Movies like Fish People
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Fish People (2001)
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Original name: Gente Pez
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of guys face the problems of daily life in a shared house
Style:
independent film, comedy drama
Plot:
roommate, city life, slice of life, young adult, male friendship, daily life, survival, poverty, desperation, ambition, working class, realism, social realism, social commentary, intimate, unhappiness, moral ambiguity, masturbation, friendship, youth, male nudity, best friend, dissociative identity disorder, twenty something, male bonding ...
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Most similar movies to Fish People
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out comedy drama, realistic, satirical and dark comedy films with plots about slice of life, friendship, social commentary, realism, coming of age, satire and city life mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Fish People: XXL (2004), Yerba Buena (2020), Move (2012), Long Live the Republic (1997), Interval (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Fali (Oscar Jaenada) has been blessed with an ample gift below the belt. But his extra-large asset ends up getting him into trouble when he agrees to help his friend (Antonio Dechent) get rid of his annoying lover and save his marriage. Fali's ...
Style:
humorous, funny, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
delivery man, living with parents, friendship, teenage life, parent child relationship, friends, living together, escapades, social satire, satire, humour, teenager ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
47%
1K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Eleven moving dates, eight friends: Philipp, Wiebke, Jessica, Maria, Swantje, Michael, Thomas, Dina – all in their twenties and mutually lonesome. And always searching: For a new city, a new job, an own apartment, a new, or even an old love. The ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, sexual, feel good, light ...
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, couples, love and romance, family relations, breakup, goth girl, roommate, young adult, slice of life, realism, city life ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of young unemployed people from Le Mans (France) decide to create a new political party.
Style:
comedy drama
Plot:
unemployment, social commentary, political satire, friendship, working class, provincial life, realism, bureaucracy, idealism, frustration, ambition, team building ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The journey of three village boys who accidentally pass their degrees. Facing unexpected challenges, they leave their hamlet and venture into the city, searching for jobs and a purpose in life.
Style:
realistic, melancholic
Plot:
friendship, brotherhood, self discovery, aspiration, perseverance, personal growth, coming of age, youth, village life, social commentary, male bonding, unemployment ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A down-on-his-luck Rotterdam dock worker struggles to get his financials and family life back on track.
Style:
crime drama, bleak, emotional, intense, tragic
Plot:
working class, poverty, moral ambiguity, blue collar, character study, social realism, everyday life, desperation, survival, city life, intimate, slice of life ...
Place:
rotterdam netherlands
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set during a period of depression, the film chronicles the daily lives of a single urban building split up into several separate units, and the actual people that dwell within.
Style:
comedy drama, period drama
Plot:
community, poverty, daily life, urban, survival, exploitation, social commentary, class struggle, slum, social realism, satire, corruption ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
asia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Luxembourg, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Vincent and Mathias are two friends, in their thirties, who live off Vincent’s father. One day, during a meal where the wine and talk both flow a little too freely, Vincent’s father offers the two friends a bet. If they can survive seven days ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, comedy drama ...
Plot:
friendship, loyalty, love and romance, couples, survival, betrayal, wager, unemployed, birthday party, street life, father son relationship, life lesson ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Just out of their studies, Félix and Vincent are two young broken hands from the Atlantic coast who are struggling to find their place in the world of work... and in life in general. The two friends decide to clandestinely transform a small ...
Style:
buddy comedy, independent film, tension, crime drama, light hearted ...
Plot:
friendship, holiday, young adult, coming of age, working class, small business, youth culture, slice of life, personal growth, unemployment, moral ambiguity, unhappiness ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Romance gets complicated in modern-day Beijing.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
ambition, filmmaking, love triangle, fall in love, best friend, follow your dream, showbiz, love and romance, actor's life, couples, film industry, struggle ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
china, beijing china
Similarity:
32%
83
Genre: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young student hungry for cash engages in the world of shady deals.
Style:
dark, suspense, tension, bleak, noir ...
Plot:
student, corruption, survival, money, underground, desperation, moral ambiguity, street life, urban, risk, greed, betrayal ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 19 min.
TV show
Story:
Four unfortunate friend broke out of COVID lockdown tries to restart their life with a master plan to earn easy money.
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, fast paced, independent film
Plot:
friendship, quarantine, scheme, scheming, desperation, pandemic, survival, social commentary, male friendship, urban, streetwise, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Christophe agrees to be filmed by his roommate Stéphane, while he is searching for a meaningful engineering job. Since he voluntarily resigned his job when he was to be moved to quality control, he does not get unemployment benefits, and goes to ...
Style:
mockumentary
Plot:
job seeking, filmmaking, found footage, roommate, friendship, realism, slice of life, everyday life, unemployment, intimacy, social realism, intimate ...
Place:
quebec, montreal
Similarity:
31%
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:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Marital problems happen every day where one day the couple decided to involve others in their problems . During the clash of the parties , the metal door lock breaks down and everyone gets locked inside the apartment , at this moment the problem ...
Style:
suspense, satirical, comedy drama
Plot:
locked room, claustrophobia, jealousy, betrayal, city life, panic, social commentary, moral ambiguity, dark humor, apartment
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29%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
The actor of the provincial puppet theater comes to try his luck in Leningrad. He stops at his longtime friend - an imitation actor and a big joker. Willingly leaving a friend in his apartment for the night, a friend invites a “call girl” for ...
Style:
melancholic, dark comedy
Plot:
theater, aspiration, character study, realism, friendship, ambition, city life, loneliness, intimate, slice of life, class differences, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At 21, Zoe is sick and tired of everyone taking her for granted, just because she’s young. She dreams of a day when all millennials go on strike, so that people finally recognize their true value.
Style:
satirical, social, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
Plot:
satire, dream, social issues, society, youth culture, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, child as adult, female protagonist, grownups, rebellious youth, social problems ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
Similarity:
29%
11K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Mahsun is a motorcycle courier in Istanbul. While searching for a way out of his life filled with debt, he accidentally discovers his "greatest" talent and decides to become a GIGOLO. Her manager will be her friend Leyla, who is a failed ...
Style:
comedy drama, dark comedy, romantic comedy, ambiguous ending, noir
Plot:
debt, gigolo, working class, self discovery, urban, ambition, street life, identity, friendship, moral ambiguity, career change, social commentary ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Shanawas, a flirtatious taxi driver in Fort Kochi, faces a life-changing moment when his mother, Jamila, arrives unexpectedly.
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, realistic, comedy drama
Plot:
mother son relationship, family drama, city life, taxi driver, working class, personal growth, daily life, slice of life, community, identity, family conflict, humour ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Annie struggles to to clear his bachelor's degree with one final hurdle-The Thesis. It's his final attempt to clear it. Can he?n which annie gives it those ones
Style:
comedy drama, indie film, dark comedy, period drama
Plot:
coming of age, student life, college life, exam, friendship, youth culture, final exam, campus, graduation, social commentary, ambition, satire ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1974
Place:
delhi
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An underground trivia legend in NYC lives in the shadows. He faces a mysterious unbeaten game show from his past when he battles his rival to reclaim the greatness he once had.
Style:
game show, intellectual, tension, comedy drama, satirical ...
Plot:
rivalry, obsession, competition, ambition, nerd, redemption, second chance, urban, humiliation, friendship, slice of life, intimate ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Iran
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Moving two young students to a building with different neighbors poses challenges and problems for them.
Style:
realistic, comedy drama
Plot:
neighbor, roommate, cohabitation, student life, friendship, everyday life, apartment building, slice of life, young adult, coming of age, urban, youth culture ...
Place:
persia, iran
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Iran
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Tofigh-e Ejbari is a day-in-the-life of a superstar, Reza, and all the pluses and minuses that such degree of fame brings with it in terms of dealing with friends, family, fans and general public.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, comedy drama
Plot:
fame, celebrity culture, showbiz, character study, fan culture, privacy invasion, slice of life, relationships, introspection, intimate, modern life, realism ...
Place:
tehran, iran, persia
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Philippines
Story:
Sam and Miguel are your typical come-what-may laborers, collecting garbage in flashy subdivisions. In their workplace, they get maltreated by two of their co-workers, sometimes getting them into trouble.
Style:
comedy drama, realistic, buddy comedy, slapstick, period piece
Plot:
workplace, blue collar, working class, friendship, social commentary, slice of life, inequality, class struggle, solidarity, resilience, empathy, satire ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
315
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Joshua and Ricky, two mates who are pizza delivery drivers in South London, just want to make some money, move out of their mums' and meet some women - is that too much to ask for? If only all the ridiculous stuff that keeps happening to them ...
Style:
satirical, buddy comedy, semi serious, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, grownups, lifestyle change, changing lives, friends, escapades, satire, ambition, pizza delivery boy, delivery, workplace, unhappiness ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With the intention of building a future in show business, Paco and Lisa flee to Barcelona in a stolen car. After unsuccessfully looking for work, The two youngsters will be immersed in crime
Style:
crime drama, tense, period piece, noir, ambiguous ending
Plot:
stealing a car, realism, frustration, working class, poverty, desperation, escape, survival, nightlife, coming of age, moral ambiguity, loss of innocence ...
Time:
60s
Place:
barcelona
Similarity:
25%
841
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Mario Cavallaro is 50 and lives in the same district of always in Milano and fears changes until arrives Oba, a Senegalese seller of socks so he decides to kidnap Oba and take him back to Senegal.
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, feel good, light ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
corruption, storekeeper, lifestyle, love, store, friendship, legacy, family man, society, immigration, migration, character study ...
Place:
milan italy, senegal
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A social worker in the Prison Service writes reports on the prisoners' psychological condition. In prison, an old classmate of his, who has become a successful businessman, invites him to a party, where he meets his old pals, realizes he's ...
Style:
reflective, contemplative, melancholic
Plot:
rehabilitation, character study, existential crisis, introspection, self discovery, social worker, mishap, realism, apathy, midlife crisis, identity, social commentary ...
Similarity:
25%
133
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Fresh Air, which focuses on ordinary moments of everyday life, is an original hybrid of urban comedy and kitchen-sink drama. It is also a realistic depiction of relationships among lovers, friends, and family in the multi-cultural environment of a ...
Style:
realistic, independent film, multicultural, art house, melancholic
Plot:
slice of life, city life, realism, relationships, young adult, urban, intimate, roommate, friendship, bohemian, bittersweet, coming of age ...
Time:
90s
Place:
sydney australia
Similarity:
25%
102
Genre: Comedy
Country: Estonia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three male friends decide to travel to Harakasa, a city far from Tallinn because Veikko needs to solve a problem there.
Style:
realistic, road movie, reflective, comedy drama, emotional ...
Plot:
male friendship, travel, journey, male bonding, road trip, realism, everyday life, bittersweet, small town, self discovery, slice of life, coming of age
Place:
estonia
Similarity:
24%
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