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Power Monkeys (2016)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 35 min.
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Story:
Following the success of their 2015 election comedy Ballot Monkeys, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin (Ballot Monkeys, Outnumbered, Drop the Dead Donkey) return to Channel 4 with a six-part satire lampooning the fictional communications and social media ‘experts’ on both sides of the EU referendum, as well as taking audiences a few doors down from the Kremlin and into the imagined world of Donald Trump’s campaign plane.
Style:
satirical, political, parody, black comedy, absurd, mockumentary
Plot:
political satire, satire, politics, prime minister, political campaign, european union, political humor, politician, media manipulation, media circus, election campaign, public relations, dark humor, kremlin, family problems, personal assistant, donald trump, presidential election, behind the scenes, spin doctor, office, farce, social media, backstage, british humour
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, semi serious, captivating and humorous films and TV series with plots about satire, political satire, politics, irreverent, humour, social commentary and politician mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Power Monkeys: Vote for Juan (2019), White Ship (2006), Dips (2018), The Comic Strip Presents... (1982), The Thick of It (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
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Set in the world of Spanish politics, Vota Juan revolves around the character of Juan Carrasco (Javier Cámara), an uninspiring Minister of Agriculture who, after finding his political ambitions awoken by a series of chance political events, decides ...
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Duration: 50 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
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Style:
satirical, political, captivating, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
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Style:
anthology, parody, surreal, absurd, cult classic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
united kingdom, london
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, cynical, humorous, semi serious, mockumentary ...
Plot:
politics, political satire, satire, state affairs, stupidity, british politics, british government, workplace, workplace situations, politician, society, government official ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, syria
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, political, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
political satire, ambition, satire, politician, election campaign, political activism, political candidate, political campaign, politics, political humor, social commentary, power struggle ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Iran
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
satirical, feel good, humorous, ironic, funny ...
Plot:
satire, political satire, village, political humor, society, culture shock, politician, irony, politics, cross cultural relations, culture, humour ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
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Style:
satirical, parody, humorous, sketch comedy, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, political satire, politics, political humor, current affairs, political intrigue, political unrest, sketch, celebrity impersonation, entertainment, social commentary, irreverent ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 30 min.
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An idealistic educator is inadvertently thrust into the French presidential race.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
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Place:
france
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52%
110
Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
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Style:
satirical, political, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, satire, politician, prime minister, politics, humour, bureaucracy, irony, office politics, government, minister, fish out of water ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, political, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
mockumentary, satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
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Place:
turkey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Spitting Image is an award winning British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ...
Style:
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Audience:
kids
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Plot:
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Country: Colombia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Denmark
Duration: 28 min.
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Mit navn er Dolph. Jeg er flodhest og jægersoldat/ninja. Denne film indeholder en mængde herlig propaganda, hvor jeg udspreder budskabet om fremtidens samfund, hvor alle svage mennesker er elimineret, og kun eliten hersker. Der er tale om typer ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, funny, humorous, ironic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Australia
Duration: 27 min.
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
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Audience:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
parody, black comedy, absurd, sketch comedy, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, humorous, captivating, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
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