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Sem Essa, Aranha (1970)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Banker, acting as an international front, lives dangerously among a blonde, a brunette and a dark woman, his lover.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, ironic, absurd, cynical, experimental, art house, period piece, black humor
Audience:
adult
Plot:
social satire, bourgeoisie, hypocrisy, political satire, corruption, infidelity, male protagonist, character study, love triangle, urban, female nudity, singing, slum, favela, dark humor, caricature, toilet, vomiting
Place:
brazil
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, dark comedy, black comedy and absurd films with plots about satire, corruption, urban, political satire, social satire, social commentary and farce mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Sem Essa, Aranha: The Honest Candidate (2014), Old White Man (2024), Illustration (2006), Roma bene (1971), The Perfect Candidate (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
João Ernesto Ribamar is a corrupt politician running for the presidency. He is in the runoff election, ahead on the polls, when he receives a "mandinga" (curse) from his grandmother, which makes him unable to lie. Now the problem begins: ...
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, honesty, satire, corrupt politician, election, politics, corruption, moral dilemma, social commentary, conscience, media manipulation, magic realism ...
Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
Style:
satirical, cynical, ironic, black comedy, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, satire, ambition, dark humor, clinic, greed, ethical dilemma, corruption, social satire, manipulation, character study, office politics ...
Time:
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Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In order to finally get that long-awaited promotion, Heinz Hellmich, an old white man, has to show his "wokest" side at work. When he invites his superiors to a private dinner at his home, his family's politically correct façade ...
Style:
dark comedy, satirical
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hypocrisy, satire, social satire, political satire, dinner party, office politics, irony, socially awkward, social climbing, character study, family drama, identity crisis ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An arrogant politician feeds his mail ego in meeting with a Russian call girl. At the same time his wife, a young hysterical star, picks a fight on set with a talk-show hostess who is in a loveless marriage with a yuppie manager who vents in therapy.
Style:
satirical, ironic, dark comedy
Plot:
social commentary, hypocrisy, high society, political satire, infidelity, paranoia, vanity, elitism, ego, call girl, class conflict, celebrity culture ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
69%
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267
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Nino Manfredi is a police captain, giving an onlooker's point-of-view towards the decadent society folk. Party itself features a down & out baron, who dances with the party's glamorous hostess Virna Lisi so that he can steal her ...
Style:
black comedy, ironic, cynical, dark comedy, dark ...
Plot:
corruption, high society, hypocrisy, bourgeoisie, social satire, satire, aristocracy, scandal, moral ambiguity, class conflict, urban, political satire ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
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:
2020s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Brazilian politician João Ernesto surrenders to justice and is arrested for corruption, before attempting to overturn with sincerity and real proposals.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, funny, humorous, ironic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, corruption, satire, politician, social commentary, election campaign, politics, humour, political corruption, corrupt politician, irony, government corruption ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on the homonymous work of Dias Gomes , The Well Beloved tells the story of the mayor Paraguassu Odorico, whose primary goal in his administration in the city of Sucupira is the inauguration of a cemetery. One side is supported by the sisters ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
farce, journalism, political intrigue, social relations, rivalry, politics, small town, dishonesty, media, social satire, cemetery, political satire ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
brazil
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54%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the thirties, during the Fascist Dictatorship, an insurance broker, Omero Battifiori, reaches a small country town from Rome seeking for new customers. The main authorities, expecting an incognito inspection from the Fascist Party of the capital, ...
Style:
satirical, period piece, cynical, black comedy, costume drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fascism, corruption, satire, hypocrisy, mistaken identity, political satire, farce, small town, bureaucracy, authoritarianism, dark humor, ss ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to writing for a small literary magazine. He wants to leave his former life behind, going as far as saying ...
Style:
black comedy, ironic, cynical, satirical, period piece ...
Plot:
advertising, female nudity, satire, midlife crisis, social satire, character study, identity crisis, male protagonist, career change, frustration, escape, infidelity ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, 20th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Attenti a quei P2 (Beware of those P2s) is a satirical parody of the judicial affair concerning the P2 Masonic lodge.
Style:
satirical, parody, black comedy, controversial, cynical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political corruption, satire, conspiracy, corruption, secret society, political satire, scandal, cover up, social satire, social commentary, dark humor, political intrigue ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Orlando (Juan Manuel Bernal) is a neurotic dubbing director of series B that desqui-ta of all your frustrations and anger with their coworkers. Orlando lives with Sonia (Mariana Gaja), a woman "new age" in quest for inner peace. He, in ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, ironic, humorous, satirical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sex, infidelity, loneliness, bittersweet, satire, jealousy, social commentary, midlife crisis, urban, obsession, female nudity, vulgar ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Savino La Gastra discovers his wife Celeste has a liaison with an architect: Andrea. Even if also Savino has a story with Elvira, a judge's wife, he decides anyway to ask to a mobster to kill his wife. In the mean time Celeste is organizing a ...
Style:
sex comedy, dark comedy, tension, sexy, slapstick ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
farce, hitman, infidelity, mafia, adultery, mature, organized crime, betrayal, love triangle, murder, mob boss, jealous husband ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, ironic, absurd, black humor
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, satire, corruption, bittersweet, dual role, unemployment, bureaucracy, class conflict, mafia, social realism, deputy sheriff, survival ...
Place:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s, year 1978, year 1972
Place:
madrid, catalonia, spain
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45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An anthology of sex themed stories
Style:
anthology, period piece, satirical, dark comedy, sex comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Youssef, a professional liar, falls in love with airhead waitress Andrea. Things get awry as she never wants to date a guy who keeps secrets or lies.
Style:
multicultural, romantic comedy, lighthearted, satirical, dark comedy
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A comedy directed by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg.
Style:
black comedy, dark, absurd, dark comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
raf, satire, stasi, murder mystery, multiple suspects, business tycoon, flashback, social commentary, conspiracy, corruption, moral ambiguity, whodunit ...
Time:
90s
Place:
east germany
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Colombia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a spoiled Colombian snob becomes president through money and connections, he finds staying in power takes more than he expected.
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, satire, political campaign, social commentary, rich, political unrest, politician, escapades, political candidate, rich man, politics, corrupt politician ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
colombia, latin america
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, political thriller, suspenseful, dark comedy, absurd ...
Plot:
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39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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622
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, social satire, husband wife relationship, farce, infidelity, adultery, deception, escapades, male female relationship, relationship problems, family relations, humour ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
German sex comedy
Style:
comedy drama, satirical, period piece, art house, witty ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
west germany
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at least have a good laugh.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, cynical, offbeat, absurd ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, university professor, satire, social commentary, ethical dilemma, absurd humor, scheming, poison gas, mad scientist, poison, farce, political satire ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A cab driver becomes involved in a chase for a misplaced atomic bomb.
Style:
tension, fast paced, suspenseful, road movie, action comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
atomic bomb, chase, danger, nuclear threat, cat and mouse, conspiracy, chaos, urban, corruption, mistaken identity, espionage, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace some MPs mysteriously killed precisely with Cetto and two other ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, funny, entertaining, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, corruption, prison, politics, satire, political corruption, stupidity, society, rivalry, disorder, police officer, buddies ...
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
A hip, misguided Southern California couple decide to make a difference in the lives of the homeless by giving them lollipops with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
homelessness, satire, nothing goes right, social differences, social relations, rich and poor, society, charity, social satire, social experiment, socially awkward, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The political party called LMKP, which Mahsun, Şahin and Mehmet established as a front to secretly gamble, accidentally entered the parliament. As a result, the trio find themselves in a brand new world full of opportunities. The story, which ...
Style:
situational comedy, dark comedy, cynical, sitcom, black comedy ...
Plot:
corruption, political corruption, parliament, greed, political satire, opportunism, ambition, social commentary, moral ambiguity, fraud, scam, criminal underworld ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a group of apartment neighbors is turned upside down when a 55-year-old woman named Doina moves in next door. A maniacal lawsuit enthusiast, Doina demands absolute silence in the building. Tensions rise and chaos unfolds as the ...
Style:
absurd, dark comedy, black humor
Audience:
adult
Plot:
neighbor, satire, apartment building, social satire, social commentary, absurd humor, modern life, escalation, farce, reluctant hero, domestic drama, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania
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