Movies like Reality 2012
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Reality (2012)
6K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A dark comedy centering on the lives of a Neapolitan based family whose father, a fish merchant, is so infatuated with the reality TV show "Grande Fratello" (the Italian version of "Big Brother") he starts living his life as if he were on it.
Style:
thought provoking, humorous, cynical, semi serious, social, surreal, cult classic, clever, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, dark humor, life turned upside down, obsession, society, disorder, audition, television, big brother, mental illness, lonely, profanity, media, satire, media satire, power of media, wedding, religion, priest, church, bipolar disorder, fish, disco, psychosis, surrealism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
italy, naples italy, southern italy, rome italy
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Most similar movies to Reality
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and biting films with plots about satire, dark humor, society, disorder, life turned upside down, media and family relations mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Reality: Hits (2014), American Animal (2011), Holy Flying Circus (2011), Don Peyote (2014), The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A talentless teen will do anything to get on TV's "The Voice." Meanwhile, her father, a municipal worker, creates an uproar when a video of his rants at City Hall goes viral.
Style:
cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot:
fame, talent, delusion, dark humor, society, celebrity culture, media satire, computers and web, teenager, suburbs, art, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jimmy (Matt D'Elia) finds out his best friend and roommate (Fletcher) is leaving, he sees this as a betrayal of their perfect way of life. Over the course of a night full of drinks, drugs and women, the two men engage in a classic battle ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, life turned upside down, buddies, terminal illness, male pubic hair, male nudity, naked man, profanity, disorder, nudity, sexual content, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
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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, humorous, clever, 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:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An ordinary guy delves deep into counterculture, conspiracy theories and the like as he tries to discern the structure of society.
Style:
surreal, psychological, dark comedy, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, conspiracy theory, disorder, losing-it hero, stoner, friendship, wedding preparations and rituals, apocalypse, doomsday, drug use, counterculture, marijuana ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Balding advertising executive Mr. Baum spends more time on a new ad campaign for purple sunglasses than he does with his own family. But suddenly he is forced to reexamine his life after a doctor tells him that he has an 'aggressive' brain ...
Style:
dark comedy, contemplative, semi serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
satire, dull life, family relations, dark humor, dealing with death, race against time, introspection, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, terminal illness, family life, doctor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
middle east, israel
Similarity:
28%
894
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Matt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbours whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud errupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.
Style:
slapstick, biting, cynical, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
neighbor, feud, terror, professor, prank, dark humor, disorder, couples, family relations, contests and competitions, rivalry, society ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Worker Agostino, one day returning to his apartment in the suburb of a big city, after the First Communion of his child, finds the house occupied by another family. Thus begins his personal battle to get it back together with his grandfather, his ...
Style:
sincere, humorous, semi serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
eviction, working class, satire, life turned upside down, family relations, forced into action, family life, society, family problems, righting the wronged, hopes, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
27%
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:
semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, political ...
Plot:
politics, ambition, satire, society, campaign, unemployment, friends, against the odds, political campaign, election campaign, campaigning, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
27%
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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:
independent film, satirical, disturbing, melancholic, meditative ...
Plot:
dark humor, suicide, satire, adaptation, crumbling marriage, society, self discovery, filmmaking, love and romance, couple relations, starting over, rise and fall ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
27%
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, suspense
Plot:
life turned upside down, fighting the system, life is a bitch, injustice, society, wrongfully committed, satire, husband wife relationship, loss of job, taxi driver, disorder, mental institution ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Onetime campus radical Nanni Moretti renounces his past to become a priest. Returning to his home village, Moretti is appalled at the lack of religious reverence amongst the townsfolk. Unable to communicate with any of his old friends, who've ...
Style:
spiritual, cult classic, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
priest, circus, spirit, love letter, church, religions or cults, social relations, family problems, solace, dark humor, society, clergy ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A rich cross-section of urban USA find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint.
Style:
intense, melancholic, satirical, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
obsession, weapons, geek, prejudice, crimes of passion, mental illness, family problems, crumbling marriage, satire, family drama, loneliness, lgbt ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary, South Korea, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An old woman flies past six floors after jumping from the roof of her apartment block. Six stories on the poor state of humanity, told with humour and rare imagination to the accompaniment of a pulsating soundtrack from Amon Tobin. A woeful ...
Style:
anthology, semi serious, humorous, surreal, suspense ...
Plot:
dark humor, female nudity, obsession, couple relations, social decay, family relations, unsupportive spouse, nude, guru, couples, disorder, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, hungary
Similarity:
25%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Coco is a French comedy released in 2009 and produced by Gad Elmaleh. This is the first embodiment of the actor, adapted from a sketch in the show La Vie Normale. Coco talks about organizing a Bar Mitzvah.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, light hearted ...
Plot:
rise to the top, ambition, hopes, life turned upside down, society, redemption, disorder, self made man, bar mitzvah, jewish culture, adaptation, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This Is Not A Test is a comedy/drama directed by Christopher Angel. The film is based around a man called Carl (Hill Harper) who's living his everyday life whilst trying to cope with his fear of terrorist nuclear attacks. However, with the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, independent film ...
Plot:
obsession, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, satire, terrorism, society, friends, buddies, urban, eccentric family, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
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, satire, dark humor, farmer, media, society, nothing goes right, media hype, suicide attempt, poverty, corrupt politician, social injustice ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
25%
593
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Max, Paul and Simon have been friends for 35 years. They take great pleasure in their one vacation a year together without their partners and meet-up regularly to spend evenings drinking or playing cards. Each has a successful career and they all ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, semi serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
dark humor, friendship, moral dilemma, friends, life turned upside down, disorder, murder, police, cover up, escapades, buddies, photograph ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, cult classic, captivating, light ...
Plot:
filmmaking, screenwriter, mistress, money, showbiz, hollywood, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, surreal ...
Plot:
satire, culture clash, hijab, muslim, dark humor, taxi driver, self discovery, social differences, adoption, religions or cults, rabbi, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, middle east, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks. Machisu, the only son of a rich collector, has a ...
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, emotional, art house, sad ...
Plot:
art, painter, painting, dark humor, obsession, unfulfillment, life turned upside down, failed attempt, artist, desire for fame, moving, losing-it hero ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Don Fabijan is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on the island, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar and ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, tragicomedy, suspense ...
Plot:
pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, satire, mediterranean, religions or cults, clergy, village life, social relations, disorder, dishonesty, society, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, croatia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Portugal, Brazil
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.
Style:
contemplative, semi serious, cynical, surreal, humorous ...
Plot:
love and romance, society, introspection, fall in love, satire, unfulfillment, wooing, nude, life after death, political election, dark humor, nudity ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Nino and Bruno are two comedians who reach the heights of success with their duo act, turning them into huge TV celebrities. However, the hate between them grows as fast, and as much, as their fame
Style:
dark comedy, biting, cynical, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, buddy, behind the scenes, comedian, dark humor, friends, nightclub, workplace situations, media satire, actor's life, buddies, rise to the top ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
usa, wyoming
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole. It tells the story of J. J. Curtis, ageing gameshow host played by O'Toole, who hires novelist Jonathan Stitch (Adrian Lester) to pen his ...
Style:
serious, witty, realistic, clever, black comedy ...
Plot:
ambition, media, blind ambition, contests and competitions, showbiz, workplace, uninhibited rivalry, artists and showbiz, couples, dark humor, satire, murder ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Adan Kundle, CEO of a major advertising agency, is discovered unconscious in front of a wall of TVs. When he wakes in the hospital, Adan can only communicate through advertising slogans.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, biting ...
Plot:
mental illness, parents and children, self discovery, media satire, family relations, media, disorder, workplace, workplace intrigue, rivalry, life turned upside down, advertising ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Follows the story of a television host who's hidden so much personal and secret information on his phone, that when it gets out, catastrophe strikes.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
infidelity, womanizer, lifestyle, life turned upside down, nothing goes right, dark humor, couples, couple relations, dishonesty, cell phone, scandal, privacy invasion ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, beijing china, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two Spanish pan-handlers soon find themselves in over their heads when they stumble upon an opportunity to redeem themselves and perhaps the entire planet. The world appears to suffer from rampant poverty, violence and spiritual desperation and the ...
Style:
cynical, clever, suspense, offbeat, realistic ...
Plot:
sect, murder, social decay, cons and scams, society, friendship, life is a bitch, dark humor, injustice, criminal heroes, dishonesty, rising to stardom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
manipulation, journalism, corrupt politician, media, political corruption, campaign, state affairs, dishonesty, blackmail, television, mafia, politics ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
24%
310
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A black comedy about a reformed womanizer who struggles to keep his family together.
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, life turned upside down, adolescence vs adulthood, couples, family problems, disorder, parents and children, manhood, youth, dysfunctional family, dark humor, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
celebration, society, disorder, nothing goes right, religions or cults, lifestyle, celebrity culture, faith, satire, social commentary, provincial life, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
23%
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