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Your Excellency (1967)
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Original name: Su Excelencia
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.
Style:
offbeat, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, biting, suspense
Plot:
politics, satire, true love, leader, corruption, diplomacy, humanism, power struggle, military coup, ambassador, ideology, intrigue, rebellion, rivalry, society, political intrigue, political conspiracy, police corruption, anti capitalism, disorder, humble, fish out of water, comedy of errors, political corruption, dishonesty ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
latin america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and suspense films with plots about society, satire, politics, dishonesty, state affairs, disorder and political corruption mostly in Comedy, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Your Excellency: The Minister and Me (1976), A Wonderful World (2006), The Witness (1969), The Perfect Dictatorship (2014), The Color of the Chameleon (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Mateo Melgarejo (played by Mario Moreno "Cantinflas") is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the ...
Style:
slapstick, biting, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
corruption, secretary, office, car accident, bureaucrat, car race, leadership, leader, friendship, minister, deaf, clerk ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, social, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
satire, social decay, rich and poor, society, mistaken identity, politics, political conspiracy, disorder, suicide, ambition, immigrant, political corruption ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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64%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Known as the best satire about communism, banned for over a decade in Hungary. 'The Witness' has become a cult classic, well received by critics and general audiences when it was finally released outside of Hungary. 'The Witness' ...
Style:
black comedy, parody, cult classic, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Plot:
satire, communism, political satire, dark humor, society, corruption, priest, socialism, meat, rehabilitation, hunting, amusement park ...
Time:
year 1969, 50s, 1950s
Place:
hungary, eastern europe, budapest, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
manipulation, journalism, corrupt politician, media, political corruption, campaign, state affairs, dishonesty, blackmail, television, mafia, politics ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In Emil Christov's über-stylish spy-movie pastiche, a charismatic schemer in an authoritarian police state, fired from his job as a secret-police informant, conjures up his own imaginary spy network and builds up an archive that he turns ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, biting ...
Plot:
snitch, satire, fighting the system, politics, society, state affairs, government agency, dishonesty, cons and scams, dark humor, secret police, communism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bulgaria
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 353 min.
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Story:
In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a ...
Style:
mockumentary, political, biting, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot:
politics, election, white house, american politics, political satire, satire, usa politics, state affairs, fighting the system, journalism, ambition, idealism ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The young priest Father Sebastián (played by Cantinflas) is assigned to a parish in San Jeronimo el Alto, where he is not welcomed by the community, particularly the resident priest Father Damián (played by Ángel Garasa). The newcomer gradually ...
Style:
social, not serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Plot:
catholic, baptism, card playing, bribery, sermon, organ, priest, clergy, society, social relations, religions or cults, disorder ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him.
Style:
political, realistic, dark comedy, black comedy, biting ...
Plot:
politics, satire, corruption, social commentary, small town, political corruption, desert, dictatorship, mayor, greed, protest, leader ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
latin america, mexico, south america, north america
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Inspired by Karl Marx's "Das Kapital", three men and a girl named Jugoslava decide to wake up the conscience within the working class and peasants. Faced with the primitivism and a lack of morale, their revolution fails and the girl ...
Style:
black and white, biting, semi serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
revolution, revolutionary, protest, black, politics, feminism, sexual content, society, rebellion, coming of age, state affairs, youth ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
slovakia, former yugoslavia, balkan, europe, czech republic
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Michael Caine stars as Baxter Thwaites, the laid-back Governor of the sleepy British colony of Cascara. But when American oil drillers accidentally strike a gusher of ultra-delicious mineral water, the forgotten Caribbean out-post becomes a global ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, surreal, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
island, politics, dishonesty, disorder, farce, leadership, society, destiny, fish out of water, political corruption, political satire, satire ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
caribbean, fictional island, britain, west indies, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A governor running for President gets revealed to be a serial philanderer.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, political, biting ...
Plot:
campaign, rise to the top, lifestyle, society, workplace, head of state, political intrigue, love affair, democrat, legal, election campaign, election ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, michigan, washington d.c.
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the ...
Style:
political, cynical, biting, realistic, not serious ...
Plot:
satire, monty python, politics, nude girl, nudity, manipulation, disorder, rise to the top, dishonesty, state affairs, ambition, head of state ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
43%
894
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Matt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbours whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud errupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.
Style:
slapstick, biting, cynical, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
neighbor, feud, terror, professor, prank, dark humor, disorder, couples, family relations, contests and competitions, rivalry, society ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Amazing Grace is a 1974 light comedy featuring black comedienne Moms Mabley as a widow who tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to ...
Style:
hilarious, slapstick, biting, cynical, realistic ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, campaign, election, black, african american, campaigning, candidate, racism, ridicule, election campaign, satire, fighting the system ...
Time:
70s
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A political strategist juggling three clients questions whether or not to take the high road as the ugly side of his work begins to haunt him.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, cynical, independent film ...
Plot:
campaign, politics, ambition, satire, political corruption, dishonesty, private vs public, society, state affairs, scoop, election, intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A wry, insightful comedy of manners in which somewhat dizzy society matron Millicent Jordan arranges a dinner party to honor some visiting aristocrat while remaining oblivious to her husband's health and financial problems as well as her ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, talky, cynical, witty ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, love and romance, rivalry, dishonesty, couple relations, intrigue, couples, disorder, bad attitude, dinner party, greed, high society ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the ...
Style:
political, cynical, thought provoking, intense, witty ...
Plot:
politics, scandal, satire, president, idealism, propaganda, adultery, presidential election, political satire, election, media, political corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, florida, washington d.c., new hampshire, miami ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name, Giuseppe Garibaldi (one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"), but everybody call him with the nickname Peppino. Love fishing, the company of friends, the library ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
politics, satire, disorder, dishonesty, farce, state affairs, political leader, fish out of water, political satire, politician, president, political humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Drama about the difficulties of a group of people trying to change their lives. A group of people gathers in a terrace in Rome . Some are friends, some know each other and others just meet for the first time. All are intellectual and belong to the ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, non-linear, contemplative, semi serious ...
Plot:
food, husband wife relationship, member of parliament, screenwriter, communist, television, restaurant, politics, satire, friends, couples, unfulfillment ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The tough lives of two ordinary individuals: Alex, an accountant and his wife Béatrice, a taxi driver.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, biting, suspense
Plot:
life turned upside down, fighting the system, life is a bitch, injustice, society, wrongfully committed, satire, husband wife relationship, loss of job, taxi driver, disorder, mental institution ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.
Style:
clever, realistic, political, talky, humorous ...
Plot:
politics, campaign, head of state, businessman, rise to the top, leadership, idealism, political unrest, political conspiracy, culture clash, rebellion, society ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A lawyer trying to fix everyone's problems, instead causes problems, which always end up in funny situations.
Style:
lighthearted, slapstick, uplifting, parody, absurd
Plot:
lawyer, satire, underdog, farce, pun, unhappiness, poverty, community, don quixote, judge, goat, jail ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The elections are approaching and the largest opposition party in the country do not look good. Its leader, Enrico Oliveri can not stand the pressure and disappears. Fearing a scandal, the eminence grise of the party had brought into play the twin ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, clever, funny ...
Plot:
twins, politics, political rally, impostor, campaign, switching roles, disorder, hidden identity, state affairs, dishonesty, political party, politician ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, france
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lost his job. Initially given no chance, things turn dark when Cogswell makes it into the general ...
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, political ...
Plot:
politics, ambition, satire, society, campaign, unemployment, friends, against the odds, political campaign, election campaign, campaigning, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Senegal
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
It is the dawn of Senegal's independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have changed. White money still controls the government. One official, Aboucader Beye, known by the ...
Style:
cynical, biting, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, african, political corruption, colonialism, wedding, political satire, urban, black, blaxploitation, racial issues, curse, public humiliation ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
africa, senegal
Similarity:
31%
230
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a country (alluded to be Chile) under dictatorship, a police night raid comes up with a few usual anti-regime suspects. They are sent to a camp in the middle of nowhere. Their friends on the outside start to plan their escape.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating
Plot:
escape, politics, society, dictator, political prisoner, isolation, rebelliousness, abduction, kidnapping, friend, police, night ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, latin america, chile
Similarity:
31%
405
Genre: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, black comedy, biting ...
Plot:
border, life turned upside down, comedy of errors, satire, disorder, social relations, society, politics, cons and scams, political unrest, village life, village ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of the big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish ...
Style:
black comedy, black and white, biting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
israeli, islam, arab culture, satire, immigrant, family relations, society, fighting the system, rebellion, family life, large family, refugee camp ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During his journey to Jerusalem young James learns the meaning of being Israeli.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, contemplative, clever ...
Plot:
wisdom of life, culture clash, friendship, fish out of water, immigrant, society, social differences, racism, teaching the ways of the world, misfit, boss and employee, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In New York City in 1980, Dexter Mitchell plays half-willing big brother to his neighbors, a trio of exchange students from the People's Republic of China.
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, non-linear ...
Plot:
looking for love, culture clash, fish out of water, love and romance, fall in love, disorder, lifestyle, misfit, society, buddies, social differences, nightlife ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
30%
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