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The Square (2017)
82K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark, USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A satirical drama reflecting our times — about the sense of community, moral courage and the affluent person’s need for egocentricity in an increasingly uncertain world.
Style:
surreal, satirical, thought provoking, philosophical, art house, independent film, absurd, sociological, parody, social ...
Plot:
modern art, social satire, art, sex scene, nordic, museum, trust, hypocrisy, ape man, performance art, art exhibition, painting, party, symbolism, painter, dark humor, philosophy, architecture, theft, dog, artist, monkey, cat, motorcyclist, internet ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, europe, eastern europe, american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, weird, dark comedy and cult classic films with plots about loneliness, telephone call, money, drinking, cell phone, drinking alcohol and storytelling mostly in Comedy, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like The Square: Force Majeure (2014), Carnage (2011), Triangle of Sadness (2022), Ingrid Goes West (2017), Happiness (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, France, Norway, Denmark, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.
Style:
dark comedy, tense, art house, neurotic, emotional ...
Plot:
nordic, avalanche, cowardice, ski resort, marital strife, passive aggressive behavior, nervous breakdown, family vacation, family holiday, tourism, mountain, vacation gone wrong ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014
Place:
alps, scandinavia, europe
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, psychedelic, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
midlife crisis, existentialism, satire, theater, surrealism, actor, dark humor, showbiz, father daughter relationship, mental illness, alter ego, backstage ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, ethiopia, america, los angeles ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Poland, Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim's parents invite Zachary's parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the incident in a civilized manner.
Style:
talky, black comedy, ironic, tense, dark comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
marriage, psychology, dark humor, satire, dialogue, bully, family drama, parenthood, elevator, family relations, husband wife relationship, family problems ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, Germany, Mexico, France, Turkey, Denmark, USA, Switzerland, Greece
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged captain. What first appeared Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, captivating, entertaining, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cruise ship, shipwreck, satire, model, class differences, cruise, fashion model, social satire, yacht, rich, ship, stranded on an island ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor's friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.
Style:
dark comedy, thought provoking, black comedy, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
social media, obsessed fan, obsession, instagram, harassment, borderline personality disorder, stalker, psychopath, being followed, influencer, suicide attempt, sex scene ...
Time:
year 2017, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, venice california, usa
Similarity:
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79K
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, controversial, cynical, depressing, independent film ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, rape, pedophilia, pedophile, dark humor, satire, therapist, depression, suburbs, unsettling, unhappiness, social satire ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style:
depressing, sincere, talky, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, coming of age, father son relationship, infidelity, boy, adultery, marriage, drinking, cat, underage drinking, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, near future, year 2005, 80s, 2000s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure. Radu Jude (Aferim!) delivers an ...
Style:
captivating, intellectual, ironic, independent film, freeze frame ...
Plot:
explicit sex, oral sex, erection, penetration, bare breasts, lechery, sex tape, female masturbation, unsimulated sex, teacher, close up of a penis, female teacher ...
Time:
future
Place:
bucharest, romania, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his ...
Style:
surreal, black comedy, philosophical, art house, satirical ...
Plot:
surrealism, dark humor, multiple storylines, existentialism, insanity, poetry, religions or cults, human nature, worldwide chaos, swedish, nordic, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
russia, scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
29%
16K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his weird family become the latest rage in the art world. The young man is called "Pecker" because he pecks at his food like a bird.
Style:
cult classic, absurd, not serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
photography, art, photograph, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, artist, gay, vegan, sex, voyeur, art gallery, gallery ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
baltimore, new york, maryland, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
At the start of the summer, Bridget has an abortion just as she lands a much-needed job in affluent Evanston, Illinois — nannying a six-year old.
Style:
touching, disturbing, humorous, light, sincere ...
Plot:
nanny, abortion, pregnancy, husband wife relationship, survival, brother sister relationship, guilt, teacher, female protagonist, feminism, sex scene, lesbian ...
Place:
illinois
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Style:
touching, light, indie film, thought provoking, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
father daughter relationship, teenage girl, adolescence, teenager, young adult, friendship, high school, middle school, social media, insecurity, self confidence, classmate classmate relationship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
new york state
Similarity:
27%
25K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Presents a day in the life in Austin, Texas among its social outcasts and misfits, predominantly the twenty-something set, using a series of linear vignettes. These characters, who in some manner just don't fit into the establishment norms, ...
Style:
independent film, cerebral, philosophical, satirical, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
anarchist, slacker, subculture, coming of age, anarchism, philosophy, loser, one day, existentialism, twenty something, teenager, hangout ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2020s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new york, wisconsin
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27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
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Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to ...
Style:
sexy, cerebral, independent film, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
sarcasm, loneliness, arrogance, self pity, writer's life, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, solitude, writer's block, infidelity, isolation, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york state, brooklyn new york city, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After he loses his high-paying job, Dory takes a gig as a night janitor in order to pay rent. Alone late at night inside a market research firm, he soon discovers the company is experimenting on their other janitors ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, talky, feel good, light ...
Plot:
society, youth, experimenting, social misfits, disorder, misfit, freak accident, muslim, nudity, flirting, sex scene, tattooed woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
27%
11K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Middle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug and obsessed with his past.
Style:
comedy drama, art house, entertaining, cult classic, f word
Plot:
misfit, loneliness, midlife crisis, sex scene, middle aged man, death of father, ex husband ex wife relationship, group therapy, husband wife estrangement, friendship, name calling, adoptive father adopted daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
minnesota, portland oregon, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The feature film debut by artist Miranda July about a various comic situations and plots that intertwine. One story line is about a father who is ending his marriage and the other story is of a video artist (possibly autobiographical of Miranda ...
Style:
touching, disturbing, emotional, philosophical, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
artist, childhood, coming of age, art, depression, complex characters, neighbor, struggle, divorce, stranger, shyness, museum ...
Time:
year 2005, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, captivating, psychological, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, naked man, erection, male nudity, male model, male male relationship, young man, lgbt, israeli, fleeing, gay interest, society ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
israel, france, paris france, palestine
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline Personality Disorder who wins Mega-millions, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.
Style:
black comedy, humorous, disturbing, talky, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
mental illness, depression, satire, obsession, mental disorder, mental health, food, character study, storytelling, life turned upside down, media, nervous breakdown ...
Time:
year 1989, year 1971, year 1996, year 1991, 21st century
Place:
usa, palm springs california, california, new jersey
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, melancholic, atmospheric, sad ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
lie, masseuse, wedding, grief, female protagonist, terminal illness, women, lovers, dialogue, life, death, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s
Place:
china, usa, new york, japan, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Style:
road movie, feel good, melancholic, funny, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, nothing goes right, loser, gay, honest, obsessive quest, escapades, coming of age, suicide attempt, journey ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
california, arizona, los angeles, nebraska, north america ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, France, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their ...
Style:
sexy, experimental, surreal, disturbing, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dogme 95, commune, orgy, mental illness, sex orgy, male nudity, nudity, sex, unsimulated sex, community, stupidity, sex scene ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, witty, surreal, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
hotel, art theft, mentor, mentor protege relationship, prison escape, murder, escapades, twists and turns, gunfight, painting, fictional country, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, year 2014, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
eastern europe, alps, europe, persia, america ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue who lives large.
Style:
light, ironic, feel good, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stoner, alcoholic, poet, cheerleader, cocaine, drug, beach party, karma, buddies, writers, beach, marijuana ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, key west florida, miami, havana cuba ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A portrait of the effects of schizophrenia on family life is the central focus.
Style:
disturbing, experimental, art house, surreal, controversial ...
Plot:
mental illness, schizophrenia, dysfunctional family, dogme 95, abusive father, dogma, surrealism, misfit, skating, extreme, eccentricity, male nudity ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, alabama
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, teen, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cancer, adolescence, friendship, terminal illness, teenager, coming of age, dying, leukemia, friends, teenage boy, illness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A comedy of manners, its cast of characters devouring each other in a small world awash with big money. Set against the backdrop of contemporary London and the international art scene, it casts an eye over the appetites and morality of some of its ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
sex scene, art, lesbian, lesbian sex, sex, infidelity, seduction, love affair, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, painter, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
26%
223K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.
Style:
dark comedy, sexy, social, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, drinking, teacher, midlife crisis, group of friends, alcohol abuse, nordic, experiment, marriage, friendship between men, dancing, drunkenness ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, year 2013, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, eastern europe
Similarity:
26%
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