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8 Minutes Idle (2012)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Based upon Matt Thorne's award-winning novel about life in a call centre, "Eight Minutes Idle" is a warped urban comedy about what it really means to put your life 'on hold'! Dan Thomas has always taken the path of least resistance - in his work life, home life and love life! But when Dan finds himself kicked out of the family home, he's faced with no option but to secretly move into the call centre where he works. Suddenly, everything that he's previously taken for granted - a well-stocked fridge, clean clothes, his friends, his self respect, even his beloved cat - are either disappearing or conspiring against him. As Dan's work/life balance spirals dangerously out of control, he's forced to break out of old habits and to dare to do something he has never had to do before - really care about someone other than himself. Written by Sarah Cox
Style:
sentimental, humorous, realistic, not serious, offbeat
Plot:
eviction, homelessness, employer employee relationship, office, life turned upside down, parent child relationship, love and romance, nothing goes right, workplace, workplace situations, coworker relationship, hit and run, crush, office romance, cat, hospital, masturbation, nightclub, call center, fish, father son relationship, daydreamer, british, locked in, female boss ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, not serious and offbeat films with plots about disorder, workplace situations, workplace, love and romance, nothing goes right, boss and employee and power relations mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like 8 Minutes Idle: Run for Your Wife (2012), Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004), The King of Idiots (2006), Welcome Aboard (2011), Carry on Again Doctor (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Chile
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Isabelle, HR of a large cruise company, made the mistake of choosing her boss as a lover. Before embarking on the maiden voyage of the new flagship of the fleet, though, he decided to disembark from their relationship! Some women take their revenge ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dr Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, campy, parody ...
Plot:
hospital, doctor, nurse, satire, medical, power relations, disorder, nothing goes right, goofy hero, workplace, doctors and patients, workplace situations ...
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Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Randy Quaid as the taxi driver drives Zen parables (Is time money - Is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger/protegee in a high-speed, idiosyncratic tour of their city's ethnic coteries. All the boy wants is to dispose of his ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
love and romance, supernatural ability, nothing goes right, city life, dark humor, disorder, taxi, wizards and magicians, dog, urban
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69%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Matthew Barnes is a young exec on the move up who finds himself a pawn in corporate in-fighting when he's sent to London to oversee a merger
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, funny
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on Paolo Villaggio's books "Fantozzi" and "Il secondo, tragico Fantozzi", which are popular in Italy, this film tells the story of an unfortunate accountant's life over the course of one year, shown in a variety ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 43 min.
Story:
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Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Romantic comedy following four couples who meet through a dating website. Four men go on a heroic mission to help four women and wind up experiencing a series of mishaps.
Style:
realistic, humorous, sentimental, not serious
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Story:
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37%
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Story:
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Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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