Movies like Cold Dog Soup

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Cold Dog Soup (1990)
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Cold Dog Soup (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
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 date's dead dog Jasper and get back to the babe who's so hot she mutters darkly about being a Pressure Cooker: his conventional efforts are continually thwarted. Quaid is respected by the peculiar groups he interests in the dog's corpse and effects, and our one-gloved heroine is much keener on him than on her rather lackluster date.
Style: dark comedy, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy
Plot: dark humor, wizards and magicians, taxi, love and romance, supernatural ability, urban, nothing goes right, city life, disorder, dog, night
Time: 80s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and offbeat films with plots about disorder, nothing goes right, dark humor, love and romance, friends, urban and city life mostly in Comedy, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Cold Dog Soup: Mystics (2003), The Cosmopolitans (2014), On the Run (1999), Paramedics (1988), Shut Up and Shoot Me (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mystics (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, black comedy, dark comedy
Plot: elderly, cons and scams, partner, buddies, nothing goes right, dark humor, seance, scam, senior citizen, gangster, con artists, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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95%
The Cosmopolitans (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min.
Story: A look at the lives and loves of a group of young ex-patriates living in Paris. Part of Amazon's Pilot Season, in which viewers, after watching the pilot episode, get to vote on which show they want to return for more episodes. "The ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, talky, witty
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love affair, love and romance, city life, twentysomething life, love, failed pilot, urban
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.1
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On the Run (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Portugal, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from prison, Albert's quiet existence is permanently disrupted. what ensues is one long, crazy night ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, biting, cynical ...
Plot: escape, vampire, friendship, on the run, fugitives, chases and races, nothing goes right, city life, prison, urban, dark humor, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 4.1
 350
Paramedics (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to sell their organs.
Style: teen sex comedy, independent film, realistic, not serious, parody ...
Plot: looking for sex, medical, gang, gangster, conspiracy, disorder, dishonesty, doctors and patients, cons and scams, city life, urban, nudity ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Shut Up and Shoot  Me (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Colin Frampton is an Englishman who never stops worrying, not even on holiday in Prague. When Colin's wife is accidentally squashed by a statue, he decides that he can't face life without her. So Colin bribes Pavel to help him die. An ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot: dark humor, partner, gangster, criminal heroes, misfit, hitman, friendship, disorder, buddies, death wish, death in the family, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, prague, czech republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
The Living Wake (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: “The Living Wake” is a dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew, has one day to live. He has enlisted his best and only friend, Mills Joquin, to take him around on a bicycle powered ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, sentimental ...
Plot: nothing goes right, friends, odd couple, lifestyle, dark humor, partner, performer's life, misfit partners, hopes, daydreamer, social relations, last wish ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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LolliLove (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: A hip, misguided Southern California couple decide to make a difference in the lives of the homeless by giving them lollipops with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.
Style: mockumentary, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: social differences, social relations, rich and poor, nothing goes right, society, homelessness, charity, satire, homeless, couples
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
That's What She Said (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Longtime best friends Bebe and DeeDee are both wrestling with love. Bebe has met someone new and is in the exuberant phase of a budding romance. DeeDee is trying to move on from someone she can’t forget – mostly in destructive ways. As Bebe ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good ...
Plot: best friend, city life, friends, singleness, twentysomething life, nothing goes right, disorder, lifestyle, strong female presence, friendship, friendship between men, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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A Bit of Tom Jones? (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In a late night bar, Henry is approached by a mysterious woman who offers to sell him the severed "manhood" of Wales' greatest vocal entertainer. Believing he can make a fortune selling the infamous appendage on to obsessive fans, ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat
Plot: buddies, manhood, chase, friends, obsessive quest, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, dark humor, nothing goes right, hotshot hero, mysterious character, bar
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Dog Problem (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the film, Solo is a down-on-his-luck writer who is encouraged by his psychiatrist to get a dog. Solo meets his love interest, who he assumes to be a dog owner when meeting her at a dog play park, but dog problems stand in their way.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, clever, independent film ...
Plot: therapy, dog, disorder, down on your luck, self discovery, writer's life, couples, friendship, pets, nothing goes right, stripper, mixed martial arts ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Stars and Bars (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Henderson Dores (Daniel Day Lewis), a New York based art dealer from England, travels to Georgia to persuade patriarch, Harry Dean Stanton, to sell a Monet previously thought lost.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot: culture clash, fish out of water, down on your luck, on the road, family relations, disorder, nothing goes right, forgery, society, love and romance, nudity, profanity ...
Time: 18th century
Place: new york, england, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Consuming Passions (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton (Tyler Butterworth) accidentally knocks several employees into a huge ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, semi serious, realistic, biting ...
Plot: food, cooking and food, guts, restaurant, cooking, factory, satire, profanity, disorder, dark humor, dishonesty, moral dilemma ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Deal of the Century (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, political ...
Plot: cons and scams, cold war, disorder, dark humor, technology gone awry, chase, nothing goes right, greed, satire, aggression, arms deal, aviation ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Perpetrators of the Crime (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Seriously strapped for cash, three college roommates decide to solve their financial woes by kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy businessman. But the rookie criminals make a huge mistake when they accidentally grab the wrong girl (Tori Spelling). ...
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, dark comedy, independent film
Plot: nothing goes right, crime gone awry, dishonesty, dark humor, disorder, missing person, mistaken identity, kidnapping, mishap, scheme
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Watching TV with the Red Chinese (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In New York City in 1980, Dexter Mitchell plays half-willing big brother to his neighbors, a trio of exchange students from the People's Republic of China.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, non-linear ...
Plot: culture clash, fish out of water, looking for love, lifestyle, society, misfit, social differences, fall in love, disorder, buddies, love and romance, nightlife ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Permanent Vacation (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A camping trip results in some twisted family memories in this off-the-wall black comedy. Hoping for one last family vacation before his children leave the nest, laid-back dad Eric Bury (Frank Harper) takes his brood to a trailer park teeming with ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, erotic, offbeat ...
Plot: family relations, dysfunctional family, dark humor, family problems, disorder, nothing goes right, imaginary kingdom, wish come true, insanity, husband wife relationship, family vacation, making love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The King of Idiots (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Chile
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A comedy that follows a naive taxi driver (Quercia) who is duped by most of his fares.
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, captivating, offbeat
Plot: nothing goes right, life turned upside down, love and romance, misfit, buddies, social misfits, stolen money, taxi driver, sexual content, friends, taxi, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, latin america, santiago chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Nobody's Perfekt (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: While everyone knows you can't fight City Hall, there are those who, for whatever reason, can't resist the challenge. Three slightly disturbed psychiatric patients decide to take on the government. What ensues includes car chases, a ferry ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty
Plot: memory loss, mental illness, violent content, gangster, city life, urban, self discovery, misfit, vengeance, multiple personality disorder, cannon, mob boss ...
Time: year 1981, 80s
Place: florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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The Chain (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
Style: independent film, biting, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: relocation, house, couples, family relations, love and romance, society, social differences, property, moving
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: london, england
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45%
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The Alarmist (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman, and is an instant success. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers there's more to this business and his boss Heinrich than he previously suspected.
Style: humorous, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, cynical ...
Plot: satire, dark humor, workplace, forgery, innocence lost, dishonesty, investigation, screwball, cons and scams, workplace situations, oral sex
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: FĂ©lix, disguised as Father Christmas, hands out leaflets advertising a sexy Christmas party. His place is taken by an African Santa Claus and he returns to his caravan only to find his girlfriend Josette about to leave him. When he comes after her, ...
Style: dark comedy, cult classic, funny, black comedy, humorous ...
Plot: christmas, trapped in an elevator, dark humor, psychology, lgbtq, xmas, exodus, suicide, transvestite, pharmacist, suffering, social worker ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Getting Away with Murder (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander, he takes it upon himself to rid the world of this man.
Style: humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Plot: murder, vigilantism, dark humor, neighbor neighbor relationship, false accusation, investigation, college, uncover truth, racism, college professor, disorder, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Adrenaline Drive (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A cross-country chase ensues.
Style: dark comedy, road movie, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, on the run, hospital, stolen money, partner, gangster, fall in love, fugitives, odd couple, chases and races, nothing goes right, love and romance ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Sour Grapes (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Richie, a sneaker sole designer, and his cousin Evan, a brain surgeon, are spending this weekend with their girlfriends in Atlantic City. When one of them ends up with a $436,000 jackpot, sour grapes is what results. Even though Richie uses two ...
Style: humorous, intense, semi serious, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot: gambling, casino, greed, friendship, unlikely friendships, stupidity, partner, dishonesty, nothing goes right, change of luck, dark humor, vengeance ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: new jersey, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, bulgaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Things to Do (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Office worker, Adam, quits work to return to his childhood home and settles into the comforts of his parent's backyard. A chance meeting with a friend from his past leads to them making a "Things to Do" list so they can fulfill some ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat, touching ...
Plot: suicide, friendship, prom, solitude, friends, emotionless, family relations, love and romance, youth, hopes, babies and infants, getting home ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Three on a Spree (1961)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months. Easy to do? That's what you think!
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: fortune, couples, love and romance, youth, inheritance, colonel, millionaire
Time: 60s
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41%
Lost and Found in Armenia (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A US Senator's son who attempts to forget the break up of his fiancée is forced to vacation in Turkey by his best friends. A para-sailing trip mishap lands him in a small village in Armenia, where he is accused of being a spy. It is there he ...
Style: realistic, humorous, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: mistaken identity, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, escapades, disorder, confined, fall in love, love and romance, captivity, communication problem, village, silly humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: armenia, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Quick Change (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, absurd, cult classic ...
Plot: heist, bank robbery, robbery, buddies, friendship, partner, friends, disorder, cons and scams, runaway, love and romance, bank robber ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Mary Had a Little... (1961)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A theatrical impresario tries to win a bet with a psychiatrist over the production of a perfect baby.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, sexual ...
Plot: baby, psychiatrist, power relations, disorder, couples, doctors and patients, fall in love, love and romance, pregnancy, mental illness, shakespeare, hypnosis ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Queen of Hearts (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Eddie Luca is the youngest son in a family of Italian immigrants who has moved to London. Beginning from nowhere, they open a cafe in an Italian neighbourhood. One day their father loses the cafe, the home and his wedding ring by gambling.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: cafe, youth, food, family relations, couples, family conflict, immigrant family, love and romance, coming of age, society, family problems, family life ...
Time: year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place: europe, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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