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Fubar (2002)
5K
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Terry and Dean are lifelong friends who have grown-up together: shotgunning their first beers, forming their first garage band, and growing the great Canadian mullet known as "hockey hair". Now the lives of these Alberta everymen are brought to the big screen by documentarian Ferral Mitchener in an exploration of the depths of friendship, the fragility of life, growing up gracefully and the art and science of drinking beer like a man
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, ironic, funny, witty, cult classic, independent film, controversial, offbeat, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
friendship, nothing goes right, music band, introspection, musician's life, drinking, ambition, lifestyle, buddies, artists and showbiz, death, beer, found footage, heavy metal, stoner, satire, rock, punk, drunk, stoned, canuxploitation, friends, misfit, couples, media ...
Time:
70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada
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Most similar movies to Fubar
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, not serious and witty films with plots about friends, artists and showbiz, buddies, music, lifestyle, music band and disorder mostly in Comedy, Music and Drama genres. Some movies like Fubar: This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Airheads (1994), Human Traffic (1999), Rock My World (2002), Electric Apricot (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Terry and Dean head north to make sweet cash in the oil patch.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, witty, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
friendship, profanity, eviction, friends, workplace, misfit, buddies, partner, silly humor, heavy metal, workplace situations, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert ...
Style:
mockumentary, parody, funny, independent film, spoof ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heavy metal, satire, musician, music, rock music, rock and roll, profanity, concert tour, singer, dating, chauffeur, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 70s
Place:
seattle, middle east, austin texas, atlanta georgia, north carolina ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Style:
mockumentary, parody, spoof, humorous, absurd ...
Plot:
rock and roll, the beatles, music, satire, rock, monty python, music business, stupidity, music band, rising to stardom, musician's life, media ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1978, 70s
Place:
england, europe, germany
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
Style:
funny, light, entertaining, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hostage, heavy metal, music, rock and roll, stupidity, farce, satire, radio, rock band, hard rock, music band, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
All that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. I've got 48 hours off from the world, man I'm gonna blow steam out of my head like a screaming kettle. I'm gonna talk cods hit to strangers all night. I'm gonna lose the plot ...
Style:
entertaining, independent film, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
clubbing, nightlife, weed, music, party, rave, paranoia, caught masturbating, drug, lifestyle, society, friendship ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, wales, amsterdam, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a rock band at the top of their game suddenly loses their leader, their direction suddenly becomes questionable. All the band members know is that the leader's clothes were found at the edge of a waterfront and he had not been seen since. ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
musician, culture clash, friends, music band, society, artists and showbiz, disorder, power relations, misfit, love and romance, social differences, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
england
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered around the band, Electric Apricot, in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap"
Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, mockumentary, semi serious ...
Plot:
partner, lifestyle, music, performer's life, music band, friends, disorder, on the road, rock, filmmaking, buddies, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the in's and out's of the business in LA and with some ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, semi serious, cult classic, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
blackmail, disorder, music band, partner, media, artists and showbiz, buddies, showbiz, rock and roll, punk, job, misfit ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The raunchy, spunky tale of the rise and fall of an all-girl rock band from Portland, Oregon.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, suspense ...
Plot:
rock, rise and fall, punk, partner, best friend, rivalry, music band, buddies, artists and showbiz, ambition, music, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, seattle, portland oregon
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on ...
Style:
mockumentary, talky, humorous, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
rock music, punk, music, punk rock, on the road, existentialism, music band, rock and roll, artists and showbiz, friends, musician's life, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, vancouver, winnipeg, los angeles, british columbia
Similarity:
23%
11K
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't apear to know as much about rap music ...
Style:
spoof, mockumentary, black comedy, hood, funny ...
Plot:
hip hop, satire, music, black, urban, rock and roll, hip hop culture, fictional band, gang, rapper, shaman, discrimination ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A hilarious mockumentary about the delicious hobby of frozen food collecting and Christian rock band, The Christers. The film follows the Mesa Frozen Entree Enthusiast's Club as they plan their first Frozen Entree Enthusiasts Convention.
Style:
not serious, cynical, witty, humorous, mockumentary ...
Plot:
friendship, lifestyle, rise to the top, partner, disorder, desire for fame, ego clash, rivalry, nothing goes right, misfit, satire, cooking and food ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all the money. They are actually expecting Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, so our ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, witty, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
weed, drug, buddies, stoner, anti hero, mistaken identity, nothing goes right, misfit, goofy hero, disorder, fish out of water, drug abuse ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
europe, amsterdam, netherlands, holland
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A movie that spoofs boy bands like N*Sync, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, etc. It's the boy band version of Spinal Tap!
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nothing goes right, music industry, celebrity culture, showbiz, artists and showbiz, music band, music, nightlife, rock, relationship vs career, lifestyle, musician's life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In "A Mighty Wind", director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who inspired by the death of their former manager, ...
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, parody, light, talky ...
Plot:
music, satire, musician, lovers reunited, folk singer, singer, music band, love and romance, showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, buddies ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Norway
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mockumentary which follows an up-and-coming three-man boyband which suffers a Milli Vanilli inspired media storm just before the release of their first album. Their only hope is to get their act together before the HitAwards Norwegian music awards ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, mockumentary, captivating ...
Plot:
lifestyle, rising to stardom, music band, musician's life, ambition, artists and showbiz, rehearsal, music, boy band, friends, media sensation, concert ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A black metal band it is about to split up. In their way to one last gig at Hellfest festival an accidental death triggers numerous misadventures to four metalheads.
Style:
not serious, realistic, exciting, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock, buddies, music band, musician's life, on the road, friends, artists and showbiz, midlife crisis, comedy of errors, wanted, police investigation, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne frets that a record producer is putting the moves ...
Style:
spoof, funny, buddy comedy, skit, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
rock and roll, buddy, dumb, satire, music, heat wave, hard rock, concert, rock, heavy metal, stoner, autistic ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
illinois, usa, chicago, london
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Quebecois Elvis impersonator is disillusioned to find a Chinaman participating in an Elvis contest. He later takes his wife on vacation to the island of Santa Banana.
Style:
cult classic, realistic, not serious, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
silly humor, disorder, artists and showbiz, ambition, nothing goes right, performer's life, rivalry, follow your dream, contests and competitions, island, twists and turns, rock ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hip Hop duo Kid & Play return in the second follow-up to their 1990 screen debut House Party. Kid (Christopher "Kid" Reid) is taking the plunge and marrying his girlfriend Veda (Angela Means), while his friend Play (Christopher ...
Style:
hood, black comedy, rom com, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
hip hop, ghetto, gangster, urban, black, music, party, black girl, discrimination, street crime, high school romance, stoner ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Tenacious D: The Greatest Band on Earth is a TV series that ran on HBO in 1997, 1999 and 2000. It featured the fictional accounts of the real band Tenacious D, which is composed of members Jack Black and Kyle Gass. All of the episodes of the show ...
Style:
cult classic, not serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
entertainment, heavy metal, partner, profanity, singer, disorder, musician, friends, performer's life, odd couple, buddies, musician's life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this non- stop hilarious ride we follow a struggling Movie Studio that is willing to do anything to make a buck even if it means ruining its reputation, and running the Movie Industry into the ground. This film has everything that an audience ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, spoof, mockumentary ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, showbiz, media satire, media, artists and showbiz, disorder, ambition, downfall, nothing goes right, blind ambition, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Determined to avoid another night of driving aimlessly around Torrance in the Blue Torpedo, Joe and Hubbs set out on a quest for fine chicks. Their paths soon cross with Tack, from whom they learn about a pair of foreign radical chicks hanging out ...
Style:
funny, realistic, feel good, independent film, atmospheric ...
Plot:
stoner, weed, party, coming of age, heavy metal, rebelliousness, drug, teenage life, youth, lifestyle, slacker, stoned ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
Get Out of My Room, was a mockumentary in the style of This Is Spinal Tap, written and directed by Cheech Marin. In the film, he and Tommy Chong are shown attempting to finish a "video album" for their novelty record Get Out of My Room.
Style:
mockumentary, hispanic, independent film, not serious, realistic ...
Plot:
weed, stoner, marijuana, buddy, drug, disorder, friends, performer's life, misfit, buddies, artists and showbiz, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The hardest group you've never heard of is back. Gangsta Rap is a mockumentary based on a group of over the hill gangster rappers (circa NWA), trying to make a comeback. Its a hilarious look at the soft underbelly of hard core hip hop.
Style:
not serious, humorous, witty, mockumentary, parody ...
Plot:
hip hop, profanity, lifestyle, showbiz, silly humor, music band, artists and showbiz, buddies, musician's life, celebrity culture, friends, urban ghetto ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but ...
Style:
humorous, teen, not serious, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
satire, music, showbiz, rock and roll, friendship, fictional band, celebrity, music band, lifestyle, desire for fame, musician's life, disorder ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, "The Office" as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the road.
Style:
mockumentary, witty, cynical, humorous, not serious ...
Plot:
music, satire, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, follow your dream, obsession, musician, on the road, disorder, down on your luck, office, direction and purpose ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Look at the lives of struggling L.A. scene rock stars follows main character, Gwen, on her quest for the top. Working as an assistant to a film production designer, she tries to steal her boy friend who is a music producer by offering sexual favors. ...
Style:
cult classic, witty, humorous, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
music, addiction, rock, musician, ambition, musician's life, buddies, love and romance, lifestyle, aging, music band, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a ...
Style:
mockumentary, spoof, parody, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
hip hop, satire, music, black, musician, hip hop culture, urban, rapper, african american, black friday, blaxploitation, stoned ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, south central los angeles, california, africa ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Albert isn't the brightest bulb on the block. But that's okay, he's got his best friends, George and Ernie to help him out. Only problem, they're just as dumb as he is.
Style:
not serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friends, youth, misfit, buddies, friendship, silly humor, nothing goes right, goofy hero, odd couple, fish out of water, escapades, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
19%
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