Movies like Shooters 1989
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Shooters (1989)
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Original name: The Shooters
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of misfit U.S. Army soldiers are chosen to represent their base at the annual war games competition where they are not expected to win.
Style:
buddy comedy, action comedy, lighthearted, offbeat, satirical, period piece, patriotic, independent film
Plot:
military, war game, misfit, army, competition, camaraderie, teamwork, military life, leadership, rivalry, redemption, fish out of water, strategy, satire, irreverent, boot camp, female nudity, woman with a gun, dark humor, coming of age, cold war era, armory, sex scene, seduction, u.s. army ...
Time:
80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out lighthearted, slapstick, buddy comedy and satirical films with plots about satire, fish out of water, friendship, coming of age, irreverent, military and small town mostly in Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like Shooters: I-4: Loufa & Apallagi (2008), Wheels of Fortune (2020), Your Mother Wears Combat Boots (1989), Ah Boys to Men 4 (2017), The Last Band in Lebanon (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Μια παρέα νεοσύλλεκτων -που ο καθένας για τους δικούς του λόγους θέλει να πάρει απαλλαγή από το στρατό- αναγκάζεται να υπηρετήσεις ως Ι4. ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
island, commando unit, satire, army, military service, soldier, army life, military training, fight, military, military officer, fish out of water ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After the latest prank they pulled on Deli Bedri, the boys are sent to mandatory military service to learn discipline.
Style:
lighthearted, slapstick, buddy comedy, absurd
Plot:
military, friendship, camaraderie, irreverent, satire, fish out of water, training camp, revenge, coming of age
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
To claim a big inheritance, a down-on-his-luck mechanic must win a series of competitions as outlined in his birth father's will.
Style:
feel good, buddy comedy, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
road trip, inheritance, friendship, underdog, teamwork, misfit, racecar driver, escapades, travel, friends, race, heartwarming ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An overprotective single mother tries to stop her son joining the parachute unit by sending him to the college, fearful that he may end up his life like his father did. He secretly leaves the college and joins the army, but the mother finds out and ...
Style:
feel good, family comedy, lighthearted, sentimental, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mother son relationship, overprotective parent, single mother, basic training, boot camp, fish out of water, teenage son, courage, heartwarming, army, military base, determination ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Singapore
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The fourth addition to the franchise sees the return of the army boys including Sergeant Ong, Lobang, Ken Chow and Aloysius, joined by a new female officer, as they are called back for in-camp training under the Armoured Formation of the Singapore ...
Style:
buddy comedy, semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
military training, teamwork, satire, army, military service, military life, ex military, military officer, soldier, military, male friendship, brotherhood ...
Place:
singapore
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A comedy about three military band reservists who wake to discover that the Israeli army has withdrawn from Lebanon and left them behind.
Style:
buddy comedy, satirical, offbeat, dark comedy, lighthearted ...
Plot:
rock band, friendship, fish out of water, drug smuggling, misadventure, escape, political satire, corruption, satire, survival, irreverent, islam ...
Place:
lebanon, israel, palestine
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Selected criminals are being trained to fill in vacancies for police
Style:
slapstick, lighthearted, fast paced, buddy comedy, slapstick comedy
Plot:
police station, prison, redemption, rehabilitation, unhappiness, misfit, discipline, satire, social commentary, teamwork, urban, corruption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In the Czech film comedy from 1988, you can see for yourself that the war was not easy, but otherwise it was great fun. Sergeant Kouba serving with the paratroopers has a soft spot for women. His superior does not like him. However, during a ...
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, feel good, lighthearted, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heroism, sergeant, friendship, honor, redemption, soldier, satire, small town, moral dilemma, buddy, military, wedding ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hoping to reclaim his former glory, a fallen dominoes champion recruits his step grandson to help him win an off-the-wall tournament.
Style:
humorous, feel good, lighthearted, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
dominoes, rivalry, tournament, competition, satire, humour, teamwork, competitor, black man, friendship, redemption, second chance ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 12 min.
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Story:
A war enthusiast, a spoiled brat, a female male chauvinist and an identity-confused guy from Oslo east. Are these to protect Norway?
Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
satire, conscription, escapades, military life, military officer, military, soldier, social commentary, culture clash, social satire, irreverent, male camaraderie ...
Time:
2010s, future
Similarity:
49%
182
Genre: Comedy
Country: Singapore
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Singaporean-made comedy about a group of 18 year old boys who are beginning the mandatory two-year military service in the Singapore army. Despite their different racial and family backgrounds, they discover many similarities and forge a ...
Style:
satirical, lighthearted, independent film
Plot:
friendship, camaraderie, army life, teenager, teamwork, coming of age, barracks, youth, rite of passage, boot camp, misadventure, social commentary ...
Place:
singapore, southeast asia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A high school drama class bands together to save their school from a Japanese gang.
Style:
humorous, satirical, captivating, entertaining, action comedy ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, school, humour, schoolboy, high school life, silly humor, absurd humor, teamwork, showdown, satire, farce ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A sex "comedy" is about a virgin named Freddie who has a major complex about his mother and won't let himself become involved with any other woman.
Style:
sex comedy, romantic comedy, buddy comedy, lighthearted, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teacher student sex, self discovery, sexual tension, personal growth, sexual awakening, coming of age, insecurity, family drama, camaraderie, young adult, female nudity, teenager ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Bernard Jr., a 30-year old who still lives at home with his father, is trying to avoid the negativity of the inner city. Bernard has dedicated his life to cleaning up his neighborhood and ridding it of crime, but has one small problem... he cannot ...
Style:
humorous, lighthearted, satirical, slapstick, action comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drug use, marijuana, irreverent, satire, vigilante justice, fighting crime, father son relationship, superhero, social commentary, fish out of water, inner city, rebellious
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1997, a group of college misfits invite an unhoused professor to crash on their porch.
Style:
humorous, lighthearted, feel good
Plot:
coming of age, misfit, friendship, youth culture, college campus, personal growth, fish out of water, heartwarming, social satire, irreverent, class differences, college ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Dewey (Tim Conway) and Wallace (Chuck McCann) are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison inmates to find out where a gang of thieves have hidden their loot. While they're undercover, however, the governor ...
Style:
slapstick, buddy comedy, lighthearted, period piece, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
prison, small town, prison life, prison escape, fish out of water, maximum security prison, irreverent, mistaken identity, satire, corrupt system, dark humor, disorder ...
Time:
year 1970, year 1978, 70s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Pierino unleashes his restlessness with various mischief in school.
Style:
slapstick, lighthearted, satirical, sex comedy
Plot:
irreverent, teenager, rebellion, coming of age, school, female nudity, joke, breasts
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Stuck in jail, a quartet of misfits seize the chance for early parole when authorities seek volunteers for a drug trial with uncertain effects
Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, sitcom ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
satire, prison, drug, changing lives, lifestyle change, human experiment, criminal gang, gang, experiment, bandit, camaraderie, irreverent ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of young recruits doing their compulsory military service in the East German army 'NVA' prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
military base, army, soldier, rebelliousness, military life, military, misfit, boot camp, basic training, daydreamer, friends, prank ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
german democratic republic, germany, east germany, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Uuno is forced to complete his mandatory military service when it is revealed that he only spent one day in the army in his youth. As is typical of the Turhapuro series his family and friends become closely tied in with these events. His friends ...
Style:
slapstick, lighthearted, realistic, not serious, humorous
Plot:
farce, absurd humor, army life, fish out of water, satire, conscription, mistaken identity, cross dressing, political satire, escapism, army, soldier ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
finland
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In 'Live Action', young psychiatrist Henry Carstairs moves into an apartment building filled with lonely, sex starved women. This soap is interrupted several times by sexy ads.
Style:
sex comedy, erotic, satirical, black comedy, lighthearted ...
Plot:
sexual frustration, voyeurism, sexual obsession, dark humor, sexually liberated, sleaze, sketch, urban, character study, intimate, sex, female nudity ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The world's biggest stoner, Oliver, loses a high profile car, forcing him to steal an ice cream truck and enlist his wacky friends to help track down the thief before it's too late.
Style:
humorous, satirical, captivating, feel good, light ...
Plot:
stoner, marijuana, friendship, escapades, friends, stealing a car, humour, absurd humor, satire, road trip, car theft, slacker ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Coming of age is difficult for any young boy, but it is a little harder for Jono Smith. His secret fetish for kitchen appliances has caused him to lose his manhood in a flight of passion. Fortunately the recent death of a porn star makes a ...
Style:
sex comedy, raunchy, buddy comedy, slapstick, black comedy ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenage sex, friendship, embarrassment, misadventure, irreverent, dark humor, toilet humor, taboo, sexual identity, porn star, college ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The plot revolves around two brothers who befriend an escaped mental patient and accompany him on his misadventures in the big city. A new low in bad comedy flicks. Most of the humor is in the title "Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid." The rest is ...
Style:
dark comedy, absurd, slapstick, road movie, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, big city, misfit, urban, brothers, outsider, misadventure, fish out of water, irreverent, mental health, anti hero, satire ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Comedy starring Mason Pettit, Matthew Arkin, Devin Ratray
Style:
mockumentary, not serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, lifestyle, silly humor, contests and competitions, irreverent, competition, tournament, subculture, satire, deadpan, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A Canadian fire station is threatened by a Japanese business.
Style:
sex comedy, raunchy, absurd, slapstick, parody ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
firefighter, camp, misfit, fire department, fish out of water, small town, culture clash, fire brigade, emergency, satire, recruitment, provincial ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A group of Greek solders, who serve their military service in Kos, is sent to guard the skerry of Pitta. Everything looked normal until a Turkish boat disembarks 4 castaways on Pitta.
Style:
satirical, situational comedy, lighthearted, buddy comedy, sitcom ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
island, soldier, friendship, misunderstanding, escapades, conscription, irreverent, isolation, political satire, farce, fish out of water, confrontation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eddie is a down-on-his-luck bar pianist who has just been fired from another job. Desperate for work, he finds a school looking for a leader for its hopelessly incompetent marching band. Somehow, Eddie has to whip these kids into shape in time for ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, uplifting, lighthearted, comedy drama ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
underdog, teamwork, school, rehearsal, motivation, leadership, perseverance, heartwarming, teacher student relationship, musical performance, competition, piano ...
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A student tries pot for the first time, loves it and decides to distribute it in a big business kind of way. Soon he has the police and the mafia on his tail.
Style:
buddy comedy, satirical, period piece, dark comedy, absurd ...
Plot:
marijuana, weed, satire, drug trade, counterculture, college life, ambition, small town, fish out of water, entrepreneurship, coming of age, transformation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Delphine, a disillusioned humanities teacher, makes an agreement with her students : they leave her in peace, as they get A+ grades. But these excellent results turn into a nightmare when the class is qualified for the Latin World Championships, in ...
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, tension, black humor
Plot:
education, language learning, competition, school, frustration, teacher student relationship, burnout, coming of age, satire, ethics, teenager, responsibility ...
Place:
naples italy, italy
Similarity:
29%
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