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The Motive (2017)
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Original name: El autor
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Álvaro is a poor man obsessed with the idea of writing 'high literature'. He starts provoking conflicts to write about them.
Style:
serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, novela, surprise ending, tragicomedy, crying, dark comedy, twist ending
Plot:
aspiring writer, neighbor, writers, adultery, lie, ambition, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, rivalry, fired from the job, employer employee relationship, chess, lonely man, voyeur, teacher student relationship, twists and turns, mission, dog, prison, lawyer, fight, success, dark humor, loneliness, cheating wife ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out crying, dark comedy, humorous and realistic films with plots about photograph, bare chested male, cigarette smoking, barefoot woman, barefoot male, telephone call and death mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like The Motive: Under the Tree (2017), Cop or Hood (1979), Five (2016), What a Man Wants (2018), Something for Everyone (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Poland, Denmark, Germany, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Baldwin and Inga's next door neighbours complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, tree, revenge, sex scene, marital separation, mental disorder, chainsaw, dysfunctional family, unhappy marriage, adultery, husband wife conflict, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
corruption, organized crime, police, assassination, violence, undercover cop, police brutality, attempted murder, murder investigation, chase, police operation, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
south of france, europe, france, nice france, cote d'azur ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends at an apartment, ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills - only to get caught up in the dangerous world of drugs.
Style:
satirical, psychological, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
drug traffic, friendship, drug dealer, drug, criminal, neighbor neighbor relationship, group of friends, social problems, roommate, satire, drug dealing, flatmate ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Tormented by his first sexual stirrings, the teenager Isao dreams every night of his gym teacher Ikuko. He finally opens her heart but she rejects his advances. Frustrated, Isao invents all sorts of stratagies to disgust Ikuko´s fiance, a professor ...
Style:
erotic, sex comedy, tragicomedy, raunchy comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
dreaming, obsessed fan, eavesdropping, sadism, manipulative behavior, sexual frustration, group of friends, caught cheating, school, teenage boy, erotica, sexual attraction ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two couples' windy comedy movie that is more dangerous than typhoons in Jeju Islands.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, disturbing, crying ...
Plot:
marital crisis, family relations, depressed man, learning the truth, relationships, satire, asian, photography, striptease, bare chested male, car crash, trauma ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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69%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An opportunistic young man working as a servant to a European countess uses his sexual talents to better his station in life.
Style:
independent film, clever, dark comedy, black comedy, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, murder, corruption, greed, revenge, hotel, serial killer, inn, rural setting, older woman younger man relationship, social climbing ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two, 70s
Place:
austria, europe, central europe, prussia, bavaria ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
There's nothing wrong with the Marshetta family that a little felony can't cure. Rupert doesn't want to follow in his father's blue-collar footsteps, so he and his quirky friend kidnap his father for ransom, only nobody wants him ...
Style:
retro, independent film, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
kidnapping, older woman younger man relationship, kidnapper, age-gap relationship, motorcycle, mine, family relations, dysfunctional family, missing person, buddies, youth, family problems ...
Time:
80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Benito González is a flamboyant engineer in Melilla, with a brash and pushy personality. His dream is to build the tallest building ever in the region. After his girlfriend leaves him, he devotes himself entirely to his ambitions, deciding to let ...
Style:
sexy, sensual, sexual, light, ironic ...
Plot:
oral sex, infidelity, sex scene, voyeurism, orgy, true love, outdoor sex, coitus, unhappy marriage, sexual attraction, desire, sex ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, north africa, miami
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Leyre lives a quiet and comfortable life which ends abruptly when an act of rage of her teenage son leads her to protect him by any means necessary.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, dark comedy ...
Plot:
teenager, police brutality, murder, business, family relations, mother, cover up, corruption, lawyer, police, money, love ...
Place:
basque country, spain
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, cynical, black comedy, horror comedy ...
Plot:
dark humor, manipulation, extramarital affair, violent, friendship, greed, adultery, gambling, cocaine, bet, life turned upside down, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, california
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A brain doctor (Anthony Perkins) with an unfaithful wife (Jill Ireland) brings home an amnesiac (Charles Bronson) and gets him to commit murder.
Style:
neo noir, slasher, intense, dramatic, tense ...
Plot:
amnesia, affair, illicit affair, vengeance, infidelity, flashback, mental patient, amnesiac, adultery, extramarital affair, doctor, private investigation ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Apartment concierge Cesar is a miserable person who believes he was born without the ability to be happy. As a result, he decides his mission is to make life hell for everyone around him. A majority of the tenants are easy to agitate, but Clara ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stalking, home invasion, obsession, domestic disturbance, psycho, apartment building, caretaker, maniac, loner, woman in danger, voyeurism, concierge ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
barcelona, spain, iberian peninsula, europe
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman in this black comedy from Spain.
Style:
sexy, humorous, dark comedy, surreal, black comedy ...
Plot:
murder, satire, perfect crime, store, shopping, rivalry, character study, salesman, dangerous attraction, dysfunctional family, couples, blackmail ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
madrid, europe, spain
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding for opening a restaurant.
Style:
black comedy, cult classic, surreal, funny, dark ...
Plot:
cannibalism, female nudity, sex toy, sex, bdsm, swinger, murder, dominatrix, sexual assault, naked in public, horniness, food ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Overwhelmed by a world he can no longer control, a quarrelsome worker in his fifties tries to preserve the integrity of his neighbourhood...
Style:
ambiguous ending, light, touching, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, group of friends, gay slur, father son relationship, murder, mayor, suicide, loss of father, dark humor, friendship between men, mentor, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
prague, central europe
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Set in 1984, Hans Pettersson (Hasse P.) decides to create the largest sandwich cake ever made in order to put his home town, Köping, on the map.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, humorous, captivating, crying ...
Plot:
party, father son relationship, wedding, rivalry, husband wife relationship, kama sutra, anti conformist, rich woman, young boy, narration, public nudity, conformity ...
Time:
80s, year 2009, year 1985
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With her frumpy hair, blushing face, and awkward mannerisms, Yang Mi Sook has spent her entire life being unnoticed. Nicknamed Miss Carrot, she diligently teaches Russian to high school students who don?t listen, and ceaselessly pines after ...
Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, humorous, sex comedy ...
Plot:
school teacher, love affair, school, female teacher, unrequited love, teacher, coworker, relationship problems, social satire, workplace situations, workplace, male female relationship ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2008, 90s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ferdinand, a young photographer, meets Claire, a supposed cover girl, in a cafe. Although he is instantly attracted towards her, Ferdinand soon learns that she is a professional thief, working for a thug named Brady.
Style:
romantic comedy, neo noir, crying, detective, freeze frame ...
Plot:
female thief, ambitious man, police investigator, lack of privacy, seductive woman, new job, lifestyle change, female murderer, cabaret singer, roommate roommate relationship, pickpocket, casting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, year 1968, 60s
Place:
europe, paris france
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This is not just a game. It is an escape from everyday life, an escape which is impossible to give up. Loaded Eels is a black comedy about a group of men who decided to escape from their everyday lives through role-playing. They pretend to be ...
Style:
crying, dark comedy
Plot:
coworker relationship, caught having sex, masked man, homophobic slur, dark humor, kidnapping, bee, beekeeper, teamwork, musician, pregnancy, man in a wheelchair ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An elderly woman decides to act on her own with a rifle as she gets fed up with injustice.
Style:
tragicomedy, allegory, psychotronic, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
businessman, mobster, cycling, vigilante justice, immigrant, woods, murderer, rural setting, sex, old man, hairy chested man, single parent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
central europe, europe
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
It tells the story of two young friends who must find a way for the president of the company in which they work (and father of one of them) safe return home, and that is enclosed strange circumstances naked in the trunk of his car.
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, dark comedy ...
Plot:
comedy of errors, mistaken identity, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, disorder, dark humor, buddies, friends, profanity, kidnapping, truth, love story ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany, Austria, Monaco
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After being released from a mental hospital, Otto returns to his old job as a butcher. He tries to adjust to his new life, but after a bitter argument with his wife, he accidentally kills her. Fearing he will be sent back to the hospital, he grinds ...
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, grindhouse, scary, serious ...
Plot:
cannibalism, serial killer, butcher, human flesh, macabre, maniac, murderer, mental patient, psychopath, dark humor, mental institution, murder ...
Time:
70s, 1930s
Place:
austria, europe, central europe, vienna
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, exciting, witty, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, death, mystery killer, murder, mansion, murder investigation, eccentric family, large family, private detective, suspect ...
Time:
year 2019, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
north america, usa, new england, massachusetts, seattle
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police ...
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, detective, slasher, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
vigilante, killer, male nudity, serial rape, murder, murder of a nude woman, serial killer, revenge, sex maniac, caught having sex, red light district, arrogant woman ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 70s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, enigmatic, cynical, art house ...
Plot:
murder, rape, racism, class differences, master and servant, frigidity, eccentric family, child murder, obsession, moral ambiguity, secrets, marriage ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
france, europe, normandy, paris france
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Anders and Puk move into their dream house which is still in a state of refurbishment. To be able to afford the expense, they decide to rent the basement out to family therapist Ulrik. Very soon, Ulrik has put their marriage to a severe test.
Style:
low brow humor, freeze frame, neurotic, f word
Plot:
bare chested male, lack of privacy, singer, unfaithful husband, fat man, unfaithfulness, best friend, old woman, woman dressed as man, hysterical outburst, buying a house, construction worker ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
History of a famous Brazilian bandit of the early seventies and his fight against a death squad.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, female pubic hair, sadistic cruelty, male nudity, alienation, mobster, legal, bank robbery, nudity, fugitive, dirty cop, violent content ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, south america
Similarity:
63%
114
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Elliott was a loser who robbed the bank only to land in jail. In prison, he encounters homosexuality as every inmate wants to turn Elliott into a mate!
Style:
crying, poliziottesco, independent film, lgbt cinema, gay cinema
Plot:
rape, prison rape, prison, first gay sexual experience, vigilante justice, vigilante, homophobic slur, prison fight, gay stereotype, immolation, sadist, burned alive ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Unable to face his new reality in a wheelchair, Ángel develops a deadly obsession with the woman who left him and unleashes a sinister revenge plot.
Style:
suspense, emotional, tense, intense, hispanic ...
Plot:
violence against women, jealous man, trauma, marriage proposal, paraplegic, stalking, hidden identity, physical abuse, obsession, murder, jealousy, macabre ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Mrs. Zahrádková has a plan to convince the other co-owners of the flats to finally save the house in which they live together and which is in emergency condition.
Style:
crying, dark comedy, allegory, weird
Plot:
sex slave, husband wife relationship, racist, boy, husband wife conflict, man with glasses, death, strong female character, gay slur, manipulation, telephone call, ambulance ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
62%
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