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Drop Dead Gorgeous (2010)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An aspiring model, Cynthia, becomes the focus of a documentary when she is chosen as the face for the world's biggest fashion designer, Claudio. Cynthia accidentally overdoses and with deadlines looming they decide to use her corpse to continue filming.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic, black comedy, mockumentary, dark comedy
Plot:
dark humor, dishonesty, cons and scams, fashion industry, death, photographer, corpse, satire, drug overdose, naked female corpse, nudity, profanity, sexual content, female nudity, blonde, model, bare breasts, photograph, fashion model, overdose, found footage, dead woman, modeling, death by overdose, fashion photographer ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and independent film films with plots about dark humor, dishonesty, satire, disorder, profanity, cons and scams and nude mostly in Comedy, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Drop Dead Gorgeous: The House of God (1981), Boppin' at the Glue Factory (2009), Getting Back to Zero (2013), Saint John of Las Vegas (2009), Stardom (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Comedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot:
medical, medicine, health, intern, dark humor, power relations, misfit, unfulfillment, doctors and patients, urban, farce, hospital ...
Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A junkie nurse rules the night shift at a convalescent hospital.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, independent film, realistic
Plot:
satire, workplace, dark humor, against the rules, dishonesty, life is a bitch, drug abuse, workplace situations, addiction, cons and scams, retirement home, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two brothers reconcile their relationship over the death of their father after they inherit his craps table and gambling debt. A dark comedy set in the world of underground casinos.
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, against the odds, nothing to lose, dark humor, family relations, ambition, race against time, dishonesty, gambling debt, casino, death of father, brothers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, road movie, offbeat ...
Plot:
gambling, self discovery, hopes, dark humor, on the road, going straight, life is a bitch, love and romance, starting over, escapades, dishonesty, promotion ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.
Style:
clever, stylized, realistic, captivating, cynical ...
Plot:
fashion, obsession, model, rise and fall, rags to riches, lifestyle, rising to stardom, rise to the top, desire for fame, showbiz, celebrity culture, fame ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, canada, europe, france, montreal ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An aging former child star tries to capture the wealth that has always eluded him by latching on to a lucky man while both have their eye on the same girl of their dreams.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
love triangle, rise and fall, rivalry, showbiz, celebrity culture, cons and scams, youth, love and romance, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, manipulation, down on your luck ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor of dubious sanity himself. The patient (Burton) offers the innocent orderly (Bridges) vast riches if he'll help him escape.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
escape, mental institution, dark humor, friends, psychopath, confined, misfit, buddies, hospital, friendship, cons and scams, mental illness ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Similarity:
47%
230
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sexy. Style-conscious. Extreme love affairs. Complicated friendships. Life happens all too quickly when Cloey is reluctantly plucked from her comfort zone and complete reliance on others is overturned – a secure relationship with her boyfriend ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
coming of age, infidelity, love triangle, youth, friends, dishonesty, twentysomething life, city life, grownups, party, apathy, hipster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, portland oregon, oregon, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, funny, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
farce, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, eccentric family, death, profanity, blackmail, husband wife relationship, african american, gay father, hallucinogenic drug, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, cult classic, captivating, light ...
Plot:
filmmaking, screenwriter, mistress, money, showbiz, hollywood, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
Style:
humorous, touching, melancholic, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
farce, single father, fashion, social differences, destiny, life philosophy, family problems, real estate, family drama, art, male nudity, friendship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Style:
sexy, sexual, black comedy, dark comedy, stylized ...
Plot:
love affair, pharmacist, drug abuse, life turned upside down, addiction, midlife crisis, sexual relations, workplace situations, infidelity, parents and children, drinking, cycling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Welcome to the monotonous, oppressive modern American byproduct of suburban sprawl: the urban strip-mall. Native to this environment and products of outdated pop culture are Rob (Mark Greenfield) and Manny (Coolio), the unsuccessful, unrefined and ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, independent film, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, murder, dishonesty, workplace, cons and scams, working class, workplace situations, dark humor, down on your luck, loser, rapper, store ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After her husband dies, Carmina keeps it a secret until a check that he had been expecting comes in.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, melancholic, exciting
Plot:
loss of husband, dishonesty, cons and scams, parents and children, dark humor, mother daughter relationship, money, funeral, female protagonist, death of husband, marijuana, working class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Wojnar is a wealthy man who is marrying off his beautiful daughter Kasia, in a small town in present day Poland. Wojnar had to bribe the groom with a fancy car, since Kasia was pregnant by another man. At the end of the ceremony, the car is ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
wedding, nothing goes right, cons and scams, gangster, disorder, dark humor, dishonesty, comedy of errors, parents and children, materialism, bribery, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two French Canadian ne’er-do-wells travel to New York City with a scheme to a get rich quick selling Christmas trees.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
christmas, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, going straight, fish out of water, reluctant partners, partner, cons and scams, disorder, misfit, odd couple, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, north america, canada
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jimmy (Matt D'Elia) finds out his best friend and roommate (Fletcher) is leaving, he sees this as a betrayal of their perfect way of life. Over the course of a night full of drinks, drugs and women, the two men engage in a classic battle ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, life turned upside down, buddies, terminal illness, male pubic hair, male nudity, naked man, profanity, disorder, nudity, sexual content, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a young accountant is devastated after discovering his inspiringly beautiful girlfriend is cheating on him, his best friend, who's engaged to a girl he doesn't love, convinces him to go on a "run" and sleep with as many ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, humorous, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
womanizer, one night stand, comedy of errors, couple relations, dishonesty, rebelliousness, redemption, addiction, sexual relations, older woman younger man relationship, infidelity, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
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310
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A black comedy about a reformed womanizer who struggles to keep his family together.
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, life turned upside down, adolescence vs adulthood, couples, family problems, disorder, parents and children, manhood, youth, dysfunctional family, dark humor, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It's always a good day for a funeral at St. Mark's Middle School. Andy and Charlie, two altar servers, don't just get to miss class anytime a parishioner kicks the bucket, they cut out early and play hooky as soon as the service is ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, altar boy, friendship between boys, youth, group of friends, teenage boy, profanity, friendship, best friend, male friendship, boy, sexual content ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find ...
Style:
independent film, satirical, disturbing, melancholic, meditative ...
Plot:
dark humor, suicide, satire, adaptation, crumbling marriage, society, self discovery, filmmaking, love and romance, couple relations, starting over, rise and fall ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
45%
103
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An idealistic, want-to-be fashionista lands the dream job with her favorite designer in New York City. Swept away by the glamorous facade of the fashion world, Grindy gets sewn within the seams of the garb underworld while climbing to success. Shot ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, satirical, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
fashion, seamstress, haute couture, empire fashion, workplace, social satire, fashion model, satire, humour, dressmaker, business, co worker co worker relationship ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This Is Not A Test is a comedy/drama directed by Christopher Angel. The film is based around a man called Carl (Hill Harper) who's living his everyday life whilst trying to cope with his fear of terrorist nuclear attacks. However, with the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, independent film ...
Plot:
obsession, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, satire, terrorism, society, friends, buddies, urban, eccentric family, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A comedy about an angry married couple, a private investigator, and a walk-in freezer.
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, cynical, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, private investigator, infidelity, male nudity, halloween, partner, private detective, frame up, murder, hunting, frozen body, love triangle ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Don Fabijan is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on the island, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar and ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, tragicomedy, suspense ...
Plot:
pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, satire, mediterranean, religions or cults, clergy, village life, social relations, disorder, dishonesty, society, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, croatia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Harry (Brian Petsos) is having a very, very bad day. He returns home from an all-night drinking binge with his cousin Cecil (Oscar Issac), to discover that his little dog Jolly...Harry's one true love and the source of light in his dark, ...
Style:
humorous, tense, captivating, psychological, road movie ...
Plot:
revenge, dark humor, partner, murderous pair, farce, murder, sociopath, violence, satire, strong violent content, disorder, violence spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An ordinary guy delves deep into counterculture, conspiracy theories and the like as he tries to discern the structure of society.
Style:
surreal, psychological, dark comedy, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, conspiracy theory, disorder, losing-it hero, stoner, friendship, wedding preparations and rituals, apocalypse, doomsday, drug use, counterculture, marijuana ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been swiped by a reporter out to bring him down.
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, cynical, romantic drama ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, infidelity, dishonesty, chase, journalism, self discovery, reporter, expose, talent agent, extortion, diary, writers ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Big Ask is a dark comedy about three couples who head to the desert to help their friend heal after the death of his mother. They would do anything for him - except for the one thing he wants.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, desert, moral dilemma, best friend, bittersweet, couples, dark humor, buddies, death of mother, young adult, couple relations, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A talentless teen will do anything to get on TV's "The Voice." Meanwhile, her father, a municipal worker, creates an uproar when a video of his rants at City Hall goes viral.
Style:
cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot:
fame, talent, delusion, dark humor, society, celebrity culture, media satire, computers and web, teenager, suburbs, art, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
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