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The Icelandic Dream (2000)
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Original name: Íslenski draumurinn
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Iceland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A business man and weekend dad is getting worn down by family trouble, business failure and the continuous loss of his favorite football team. He decides to start importing Bulgarian energy cigarettes in a last ditch attempt at success ... his best friend soon advises that suicide might be his best option.
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, cynical, mockumentary, black humor
Plot:
single father, satire, midlife crisis, existential crisis, desperation, male protagonist, absurdism, social satire, deadpan, social commentary, football, entrepreneurship, unemployment, urban, working class, small business, downfall, domestic drama, divorce, obsession, soccer, male friendship, business, american dream, mishap ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, humorous, satirical and captivating films with plots about satire, urban, friendship, social commentary, social satire, working class and midlife crisis mostly in Comedy, Sport and Drama genres. Some movies like The Icelandic Dream: One in a Million (1995), Fran: The Man (2025), This is Sanlitun (2013), Nie mehr zweite Liga (2000), Fame Whore (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Torsten Södergren lives in a normal house with his normal family in a completely normal city. Every morning he greets his normal neighbours before getting into his normal car and drives the usual way to his ordinary work at an ordinary bank. But ...
Style:
comedy drama, satirical, reflective, dark comedy
Plot:
everyday life, routine, loss of job, slice of life, character study, domestic drama, suburban life, middle class, midlife crisis, social commentary, desperation, identity crisis ...
Place:
eastern europe
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When non-league St Peter's Celtic are drawn to play titans Shamrock Rovers in the first round of the FAI Cup, assistant manager Fran Costello hopes his team will pull off one of the greatest shocks in football history. But it isn't long ...
Style:
comedy drama, tense, mockumentary
Plot:
scandal, underdog, soccer, football, corruption, moral dilemma, teamwork, dark humor, friendship, fish out of water, community, realism ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Comedy
Country: China, Iceland, Australia, Ireland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
British sad sack Gary is a failed entrepreneur who has just arrived in Beijing's stylish Sanlitun district, allegedly to start a business. There are other reasons why he has uprooted himself — he's followed his ex-wife and young son, for ...
Style:
intercultural, ironic, absurd, mockumentary, rom com
Plot:
slice of life, deadpan, fish out of water, language barrier, identity crisis, english teacher, character study, family reunited, ex wife, midlife crisis, satire, social satire ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
beijing china, china
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Diesel, Sheriff and Hopper are not only avid Borussia Dortmund fans, they are also best friends. After a game of their hobby team, one of their teammates takes his own life. While still in mourning, the three buddies discover that the deceased had ...
Style:
tragicomedy, humorous, dark comedy, black humor
Plot:
friendship, male friendship, grief, working class, factory, moral dilemma, resilience, small town life, social commentary, satire, soccer, scheming ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
This film involves three interwoven stories with the only seeming connection being the delusions of the involved leads. In the first element of the film, a hot-tempered world tennis star loses endorsement contracts when the press outs him even ...
Style:
independent film, satirical, comedy drama, offbeat, dark comedy ...
Plot:
delusion, celebrity culture, satire, vanity, showbiz, multiple storylines, tabloid journalism, social commentary, imaginary friend, animal rights, narcissism, character study ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Each morning, whatever the day, four friends meet at a bar to have some beers and fix the world their own way, by criticizing and ranting against everything and everyone. They have something in common: they are all unemployed. Well, all but one.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
unemployment, friendship, social satire, satire, social issues, friends, conversation, group of friends, social problems, camaraderie, working class, everyday life ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
One worker in a bankrupt factory finds an unusual solution to save his co-workers from unemployment. If it doesn't work the factory will be privatized and sold to a French company planning to convert the plant into a snail cannery. Only 300 of ...
Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
working class, satire, labor union, unemployment, social commentary, factory worker, labor leader, factory owner, coworker, co worker co worker relationship, workplace, employer employee relationship ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Cosmin plays a tennis game with 3 friends. He looks at the clock and starts panicking: he is late to the Registry Office, to a wedding- his wedding, with his ex-wife, who he had divorced without his friends knowing. Everything starts in 2007 when ...
Style:
satirical, dark comedy
Plot:
wedding, marriage, divorce, midlife crisis, male protagonist, greed, real estate, everyday life, social commentary, speculation, betrayal, social satire ...
Place:
romania
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two unemployed losers start their own business. They buy an old carpet cleaning machine from Stockholm, instruction manual not included, and begin creating havoc anywhere they turn up, from private residences and airline hangars to the headquarters ...
Style:
buddy comedy, slapstick, dark comedy, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
unemployment, friendship, blue collar, chaos, incompetence, misadventure, survival, aspiration, urban, class struggle, mayhem, small business ...
Similarity:
58%
389
Genre: Comedy
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five young men, each without a job, spend most of their time together at a local bar seeing how much beer they can drink without paying. Occasionally outside events intrude on their easy-going lifestyle, such as searching for a missing car, and the ...
Style:
dark comedy
Plot:
unemployment, male friendship, male camaraderie, slice of life, young adult, aimlessness, youth culture, working class, small town, social commentary, deadpan, coming of age ...
Place:
slovenia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane María, three unsuspecting best friends launch a business selling pot brownies.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, independent film, surreal, crime drama
Plot:
marijuana, social commentary, poverty, friendship, survival, desperation, resilience, drug dealing, female friendship, moral ambiguity, hopes, sisterhood ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
puerto rico
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Trainer Oronzo Canà is called to manage Longobarda, the team of a small town of Northern Italy, when it's promoted to the First Division. His only task is not to go back to the Second Division, but even the team's owner plays against ...
Style:
cult classic, lighthearted, slapstick, feel good, spoof ...
Plot:
soccer, football, small town, satire, corruption, farce, social satire, culture clash, mistaken identity, sexual content, silly humor, ambition ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe, brazil
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Egypt
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Football player Kamal Naguib nicknamed (Congo) became the most prominent football player in Egypt, but when he runs over a police officer by mistake, he's sentenced to 3 years , he decides to form professional football team of fellow inmates in ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, emotional, comedy drama, realistic
Plot:
soccer, prison, football, football team, sport team, athlete's life, women in prison, ambitious man, jailed, jail, prison sentence, satire ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Orlando (Juan Manuel Bernal) is a neurotic dubbing director of series B that desqui-ta of all your frustrations and anger with their coworkers. Orlando lives with Sonia (Mariana Gaja), a woman "new age" in quest for inner peace. He, in ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, ironic, humorous, satirical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sex, infidelity, loneliness, bittersweet, satire, jealousy, social commentary, midlife crisis, urban, obsession, female nudity, vulgar ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mike Bassett: England Manager is an hilarious British Comedy that stars Ricky Thomlinson. Featuring Cameos from Barry Venison, Gabby Yorath, Atomic Kitten and Pele.When the England manager has a heart attack, footballs' top brass turn to Mike ...
Style:
not serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, mockumentary ...
Plot:
football, soccer, athlete's life, rise to the top, profanity, lifestyle, ambition, athlete and trainer, underdog, contests and competitions, rivalry, sport team ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america, europe ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young man is unable to break up with his girlfriend and decides to hire an agency that specializes in ending relationships.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, satirical, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, breakup, family relations, male female relationship, problem, divorce, relationship problems, couple relations, relationships, male protagonist, young adult, social commentary ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Two brothers compete in their own private 25-event Olympics.
Style:
mumblecore, sincere, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
rivalry, farce, uninhibited rivalry, contests and competitions, siblings relations, family gatherings, family problems, family life, family relations, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, olympics ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A wealthy businessman and a businesswoman face financial ruin during an economic crisis. As they try to recover, a comedic romance develops between them.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, satirical, romantic comedy, situational comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
widow, satire, businesswoman, money, financial problem, business, money problems, businessman, male female relationship, problem, relationships, financial ruin ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Iceland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A postal worker has some lunch in a chinese restaurant and falls in love with the waitress, who happens to be chinese. They start dating and quickly fall in and out of love, the waitress returning to China. The young man looks for comfort in his ...
Style:
multicultural, sincere, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
interracial romance, cultural difference, dysfunctional family, social satire, male female relationship, lost love, follow your dream, fall in love, longing, male protagonist, chinese woman, long distance relationship ...
Place:
iceland, scandinavia, hong kong, china, reykjavik iceland
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A timid and extravagant bank clerk, Dae-ho is considered inefficient at his workplace. As he tries to be recognized by his superior, his efforts only cause more bad situations. But he has an explosive energy that nobody knows about. One day, after ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, satirical, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wrestling, underdog, athlete's life, hidden identity, ambition, nothing goes right, down on your luck, contests and competitions, friends, rivalry, personal growth, male protagonist ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two down on their luck Liverpool cabbies, Tommy and Gerry, strike an unusual deal with a local gangster to take their sons on a trip of a lifetime, to watch their beloved football team play in the European Cup Final in Istanbul. Hoping to use the ...
Style:
tense, not serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
soccer, football, nothing goes right, culture clash, friends, comedy of errors, father son relationship, male bonding, working class, friendship, gangster, travel ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, istanbul turkey, turkey, liverpool
Similarity:
38%
141
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
There's a reason God created day jobs.
Style:
mockumentary, absurd, dark comedy, independent film, fake documentary
Plot:
audition, competition, behind the scenes, satire, humiliation, deadpan, improv, bittersweet, urban, voice over narration, bare butt, unfaithfulness ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Divorced father without custody Torben, a former pro soccer player, concentrates on his talented son David's juniors poorly performing team. When the coach suddenly accepts another position, Torben gets his change 'for the time ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining
Audience:
kids
Plot:
football, coach, single father, father son relationship, punishment, loyalty, father figure, champion, rivalry, sport team, contests and competitions, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A ne'er-do-well who's married to a millionnaire realizes his financial trouble might be solved if his wife was dead - and sets out a plot to achieve just that. A remake of Dino Risi's "il vedovo".
Style:
satirical, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, romantic relationship, couples, male female relationship, love and romance, love interest, couple relations, relationships, relationship problems, deception, greed, inheritance ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Iceland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A chamber orchestra is working out of a rundown theatre in Reykjavik. Financial hardship places a great strain on the band and the lead violinist, Sigrun. The annual grant from the city is coming to an end so the band hires a world renowned cellist ...
Style:
tension, tragicomedy, dark comedy, surreal
Plot:
cellist, orchestra, classical music, macabre, financial difficulty, sudden death, celebrity culture, desperation, concert, deception, betrayal, violinist ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
35%
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:
feel good, semi serious, sex comedy, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
escort, satire, sex worker, social problems, problem, sexploitation, prostitute, social satire, prostitution, male prostitution, machismo, gender roles ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
germany, munich germany
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
Style:
thrilling, satirical, captivating, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
family drama, family relations, domestic drama, basketball, family conflict, father son relationship, family problems, relationship problems, kids and family, satire, dysfunctional family, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
34%
254
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Follows Bobby Sanders, an ex-pro-hockey-player-turned-junior-banker as he navigates the peculiar and somewhat surreal world of high finance and faces life's meaning within this gilded cage.
Style:
existential, melancholic, comedy drama, dark comedy, therapeutic ...
Plot:
banking, urban, workplace, alienation, satire, office politics, frustration, identity, ex athlete, realism, professional, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
34%
777
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In this parody of the Rocky films, Ricky Wanero is a male gigolo and stripper who sets out to beat "The Champ" in the boxing ring.
Style:
spoof, parody, sex comedy, slapstick, absurd ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
boxing, fight scenes, gigolo, strip club, male stripper, ambition, rivalry, sexual humor, satire, irreverent, male objectification, showbiz ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a group of apartment neighbors is turned upside down when a 55-year-old woman named Doina moves in next door. A maniacal lawsuit enthusiast, Doina demands absolute silence in the building. Tensions rise and chaos unfolds as the ...
Style:
absurd, dark comedy, black humor
Audience:
adult
Plot:
neighbor, satire, apartment building, social satire, social commentary, absurd humor, modern life, escalation, farce, reluctant hero, domestic drama, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania
Similarity:
32%
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