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The Twelve Chairs (1962)
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Original name: Las doce sillas
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 her nephew finds out what she had done and, since the chairs had been "nationalized" and are now in the possession of a dozen different people, he sets out to track them down and get the treasures he believes rightfully belong to him.
Style:
satirical, road movie, buddy comedy, fast paced, dark comedy, slapstick
Plot:
socialism, treasure hunt, satire, political satire, quest, greed, irony, class conflict, social commentary, inheritance, bureaucracy, farce, deception, corruption, ambition, absurdism, moral ambiguity, heist, mistaken identity, cultural revolution, clown, circus, priest, fortune teller, auction ...
Place:
cuba, havana cuba
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, dark comedy, fast paced and captivating films with plots about satire, social commentary, corruption, greed, farce, moral ambiguity and political satire mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Horror genres. Some movies like The Twelve Chairs: Damn You! the Mosquitoes (2000), Zübük (1980), 12 Chairs (2016), Death of a Bureaucrat (1966), Mission London (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
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Plot:
greed, inheritance, nostalgia, mafia, betrayal, deception, blackmail, absurdism, satire, magic realism, resurrection, jealousy ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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507
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Former KGB agent finds out that his mother in law has hidden her treasures in one of chairs. Fast after he starts the search of diamonds and meets an aggressive modern man who helps him in his endeavors all over the place in nowadays Lithuania. Two ...
Style:
buddy comedy, witty, absurd, dark comedy, road movie ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
lithuania, eastern europe
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93%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Cuba
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.
Style:
black comedy, satirical, dark comedy, tragicomedy, manga ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
cuba, latin america, south america
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Bulgaria, UK, Hungary, Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A concert to celebrate Bulgaria joining the EU is being planned at the Embassy in London and it is the job of VARADIN, the new ambassador, to ensure the Queen attends. But with corrupt staff, criminal gangs operating out of the kitchen, falling in ...
Style:
satirical, funny, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, criminal, politics, escapades, job, irony, ambassador, chaos, embassy, farce, bureaucracy, corruption ...
Place:
london, bulgaria
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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:
76%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Tomaszow Maz
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
parody, satirical, black comedy, fast paced
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, gangster, satire, greed, farce, social commentary, organized crime, power struggle, moral ambiguity, underworld, dark humor, economist ...
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64%
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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
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64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Fueled by anger after getting fired from his bank job, a lazy banker (Mohamed Saleh) joins forces with his co-worker (Amr) and their weird friend (Ze'ro) by turning to robbery in order to fulfill their dreams. But, when they turn their master ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
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430
Genre: Comedy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a typical Yugoslav company a relationship is developing between poltroon and CEO.
Style:
satirical, comedy drama, period piece, tragicomedy
Plot:
satire, office politics, bureaucracy, irony, social commentary, conformity, corruption, ethical dilemma, character study, political satire, everyday life, social realism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
former yugoslavia
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
madrid, catalonia, spain
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
situational comedy, dark comedy, cynical, sitcom, black comedy ...
Plot:
corruption, political corruption, parliament, greed, political satire, opportunism, ambition, social commentary, moral ambiguity, fraud, scam, criminal underworld ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two janitors (George Carlin, Ben Stiller) working as janitors at a brokerage firm become rich by making investments based on insider information they gather from the brokers' garbage.
Style:
buddy comedy, satirical, dark comedy, cynical, fast paced
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, political, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Somewhere in Spain, four ETA terrorists await a phone call before carrying out a mission, while the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where Spanish soccer team is one of the favorites to win, is being held in South Africa.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, entertaining, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, fast paced, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
saudi arabia
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54%
859
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Third movie about the character of Cetto La Qualunque (Antonio Albanese)
Style:
satirical, light, captivating, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Italian comedy
Style:
buddy comedy, period piece, light hearted, slapstick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Three friends who need money to better their lives and a disillusioned farmer hatch a plan to rob a bank with a chimp as an accomplice.
Style:
fast paced, tense, dark comedy, satirical, slapstick
Plot:
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Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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107
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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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:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When greed comes calling, say goodbye to saintliness. An irresistible comedy about what happens when the residents of a Mexico City apartment building discover that three religious figurines passed down through the decades from Emiliano Zapata are ...
Style:
satirical, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, funny ...
Plot:
greed, satire, avarice, social satire, gold, neighbor, neighbor neighbor relationship, silly humor, humour, escapades, treasure, apartment building ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
friendship, living together, escapades, stealing money, road trip, neighbor neighbor relationship, wedding, economic crisis, social commentary, social satire, satire, unemployment ...
Place:
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