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The Big Fox (1988)
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Original name: Il volpone
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Ugo Maria Volpone is a very rich shipowner. He dissimulates to be close to die in order to have the attention of three of his friends: Corvino, Voltore and Corbaccio. The three accepts every kind of humiliation and money loss in order to inherit all Volpone's fortune. Volpone hires a new servant, Mosca. Together the two start to realize new jokes and extortions to the three greedy fake friends. Who will win the inheritance?
Style:
dark comedy, parody, period piece, surprise ending
Plot:
inheritance, deception, manipulation, greed, satire, scheming, blackmail, irony, farce, social satire, betrayal, conspiracy, corruption, switching roles, wit, impersonation, revenge, domestic drama, friendship, cheating, butler, joke, humiliation, extortion, footsie under the table
Time:
80s
Place:
italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, satirical, black comedy and slapstick films with plots about satire, social satire, deception, farce, greed, corruption and moral ambiguity mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like The Big Fox: All My Friends Part 3 (1985), Wannabe Widowed (2013), Casatoria (2024), Damn You! the Mosquitoes (2000), Filthy Rich Filthy Uncle Phil (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their time mainly organizing irresistible jokes to everyone in every kind of situation. Mascetti ...
Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, hilarious, period piece
Plot:
male friendship, friendship, prank, farce, hospital, aging, male camaraderie, irreverent, absurd humor, satire, bittersweet, social satire ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy, tuscany, europe
Similarity:
95%
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:
72%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A degenerate gambler and his two idiot friends come up with an elaborate plan to pay down their colossal gambling debts by marrying the dysfunctional daughter of an upstart billionaire.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, satirical, absurd
Plot:
gambling, debt, scam, greed, dysfunctional family, scheme, marriage, deception, scheming, satire, social satire, manipulation ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Kapa, Pepe and Mesi would like to buy a scrapyard of trains, to start a nostalgia train and earn a lot of money. The capital to start with they want to get from grandpa, who has come home from America with a suitcase full of money. Everybody wants ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, tragicomedy, spoof, bizarre ...
Plot:
greed, inheritance, nostalgia, mafia, betrayal, deception, blackmail, absurdism, satire, magic realism, resurrection, jealousy ...
Place:
hungary, eastern europe
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Filthy Rich Filthy Uncle Phil is the tale of Pierce Pierson, the Eternal Izod Ingrate (an acrid sneer, frozen in the yuppie bilge of circa 1987), who disrespects his house-proud spouse and pays excessive lip service to his ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, queer cinema
Plot:
materialism, greed, corruption, satire, inheritance, consumerism, ethical dilemma, misogyny, decadence, exploitation, ambition, social satire ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Two episodes: A roman coachman fulfills the dream of his life and meets the Pope. A priest crazy about dancing wins the first prize in a contest.
Style:
humorous, light hearted, feel good, anthology, slapstick ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dance contest, vatican, church, optimism, wish fulfillment, heartwarming, fish out of water, satire, celebration, social commentary, showbiz, priest ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
Style:
satirical, cynical, ironic, black comedy, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, satire, ambition, dark humor, clinic, greed, ethical dilemma, corruption, social satire, manipulation, character study, office politics ...
Time:
60s
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Attenti a quei P2 (Beware of those P2s) is a satirical parody of the judicial affair concerning the P2 Masonic lodge.
Style:
satirical, parody, black comedy, controversial, cynical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political corruption, satire, conspiracy, corruption, secret society, political satire, scandal, cover up, social satire, social commentary, dark humor, political intrigue ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A vengeful mother-in-law locks horns with her daughter-in-law in a twisted tale laced with dark comedy, political intrigue, and chilling thrills.
Style:
dark comedy, dark, suspense, intense, tense ...
Plot:
family feud, female rivalry, confrontation, political intrigue, domestic drama, revenge, power struggle, psychological manipulation, scheming, satire, betrayal, manipulation ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A few funny little novels about different aspects of life.
Style:
slapstick, light hearted, buddy comedy, fast paced, surreal ...
Plot:
ambulance, farce, misadventure, hospital, prank, escape, friendship, escapism, urban, anti authority, ambulance driver, death ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mihai, Adrian and Patricia struggle to get into the good graces of Rodica, a lonely and rich old woman in the hope that they will inherit her fortune.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, cynical, tension, twisted ...
Plot:
inheritance, greed, loneliness, scheming, elderly man, con artists, manipulation, deception, moral ambiguity, deadpan, intimate, satire ...
Place:
greece, romania
Similarity:
44%
12K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This is the story of the politician named Zübük. He gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of, due to corruption. The journalist Yaşar wants to make a news story about his case and investigates Zübük's doings. Yaşar ...
Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, political drama, black humor
Plot:
corruption, political satire, con man, social commentary, satire, deception, betrayal, scandal, greed, investigative journalism, absurd humor, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An overweight high school student is relentlessly bullied due to weight. Out of the blue, she wins a trip to New York, where she sheds 80+ pounds and then returns home to take revenge on her tormentors.
Style:
sex comedy, slapstick, romantic comedy, period piece, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
weight loss, revenge, bullying, female protagonist, humiliation, empowerment, transformation, high school, makeover, deception, friendship, prank ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy, new york
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ciottoli is a journalist with absolutely no prospective for his career, with a lot of debts and a mobster that want him died. Unexpectedly he win the national lottery (almost Eur 2.5 Mln) and try to remain unanimous hiding the winner ticker into his ...
Style:
black comedy, tragicomedy, suspense, tense, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lottery, debt, fortune, luck, mobster, dark humor, irony, gambling, desperation, journalism, farce, survival ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a grandmother falls for a cheeky suitor with dubious intentions, her family devises a secret plan to protect her life — and their inheritance.
Style:
psychological, funny, satirical, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, love interest, relationship problems, love, family relations, family problems, love story, love affair, secret plan, greed, deception, con artists ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
42%
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:
41%
139
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An adulterous man married to a wealthy Realtor plans on killing his wife with the assistance of his young lover. Little does the cheating husband know that his young lover is planning to blackmail him.
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, murder, blackmail, lesbian sex, betrayal of trust, scheming, deception, conspiracy, betrayal, love triangle, seduction ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Savino La Gastra discovers his wife Celeste has a liaison with an architect: Andrea. Even if also Savino has a story with Elvira, a judge's wife, he decides anyway to ask to a mobster to kill his wife. In the mean time Celeste is organizing a ...
Style:
sex comedy, dark comedy, tension, sexy, slapstick ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
farce, hitman, infidelity, mafia, adultery, mature, organized crime, betrayal, love triangle, murder, mob boss, jealous husband ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Istanbul is under quarantine. Felek and Kerim find the best way to make profits in this period. They will access people's computers and introduce themselves as government officials, making them confess their "crimes". However, the ...
Style:
dark comedy, twisted, suspense, fast paced, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, fraud, scam, impersonation, con artists, cybercrime, social satire, blackmail, greed, pandemic, identity theft, quarantine ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The youngsters Folcacchio and Guffardo must bring an embassy to the Bishop of Volterra, and during the trip, the two boys meet the beautiful Gemmata. The woman is a poor peasant who is married to Nicholas. Folcacchio and Guffardo, to have a night of ...
Style:
sex comedy, erotic, light hearted, sexy, slapstick ...
Plot:
deception, sexual humor, farce, lust, sexual desire, magic trick, impersonation, mistaken identity, infidelity, satire, medieval, sexual awakening ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mr. Arturo, an old rich Spanishman who arrives to Havana to marry Yoli, dies suddenly in bed. Yoli's family, afraid of losing all the money, convinces her ex-boyfriend Papito to go to Spain and get the money. Papito will have to be clever ...
Style:
funny, satirical, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, deception, male female relationship, money, humour, absurd humor, eccentric family, con trick, silly humor, family relations, inheritance, wealth ...
Place:
cuba, spain
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After falling for Alicia, greedy and powerful Mexican landowner Carlos has her fiancé thrown in prison on a bogus charge. To trick Carlos into releasing her man, Alicia teams up with her Aunt Delfina and tries to convince Carlos that he's a ...
Style:
romantic comedy, absurd, slapstick, dark comedy, independent film
Plot:
redemption, forgiveness, greed, misunderstanding, transformation, ego, arrogance, satire, false accusation, deception, class conflict, heartwarming ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a man fires a hotel maid for stealing, the woman's son gets his revenge.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, romantic comedy, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, rivalry, fall in love, love and romance, social differences, dishonesty, vengeance, danger, working class, hotel, blackmail, class differences ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After the death of the Savior for a rich husband, car accident, the beautiful wife Catherine is preparing to collect the enormous legacy but because the deceased has not made a will and when he was alive was sterile, his wife’s legacy will benefit ...
Style:
black comedy, tension, tragicomedy, period piece, sexy ...
Plot:
widow, pregnancy, inheritance, domestic drama, greed, fertility, infertility, societal hypocrisy, heiress, erotica, dark humor, character study ...
Time:
year 2016
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace some MPs mysteriously killed precisely with Cetto and two other ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, funny, entertaining, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, corruption, prison, politics, satire, political corruption, stupidity, society, rivalry, disorder, police officer, buddies ...
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Cuba
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When her country is taken over by socialist revolutionaries, a wealthy woman can't bear to give up all of her wealth and possessions to the new government, so she hides all of her treasures in the 12 chairs of a dining-room set. After her death ...
Style:
satirical, road movie, fast paced, dark comedy, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
socialism, satire, treasure hunt, political satire, social commentary, irony, quest, greed, class conflict, farce, bureaucracy, inheritance ...
Place:
cuba, havana cuba
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A film made for Italian television. A series of eight episodes put together in which Lando Buzzanca plays a variety of weird characters. Episode 1: Il Salvatore (The Saviour) A reporter tries to stop a man from killing himself, only to get the TV ...
Style:
anthology, satirical, black comedy, controversial, period piece ...
Plot:
hypocrisy, dark humor, moral ambiguity, corruption, satire, class conflict, prostitution, family drama, greed, character study, sexploitation, absurdism ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Hot Property is an (un)romantic comedy about love, greed and estate agents. Melody Munro is a corporate spy with a big problem - she’s spending everything she has and a few things she hasn't on her lavish lifestyle. But when she gets caught ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, rebel, social satire, greedy woman, real estate agent, hipster, love, love interest, disturbed individual, irony, greed, mentally unstable ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Italian sex comedy based on the tales of the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. The squire John Attelano eager to put his son Falcotto on track, makes him marry Firdalba, the Rampaldi daughter. The newlyweds will receive 15,000 florins on condition ...
Style:
sex comedy, erotic, period piece, slapstick, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mature, dowry, arranged marriage, medieval, marriage, hypocrisy, scandal, inheritance, sexual assault, satire, farce, social satire ...
Similarity:
32%
775
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Serafino a young and innocent shepherd inherits a huge fortune. He immediately spends the entire sum in presents for his friends. For this reason he is believed mad, and his uncle decides to legally forbid him to take any decision about his fortune. ...
Style:
surprise ending
Audience:
adult
Plot:
inheritance, generosity, innocence, family conflict, friendship, satire, class differences, mountain village, betrayal, aunt nephew relationship, village, heir ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
32%
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