, post soviet, survival, social realism, desperation, class struggle, realism, economic crisis, collapse, urban decay ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia, ussr
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Benjamin, the local doctor is a soul of a local society, the educated, friendly, democratic person who often treats the poor for free. It makes him very popular with the locals but most certainly does not help with his bank account. He is in love ...
Style:
humorous, period piece, lighthearted, romantic comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
village life, community, social satire, small town, wooing, satire, class differences, poverty, european, love triangle, coming of age, dance ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union, georgia, caucasus, russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. ...
Style:
feel good, smart, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
aviation, misadventure, pilot, hotel, friendship, helicopter pilot, small time, friends, social relations, disorder, follow your dream, misfit partners ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
soviet union, ussr, georgia, russia, caucasus ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The 1975 film by Georgi Daneliya "Afonya" was an unexpected commercial hit in USSR. The main character "Afonya" Borshev is a plumber, who spends his life partying with "buddies", many of whom he doesn't even ...
Style:
funny, sincere, satirical, ironic
Plot:
love, social satire, bribery, friendship, middle aged man, coworker relationship, social relations, slacker, social outcast, social misfits, communism, plumber ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The story takes place on the desert planet "Pluke" in the "Kin-dza-dza" galaxy, where two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other ("Uncle Vova", a gruff construction foreman from Moscow, and "The ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, offbeat, enigmatic, humorous ...
Plot:
desert, surrealism, alien, absurdism, satire, distopia, post apocalyptic, racism, capitalism, transformation, time travel, totalitarianism ...
Time:
future
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia, poland
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Calm of the mountain village is disturbed by the investigation on stray sheep.
Style:
pastoral, black comedy, tragicomedy
Plot:
mountain, satire, social commentary, human nature, ethical dilemma, bureaucracy, village life, provincial, realism, hunger, isolation, investigation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
armenia, caucasus, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Anatoli Yefremovich Novoseltsev works in a statistics institution, whose director is an unattractive and bossy woman. An old friend of his, Yuri Grigorievich Samokhvalov, who gets appointed assistant director of the institution, wants to make ...
Style:
light, feel good, funny, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
unlikely couple, female boss, love affair, relationship vs career, boss and employee, office romance, social relations, love, worker, love and romance, single father, office work ...
Time:
70s, year 1977
Place:
soviet union, ussr, moscow russia, russia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In the old days it was called hypochrondria, or black melancholia. Now, apparently, it's termed the Asthenic Syndrome. Whatever it is, Nikolai, a teacher of epicly indifferent pupils, has got it, and it's not much fun.
Style:
art house, bleak, philosophical, tragicomedy, postmodern ...
Plot:
perestroika, alienation, existentialism, satire, bureaucracy, pessimism, melancholy, absurdism, midlife crisis, urban, bitterness, spirituality ...
Time:
year 1990
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Alexi stiffs Ivan for the fare, so Ivan tracks him down and a ...
Style:
psychological, contemplative, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, taxi, perestroika, taxi driver, driver, cold war, jazz singer, friends, odd couple, misfit, society, unlikely partners ...
Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr, usa, russia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man tries to come to terms with his father's death and to deal with the mundane details of his burial in a society cut off from spirituality.
Style:
spiritual, philosophical, contemplative, black comedy, avant garde
Plot:
death, mourning, loss, grief, father son relationship, funeral, isolation, melancholy, existential crisis, introspection, alienation, social commentary ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An engineer in charge of the production line of a factory in Moscow is sent to a small town to try to specify the distributor the new dimensions of a mechanic part they need. But in this town everybody seems to be crazy (a secretary who works naked, ...
Style:
surreal, heartfelt, realistic, semi serious, offbeat ...
Plot:
perestroika, small town life, surrealism, female nudity, town, life changing, post soviet, nude girl, social satire, nudity, society, top executive ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Gia is a carefree young percussionist who works at a theater in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. He lives in a small apartment with his mother. Gia spends his days flitting from friend to friend, lover to lover, avoiding any responsibility, and never ...
Style:
period piece, existential, melancholic, spiritual, lighthearted
Plot:
drums, slice of life, theater, character study, friendship, aimlessness, bohemian, wanderer, intimate, street life, ballet, youth culture ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 60s, 20th century
Place:
tbilisi, soviet union, caucasus, poetic realism, europe ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An artist's studio is descended upon by a group of retired men and a young mother who agree to model in the nude for money. Comedy ensues as the students and the local bureaucracy react to the models, all in need of extra money. Several running ...
Style:
satirical, slapstick, period piece, lighthearted, black comedy ...
Plot:
student, satire, bureaucracy, art school, social commentary, misunderstanding, humanism, sculpture, professor, jealousy, sexuality, slice of life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
eastern europe, czechoslovakia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1957 the Soviet Union decides to give Hungary the chance to choose the world's first cosmonaut, who can be the very first person in space. It seems like the best candidate is Lajkó, the gypsy spraying pilot.
Style:
captivating, period piece, retro, satirical, visual ...
Plot:
cosmonaut, space race, space program, space mission, space exploration, human in outer space, space station, outer space, spacecraft, spacewalk, ambition, cold war ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hungary, ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Old Prof. Preobrazhensky and his young colleague Dr. Bormental inserted the human's hypophysis into a dog's brain. Couple of weeks later the dog became "human looking". The main question is "Is anybody who is looking like a ...
Style:
satirical, philosophical, intellectual, thought provoking, humorous ...
Plot:
medical experiment, communism, life philosophy, dog, experiment gone awry, society, obsession, adaptation, humanity, idealism, mentor, doctors and patients ...
Time:
1930s, 80s, 1920s
Place:
russia, ussr, soviet union, moscow russia, eastern europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Shown a life in the remote siberian village. Vasia, who never leave his family, village, comes to pass summer holiday on the Black Sea. New world, new people - so, hi's temted by a half-crazy woman (Raisa Zaharovna). And after short time Vasia ...
Style:
light, humorous, realistic, feel good, talky ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
village life, love triangle, love and romance, adulterous husband, everyday life, resort, social relations, life philosophy, parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, adultery, life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After devoting his life to publish philosophy, history and psychoanalysis, the editor Mario Zavadikner, discontented with the social and intellectual reality, decides to shoot himself at the office of his publishing house. An unexpected presence ...
Style:
tension, dark, dark comedy, thought provoking, black comedy ...
Plot:
writers, literary, book editor, suicide, suicide attempt, existential crisis, character study, publishing house, desperation, moral dilemma, philosophy, office ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Soviet Union
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds himself caught up in the middle of a bureaucratic mess when he realizes that if he tells the truth about who he is, he will go to jail and his brother's ...
Style:
melancholic, tragicomedy, dark comedy, tense, comedy drama
Plot:
passport, perestroika, mistaken identity, immigration, bureaucracy, social commentary, character study, body swapping, moral dilemma, alienation, loneliness, survival ...
Place:
ussr, israel, soviet union
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights - but not before he's got the daughter to promise not to marry till his ...
Style:
art house, spiritual, surreal, fairy tale, serious ...
Plot:
true love, magic realism, bird, folklore, european, anthropology, spirituality, family relations, couples, obsessive quest, love and romance, homecoming ...
Time:
year 1988, 20th century, 80s
Place:
caucasus, ussr, turkey, soviet union, georgia ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Angry island fishermen declare independence and use a Soviet nuclear submarine to get Ottawa's attention.
Style:
dark comedy, absurd, offbeat, black comedy, independent film
Plot:
submarine, satire, political satire, mayor, bureaucracy, protest, resistance, naval battle, moral ambiguity, nuclear, village
Place:
nova scotia, canada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A young Russian girl is in love with show business and wants to leave her small town for Moscow and make it big in the big city. She encounters her long missing, remarried father and gets a boy friend who uses her and then leaves her.
Style:
humorous, sincere, captivating, touching
Plot:
love and romance, desire for fame, ambition, youth, society, betrayal, family relations, friendship, life is a bitch, couples, fall in love, adaptation ...
Place:
russia, ussr, soviet union, moscow russia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young idealist takes a job at a local state run winery only to discover and become disillusioned by the corruption of the Soviet State.
Style:
spiritual
Plot:
love, wine, winery, spirituality, love letter, boy meets girl, male female relationship, family relations, corruption, student, university, friend ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, caucasus, georgia, ussr
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A self-pitying but popular playwright drives to Vladimir to relax with a doting female student and another writer. He's convinced his writing is of no lasting value, but he still has an ego, about his work and his masculine appeal. He's ...
Style:
intelligent, contemplative, captivating, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, playwright, emigration, dissident, society, lifestyle, fighting the system, unfulfillment, writer's life, love and romance, artists and showbiz, fall in love ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, moscow russia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Military doctor General Klenski is arrested in Stalin's Russia in 1953 during an anti-Semitic political campaign accused of being a participant in so-called "doctors' plot".
Style:
black and white, psychedelic, aesthetic, slow cinema, political ...
Plot:
stalinism, train, kgb, head of state, politics, gang, state affairs, downfall, on the run, injustice, dark humor, riddles and clues ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
The day after the funeral of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is ...
Style:
dark comedy, parody, orthodox, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
communism, totalitarianism, satire, rebellion, injustice, knight, surrealism, funeral, nightmare, symbolism, trial, cold war ...
Place:
soviet union, georgia, caucasus, ussr, russia ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bogdan Titarenko is very talented pilot and brave leader of "Singing group". He also must look after some new cadets and fight together with them against German Luftwaffe planes. Close to Bogdan always are his friends, they are all from ...
Style:
sentimental, rough, suspenseful, tense, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing
Plot:
world war two, fighter pilot, great patriotic war, aerial combat, aviation, fighter plane, camaraderie, love, patriotism, friendship between men, life & death, female pilot ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
ukraine, ussr, soviet union, russia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, noir
Plot:
dictator, labor camp, josef stalin, mistrust, tyrant, paranoia, tyranny, rape, satire, sexism, sexual predator, kremlin ...
Time:
post world war two, 1950s, 50s
Place:
ussr, russia, soviet union
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A firsthand experience about bureaucracy's stark-naked truth, inside the microcosmic reality of an office where a lot of unexpected things may happen long before the coffee break.
Style:
captivating, realistic, funny, light, psychological ...
Plot:
nudism, workplace, office, truth, bureaucracy, new job, office worker, workplace situations, clerk, job, coworker, social problems ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A film version of a well-known Georgian folk-tale. A young boy has to be immured into the walls of a fortress in order to stop it from crumbling to pieces.
Style:
art house, contemplative, surreal, spiritual, poetic ...
Plot:
fortress, legends and myths, surrealism, camel, folklore, magic realism, mythology, spirituality, gay subtext, heroic mission, escapades, danger ...
Time:
middle ages, year 1985
Place:
georgia, ussr, caucasus, soviet union, europe
Similarity:
21%
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