Movies like Dead by Monday

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Dead by Monday (2001)
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Dead by Monday (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dead by Monday is a darkly comic tale of love and death... but not necessarily in that order. Julie is a sweet, vulnerable young woman who lacks confidence and is obsessed with the memory of her dead husband whom she idealizes. Alex is an angry writer. Talented but unable to repeat the success of his first novel, he has nothing left to say. Or live for. He just wants to die. Fate introduces these two lost souls at the edge of a cliff. While picking flowers Julie accidentally falls off. Alex, who has come to blow his brains out, is interrupted by her cry for help, just before he pulls the trigger.
Style: road movie, dark comedy, psychological, captivating, semi serious, black comedy
Plot: mental illness, suicide, niagara falls, suicide attempt, suicidal, suicidal thoughts, suicidal tendency, destiny, couples, problem, satire, bonding, double suicide, disorder, writer's block, panties, road, suicide pact

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, semi serious, satirical and psychological films with plots about satire, couples, relationships, problem, relationship problems, male female relationship and love affair mostly in Comedy, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Dead by Monday: Asking for It (2020), Days of Daisy (2022), I Feel Better (2017), The Break Up Man (2013), About a Girl (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Asking for It (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A journalist takes justice into her own hands when her internet stalker walks free from the law.
Style: dark comedy, satirical, psychological, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot: female protagonist, satire, investigative journalism, pursuit, problem, investigative reporter, hunted, female journalist, journalism, journalist
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95%
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Days of Daisy (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: As her 40th birthday draws near, high school librarian Daisy feels societal pressure to settle down and start a family. When the art teacher at Daisy's school abruptly quits mid-term, she teams up with a local photographer to give the students ...
Style: psychological, semi serious, captivating, satirical
Plot: dream, couples, couple relations, love affair, satire, love interest, male female relationship, female protagonist, problem, wanting a baby, relationship problems
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I Feel Better (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A fifty-year-old man suffers from a sore back. All the world's doctors, radiologists, and oesteopaths can do nothing for him : the roots of his illness are pyschological. But what should he change about his work, his wife and his family in ...
Style: psychological, semi serious, satirical, entertaining, captivating
Plot: illness, changing lives, lifestyle change, fighting illness, family relations, husband wife relationship, introspection, mental illness, satire, lifestyle
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The Break Up Man (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: BREAK UP MAN is an odd couple road movie and tells the story of Henri, who works for a break up agency in Berlin and on behalf of those who want to separate themselves from their future “ex”-partners. To complete his most important mission he is ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, entertaining, sincere ...
Plot: breakup, love, friendship, odd couple, workplace situations, disorder, workplace, problem solving, relationship problems, male female relationship, romantic relationship, travel ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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About a Girl (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Charleen is 15, melodramatic, mega depressed, and Kurt Cobain’s biggest fan. Her best friend Isa is getting really boring, her dad is out of the picture, and her mom has hooked up with her biology teacher. Even though she has an apprenticeship ...
Style: captivating, psychological, satirical, semi serious, disturbing ...
Plot: suicidal thoughts, teen suicide, teenage love, teen romance, grownups, fall in love, suicide attempt, in love, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lifestyle change, social problems ...
Place: germany
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Blockbuster (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Dumped over a video he made to amuse his ailing dad, a heartsick Jérémy hatches an elaborate scheme to win back his superhero-loving girlfriend, Lola.
Style: semi serious, psychological, satirical, captivating
Plot: superhero, love story, relationship problems, couples, love and romance, male female relationship, relationships, love affair, star crossed lovers, satire, in love
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61%
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White Island (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An ex-DJ who is trying to live a normal life in London is dragged back into the seductive drug-fuelled world of Ibiza nightclubs. This breezy comedy thriller stars Lyndon Ogbourne (Emmerdale) as Connor who, after a series of mix ups - which include ...
Style: satirical, semi serious, humorous, psychological, captivating
Plot: chaos, musician, humour, gang, adult humor, party, friends, problem, satire
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Banker Gavin Corbett refuses, unlike his wife Virginia, who would just wait, to stand by as his spoiled daughter Rebecca `Becky` announces she wants to abandon her medical studies and marry idealistic, unruly environmental activist Dennis Qualintip. ...
Style: satirical, captivating, psychological, semi serious
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Boudu (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: humorous, semi serious, witty, captivating, offbeat ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love triangle, fish out of water, disorder, social relations, couples, misfit, couple relations, social differences, love and romance, rich and poor, infidelity, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france
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58%
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Small World (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A prominent doctor wants to commit a suicide. Two cops chose a wrong way while driving down the road. The suspected one believes that he'll never be caught. His pretty wife who works in a confectionery and she's able only to love. One boy ...
Style: ironic, sincere, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Plot: police officer, suicide attempt, social relations, social problems, social satire, irony, satire, family problems, humour, society, life philosophy, relationship problems ...
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The First Day of my Life (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story: In the exact moment they're hitting rock bottom, four strangers are visited by a mysterious man who gifts them a week to see how the world would be without them.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, satirical, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot: suicide, vigilantism, alternate reality, satire, lifestyle change, life is a bitch, second chance, problem, changing lives, suicidal thoughts
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47%
Locked-in Society (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: On a Friday afternoon, there was an unexpected knock on the door of the staff room of a city high school. An ambitious father is willing to go to extremes to get his son admitted to high school. The six teachers who are still at school so shortly ...
Style: semi serious, entertaining, satirical, captivating
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41%
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Ultrachrist! (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: What would Jesus do if he returned to Earth and discovered he could no longer relate to the youth of today?
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: fish out of water, satire, destiny, religions or cults, clergy, society, heroes, disorder, antichrist, messiah, jesus, jesus christ ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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41%
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Special Escort (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The subject of male prostitution gets a distinctly zany and offbeat twist in Stellungswechsel (AKA Special Escort), Maggie Peren's tale of five male underdogs who promulgate themselves as female escorts in the city of Munich. Of that group, we ...
Style: sex comedy, entertaining, captivating, satirical, feel good ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
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Style: satirical, captivating, semi serious, psychological
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The Prince and the Pirate (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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36%
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Duration: 96 min.
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Duration: 93 min.
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Country: Italy
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Country: Italy
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Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
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Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
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Duration: 82 min.
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Genre: Comedy
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