Movies like The Spooks 2016
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The Spooks (2016)
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Original name: Strašidla
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young clerk is delegated to sort out the affairs of a certain property. It is an old castle belonging to the city with a garden, in which nobody is really interested, but the tenants of the property do not pay rent and taxes, do not work and do not send their children to school. Correcting this state of affairs will prove difficult, because it is a family of aristocratic spirits who have so far dealt with scares and witchcraft, but do not know the material concerns of ordinary mortals and cannot imagine such a revolution in their lives.
Style:
psychotronic, light, humorous, captivating, crying, freeze frame, spooky, urban fantasy
Plot:
husband wife relationship, school, teacher, missing person, family relations, rivalry, small town, jealous woman, employer employee relationship, fish out of water, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, husband wife conflict, twists and turns, womanizer, vampire, witch, teenager, magic, rape, cheating wife, police officer, cat, police, twins, fairy ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, central europe
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Most similar movies to The Spooks
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, psychotronic, feel good and crying films with plots about husband wife relationship, teenager, rivalry, barefoot male, bare chested male, family relations and boy mostly in Comedy, Fantasy and Family genres. Some movies like The Spooks: What Men Want (2018), The Banger (2020), The Third Wish (2017), Angel 2 (2016), The One Who Loved You (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The charismatic and self-confident man, Karel Král, is the editor-in-chief of men's magazine. Although a chauvinistic type, he is very popular with women. However, he struggles in his personal life. He frequently argues with his ex-wife over ...
Style:
witty, humorous, funny, crying, psychotronic ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, psychiatrist, new job, co worker co worker relationship, fortune teller, father daughter relationship, car accident, revenge, drunkenness, mother daughter relationship, friendship between men, repeated event ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
prague, central europe, europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The fictional town of Šlukdorf. Here lives a car mechanic who calls himself Bourák. He loves rock and roll, dance, his own gelled hair and, despite being in his fifties, simply “refuses to grow up”. He forgets he has a wife. The only things he ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, crying ...
Plot:
marital crisis, man child, male objectification, husband wife relationship, family relations, unfaithful husband, delusion, strong female character, teenage girl, mental illness, jealous wife, hallucination ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
czech republic, central europe
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Kindly, mischievous and humorous story about the troubles of a lovesick teenager called Albert.
Style:
sincere, captivating, humorous, semi serious, crying ...
Plot:
family relations, rivalry, ambition, husband wife relationship, friendship, father son relationship, teenage boy, school, christmas, wish fulfillment, boy, cowboy ...
Place:
europe
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81%
741
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A story that takes place during Advent, we'll meet again with your favorite pair angel Petronel and devil Urias. Their eternal wrangling causes the rare apple from the tree of the knowledge to roll on earth. And that God is really angry. ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, humorous, light, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
single mother, rivalry, friendship, mother daughter relationship, saint, strong female character, employer employee relationship, angel, virgin mary, missing child, friend, miraculous event ...
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Kpt. Kalina (Pavel Řezníček) a policeman, a loving husband and a great father, is a victim of a car accident. From the position of a ghost, he follows the investigation of his own death. There are many humorous and unexpected ...
Style:
psychotronic, captivating, entertaining, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
christmas, ghost, mystery woman, secret, doctor, pregnancy, rivalry, loss of father, accidental death, brother brother relationship, wedding party, hallucination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
prague, europe, czech republic
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Vincent, 18 years old, is dumped by Elina. It is his first love, it is the end of the world! His parents decide to take matters into their own hands and will try everything to make him forget this girl: he will have to follow them in a loving ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, entertaining, gaming
Plot:
high school student, jealous woman, family relations, husband wife relationship, school, brother sister relationship, student, drunkenness, father son relationship, husband wife conflict, awkward situation, emotional abuse ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 40 min.
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Style:
humorous, light, funny, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
family relations, wish come true, husband wife relationship, absurd humor, dysfunctional family, lifestyle change, teenage boy, father son relationship, supernatural power, absurdism, magical power, mysterious event ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Eva, the owner of a pastry shop hopes to re-unite with her ex-husband Honza, with whom she has a son Tobias. Honza surprises Eva with the request for a wedding cake. He is planning to marry Linda, his new girlfriend. Eva and Tobias don't like ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, humorous, semi serious, crying ...
Plot:
wedding, fiance fiancee relationship, love triangle, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, rivalry, psychological manipulation, intrigue, manipulative woman, fake identity, family relations, strong female character, wedding ceremony ...
Place:
prague
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A narrative fairy tale in which golden-haired princess Radost is promised as wife to a pirate. Will brave Jirík fulfill three tasks, defeat the suitor, keep his promise and bring Radost to his cruel prince?
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, humorous, costume drama ...
Plot:
photographer, kidnapped, father daughter relationship, teenage boy, queen, mother daughter relationship, chase, husband wife relationship, princess, king, animal human communication, quest ...
Place:
europe
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Dívka na koštěti or The Girl on the Broomstick is a 1972 Czechoslovak fantasy-comedy film directed by Václav Vorlíček. It tells a story of a teenage witch, Saxana (played by Petra Černocká), frozen in time as a punishment for 300 years, who ...
Style:
fairy tale, cult classic, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, metafiction ...
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
witch, sorcerer, owl, broken leg, psychiatric patient, parallel world, troublemaker, coming of age, supernatural, mythology, psychological manipulation, vintage car ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, europe, czech republic
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen she can't bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world. She floats in a bubble of loserdom with her ...
Style:
captivating, light, humorous, exciting, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
coming of age, best friend, teenager, birthday, teenage protagonist, school, dreaming, self discovery, supernatural, high school, forest, teenage girl ...
Time:
70s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
73%
157
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Comedy tells the story of two men who are much alike but their temperament and life story are as different as day and night. They have never seen each other, they have no idea about each other's mutual existence and it would remain like that if ...
Style:
captivating, intense, exciting, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot:
robbery, mafia, missing person, criminal, teenager, teenage girl, drunkenness, friend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, kidnapping, small town, amnesia ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
prague, europe, central europe, czech republic
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium, Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Stuck in the corridors of time, Godefroy de Montmirail and his faithful servant Jacquouille are projected to a time of profound political and social upheavals: the French Revolution... specifically, The Terror, time of great dangers, during which ...
Style:
entertaining, light, humorous, feel good
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
french revolution, time travel, marquis, medieval, escapades, love and romance, nobleman, french history, castle, vigilante justice, bare chested male, woods ...
Time:
1940s, 18th century, 12th century, 1790s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The only thing keeping Billy Batson from the girl of his dreams is one little condom -- or rather the lack of one. Lucky Billy finds one at an all-night roadhouse -- but speeding back to his girl, he is killed in a head-on collision with a truck. ...
Style:
sex comedy, independent film, dark comedy, sexy, raunchy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, teenager, sorority, erotica, woman in a wheelchair, campus, invisible man, female nudity, paranormal romance, school, invisibility, ghost ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenager (Adam Arkin) becomes a werewolf after a family vacation in Transylvania.
Style:
scary, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, high school, cheerleader, teenager, female werewolf, american football, supernatural, young lovers, supernatural ability, danger, youth, teenage life ...
Time:
year 1981
Place:
transylvania, romania, europe
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jerome, 35, is a yacht salesman in Nice. But if you listen to him, in his spare time Jerome is also an astronaut, a karate world champion and a close friend of Miss Universe. As a matter of fact Jerome is a compulsive liar: he lies to everyone about ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
lie, lifestyle change, fantasy becomes reality, satire, con trick, alternate reality, pretending to be someone else, deception, changing lives, photograph, male protagonist, estrangement ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
europe, paris france, nice france
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Urban, an orphan, serves a greedy master watchmaker as an apprentice. When Urban grows up, he falls in love with the watchmaker's daughter Laura and wants to marry her. Before this can happen, the master sends his apprentice out into the world ...
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, entertaining, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teenager, urban legend, loss of father, orphan, father daughter relationship, doctor, 18 year old, employer employee relationship, father son relationship, party, rivalry, drunkenness ...
Time:
1880s, 19th century
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A German businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new project called "Deutschneyland" (a wordplay of Deutschland and Disneyland). Some of the locals dislike the idea, including the magically ...
Style:
satirical, biting, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
dragon, rural setting, businessman, virgin, corporate crime, social relations, dishonesty, supernatural, underdog, supernatural ability, ambition, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden, scandinavia, europe
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bull Webster is a taxi driver with some work problems on his hands: the Spider Corporation, a giant financial holding company, has decided to buy out his taxi co-operative in order to make it go bankrupt and purchase its land at a low cost. Bull is ...
Style:
freeze frame, feel good, urban fantasy
Plot:
taxi driver, temptation, lottery, car crash, kidnapped wife, kidnapped, italian abroad, little boy, chase, car chase, voyeurism, boy ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
By some quirk of fate, the two small-time thieves and the spoiled princess find themselves in the Black Forest full of magic beings who believe that everyone has a chance to mend his ways. However, sometimes even the best intentions need to take a ...
Style:
fairy tale, psychotronic, crying
Plot:
royal family, criminal, kingdom, unpunished crime, con men, criminal as protagonist, magical power, princess, husband wife relationship, friend, friendship, king ...
Similarity:
70%
326
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Wizarding criminal Rumburak, exiled to the Mortal Realm, uses a supercomputer to recreate his lost spell formulas. His software falls into the hands of humans, chaos ensues, and Rumburak suddenly finds himself on the side of good.
Style:
slapstick comedy, fairy tale, psychotronic, urban fantasy
Audience:
kids
Plot:
parallel world, science gone wrong, scientific discovery, rivals, family relations, trick, supernatural power, magical power, new job, computer, magical potion, brother sister relationship ...
Place:
czech republic, central europe
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Husband does not understand his wife? Conflict with children? Do you want to be heard and stood in your place? Be afraid of your desires. In this family, everything changed places, including grandmother.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot:
switching bodies, body swapping, teenager, husband wife relationship, family relations, kids and family, eccentric family, family life, family problems, conflict, father daughter relationship, lifestyle change ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pedro, Arturo and Eligio are three college professors who lost their job because of economic crisis. Accidentally they find a solution for all of their problems; a multi-vitamin that allows them to party all night long without any side effects. The ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
seductive behavior, family relations, friendship, lawyer, divorce, teenager, professor, medicine, teacher, youth, destiny, rivalry ...
Time:
2000s, year 2017, year 2007, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
The story begins where the first film ended: the gossip-monger Mrs. Horácková (Jana Synková) runs out from her house to greet the young hockey players who have come to visit their friend and teammate in a nearby cottage. Horácková immediately ...
Style:
light hearted, situational comedy, sitcom, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
gossip, mayor, village life, matchmaking, small town, farce, mistaken identity, revenge, satire, jealousy, nun, marijuana ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
czech republic, central europe
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Stephen Chow plays a rich playboy who is blown up by a mafia boss when he flirts with the boss's girl. Through a series of circumstances his professor makes him a synthetic (robotic) body that allows him to change into a variety of "Mrs. ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, slapstick, humorous, semi serious, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
absurd humor, teacher student relationship, cheerleader, gangster, school, silly humor, disorder, media satire, heroes, imaginary, vengeance, switching roles ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hawaii, china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Women on the Run. Vera has lived a wonderful life with Jindrich, and she is fully determined to fulfill his last wish - running a marathon. The emancipated and spirited mother of three daughters doesn't think that doing so will be a problem. ...
Style:
witty, funny, romantic, light, detective ...
Plot:
secret relationship, ambitious woman, love triangle, jealousy, adultery, father daughter relationship, police detective, teenager, teenage boy, rivalry, pregnancy, taxi ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, central europe, prague
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Giovanni is a rich Italian aristocrat. He inherit a castle occupied by the ghost of an ancestor. Part of the inheritance is of a young beautiful blonde tourist, far relative of Giovanni. The two have to pay a ticket to the ghost to be free to own ...
Style:
sex comedy, psychotronic, slapstick, low brow humor, slapstick comedy ...
Plot:
haunted castle, mistaken identity, ghost, castle, isolated house, man with glasses, dual role, male protagonist, lawyer, female nudity, erotica, telephone call ...
Time:
20th century, year 1981, 80s
Place:
europe, italy
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Gerard, Mara and Jiri are addicted to heroin. The trio's struggle to kick the habit is more complicated than they expected. And then something happens that changes everything.
Style:
psychotronic, crying, dark comedy, independent film
Plot:
drug addiction, mysterious event, doppelganger, cottage, addiction, breakup, dogma, attic, junkie, heroin, jealousy, multiple outcomes ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
central europe, europe
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His descendants take care of him: to spare him the cultural ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, ironic, light ...
Plot:
time travel, fish out of water, abbey, hibernation, disorder, misfit, family life, culture clash, society, pretense, grandfather granddaughter relationship, grandfather ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
france, greenland, europe
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tale of a boy whose desire to correct human vices was stronger than the power of hell itself. Apolena, a herbalist, finds an abandoned newborn baby in a rye field. She names him Rye and raises him into a brave young man. Rye is recruited into the ...
Style:
psychotronic, fairy tale, visually appealing, captivating, light ...
Plot:
teenage protagonist, friendship, little boy, baby, supernatural power, rivalry, greed, countryside, boy, voice over narration, money, grandmother grandson relationship ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
66%
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