Movies like Wise Blood

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Wise Blood (1979)
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Wise Blood (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
Style: southern gothic, spiritual, existential, philosophical, gothic, surreal, grim, cult classic, clever, humorous ...
Plot: preacher, religion, redemption, satire, dream, deep south, religious fanatic, success, jesus, spirit, spirituality, catholic, mercy, atheist, blindness, exodus, hicksploitation, anti christianity, badass, human development, sin, christianity, soldier, society, wiretap ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: georgia, southern usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and witty films with plots about satire, society, religion, profanity, hopes, flashback and existentialism mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Wise Blood: The Milky Way (1969), Being There (1979), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), The Apostle (1997), Holy Flying Circus (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Milky Way (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.
Style: surreal, spiritual, road movie, psychedelic, satirical ...
Plot: religion, surrealism, bible, satire, jesus christ, philosophy, jesus, anarchist, spirituality, religious, inquisition, drifter ...
Time: year 1969, 20th century, year 1964, 60s
Place: spain, paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 7.9
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Being There (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
Style: political, thought provoking, philosophical, surreal, clever ...
Plot: politics, comedy of errors, lawyer, impotence, satire, president, fish out of water, wealth, secret service, innocence, television, eviction ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
Style: philosophical, talky, humorous, witty, meditative ...
Plot: adultery, murder, infidelity, mistress, existentialism, justice, guilt, blackmail, satire, couple relations, moral dilemma, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 7.2
 15K
The Apostle (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
Style: biblical, spiritual, independent film, talky, realistic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: christian, religion, preacher, redemption, jesus, small town, radio, clergy, spirit, coma, country, church ...
Time: year 1997, 1930s, 20th century
Place: texas, louisiana, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Holy Flying Circus (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A fantastical re-imagining of the events of 1979, when Monty Python made Life of Brian and the debate about what is an acceptable subject for comedy was blown wide open.
Style: surreal, clever, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: actor's life, clergy, religions or cults, society, artists and showbiz, friends, debate, religion, ignorance, blasphemy, christianity, television ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe, united kingdom, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
Style: touching, emotional, intense, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: loneliness, neighbor, depression, terminal illness, religion, faith, existentialism, society, love and romance, dealing with death, catholic, nosy neighbor ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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The Grass Harp (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, unrequited love, sister sister relationship, orphan, world war one, small town, dysfunctional family, family relations, chambermaid, deep south, family life ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: alabama, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
In God We Tru$t (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A naive monk, named Brother Ambrose (Marty Feldman), is sent by the abbot on a mission to raise $5,000 in order to save their monastery from closing. He goes to Hollywood where he encounters a number of eccentric characters.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, offbeat ...
Plot: religion, monk, satire, church, innocence lost, unlikely partners, clergy, society, prostitute, obsessive quest, misfit, fish out of water ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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The New Age (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find ...
Style: satirical, disturbing, melancholic, meditative, cynical ...
Plot: dark humor, suicide, satire, adaptation, society, self discovery, crumbling marriage, filmmaking, lifestyle, starting over, rise and fall, couple relations ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 4.9
 21K
Holy Man (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Eddie Murphy stars as an over-the-top television evangelist who finds a way to turn television home shopping into a religious experience, and takes America by storm.
Style: touching, humorous, satirical, intense, funny ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: guru, life philosophy, justice, religion, media satire, materialism, workplace, media, love affair, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, satire ...
Time: 90s
Place: florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Stardust Memories (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Style: black and white, philosophical, cult classic, postmodern, talky ...
Plot: artist, existentialism, filmmaking, weekend, art, showbiz, childhood memory, nostalgia, alien, discussion, argument, price of fame ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 6.5
 8K
Dark Habits (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.
Style: dark comedy, erotic, surreal, social, hispanic ...
Plot: satire, lgbt, catholic, catholic church, gays and lesbians, nun, drug addiction, religion, gay, lgbtq, surrealism, sin ...
Time: year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
The Twelve Chairs (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia. Both he and the local priest find that the family jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set of twelve. They return separately ...
Style: satirical, stylized, talky, philosophical, witty ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: treasure hunt, road trip, farce, mentor, corruption, betrayal, storytelling, life philosophy, greed, brutality, obsessive quest, odd couple ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: russia, soviet union, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 7.0
 669
Saving Grace (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately teach the Pope and his new friends some important ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, clever
Plot: religion, catholic, profanity, hidden identity, friendship, society, misfit, clergy, self discovery, hopes, friends, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
The Firemen's Ball (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia, Italy
Duration: 73 min.
Story: In Milos Forman's satire on Communism set in a small Czechoslovakian town in the 1960s, the local firemen decide to organize a ball, however the proceedings are dogged by difficulty at every step. They plan to organize a beauty pageant at the ...
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, surreal, allegory ...
Plot: satire, firefighter, political satire, theft, corruption, bureaucracy, small town, confusion, fire, husband wife relationship, farce, cancer ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place: czechoslovakia, czech republic, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Last Detail (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Style: road movie, atmospheric, cult classic, realistic, witty ...
Plot: u.s. navy, road trip, sailor, profanity, male bonding, beer, buddy, fighting the system, society, on the road, travel, female nudity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: new york, maine, philadelphia, massachusetts, virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Sister Mary Explains It All (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: As Sister Mary delivers a lecture on sin and its consequences, she's interrupted by several of her former students, who have little positive to say about how a Catholic education has impacted their lives.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, entertaining ...
Plot: nun, religions or cults, clergy, society, disorder, church, rivalry, catholic school, christmas, belief in the afterlife, lifestyle change, humour ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 7.0
 9K
Citizen Ruth (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: "Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ...
Style: witty, melancholic, stylized, political, talky ...
Plot: abortion, drug abuse, culture clash, unwanted pregnancy, addiction, pregnancy, politics, female protagonist, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, youth, women ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: nebraska, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Human Nature (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and raised in the wild. As scientist Nathan trains the wild man, Puff, in the ways of the world - ...
Style: surreal, humorous, philosophical, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: philosophy, farce, manners, fish out of water, surrealism, culture clash, disorder, hypocrisy, fall in love, misfit, society, odd couple ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A film based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, in which a young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather ...
Style: touching, road movie, tragicomedy, clever, scenic ...
Plot: holocaust, on the road, journey, culture clash, nazi, collector, self discovery, road trip, prejudice, judaism, dog, friendship ...
Time: year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Mother (Bill Cosby), Jugs (Raquel Welch) & Speed (Harvey Keitel) work for a ambulance company competing for a L.A. city contract.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, offbeat ...
Audience: teens
Plot: satire, murder, chase, paramedic, black, truck, trucker, medical, rivalry, nothing goes right, fighting the system, contests and competitions ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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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 ⇓
71%
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.
Style: philosophical, surreal, thought provoking, minimal cast, existential ...
Plot: conversation, restaurant, philosophy, food, existentialism, art, dialogue, cooking, dinner, realism, transcendence, occult ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1981
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⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in ...
Style: surreal, independent film, humorous, funny, talky ...
Plot: filmmaking, actor, filmmaker, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, showbiz, friends, actor's life, lifestyle, satire, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Adaptation. (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Style: satirical, absurd, black comedy, mind bending, dark comedy ...
Plot: twins, filmmaking, depression, writer's block, writers, imagination, mentally unstable, loser, existentialism, obsession, siblings relations, eccentricity ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida, new york, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Leap of Faith (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracles' with the help of his friend and manager, Jane, and their entourage. One of their ...
Style: melancholic, light, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot: religion, redemption, character study, preacher, loneliness, dishonesty, cons and scams, small town life, con men, small town, faith, con artists ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 7.7
 74K
Happiness (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.
Style: black comedy, cynical, independent film, dark comedy, depressing ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, pedophilia, rape, unhappiness, depression, therapist, obsession, relationships, loneliness, alienation, pedophile, sexual abuse ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 7.8
 13K
The Island (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the ...
Style: philosophical, psychological, cerebral, spiritual, breathtaking ...
Plot: christian, religion, redemption, forgiveness, loneliness, island, monk, life philosophy, solitude, monastery, church, philosophy ...
Time: 2000s, future
Place: russia, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 5.6
 3K
Touch (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Juvenal, a presumed miracle worker, appears on the scene Bill Hill attempts to exploit him but his plans go astray with the untimely intervention of August Murray and the developing relationship between Juvenal and Lynn Faulkner.
Style: light, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: love and romance, abusive husband, religions or cults, hopes, satire, love, moral ambiguity, religion, magic, miraculous event, investigation, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 7.1
 88K
Wag the Dog (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Style: black comedy, political, talky, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot: politics, conspiracy, political corruption, journalism, cia, election, satire, government, political conspiracy, president, secret service, senator ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., albania, persia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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