Movies like The Orange Thief
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The Orange Thief (2007)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Living on the outer boundaries of society, the eponymous orange thief and some other country-wise ruffians steal fruit for sustenance, sale, and the sheer excitement of courting danger. After the thief ends up in a Sicilian jail, his life takes an unexpected turn when his bunkmate promises him a deal.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
Plot:
criminal heroes, life turned upside down, society, social misfits, against the rules, jail, prisoner, deal, thief, cell mate, life sentence, murderer, musician, escape, tourist, salesman, peasant, male female relationship, land, countryside, prison warden, fistfight, singing, song, guitar ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
italy, sicily
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and captivating films with plots about society, disorder, friends, life turned upside down, friendship, social misfits and misfit mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like The Orange Thief: Cruisin' (2014), The Sublet (2008), Doin' Time (1985), White T (2013), Dumbbells (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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parody, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
prison, boxing, wrongful imprisonment, ethnic stereotype, reformatory, society, confined, dishonesty, criminal heroes, frame up, false accusation, prison life ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Rapping twins Herbert (Jerod Mixon) and Henry (Jamal Mixon) get a shot at stardom when they purchase a prize-winning T-shirt that lands them a chance to perform alongside a hip-hop legend, but they find their dreams going up in flames when their ...
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hip hop, ambition, rivalry, society, twins, social misfits, contests and competitions, adventurer, comedy duo, performance, urban setting, african american ...
Time:
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Place:
california, southern california, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Dumbbells is a light-hearted buddy comedy set amongst a group of misfit employees that work in a struggling fitness center in Los Angeles.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, realistic
Plot:
workplace, buddies, workplace situations, basketball player, gym, ambition, recovery, society, misfit, social misfits, boss and employee, friends ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A black comedy set in the Polish immigrant neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn about a man selling tickets to his own suicide to save his father's life.
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
family business, gangsters, society, immigrants, dark humor, family relations, suicide, save the day, debt, butcher, funeral home, bakery ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
clergy, on the road, pets, society, mistaken identity, road trip, preacher, evangelist, televangelist, neighbor, unemployment, down on your luck ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Harris Malden wears his insecurity on his face in a curious disguise for everyone to see. No one in the neighborhood, not even his best friend Paul or his brother Melvin, has the heart to tell him how ridiculous he looks with the thick black line ...
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, biting, realistic ...
Plot:
comedy of errors, life turned upside down, satire, disorder, social relations, politics, society, political unrest, cons and scams, village, village life, border ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
ireland
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50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Isidor's Tortilla Heaven is the best restaurant in New Mexico maybe even the world. But though his tortillas are scrumptious, his enchiladas divine, Isidor has never made a dime. Why? He lives in Falfurrias, population 73. One Sunday, while all ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
restaurant, miraculous event, cooking and food, life turned upside down, hopes, religions or cults, overnight success, small town, jesus, religion, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
35 year old Alice has a husband and a son. Her life seems a beautiful dream, but it soon turns out to be a nightmare. Her husband dies in a car accident and her lawyer tells her that she is on her uppers. The only way she finds to earn money in ...
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feel good, semi serious, realistic, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
unlikely couple, life turned upside down, prostitute, hidden identity, disorder, couples, working class, rich and poor, prostitution, sexual humor, lifestyle change, love affair ...
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Place:
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48%
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A pizza deliveryman develops a bond with a girl nearly half his age.
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realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, touching
Plot:
love and romance, youth, misfit, introspection, high school life, working class, small town life, teenage life, friends, thirtysomething life, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Chile
Duration: 20 min.
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Web series that follows Peter, a Chilean immigrant struggling to succeed in New York City.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, light
Plot:
immigrants, follow your dream, life turned upside down, society, ambition, social misfits
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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45%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tyrone Johnson is in jail. As a result his sister Yolanda, an exotic dancer, inherits Tyrone's struggling hair salon business. She first sees the shop as a burden and waste of her time and puts the shop up for sale. But Yolanda eventually sees ...
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
There may be one thing worse than being a sex offender sent to prison: Being a sex offender released from prison. RSO tells the story of one offender's unlikely rehabilitation.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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