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Pray TV (1980)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, which is actually just an excuse to sell merchandise.
Style:
cynical, dark comedy, independent film, parody, black humor
Plot:
satire, greed, religion and supernatural, hypocrisy, media manipulation, religious hypocrisy, evangelical christianity, corruption, exploitation, scam, scandal, moral ambiguity, consumerism, money laundering, small town, public relations, ethical dilemma, workplace, conspiracy, extortion, money, religion, church, television, witch doctor ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, satirical, parody and independent film films with plots about satire, greed, moral ambiguity, corruption, urban, ambition and social commentary mostly in Comedy and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Pray TV: Burning Down the House (2001), Reboot Camp (2020), Filthy Rich Filthy Uncle Phil (2010), The Alarmist (1997), In God We Tru$t (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Duration: 97 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
turkey
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Country: Romania
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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