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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
 5.9
 75K
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, light, intense, not serious, realistic, sexy, stylized, ridiculous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: magic, friendship, creativity, showbiz, comeback, performance, artists and showbiz, rivalry, ambition, partners, disorder, performer's life, uninhibited rivalry, satire, stage magician, wizards and magicians, mentor, farce, catastrophe, twists and turns, natural disaster, dark humor, writers, betrayal, group sex ...
Time: year 1982, 21st century, contemporary
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, funny, realistic and melancholic films with plots about mentor, storytelling, dialogue, catastrophe, adaptation, brutality and vengeance mostly in Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like The Incredible Burt Wonderstone: Dinner for Schmucks (2010), School for Scoundrels (2006), The Campaign (2012), Opportunity Knocks (1990), Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
Style: parody, funny, humorous, absurd, satirical ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: journalism, father son relationship, reporter, workplace, dog, media satire, journalist, friendship, jealousy, rivalry, media, tv show ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s, year 1979, year 1980 ...
Place: new york, usa, california, manhattan new york city, san diego california
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: It's the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
Style: parody, funny, humorous, absurd, not serious ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
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Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Rising executive Tim Wagner works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. ...
Style: feel good, humorous, absurd, talky, entertaining ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Follows Andy, who needs to hook up with a hottie, pronto, because he hasn't had sex in... well, forever - and his luck isn't the only thing that's hard. His equally horny teenage roommates also need it superbad, and with the help of ...
Style: parody, humorous, funny, sexy, light ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 80s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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School for Scoundrels (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young guy short on luck, enrolls in a class to build confidence to help win over the girl of his dreams, which becomes complicated when his teacher has the same agenda.
Style: funny, humorous, absurd, light, not serious ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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46%
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The Campaign (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Style: parody, funny, ridiculous, humorous, political ...
Plot: congressman, politics, farce, satire, election campaign, election, mentor, political corruption, twists and turns, sarcasm, stereotypes, campaigning ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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45%
Opportunity Knocks (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter ...
Style: funny, entertaining, light, feel good, humorous ...
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Time: 80s, 20th century
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Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy Store. Then one night when he's up in his mom's loft, a ...
Style: humorous, satirical, absurd, surreal, stylized ...
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Time: 2000s
Place: usa, paris france, france, europe, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a ...
Style: funny, feel good, humorous, touching, satirical ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: childhood, youth, culture clash, family relations, nothing goes right, actor's life, child prodigy, parents and children, family life, disorder, satire, fantasy world ...
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Duplex (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: humorous, stylized, feel good, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
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Time: 2000s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Big Tease (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Style: campy, talky, witty, humorous, clever ...
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Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, scotland, california, europe, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Sgt. Bilko (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Martin is the inexplicable the incorrigible the invicible sgt. Ernie bilko leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the ...
Style: humorous, funny, light, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: military, gambling, revenge, military base, camp, soldier, disorder, rivalry, cons and scams, disaster, satire, farce ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, california, las vegas, greenland
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Last Resort (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sam and Dave are living the boring life until they are beckoned to Sam's uncle's Island. When they get there (still not quite sure how that worked) they are compelled by beautiful women and a dastardly enemy of the Island. After ...
Style: humorous, absurd, intense, parody, not serious ...
Audience: teens
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The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Place: california, los angeles, usa
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The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Cedar Rapids (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Grown Ups 2 (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: humorous, funny, feel good, buddy movie, not serious ...
Audience: teens, kids
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: humorous, intense, semi serious, witty, clever ...
Plot: gambling, greed, friendship, unlikely friendships, stupidity, casino, nothing goes right, dishonesty, partners, dark humor, change of luck, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.1
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Scary Movie 4 (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.
Style: parody, funny, humorous, not serious, scary ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night
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Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.5
 21K
Head of State (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam (Rock) as his replacement .
Style: political, funny, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: politics, usa president, presidential election, farce, stereotypes, ambition, state affairs, republican, fish out of water, head of state, satire, brother brother relationship ...
Place: usa, washington d.c., chicago illinois, nashville tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Envy (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.
Style: funny, humorous, absurd, cynical, not serious ...
Plot: friendship, envy, inventor, stupidity, neighbor, jealousy, rise to the top, rivalry, lifestyle, resentment, dark humor, disorder ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.
Style: parody, humorous, melancholic, splatter, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: marijuana, weed, twins, mistaken identity, farce, destiny, fight scenes, gangsters, death, first contact, mentor, adaptation ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 80s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Steal Big Steal Little (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Ruben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - women in Santa Barbara. Ruben is devoted to Mona, but Robby is more devoted to her money. So when Mona leaves her fortune and estate to Ruben it starts ...
Style: bad ending, entertaining, harsh, clever, visually appealing ...
Plot: lawyer, twins, vengeance, suspense, greed, gangsters, first contact, fight scenes, farce, fantasy world, radio, destiny ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: AAA can't help the roadside emergency that is the JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION. Even the on-board navigation system has a meltdown on Nate Johnson and his family's cross-country trek to their annual family reunion/grudge match. Reluctantly ...
Style: funny, humorous, sexy, road movie, intense ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: interracial romance, teenager, road trip, family relations, on the road, eccentric family, nothing goes right, family life, mischievous children, parents and children, siblings relations, hip hop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
Style: entertaining, parody, not serious, realistic, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: workplace, sex tape, kidnapping, twists and turns, obnoxious boss, vengeance, happy ending, stupidity, revenge, nothing goes right, friendship, sex addict ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.9
 6K
The Grand (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, clever, not serious ...
Plot: gambling, poker, greed, adaptation, sarcasm, contests and competitions, ambition, rivalry, underdog, uninhibited rivalry, disorder, card playing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, texas, usa, nevada, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Walk Like a Man (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: As a baby, Bobo gets separated from his family during a camping trip. After being raised by wild dogs for twenty years, Bobo is discovered by animal researcher Penny, who brings him back to his family and attempts to teach Bobo how to readjust to ...
Style: humorous, light, funny, sentimental, absurd ...
Audience: teens
Plot: farce, fish out of water, stupidity, self discovery, misfit, getting home, family life, life philosophy, life & death, lone hero, police investigation, mentor ...
Time: 80s
Place: boston, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.4
 92K
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Style: absurd, humorous, surreal, funny, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: jazz, filmmaking, eccentricity, friendship, creativity, nothing goes right, art, sabotage, workplace, african american, memory, life philosophy ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%