Movies like The Wheeler Dealers
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The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Henry J. Tyroone leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but ...
Style:
clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting, retro, vintage
Plot:
farce, economics, oil, wall street, businessman, stock market, opportunist, businesswoman, scam, misunderstanding, special agents, suspense, love and romance, rise to the top, fall in love, workplace romance, ambition, satire, disorder, workplace, government agency, dishonesty, cons and scams, workplace situations, money ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, texas, usa, manhattan new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and witty films with plots about disorder, dishonesty, love and romance, workplace, satire, suspense and couples mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Wheeler Dealers: Head Office (1985), Boys' Night Out (1962), Two Hundred Thousand Dirty (2012), Intern (2000), Hijacking Hollywood (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, biting ...
Plot:
job promotion, workplace intrigue, boss and employee, power relations, cons and scams, workplace situations, workplace romance, rise to the top, dishonesty, workplace, business, money ...
Time:
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred is still a bachelor. They want something different than their ordinary marriages, children and TV-dinners. In secret, they get themselves an apartment ...
Style:
satirical, sexy, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
adultery, psychology, sociology, marriage, office politics, infidelity, couples, disorder, prostitute, nothing goes right, workplace, dishonesty ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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87%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Welcome to the monotonous, oppressive modern American byproduct of suburban sprawl: the urban strip-mall. Native to this environment and products of outdated pop culture are Rob (Mark Greenfield) and Manny (Coolio), the unsuccessful, unrefined and ...
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cynical, semi serious, humorous, biting, realistic ...
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satire, murder, dishonesty, workplace, workplace situations, working class, cons and scams, dark humor, down on your luck, loser, suspense, store ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young, underappreciated intern at the ultra-hip magazine Skirt must learn to deal with kissy-face phoniness, model tantrums and bulimic editors, while trying to steal the heart of a dashing British art director from the grips of a supermodel.
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
fashion model, fashion, fall in love, love triangle, looking for love, rise to the top, workplace, lifestyle, ambition, fashion magazine, disorder, workplace situations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An aspiring director working as a lowly production assistant, conspires with his aspiring producer roommate to steal the reels of a mega budgeted film he's working on.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, witty, clever ...
Plot:
job, hollywood, filmmaking, satire, disorder, showbiz, workplace situations, hijacking, cons and scams, dangerous animal, artists and showbiz, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A New York City bank teller becomes a media celebrity when he refuses to comply with his employer's demands that he shave his beard. Directed by Garson Kanin, this 1969 comedy stars Dick Van Dyke, Angie Dickinson, Rosemary Forsyth, Zohra ...
Style:
biting, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
bank teller, farce, suspense, satire, disorder, fighting the system, supportive spouse, dishonesty, nothing goes right, workplace, obnoxious boss, society ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Charlie MacKenzie is an ambitious young career woman who stretches the truth in a job interview by professing to be married with a family. But her little white lie leads to a great big problem when her new boss moves next door. Desperate to ...
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humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, witty ...
Plot:
hidden identity, dishonesty, eccentric family, workplace situations, best friends, couple relations, boss and employee, family problems, love and romance, actor's life, cons and scams, workplace ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.
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feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
cooking and food, chef, food, family relations, restaurant, workplace, self discovery, parents and children, lifestyle, love and romance, cooking, cookery ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho ad campaign centering on three losers who inadvertently prevent a robbery at a bar.
Style:
biting, cynical, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Plot:
beer, advertising, food, drunk, satire, disorder, friends, media satire, workplace situations, heroes, media, workplace ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A hilarious mockumentary about the delicious hobby of frozen food collecting and Christian rock band, The Christers. The film follows the Mesa Frozen Entree Enthusiast's Club as they plan their first Frozen Entree Enthusiasts Convention.
Style:
cynical, not serious, humorous, witty, biting ...
Plot:
friendship, lifestyle, ambition, rise to the top, disorder, ego clash, misfit, rivalry, nothing goes right, partners, desire for fame, satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Movies like The Boss' Wife
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, all funny, vibrant and charming.
Style:
sex comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, retro
Plot:
photographer, lawyer, hippie, gay, infidelity, teenage life, on the road, love and romance, chase, couples, disorder, teenager ...
Time:
60s
Place:
europe, france, paris france, new york, french riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
HealtH is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political organization is deciding on a new president.
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political, biting, cynical, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
convention, hotel, satire, luxury hotel, multiple storylines, americana, sexual relations, media satire, political corruption, couples, campaign, cooking and food ...
Time:
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Place:
florida, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Black comedy about an obsessive street graffiti artist, who falls obsessively in love with a frustrated artist he meets. Unfortunately, rather than trying to meet with her in a conventional way, he decides to mail himself to her with the help of a ...
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semi serious, realistic, surreal, cynical, biting ...
Plot:
ghost, death, artist, surrealism, goofy hero, love and romance, starting over, couples, dark humor, disorder, church, family relations ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A documentarian funds a NYC doorman's Asian mail order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience.
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
love triangle, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, fish out of water, fall in love, manipulation, obsession, deception, adultery, sexual abuse, exploitation ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store dynasty. Mrs. Tuttle, Barbara's mother, is determined to split the two lovers, and hires ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
workplace, farce, department store, rise to the top, family relations, wooing, parents and children, goofy hero, disorder, mistaken identity, store, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa's continued, humorous, struggles as an actress, as well as the conflict that arises when ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
satire, rise to the top, desire for fame, ambition, best friends, actor's life, workplace, rising to stardom, lifestyle, love and romance, workplace situations, filmmaking ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Set in the world of New York City's elite private kindergartens, The Best and the Brightest centers on a fresh-faced young couple, Samantha and Jeff, who have only recently moved into town. The comedy centers on their dawning realization of the ...
Style:
witty, humorous, not serious, realistic
Plot:
obsession, farce, couple relations, disorder, kindergarten, mistaken identity, blind ambition, ambition, moral dilemma, parents and children, hidden identity, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Henry (Streisand) is a woman who would do anything for her husband Pete-- including borrow money so he has a chance of making his dreams come true. But now there's the loan sharks to deal with...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
money, loan shark, love and romance, couple relations, prostitute, nothing goes right, dishonesty, race against time, screwball, couples, family relations, loan ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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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:
biting, cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
food, cooking and food, restaurant, factory, workplace situations, disorder, dark humor, moral dilemma, human nature, workplace, dishonesty, suspense ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
family relations, community, money, restaurant, farce, disorder, cons and scams, rich and poor, social differences, mistaken identity, down on your luck, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, latin america, california, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the ...
Style:
political, biting, cynical, not serious, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, politics, nude, suspense, manipulation, disorder, rise to the top, state affairs, ambition, head of state, dishonesty, society ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Amazing Grace is a 1974 light comedy featuring black comedienne Moms Mabley as a widow who tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to ...
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biting, cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
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blaxploitation, african american, racism, satire, farce, suspense, underdog, society, state affairs, politics, going straight, rebellion ...
Time:
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Place:
maryland, usa, baltimore
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37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, Germany, Austria
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A naive girl's love for Switzerland is put to the test in this satiric comedy. Irina (Yelena Panova) is a woman from Russia who all her life has always been fascinated by Switzerland and longs to live there some day, though her notion of Swiss ...
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Sam and Matt flee their small mid-western town for New York City, where hot girls roam the streets! After months of trying to pick up ladies and failing miserably, they come up with the idea to hold a fake audition to meet chicks. Hilarity ensues ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
audition, friends, fall in love, artists and showbiz, fish out of water, looking for sex, cons and scams, broadway, looking for love, inspiration, big city, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan's money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to delay the ...
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sexy, realistic, semi serious, cynical, biting ...
Plot:
bus, working class, strike, lechery, couples, disorder, dishonesty, society, workplace, rivalry, ego clash, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
britain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A New York hipster sets out on a a quest to create the most sincere T-shirt ever.
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semi serious, talky, cynical, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
friends, friendship, society, self discovery, dull life, lifestyle, ambition, youth, twentysomething life, farce, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, India
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An unemployed doctor turned cab driver becomes a local hero when he converts his taxi into a mobile clinic. Dr. CABBIE is the heart warming journey of a young Indian Doctor who immigrates to Canada with the selfless ambition of healing others while ...
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semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
taxi, doctor, fish out of water, disorder, hopes, workplace, follow your dream, buddies, misfit, immigrants, love and romance, workplace situations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
SPLINTERHEADS introduces Thomas Middleditch as Justin Frost, a twenty-something slacker whose “thing” is that he has no “thing” at all. When a small-time carnival rolls into town, he meets Galaxy (Rachael Taylor), a gorgeous con artist, or ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
carnival, friends, buddies, lifestyle, love and romance, young lovers, love triangle, fall in love, slacker, dishonesty, youth, wooing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Ellen Gordon, a New York executive's mistress falls for the executive's young business associate when the young man is accidentally sent to use the apartment where the executive and his mistress get together every Wednesday. More ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
farce, couple relations, infidelity, love triangle, love affair, couples, dishonesty, womanizer, love and romance, mistress, disorder, screwball ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Dans le quartier du Sentier, Eddie Vuibert, Dov et Yvan sont confrontés aux procédés pour le moins expéditifs de leur nouveau client, Eurodiscount, une chaîne européenne d'hypermarchés. Karine, lasse des turpitudes de son volage époux, ...
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realistic, humorous, not serious, feel good, light ...
Plot:
satire, working class, comedy of errors, partners, friends, workplace situations, social differences, fall in love, couple relations, buddies, farce, workplace ...
Place:
france, europe
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35%
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