Movies like The Kingdom of Diamonds

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The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980)
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The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980)
Original name: হীরক রাজার দেশে
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The musician duo of Goopi Gayin and Bagha Bayin make a comeback in this sequel, where they are invited to the court of the Hirak Raja (Diamond King), for their musical skills. They have to perform at the kingdom's Jubilee Celebrations. But coming to the kingdom, they use their natural goodness and curiosity to find out that all is not well in the kingdom. There is exploitation of poor farmers and diamond-miners. There are sycophant courtiers and ruthless armies. And there is a mad scientist with this Brain-washing machine. With the help of an upright school-master, Goopi and Bagha set out to correct the evils... with the help of their ghost-given skills, fast thinking and an impish sense of humour.
Style: thought provoking, offbeat, humorous, witty, semi serious, biting, suspense
Plot: heroes, injustice, escapades, society, royal court, satire, political unrest, mad scientist, state affairs, save the day, imaginary kingdom, righting the wronged, anti hero, dystopia, musician, tiger, king, teacher, scientist, kingdom, diamond, tyrant, greed, magical power, brainwashing ...
Place: kolkata, india

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and biting films with plots about society, satire, politics, heroes, disorder, state affairs and family relations mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like The Kingdom of Diamonds: The Stranger (1991), Television (2012), The Middleman (1975), Justi&Cia (2014), The Color of the Chameleon (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Goopy and Bagha are banished from the kingdom for being bad musicians. However, with their skills, they succeed in pleasing the king of ghosts who grants them three wishes.
Style: horror spoof
Plot: supernatural horror, incompetence, escape, musician, king, ghost, singing, singer, forest, capture, exile, tiger ...
Place: kolkata
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The Stranger (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: India, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A well-off Indian family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels, ...
Style: psychedelic, semi serious, thought provoking, contemplative, extraordinary
Plot: hardcore, travel, suspicion, family relations, stranger, interrogation, long lost relative, inheritance, uninvited guest, disorder, friends, hidden identity ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: kolkata, asia, india
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Television (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A devout village leader prohibits an array of modern devices, but when his strict measures go too far, the locals rise up in popular rebellion.
Style: semi serious, thought provoking, touching, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: satire, against the rules, media, technophobia, social relations, village life, rebellion, society, village, communication, generation gap, television ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Middleman (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the ...
Style: art house, serious, realistic, tense, biting ...
Plot: job, depression, underworld, unemployment, injustice, downfall, betrayal, social misfits, youth, society, life is a bitch, unfulfillment ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Justi&Cia (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, biting
Plot: murderous pair, unlikely criminals, satire, escapades, nothing to lose, vigilantism, social decay, society, life is a bitch, disorder, partner, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Color of the Chameleon (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In Emil Christov's über-stylish spy-movie pastiche, a charismatic schemer in an authoritarian police state, fired from his job as a secret-police informant, conjures up his own imaginary spy network and builds up an archive that he turns ...
Style: cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous, biting ...
Plot: snitch, fighting the system, politics, satire, state affairs, dishonesty, government agency, society, dark humor, cons and scams, secret police, informant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bulgaria
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I'm Back (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Mussolini reappears in Rome 72 years after his death, finding a Country still full of problems like racism and hate for politicians. Misguised for an actor, he sides with a young filmmaker and starts traveling along Italy to reconquer it.
Style: thought provoking, disturbing
Plot: anti semitism, italian fascism, dictator, satire, state affairs, society, fascism, farce, tyrant, confrontation, political unrest, lie ...
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Embedded Live (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Embedded is a ripped-from-the-headlines satire about the madness surrounding brave men and women on the front lines of a Middle East conflict. It skewers lapdog embedded journalists, scheming government officials and the media's insatiable ...
Style: semi serious, controversial, realistic, cynical, disturbing ...
Plot: satire, rebelliousness, military, anti war, state affairs, political unrest, soldier, politics, society, iraq war, american politics, journalism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Big City (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Life at home changes when a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.
Style: cult classic, retro, contemplative, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: feminist, family relations, women, indian woman, money, mother-in-law, new job, family disapproval, gender, battle of the sexes, society, fighting the system ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 60s, 1950s
Place: kolkata, asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Magic Carpet Ride (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
Style: humorous, witty, not serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot: petty criminal, anti hero, working class, misfit, family problems, society, robbery, turk, caper, gangster, satire, secret hideout ...
Time: 21st century
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey
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37%
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The Witness (1969)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Known as the best satire about communism, banned for over a decade in Hungary. 'The Witness' has become a cult classic, well received by critics and general audiences when it was finally released outside of Hungary. 'The Witness' ...
Style: satirical, black comedy, parody, cult classic, dark comedy ...
Plot: satire, communism, society, political satire, dark humor, corruption, world war two, totalitarian regime, bureaucracy, social criticism, corrupt, meat ...
Time: year 1969, 50s, 1950s
Place: hungary, budapest, eastern europe, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Adversary (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Siddhartha Chowdhury, a brilliant medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his father's sudden demise. He is forced to navigate the high unemployment rate and the communist socio-political climate of 1960s Calcutta in search of a ...
Style: art house, biting, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: unemployment, underworld, love letter, job interview, medical student, job seeking, ambition, politics, rebellion, life is a bitch, society, youth ...
Time: 70s
Place: kolkata, india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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All Against All (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Style: realistic, sincere, semi serious, humorous, biting
Plot: life turned upside down, satire, eviction, hopes, working class, society, family relations, righting the wronged, forced into action, family problems, family life, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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32%
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Mr India (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
Story: A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.
Style: romantic, patriotic, uplifting, exciting, humorous ...
Plot: invisibility, invisible man, patriot, good versus evil, orphan, superpower, society, escapades, fighting crime, heroes, vengeance, rivalry ...
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Kabul Express (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Five people - two Indian journalists, an American journalist, an Afghan guide and a Pakistani soldier who takes them all hostage - are taken on a 48-hour journey into Afghanistan in a jeep called the Kabul Express, a special and unlikely bond ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, captivating, patriotic ...
Plot: hostage, terrorism, war in afghanistan, journalist, behind enemy lines, heroes, political unrest, on the road, photojournalist, battles, state affairs, escapades ...
Place: afghanistan, india, asia
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Ultrachrist! (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: What would Jesus do if he returned to Earth and discovered he could no longer relate to the youth of today?
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: fish out of water, satire, destiny, religions or cults, clergy, society, heroes, disorder, antichrist, messiah, jesus, jesus christ ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Childstar (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Childstar is about an egotistical 12-year-old named Taylor Brandon Burns who has skyrocketed to fame at that young age. His relationship with his driver, Rick, takes a turn when Taylor confides in him about the problems of celebrity and the fears of ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, independent film ...
Plot: youth, fame, actor's life, coming of age, lifestyle, showbiz, filmmaking, movie business, artists and showbiz, parents and children, celebrity culture, family relations ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Trial and Error (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall (Sellers) is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle (Attenborough) who is accused of murdering his wife (Beryl Reid). Despite Fowle's insistence of guilt, Moregenhall ...
Style: black comedy, black and white, semi serious, realistic, cynical ...
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, law, bird, legal, murder, murder trial, satire, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 60s
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Former rowdy Jayan is in a mission to conduct the marriage of his niece. Things got out of hands when things get worse
Style: satirical, captivating, disturbing, entertaining, semi serious
Plot: marriage, satire, romantic relationship, relationship problems, couple relations, marriage of convenience, male female relationship, family relations, wedding ceremony, escapades, relationships, love affair ...
Place: india
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The Comedy (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father's estate, a restless, aging New Yorker passes time with his friends in games of mock sincerity, irreverence, and recreational cruelty towards those around them.
Style: cynical, realistic, mumblecore, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: introspection, estrangement, satire, social decay, shallowness, society, hipster, life is a bitch, dull life, bare breasts, female nudity, nude dance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Joi Baba Felunath (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Set in the holy city of Benares, this is the second film about the detective Feluda, in which he goes for a holiday along with his cousin, Topshe and his friend, Lalmohan Ganguly. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) ...
Style: epic
Plot: feluda, knife thrower, investigation, cousin cousin relationship, theft, thief, private detective, grandfather grandson relationship, friendship, murder, vacation, friend ...
Place: kolkata
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A Wonderful World (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
Style: humorous, dark comedy, disturbing, social, captivating ...
Plot: satire, rich and poor, mistaken identity, social decay, society, politics, political conspiracy, disorder, suicide, ambition, immigrant, suburbs ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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Very Well, Thank You (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The tough lives of two ordinary individuals: Alex, an accountant and his wife Béatrice, a taxi driver.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, biting
Plot: life turned upside down, life is a bitch, fighting the system, injustice, society, wrongfully committed, satire, loss of job, husband wife relationship, taxi driver, disorder, mental institution ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Joker (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In 1947 when the maps of India and Pakistan were being drawn, an oversight ensured that the village of Paglapur didn't find a place in either country. Over 60 years later, Paglapur is isolated, and in need of help. The residents seek help, but ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous
Plot: social relations, disorder, society, misfit, fish out of water, negligence, craziness, extraterrestrial, village, space and aliens, mentally unstable, alien encounter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, pakistan, asia
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The Falling (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Natha a poor farmer from Peepli village in the heart of rural India is about to lose his plot of land due to an unpaid bank loan. A quick fix to the problem is the a government program that aids the families of indebted farmers who have committed ...
Style: black comedy, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, suspenseful ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: media circus, farmer, satire, media, society, dark humor, nothing goes right, media hype, suicide attempt, bureaucracy, farming, social injustice ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: india, asia
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26%
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Grassroots (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lost his job. Initially given no chance, things turn dark when Cogswell makes it into the general ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, political ...
Plot: politics, ambition, satire, against the odds, society, campaign, friends, unemployment, election campaign, political campaign, campaigning, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Somebody's Hero (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: An average New York accountant tries to fill the boots of a movie-based superhero. Dennis, a lonely New York accountant accidentally stops a costume shop robbery while he’s trying on a “Man America” superhero outfit. The whole clumsy fight is ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good, captivating
Plot: superhero, tragic hero, save the day, folk hero, superhuman powers, dull life, family relations, child in peril, surrealism, secret life, lie, fired from the job ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Shrek the Musical (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Make room for ogre-sized family fun as the greatest fairy tale never told comes to life in a whole new way in this breathtaking Broadway musical adaptation of the hit movie Shrek!
Style: feel good, humorous, not serious, witty, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: partner, friends, friendship, shrek, couples, heroic mission, society, imaginary, social differences, daring rescue, heroes, imaginary kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Crazy Like a Fox (2004)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This is the story of Nat Banks, an 8th generation Virginian gentleman farmer living in the past, who loses his family farm, Greenwood, to a pair of land speculators from Washington, D.C. When the predatory couple manipulates a "legal" real ...
Style: humorous, feel good, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot: righting the wronged, rivalry, save the day, fighting the system, culture clash, screwball, heroes, society, good versus evil, buddies, friendship, interracial relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: virginia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Animal Farm (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An animated film from 1999 based on the famous novel by George Orwell. Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
Style: epic, brutal, philosophical, thinking, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: pig, animal, communism, farm, corruption, world history, distopia, puppet, meme, politics, rebellion, satire ...
Time: 1900s, 90s
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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