Movies like The Golden Boat

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The Golden Boat (1990)
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The Golden Boat (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA, Belgium, Luxembourg, Hong Kong
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Inspired in form by American police TV shows and soap operas, The Golden Boat is a madcap, surreal dash through the streets of New York city, telling the mysterious and often hilarious story of an aged street-person named Austin, a comically compulsive assassin, as he joins up with a young rock critic and philosophy student named Israel Williams. In the course of their adventures, Austin pursues his object of desire - a Mexican soap opera star - and along the way engages a host of TV characters and bit players, whose repartee range from gangsterish insults to the question of God's existence.
Style: black comedy, parody, independent film, dark comedy, telenovela
Plot: satire, absurdism, murder, killer, violence, student, writers, assassin, death, boy, blood, surrealism, weirdo, waitress, art critic, irrational behavior, wounded man, tv star, strange behavior, multiple murder, serial killer, shoes, stabbing, motel room, blood on wall ...
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
Keyword: new yorker

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Most similar movies to The Golden Boat

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, black comedy, humorous and independent film films with plots about murder, death, violence, blood, surrealism, satire and dark humor mostly in Comedy, Crime and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Golden Boat: Sex, Blood and Fairy Tales (2016), Frogs for Snakes (1998), Horror Story (1993), Paper Planes (2016), City of Pirates (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Sex, Blood and Fairy Tales (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: What would you do if you had to choose between ten years in prison and selling your soul to the Devil? Vera's biggest desire is to become a housewife and have children. Her dreams get interrupted when on Engagement night her fiancé confesses ...
Style: suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, light, dark comedy
Plot: surrealism, male female relationship, death, murder, love, gangster, revenge, blood, violence, family relations, fight, sex scene ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Frogs for Snakes (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater. As he decided to play "American Buffalo" there, a bloody battle for the favorite roles ...
Style: black comedy, neo noir, dark comedy, independent film
Plot: loan shark, stealing, greed, shooting, debt collector, ex husband ex wife relationship, actress, clique, dream, thief, theft, hitman ...
Time: year 1998
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.2
 127
Horror Story (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The film is based on the book of the same title (A Sanguinary Novel) by the very individual Czech painter, typographer, author and philosopher Josef Vachal, who squeezed adventure, love, horror and other parallel episodes into, what is called, ...
Style: gothic horror, gothic, fairy tale, parody, psychotronic ...
Plot: woods, dead body, arthouse horror, death, murder, violence, multiple murder, multiple deaths, love, blood, surrealism, ship ...
Place: czech republic, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Paper Planes (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In a dream world, the exaggerated lives of six teenagers are thrown into a world of drugs in crime in a typical crime plot in a not so typical world of stolen cocaine, penicillin, Fire Saws, and Carl Jung.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: cocaine, improv, punk rock, illegal drugs, teenager, violence, satire
Place: pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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City of Pirates (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A surreal odyssey in which a melancholic maidservant crosses paths with a homicidal little boy, travels to a tiny island of pirates and encounters a man with multiple personalities.
Style: surreal, disturbing, suspenseful, rough
Plot: surrealism, boy, perversity, irrational behavior, little boy, murder, killer child, evil child, seance, sleepwalking, island, melancholy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 7.2
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Three Stories (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A man goes to see his former schoolmate working at a boiler house and persuades him to burn in the furnace the corpse of his communal flat neighbor whom he has just murdered after a quarrel. An orphaned girl gets a job in the archives of the ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: death, murder, throat slitting
Place: soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.8
 296
Very Mean Men (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, the Minetti's who work out of an Italian restaurant in the East San Fernando Valley, and the ...
Style: parody, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: gang war, criminal, revenge, organized crime, father daughter relationship, mob hit, murder, mobster, bartender, bullet wound, weather, dead animal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Random Acts of Violence (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Being the adventures of a young man whose principle interests are movies, New York, and mass murder. CHARM is an ultra low budget black comedy about Malcolm - a New Yorker who gets tired of how gentrified, tepid and antiseptic it's all become. ...
Style: parody, humorous, scary, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, abduction, killer, assassination, revenge, violence, filmmaking, englishman, found footage, subway, attempted rape, hotel ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 2.4
 109K
Epic Movie (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When Edward, Peter, Lucy and Susan each follow their own path, they end up finding themselves at Willy's Chocolate factory. Walking through a wardrobe, they discover the world of Gnarnia, which is ruled by the White Bitch. Meeting up with ...
Style: parody, absurd, humorous, funny, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: magic, youth, satire, heroic mission, young heroes, disorder, good versus evil, rivalry, nothing goes right, danger, curses spells and rituals, imaginary ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, medieval times, 21st century
Place: paris france, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A reimagining /regurgitation and re-dubbing of a classic silent horror flick! Shot in mind-shattering 2D (& 36DD), featuring T&A and epic voice-over ‘voom’, by Ms. Ilham Otaku & Pepe Chingadero! Original 1922 star Max ...
Style: captivating, horror comedy, psychotronic, independent film, black comedy
Plot: vampire sex, vampire, succubus, violence, surrealism, murder, vampire slayer, vampire hunter, supernatural, supernatural being, mysticism, absurdism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Obituary for Escobar (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Serbia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Serbian crime drama focusing on Belgrade's violent criminal underworld. Obituary For Escobar distinguishes itself from other recent crime dramas with its strong visual style and energetic approach. Borko was a young effeminate boy bullied at ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: mafia, weed, drug, husband wife relationship, shootout, murder, death, violence, criminal, blood, cemetery, dark humor ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.1
 21K
Vampire's Kiss (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. The vampire continues to visit and drink his blood, and as his ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, psychological, funny, atmospheric ...
Audience: date night
Plot: vampire, mental illness, insanity, supernatural, female vampire, secretary, psychiatrist, nightclub, hallucination, cockroach, character study, psychology ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
America's Deadliest Home Video (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A man videotaping his road trip is taken hostage by three criminals and forced to tape their crime spree, including robberies and murder.
Style: dark comedy, psychotronic, independent film, black comedy
Plot: found footage, serial killer, killer, murder, hostage, serial murder, female nudity, violence, woman in underwear, panties, breasts, woman in bra and panties
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Desperate Living (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A rich housewife enlists her maid's help to murder her husband; they go on the lam and end up in Mortville, a homeless community built into a garbage dump.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, controversial, erotic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: surrealism, male nudity, children, lesbian, murder, castration, satire, transsexual, lesbian sex, absurd violence, fascism, political corruption ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Jungle Freaks (1969)
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love ...
Style: psychedelic, black comedy, dark comedy, weird
Plot: surrealism, female nudity, dark humor, erotica, cannibalism, cannibal, racist, nudity, satire, elitism, racism, terrorist ...
Time: year 1969
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Heads (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A proofreader at a small-town newspaper decides to try to solve a series of decapitation murders, and reluctantly gets involved with the nutty daughter of his editor. Before long he discovers that he is the prime suspect in the murders.
Style: dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, parody, suspenseful ...
Plot: small town, newspaper, decapitation, serial killer, murder, media, journalism, law enforcement, social relations, dark humor, psychopath, who done it ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Last Action Hero (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to ...
Style: spoof, exciting, entertaining, humorous, parody ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: magic, parallel universe, heroes, chase, gunfight, breaking the fourth wall, boy, buddy, villain, fish out of water, miraculous event, buddy cop ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: los angeles, new york, california, usa, new york state ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.5
 16K
Mafia! (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, light, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, mafia, father son relationship, farce, dumb, stupidity, multiple storylines, satire, justice, adaptation, goofy hero, assassination ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, year 1938, year 1967, year 1933
Place: italy, sicily, usa, europe, las vegas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Treasure Island (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Take a son and make sure he dreams; wake him up and start telling him a story. Rock him with your most beautiful voice, lower and lower, until he goes back to sleep but still listening, subliminally. Now, he must be dreaming, but completing the ...
Style: surreal, independent film
Plot: treasure hunt, cannon, treasure island, treasure hunter, youth, pirate, child protagonist, blind man, storytelling, boy, surrealism, absurdism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A frustrated artist gets lost inside the cardboard fort he builds in his living room.
Style: surreal, horror comedy, exciting, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: maze, surrealism, absurdism, art, trap, artist, friendship, rescue, trapped, photographer, promise, death ...
Time: year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In the Fabulous Thirties, Doc Savage and his five Amazing Adventurers are sucked into the mystery of Doc's father disappearing in the wilds of South America. The maniacal Captain Seas tries to thwart them at every turn as they travel to the ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, parody ...
Plot: superhero, villain, virus, fictional country, martial arts, jungle, swamp, destiny, escapades, vengeance, danger, heroes ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 1930s
Place: latin america, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance ...
Style: atmospheric, stylized, surreal, witty, offbeat ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: hotel, prison escape, art theft, mentor protege relationship, murder, luxury hotel, escapades, painting, gunfight, greed, fictional country, mentor ...
Time: 1930s, year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: eastern europe, alps, europe, america, persia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
A Shock to the System (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: murder, advertising, revenge, competition, police investigation, contests and competitions, business, workplace intrigue, advertising agency, dark humor, unlikely criminals, rise to the top ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot: murder, investigation, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, prostitute, infidelity, clergy, buddies, village life, small town life, desert, uxoricide ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: new mexico, usa, latin america, texas, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Set in 1920's New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. The catch is that Nick's girl friend Olive Neal ...
Style: light, humorous, funny, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, backstage, murder, actor, writers, playwright, actress, rehearsal, satire, friendship, showbiz ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.9
 6K
Curdled (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Gabriella, a Columbian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. The current string of murders by "The Blue Blood Killer" of affluent Miami socialites provides her with fodder for her scrapbook of death. She lands a job with ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, bloody, black comedy, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, dangerous attraction, murder, cleaning lady, obsession, blood, investigation, macabre, samurai sword, death, violence, idiot ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: miami, colombia, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.7
 2K
Serial Lover (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house specialising in crime novels. One day, she invites all of her boyfriends to her birthday dinner so ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, dark humor, disorder, looking for love, thirty something, writers, dinner, misfit, freak, gory, blood ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 4.6
 197
Hors Service (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ils sont cinq tueurs. Francis, le chef, Louis le parano, Victor, l'accro aux series tele, M'sieur, fan de tamagochi et Marchand, dont la femme est la seule certitude. Elle le croit representant en chaussures. Jusqu'au jour ou elle ...
Style: dark comedy
Plot: wife, killer, hitman, salesman, retirement, traveling salesman, coma, suburbs, criminal, husband wife relationship, psychopath, murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black ...
Style: humorous, absurd, surreal, parody, ironic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: monty python, knight, holy grail, king arthur, medieval, arthurian legend, satire, sword fight, surrealism, breaking the fourth wall, monk, legends and myths ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 10th century, 20th century, year 1975
Place: england, britain, arizona, europe, xian ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.2
 115K
Heathers (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, teen, cult classic, witty ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama ...
Plot: high school, dark humor, murder, suicide, murderous pair, teenage girl, teenage life, teenager, coming of age, insanity, sociopath, friendship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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