Movies like The Campaign

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The Campaign (2012)
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The Campaign (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Style: parody, funny, ridiculous, humorous, political, sexy, witty, ironic, surreal, clever ...
Plot: congressman, politics, farce, satire, election campaign, election, twists and turns, mentor, political corruption, stereotypes, sarcasm, campaigning, uninhibited rivalry, media, ambition, debate, campaign, rivalry, disorder, political candidate, fighting the system, american politics, catastrophe, business, train ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: north carolina, usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, funny, parody and realistic films with plots about storytelling, catastrophe, pornography, mentor, brutality, dialogue and farce mostly in Comedy, Crime and Sport genres. Some movies like The Campaign: Step Brothers (2008), Black Sheep (1996), Horrible Bosses (2011), Get Hard (2015), Brüno (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Step Brothers (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his ...
Style: humorous, melancholic, talky, stylized, not serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: slacker, dysfunctional family, friendship, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, friendship between men, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, man child, living with parents, goofy hero ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Lifelong friends and national idols Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr. have earned their NASCAR stripes with their uncanny knack of finishing races in the first and second slots, respectively, and slinging catchphrases like "Shake and bake!" ...
Style: funny, humorous, exciting, feel good, parody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: car race, sport, farce, sport competition, stupidity, car, french, betrayal, satire, lifestyle, uninhibited rivalry, teamwork ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, alabama, usa
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Black Sheep (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime ...
Style: humorous, funny, political, light, clever ...
Audience: kids
Plot: political satire, politics, sarcasm, political campaign, corruption, friends, political conspiracy, parents and children, partners, road trip, political candidate, brothers ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: It's the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
Style: parody, funny, humorous, absurd, not serious ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: journalism, workplace, sexism, farce, ambition, stupidity, rivalry, friendship, new job, nervous breakdown, battle of the sexes, lifestyle ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Who is Don Ready? Salesman? Lover? Song Stylist? Semi-professional dolphin trainer? Ready is all of the above - except for a dolphin trainer. When he’s asked to help save an ailing local car dealership from bankruptcy, Ready and his ragtag crew ...
Style: humorous, stylized, not serious, feel good, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: salesman, workplace, farce, hotshot hero, business, stupidity, dumb, blind ambition, disorder, rise to the top, rivalry, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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100%
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Horrible Bosses (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a ...
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, sexy, parody ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: dark humor, obnoxious boss, comedy of errors, murder, dentist, friends, boss and employee, employer employee relationship, workplace, boss, plan gone awry, manipulation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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67%
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
Style: parody, funny, humorous, absurd, satirical ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: journalism, father son relationship, reporter, workplace, dog, media satire, journalist, friendship, jealousy, rivalry, media, tv show ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s, year 1979, year 1980 ...
Place: new york, usa, california, manhattan new york city, san diego california
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100%
 6.0
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Get Hard (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When obscenely rich hedge-fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his affairs in order. Knowing that he won't survive more than a few minutes in prison on his own, ...
Style: funny, parody, humorous, ridiculous, absurd ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dumb, prison, wealth, gang, millionaire, training, teaching the ways of the world, mentor, greed, rags to riches, creativity, false accusation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.9
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Brüno (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.
Style: funny, parody, humorous, controversial, stylized ...
Plot: gay, social satire, gay slur, lgbt, gender, fame, stereotypes, homosexuality, sex, obsession, fashion, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, middle east, israel, europe ...
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Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Will Ferrell stars in a stand-up comedy as George W. Bush in this take on the former President of the United States. After playing George W. Bush on Saturday Night Live for many years, funny man Will Ferrell brings his impression to Broadway to send ...
Style: parody, humorous, talky, light, funny ...
Plot: politics, patriotism, election, white house, state affairs, george w. bush, satire, suspense, topical humor, greed, president, nude ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 21st century
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39%
Wake Up Ron Burgundy (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may mean...
Style: funny, parody, absurd, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: journalism, farce, ego clash, nothing goes right, ambition, rivalry, workplace, battle of the sexes, buddies, workplace situations, media satire, satire ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, california, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
Style: entertaining, parody, not serious, realistic, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: workplace, sex tape, kidnapping, twists and turns, obnoxious boss, vengeance, happy ending, stupidity, revenge, nothing goes right, friendship, sex addict ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Brothers Solomon (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A pair of well-meaning, but socially inept brothers try to find their perfect mates in order to provide their dying father with a grandchild.
Style: funny, humorous, not serious, ironic, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: pregnancy, farce, dumb, eccentricity, goofy hero, misfit, sexual attraction, family relations, love and romance, brother brother relationship, socially awkward, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists. But soon he learns the nature of ...
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Audience: adult
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Time: 90s, 80s
Place: washington d.c., latin america, florida, usa
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, intense, light ...
Audience: teens
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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.
Style: parody, funny, satirical, witty, clever ...
Plot: culture clash, satire, politics, sarcasm, farce, nothing goes right, society, actor's life, stand up comedian, islam, lone hero, mentor ...
Place: india, middle east, egypt, new delhi, asia ...
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House of My Father (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Scheming of a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.
Style: funny, humorous, parody, surreal, satirical ...
Plot: farce, drug lord, gangsters, stereotypes, organized crime, drug dealing, escapades, cowboy, fall in love, love and romance, eccentricity, money problems ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Follows Andy, who needs to hook up with a hottie, pronto, because he hasn't had sex in... well, forever - and his luck isn't the only thing that's hard. His equally horny teenage roommates also need it superbad, and with the help of ...
Style: parody, humorous, funny, sexy, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: virginity, absurdism, stupidity, teenage life, youth, buddies, misfit, looking for sex, disorder, adaptation, fight scenes, lone hero ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most money in one night: the winner stands to gain $10,000, ...
Style: humorous, funny, light, talky, not serious ...
Plot: restaurant, farce, cooking and food, mentor, chef, food, boss and employee, workplace, power relations, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, obnoxious boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: miami, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Rising executive Tim Wagner works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. ...
Style: feel good, humorous, absurd, talky, entertaining ...
Plot: farce, misfit, stupidity, friendship, happy ending, dumb, corporate world, nothing goes right, comedy of errors, goofy hero, loser, employer employee relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Hall Pass (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When best buds Rick and Fred begin to show signs of restlessness at home, their wives take a bold approach to revitalize their marriages: they grant the guys a "hall pass", one week of freedom to do whatever they want. At first, it seems ...
Style: funny, humorous, ridiculous, sex comedy, light ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot: adultery, looking for sex, infidelity, midlife crisis, friends, female nudity, oral sex, marriage, nude, marital problem, life philosophy, sex ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island, massachusetts, atlanta georgia, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.4
 315K
The Dictator (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style: funny, parody, absurd, satirical, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: satire, dictator, dark humor, un, culture clash, farce, death, prejudice, society, head of state, megalomaniac, fictional country ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, asia, israel, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.9
 17K
Canadian Bacon (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Canadian Bacon is the only fictitious film from Director Michael Moore. This comedy is about an American president who decides to go to war to bring the public’s opinion of him up during election time. Canadian Bacon is actor John Candy’s last ...
Style: humorous, political, satirical, light, talky ...
Audience: kids
Plot: political satire, conspiracy, politics, president, cold war, culture clash, farce, political conspiracy, satire, dishonesty, world politics, head of state ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, canada, california, washington d.c., iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Cedar Rapids (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.
Style: funny, light, humorous, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot: insurance, friendship, justice, dysfunctional family, happy ending, greed, adultery, adaptation, life philosophy, road trip, friends, goofy hero ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iowa, usa, california, las vegas, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Big Tease (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Thinking he's competing in Los Angeles' hot Platinum Scissors contest, Scottish hairstylist Crawford (Craig Ferguson) leaves Glasgow with a film crew to capture the event. When he learns he's a mere audience member, Crawford must find ...
Style: campy, talky, witty, humorous, clever ...
Plot: gay, satire, culture clash, lgbtq, competition, nude, hairdresser, childhood, catastrophe, brutality, creativity, deadpan ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, scotland, california, europe, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.4
 47K
The Boss (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.
Style: humorous, absurd, parody, sexy, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing
Plot: business, betrayal, women, adaptation, stereotypes, redemption, greed, stupidity, foul language, fired from the job, mentor, destiny ...
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33%
 7.0
 15K
Bob Roberts (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the ...
Style: political, witty, cynical, talky, humorous ...
Plot: political satire, election campaign, politics, satire, manipulation, political campaign, journalism, conspiracy, republican, senator, ambition, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: pennsylvania, usa, nicaragua, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.2
 13K
The Ladies Man (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Because of his salacious language, late-night radio advice-show host Leon Phelps, along with his sweet and loyal producer Julie, is fired from his Chicago gig. Leon gets a letter from a former lover promising a life of wealth, but he doesn't ...
Style: light, funny, sexy, witty, sexual ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: farce, womanizer, true love, infidelity, love and romance, goofy hero, nothing goes right, odd couple, buddies, sexual relations, dishonesty, satire ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
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: parody, humorous, clever, unusual plot structure, stylized ...
Plot: hollywood, insanity, guilt, stupidity, greed, mentor, finnish, happy ending, violence, fight scenes, first contact, life philosophy ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
A Good Man in Africa (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish Arthur Fanshawe, who has no clue about what's going on around him, but who wants to use his ...
Style: humorous, sexy, surreal, stylized, entertaining ...
Plot: golf, political corruption, politics, doctors, male nudity, satire, runaway, stereotypes, redemption, adaptation, british, brutality ...
Time: 90s
Place: africa, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%