Movies like Never Say Macbeth
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Never Say Macbeth (2007)
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Danny; a science teacher, tries to reunite with his ex-girlfriend Ruth, who has dumped him to become an actress in Hollywood. Stumbling into an LA theater during auditions asking: "Is this the audition for Macbeth?" he starts a series of unfortunate events that not only curse the production, but his ex-girlfriend as well, all but ruining his chance for love. Never Say Macbeth is a high-spirited no holds barred comedy about the biggest taboo in theater. Macbeth is believed to be cursed because it is the only Shakespeare play based on black magic and witchcraft, which is why this film, Never Say Macbeth, is also cursed.
Style:
dark comedy, parody, feel good, absurd, independent film, slapstick, campy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
theater, shakespeare, superstition, fish out of water, ghost, supernatural, unrequited love, taboo, farce, satire, obsessive love, ex girlfriend, witch, pirate, witchcraft, sword, sword fight, actor, director, supernatural power, spell, audition, stage play, science teacher, acupuncture ...
Place:
los angeles
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Most similar movies to Never Say Macbeth
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, feel good, humorous and romantic comedy films with plots about satire, supernatural, love, farce, love and romance, ghost and magic mostly in Comedy, Fantasy and Romance genres. Some movies like Never Say Macbeth: Bewitched (2005), The Merry Maids of Madness (2016), Ana Maria in Novela Land (2015), Romantic Warriors (2003), Throg (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".
Style:
romantic, feel good, witty, humorous, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
witch, magic, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, spell, couple relations, supernatural romance, disorder, witchcraft, hidden identity, misfit ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After walking out of her wedding for a sandwich, Beatrice decides to take a rest at Stratford Home for Rest and Rehabilitation. This is the story of what happened inside those walls. A feature length comedy inspired by the women of Shakespeare.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, dark comedy, absurd
Audience:
adult
Plot:
resilience, empowerment, friendship, irreverent, gender roles, escape plan, satire, farce, retirement home, escape, self discovery, community ...
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87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ana Maria is having a bad day until she magically switches places with the main character of her favorite telenovela. As she struggles to escape from Novela Land, Ana Maria finally understands why her real life was such a mess.
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
fish out of water, love and romance, parallel world, family relations, disorder, imaginary, switching roles, twentysomething life, female protagonist, identity, self discovery, escapism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A group of deadly assassins kidnap a hostage in the hope of getting a high ransom but when they manage to lose themselves in a forest and end up spending the night in a haunted house they manage to disrupt the plans of the ghosts to ascend to ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, mystical, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
martial arts, supernatural, ghost, murder, mysticism, haunted, conspiracy, abduction, supernatural horror, murderer, assassin, kidnapping ...
Similarity:
51%
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71
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Believing he's destined for greatness, an unlikely hero named Throg (Dana Lee) embarks on a wild adventure filled with Greek gods, Arthurian knights, certified loonies, nasty harpies, talking pigs, garbage collectors and one twisted forest ...
Style:
dark comedy, slapstick, parody, black comedy, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
time travel, satire, unlikely hero, irreverent, greek god, mythology, immortality, gonzo, talking animal, gross out humor, surrealism, sword and sorcery ...
Time:
medieval times
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The wedding between ghost hunters Jane and Brian at a haunted inn is disrupted by Angelique - a ghost who mistakes Brian for her own dead fiancé.
Style:
spooky, creepy, tension, dark comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, wedding, haunted house, macabre, paranormal investigation, mistaken identity, paranormal romance, marriage, afterlife, love triangle, isolation ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Work to live or live to work? That's the question facing 38-year-old underachiever John (Paul Kolsby). When he meets the love of his life, Denise (Sharon Repass), he decides to leave his dream job as a video store clerk for a "real ...
Style:
humorous, romantic comedy, lighthearted, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
career change, video store, everyday life, slice of life, friendship, fish out of water, nostalgia, satire, office, bum, clerk, geek ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Shakespeare's comedy about two couples in love with the wrong partners, and how they are finally brought together rightly, thanks in part to the bungling work of Puck. It is completely in the language of the Bard, with Pfeiffer as the Fairy ...
Style:
fairy tale, visually stunning, costume drama, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, shakespeare, magic, love, mistaken identity, young lovers, unrequited love, friendship, fairy, farce, adaptation, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
19th century, year 1999, 1800s, victorian era, 18th century ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Despite agreeing to an arranged marriage to a childhood friend, a successful businessman tries to track down a beautiful woman that he met at a Halloween party.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, humorous, scenic, romantic
Plot:
halloween, witch, supernatural, paranormal romance, love at first sight, magic, male female relationship, supernatural ability, supernatural power, wizard, family relations, couple relations ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.
Style:
period piece, dark comedy, humorous, feel good, romantic ...
Plot:
comedy of manners, power of love, writers, ghost, true love, afterlife, supernatural, writer's block, love triangle, seance, resurrection, loss of loved one ...
Time:
20th century, future, 2020s, year 1937
Place:
england, dover england
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Eddie and his family have just inherited a spooky wreck of a house. What they do not know about the house is that it was built over an evil passage way, but they are soon to discover the wacky evil it releases.
Style:
parody, spoof, horror comedy, slapstick, absurd ...
Plot:
haunted house, halloween, satire, supernatural, ghost, vampire, demon, inheritance, parents and children, curse, young adult, screwball ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Louise is not very popular at her highschool. Then she learns that she's descended from the witches of Salem and has inherited their powers. At first she uses them to get back at the girls and teachers who teased her and to win the heart of the ...
Style:
homoerotic, relaxing, cult classic, horror comedy, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, date night, horror for children
Plot:
sexy teenager, witch, spell, supernatural, american football, cheerleader, magic, high school, love, teenage love, curses spells and rituals, makeover ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Cantonese opera company is attacked by an army of ghosts, thanks to a feud between the dead grandfathers of one of the company's actresses and a young man.
Style:
horror comedy, period piece, slapstick
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunting, superstition, female ghost, ancestry, family feud, justice, macabre, dark humor, folk horror, vaudeville ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Fikret returns to Istanbul to tangle with Somali pirates and sojourns in a Budhist monastery to battle a werewolf.
Style:
horror comedy, action comedy, parody, dark comedy, slapstick ...
Plot:
werewolf, pirate, urban, supernatural, fish out of water, getting home, adult humor, satire, kama sutra, wolfman, magic, father
Place:
istanbul turkey, somalia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Peter Hall's Royal Shakespeare Company production is one of the best versions of this oft-attempted but seldom achieved vision.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
true love, shakespeare, unrequited love, swashbuckler, magical creature, dream, wedding, comedy of errors, mistaken identity, couples, disorder, couple relations ...
Time:
16th century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese people... It's the Nazi occupation all over again, with modern - funny - twists.
Style:
satirical, allegory, ironic, parody, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
invasion, occupation, political satire, social commentary, national identity, xenophobia, alternate history, unsettling, media satire, farce, satire, international relations ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story:
Ever since she was a little girl, growing up in the fourth world country of Crapistan, Natasha has devoured all things American. Finally, through the wonders of the Internet, she finds her way to a Bel Air mansion and into the loving arms of a ...
Style:
lighthearted, feel good, uplifting, romantic comedy, slapstick ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mail order bride, fish out of water, satire, culture clash, female protagonist, optimism, american dream, aspiration, social commentary, young adult, online dating, third world ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
What if William Shakespeare never existed... until now. Our Modern Bard is caught in a love triangle of confused sexuality, cross dressing, mistaken identity, and bedroom trysts. Does Shakespeare love his lusty best friend, Wilma Hartford, ...
Style:
romantic comedy, sex comedy, parody, independent film, spoof
Plot:
lgbtq, shakespeare, love triangle, cross dressing, drag, drag queen, renaissance, satire, sexual confusion, farce, mistaken identity, camp ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Although Jason works as a department store clerk, he is also a reincarnated prince. Long ago, his beloved Jessie was snatched away from him by an evil wizard who used his powers to transform her into wooden statue. Now Jessie is in Jason's ...
Style:
family comedy, romantic, independent film, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
true love, female robot, love, reincarnation, fish out of water, dating, time travel, girl, peasant, sword fight, prince, department store ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, middle ages
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A man, long haunted by the paranormal, captures on camera the horror and hilarity he and his beautiful girlfriend encounter after moving into a new home.
Style:
parody, not serious, humorous, spoof, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, silly humor, supernatural, goofy hero, disorder, ghost, danger, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, farce, couples, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When Peter Plunkett's Irish castle turned hotel is about to be repossesed, he decides to spice up the attraction a bit for the 'Yanks' by having his staff pretend to haunt the castle. The trouble begins when a busload of American ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, light, funny, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
supernatural, haunting, castle, husband murders wife, haunted house, banshee, ghost, halloween, disorder, fall in love, paranormal, zombie ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, 18th century
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Bear with Us is a crazy romp about a guy who attempts to propose to his girlfriend in the most romantic way possible, but his plan starts to fall apart when a Ravenous bear stumbles on their charming cabin in the woods. Think "Jaws" but ...
Style:
romantic comedy, slapstick, fast paced, dark comedy, funny ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bear attack, wilderness, isolation, man versus nature, male protagonist, couples, cabin in the woods, satire, cabin
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Baheeg is a shy veterinarian who secretly loves Laila, the owner of a sick puppy in his clinic. On his birthday, Baheeg finds a genie who grants him many wishes in order to graduate from genie school. Baheeg tries through his wishes to attract ...
Style:
feel good, romantic comedy, semi serious, romantic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
genie, arab, wish fulfillment, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love story, relationships, love affair, love and romance, nerd, desire, couple relations ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When the Devil's favourite demon, Nick (Rob Lowe), is sent to corrupt the soul of Cassie Springer (Alexandra Powers), the last thing he expected was to fall in love. But Cassie's purity was enough to save the town of Fairfield from the ...
Style:
lighthearted, modern fairy tale, romantic comedy, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
supernatural, fall in love, devil, paranormal romance, redemption, temptation, reincarnation, small town, seduction, afterlife, satire, romantic rivalry ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Story:
Theseus has defeated Hippolyta in battle, and now claims her as his bride. But before the nuptials begin, a pair of young lovers flee into the forest to be married, pursued by a pair of not-lovers. There, in the forest, live the fairies whose lives ...
Style:
lighthearted, fairy tale, surreal, slapstick, whimsical
Plot:
shakespeare, magic, adaptation, marriage, reconciliation, transformation, supernatural, royalty, renaissance, infidelity, live performance, moonlight ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Richard Titties, an out-of-shape martial arts wannabe, is shot into an alternate dimension after his girlfriend Cynthia is kidnapped. Her captors are a group of tittie obsessed madmen led by Zeefros, the master of the supernatural realm. Zeefros ...
Style:
parody, sexy, absurd, surreal, action comedy ...
Plot:
martial arts, exploitation, kung fu, rescue mission, alternate dimension, damsel in distress, male protagonist, irreverent, self discovery, satire, adult humor, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories haunt her, but also ...
Style:
sad, sex comedy, humorous, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
ghost, true love, love triangle, heaven, impossible love, afterlife, widow, grief, haunting, family relations, couples, fall in love ...
Time:
year 1982
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
As Michael is lifted from the scene of his car crash and finds himself in a very bright room with a very strange lady, he learns that for his soul to reach the next plane, he needs to find a mate. If you think dating in life was hard, in death it is ...
Style:
sexy, rom com, light, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
police, ghost, flirting, night, love, city, sarcasm, dating, true love, love and romance, couples, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
La naïve et complexée Leah signe par erreur un pacte avec le diable Abargadon. Mais elle est sur les listes du Paradis, aussi l'Archange Gabriel intervientil pour causer la perte du démon. Mais Leah commence à trouver Abargadon séduisant ...
Style:
romantic comedy, dark comedy, lighthearted, absurd, existential ...
Plot:
pact with the devil, devil, female protagonist, supernatural, angel, supernatural romance, redemption, love story, transformation, moral dilemma, magic realism, charm ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In this version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", a hunchback is found living in the bell tower of UCLA. He is put on trial and made to go through tests. One of the research doctors falls for him, and he falls for her in the end
Style:
not serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, misfit, hunchback, fish out of water, youth, farce, love, campus, satire, college life, teachers and students, power relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
30%
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