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Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
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Waiting for the Hearse (1985)
Original name: Esperando la carroza
Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A lot of confusion and mixed situations between relatives in the middle of Mamá Cora's wake, the grandma, who supposely commit suicide throwing herself in front of a train.
Style: hispanic, parody, cult classic, black comedy, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, crying, dark comedy ...
Plot: satire, family relations, anger, neurosis, dysfunctional family, mistaken identity, dialogue, existentialism, wrath, phd, football, police officer, morgue, wine, teenage girl, neighborhood, baby, housewife, bus, flirting, funeral, telephone call, infidelity, widow, corpse ...
Time: 80s
Place: latin america, argentina, buenos aires argentina
Keyword: argentine, signal

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and independent film films with plots about family relations, couples, love and romance, dysfunctional family, couple relations, family problems and dark humor mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Waiting for the Hearse: I don't owe a 100 times (1990), Death at a Funeral (2007), With a Little Help from Myself (2008), Sibling Rivalry (1990), Flirting with Disaster (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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I don't owe a 100 times (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A comedy about a young girl who gets pregnant on a traditional Argentinean family.
Plot: family relations, daughter, father daughter relationship, social satire, mother daughter relationship, police station, neighbor, sexual humor, pregnancy, arranged marriage, mirror, dysfunctional family ...
Place: buenos aires argentina
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Death at a Funeral (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, slapstick, tragicomedy ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: dysfunctional family, funeral, farce, dark humor, secret, sarcasm, gay, adultery, british, multiple storylines, family gatherings, siblings relations ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, europe, london
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With a Little Help from Myself (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Besieged matriarch Sonia tries to make certain her daughter's nuptials come off flawlessly even as events spiral out of control is in this dark comedy helmed by François Dupeyron. With Sonia's wayward eldest son under arrest on drug ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous, gloomy ...
Plot: immigrant, family relations, family problems, interracial relations, family life, eccentric family, couples, dark humor, dysfunctional family, society, parents and children, youth ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Bickering siblings are reunited at their Texas home as their father lies on his deathbed in this black comedy.
Style: semi serious, witty, realistic, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family problems, siblings relations, betrayal, life is a bitch, dark humor, parents and children, terminal illness, eccentric family, family life, estate, siblings ...
Time: 80s
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Sibling Rivalry (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Marjorie Turner is suffocating. Her younger sister Jeanine has no ambition, and her 8 year marriage to Harry puts her in constant competition with his family (all doctors)..
Style: humorous, sexy, black comedy, cynical, dark comedy ...
Plot: sister sister relationship, dying during sex, hotel room, salesman, infidelity, comedy of errors, sibling rivalry, nothing goes right, love affair, brother brother relationship, dishonesty, farce ...
Time: 80s
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Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin (Ben Stiller) decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and an inept yet ...
Style: road movie, black comedy, witty, funny, light ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, road trip, mistaken identity, adoption, on the road, farce, plot twist, family relations, visceral, crime gone awry, disorder, self discovery ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new mexico, new york, michigan, san diego california, usa
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Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place - The Play (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: One weekend, Aunt Bam's nephew-in-law Stewart is granted a court-ordered visitation with his children. Although his new, much-younger wife Mona is a bundle of nerves, Stewart seizes the opportunity to reconnect with his children, whom he loves ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: family relations, couples, family life, family problems, parents and children, disorder, strong female presence, couple relations, dysfunctional family, family gatherings, african american protagonist
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Funeral (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. The remainder of the film is episodic, moving from one incident to another over the course of the three-day funeral, which is held (as is ...
Style: art house, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Plot: sex, ritual, family relations, funeral, satire, suburban life, elderly, family gatherings, suburbs, couples, couple relations, culture clash ...
Time: year 1984, 80s
Place: japan, asia
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62%
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Polyester (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot: misfit, dysfunctional family, abortion, alcoholism, loser, satire, lgbtq, transvestite, playboy, camp, freak, fetish ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa, boston
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61%
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Siblings (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Joe (Alex Campbell) and his siblings have a couple of problems. First off, their stepparents are despicably evil. Secondly, they seemed to have killed them. Now this mixed up mess of half-sisters and step-brothers have to figure out how to dispose ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, dark comedy, erotic ...
Plot: murder, dysfunctional family, crime gone awry, teenage life, eccentric family, lust, youth, siblings relations, family life, family problems, dark humor, disorder ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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She-Devil (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
Style: black comedy, funny, dark comedy, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: infidelity, revenge, novelist, mistress, dysfunctional marriage, adultery, divorce, women, breakup, embezzlement, extramarital affair, sex scene ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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61%
Where's Poppa? (1970)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, funny, clever, humorous ...
Plot: oedipus complex, emotional blackmail, gang, court, humiliation, old woman, judge, nurse, dementia, love at first sight, brother brother relationship, lawyer ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people at the wedding that are happy. Mike's brother Richie and his wife Joan are going through a divorce, which is upsetting his ...
Style: funny, independent film, talky, cynical, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: wedding, adultery, dysfunctional family, catholic, friends, family relations, couples, love triangle, twentysomething life, eccentric family, love affair, family life ...
Time: 60s
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Tony n' Tina's Wedding (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Tony and Tina are excited to get married but they dread having the ceremony. Tina's mother and Tony's father used to be an item and neither parent has gotten over their bitter breakup. As everyone comes together to help plan the event, the ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: marriage, wedding, wedding ceremony, family relations, love and romance, interracial relations, love affair, couple relations, male female relationship, relationships, interracial friendship, interracial romance ...
Time: year 1988, 80s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The film tells the story of the Blanche family who run a dark and dismal health resort on a remote island which is only accessible by ferry. The spa program consists of feeding the guests seaweed and eel-based meals, then administering liberal ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, offbeat, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: hotel, dysfunctional family, food, family business, lifestyle, introspection, family problems, resort, social differences, siblings relations, life is a bitch, workplace ...
Time: 90s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Style: humorous, stylized, dark comedy, cynical, clever ...
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Duration: 98 min.
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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
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59%
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Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 90 min.
Story: HARDEEP, RASHMI and ATUL are brothers and sisters. Which means they can say anything they like to each other, no matter how honest. Mad, Sad and Bad is a 90-minute comedy about mixed race relationships set in Luton. It's about mid-thirties ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Masquerades (2008)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Madhouse (1990)
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
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Style: parody, humorous, funny, melancholic, absurd ...
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Time: 80s
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