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Rotwang Must Go! (1994)
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Original name: Rotwang muß weg!
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A comedy directed by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg.
Style:
black comedy, dark, satirical, absurd, dark comedy, surreal, independent film, neo noir, political thriller, experimental ...
Plot:
raf, satire, stasi, murder mystery, business tycoon, multiple suspects, whodunit, conspiracy, corruption, political satire, flashback, moral ambiguity, social commentary, investigation, revenge motive, urban, small town, post cold war, terrorist, female nudity, terrorism, blackmail, assassination, german reunification, videotaping ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
east germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, satirical, absurd and black comedy films with plots about satire, social commentary, urban, political satire, moral ambiguity, corruption and dark humor mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Rotwang Must Go!: 10 Terrorists (2012), Uncle Truther (2025), Falsche Siebziger (2017), Il commissario Lo Gatto (1986), The 120 Days of Bottrop (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Police commissioner Lo Gatto is in charge of the local Italian police station within Vatican State. During an investigation, following the murder of a Vatican priest, he decides to question the Pope!!! For this reason Lo Gatto is sent to a Sicilian ...
Style:
satirical, light hearted, slapstick, tragicomedy, surprise ending
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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53%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, parody, black comedy, controversial, cynical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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51%
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Country: Spain
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
America's three top leisure-time activities come roaring to life in National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins. This film consists of three short stories: Greed (Joe Mantegna), Anger (Andrew Clay) and Lust (Denis Leary).
Style:
anthology, black comedy, parody, dark comedy, sex comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Seven years after the incident in Pitta, all from the group leaves the Aegean, and get's to shore... Stavrakomathiakakis - after the mysterious kidnap of his 12 years old Pakistanian protégé Noori - leaves Psiloritis and, following her ...
Style:
satirical, witty, absurd, dark comedy, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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48%
Genre: Comedy
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:
spain, basque country
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, humorous, funny, entertaining, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
southern italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, police, illegal gambling, casino, problem, escapades, casino owner, deception, scheme, organized crime, black market, fraud ...
Place:
turkey
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Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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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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Plot:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A convoy of stories that feature caricature views on religion. We get to see Pope Francis, a neighborhood priest who thinks he’s Jesus Christ, a cable TV Evangelist hustler, a Hegelian woman looking for truth in spirituality, and other weirdoes ...
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Costica, unemployed and without many goals in life, tired of being taken for a fool, runs for president to steal his neighbor's parking spot, unaware that he is being manipulated by the party, which secretly wants to lose the election, in order ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, ironic, dark comedy, political thriller
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, political corruption, political satire, social commentary, embezzlement, political campaign, farce, working class, bribery, media manipulation, bureaucracy, conspiracy ...
Time:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, satirical, absurd
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
37%
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Duration: 27 min.
Story:
The journalists at the Onion News Network will do anything to stay at the top of their game. And if they can't find a great story, they'll create one.
Style:
mockumentary, funny, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, dark, offbeat, absurd, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
stylized, semi serious, humorous, absurd, offbeat ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, dark comedy, dark ...
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