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The History of Future Folk (2012)
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The History of Future Folk (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An alien intending to claim Earth for his people before their homeworld is destroyed by a comet decides not to eliminate humanity when he hears their music. Instead, he lives among them until another alien is sent to find and kill him.
Style: feel good, humorous, not serious, tense, light, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, offbeat, independent film
Plot: alien encounter, rescue, save the world, fish out of water, heroes, parents and children, danger, dishonesty, eccentric family, benign alien, trippy, space, music, friends, music band, folklore, lifestyle, hidden identity, partner, disorder, musician's life, silly humor, change of heart, odd couple, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, new york
Keyword: partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, offbeat and not serious films with plots about disorder, silly humor, space and aliens, alien, artists and showbiz, danger and fish out of water mostly in Comedy, Sci-Fi and Music genres. Some movies like The History of Future Folk: Rock Jocks (2012), Garfunkel and Oates (2014), Morons from Outer Space (1985), Tapeheads (1988), Fatal (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Rock Jocks (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Imagine asteroids so large that they can wipe out all life on the planet constantly bombarding the Earth. The only things standing in the way are the Rock Jocks, a top-secret band of government employees, who pilot asteroid-killing satellites. The ...
Style: exciting, humorous, semi serious, feel good, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: save the world, silly humor, danger, government agency, satellite, heroic mission, government facility, weapon system, collision, benign alien, toilet humor, punched in the face ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Garfunkel and Oates (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Garfunkel and Oates stars Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci as both themselves and their musical comedy alter-egos, "Garfunkel and Oates," following the pair as they try to expand the reaches of their meager celebrity. Well-known on the ...
Style: humorous, not serious, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, music band, musician's life, music, friends, folklore, comedian, women, rivalry, society, housemates, girl power ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Subversive humor and childlike wonder based on both Reubens' original stage show, "The Pee-wee Herman Show," and the Emmy-winning Saturday morning TV show, "Pee-wee's Playhouse."
Style: humorous, feel good, slapstick, independent film, not serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: disorder, friends, music, artists and showbiz, goofy hero, theater, silly humor, surrealism, dancing, dance, satire, show tunes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Morons from Outer Space (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian. During a particularly tedious period of their stay at the station, the other three begin playing with ...
Style: cult classic, humorous, spoof, mysterious, semi serious ...
Plot: alien, space, ufo, invasion, british army, partner, deadly creature, space and aliens, journalism, save the world, rescue, benign alien ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: england, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Tapeheads (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the in's and out's of the business in LA and with some ...
Style: humorous, satirical, light, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, blackmail, disorder, music band, ambition, showbiz, artists and showbiz, buddies, media, partner, rock and roll, punk ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Fatal (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fatal... c'est Fatal Bazooka, un rappeur bling-bling et hardcore. En fait, un personnage de sketch créé par Michaël Youn dans son show-télé "Morning Live", puis développé dans l'album "T'as vu" vendu à plus ...
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, captivating, realistic
Plot: lifestyle, musician's life, hidden identity, silly humor, disorder, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, physical appearance, musician, amusement park, hip hop
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Drones (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Brian Dilks is an Office Drone. He spends his days at OmniLink in comforting monotony: facilitating the movement of product around the country, faxing, copying, joking with his best friend, Clark, and harmlessly flirting with fellow cubicle-mate, ...
Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, independent film ...
Plot: alien disguised as human, alien invasion, danger, space and aliens, imaginary, friends, disorder, workplace, secret identity, buddies, love and romance, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Illegal Aliens (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Three aliens morph into super-hot babes and arrive to protect the earth from the intergalactic forces of evil. Guided by Syntax, their holographic mentor, these Illegal Aliens are willing to use every trick in the book and every sexy outfit in their ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, sex comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space and aliens, save the world, benign alien, alien encounter, time travel, disorder, androids and robots, heroes, danger, imaginary, deadly creature, misfit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Spaced Out (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The planet earth is in peril of impending doom, and maniacal destructive forces from outer space are closely at hand! Twisted, demented alien terrorists are single-handedly about to reap horrific havoc on earth and threaten life itself. Meanwhile, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: reporter, media, journalism, chaos and mayhem, captivity, abduction, disorder, save the planet, danger, heroes, space and aliens, benign alien ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Marvin Marvin (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Marvin Marvin is an American science fiction slapstick comedy television series that aired from November 24, 2012 to April 27, 2013. The series was set to premiere on Nickelodeon in 2013, but was pushed forward to November 24, 2012. It stars Lucas ...
Style: not serious, humorous, sitcom, feel good, teen comedy
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: alien, fish out of water, hidden identity, alien encounter, lifestyle, siblings relations, teenage life, family life, social relations, friends, teenager, high school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Recently dumped by his girlfriend, underachiever Alex (O'Nan) embarks on an impromptu road trip with his new bandmate, the eccentric Jim (Michael Weston). By channeling their inner children and giving a new meaning to the term ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot: musician's life, partner, self discovery, direction and purpose, introspection, odd couple, folklore, down on your luck, cross country, music, unsuccessful, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Evil Alien Conquerors (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Inept beings from the planet Kabijj land on Earth and attempt to behead all of its beings and take over the planet
Style: not serious, humorous, funny, entertaining, slapstick
Audience: teens
Plot: alien, space and aliens, escapades, rivalry, danger, race against time, disorder, evil alien, sword, invasion, satire, space ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Marci X (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens
Plot: hip hop, interracial relations, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, opposites attract, love and romance, disorder, family relations, music, media, fish out of water ...
Time: year 2003
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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 58K
Coneheads (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, absurd, not serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, adult
Plot: fish out of water, alien, space, humanity, satire, benign alien, space and aliens, parents and children, family life, dysfunctional family, transformation, childhood ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, future, year 1993
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Rhinestone (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she recruits a cab-driver as a country singer. He's scheduled to sing at a big-time NYC ...
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, semi serious, inspirational ...
Plot: fish out of water, music business, happy ending, against the odds, odd couple, teaching the ways of the world, nightclub, musician's life, artists and showbiz, love and romance, taxi, music ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Electric Apricot (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered around the band, Electric Apricot, in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap"
Style: realistic, cynical, humorous, mockumentary, semi serious ...
Plot: partner, music band, performer's life, lifestyle, music, friends, disorder, filmmaking, on the road, rock, artists and showbiz, musician's life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Good Intentions (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Meet Etta Milford. Loving Wife. Doting Mother. Armed Robber. Etta's husband constantly blows their money on make-shift inventions. When she decides to secretly take "investment" matters into her own hands - things quickly go awry! ...
Style: not serious, feel good, uplifting, realistic, indie film ...
Plot: couple relations, crime gone awry, couples, small town, hidden identity, family life, lifestyle, disorder, parents and children, small town life, eccentric family, strong female presence ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Country Bears (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: For Beary Barrington, The Country Bears' young #1 fan, fitting in with his all-too-human family is proving im-paws-ible. When he runs away to find Country Bear Hall and his heroes, he discovers the venue that made them famous is near ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, feel good, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: bear, music, fish out of water, friendship, music band, rescue, musician's life, save the day, self discovery, pirate, teenage girl, animal ...
Time: year 2002
Place: usa, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Hail Caesar (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Caesar is having a hard time dividing his time between his band and his rich girlfriend, Buffer. Buffer's dad doesn't like Ceasar for her. He called in Caesar to make a bet. If Caesar gets to make a hundred thousand dollars within six ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, independent film ...
Plot: factory, artists and showbiz, ambition, hidden identity, musician's life, down on your luck, buddies, nothing goes right, boss, rock star, record company, brat pack ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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A Mighty Wind (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In "A Mighty Wind", director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who inspired by the death of their former manager, ...
Style: mockumentary, humorous, funny, talky, stylized ...
Plot: music, satire, musician, folk singer, singer, love and romance, music band, showbiz, musician's life, buddies, lifestyle, lovers reunited ...
Time: 2000s, 60s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Neighbors (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: When the Weavers move to a gated community in New Jersey, they discover that the entire neighborhood is comprised of aliens from the planet Zabvron. But as the Weavers and the aliens face the struggles of everyday life together, they discover that ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: fish out of water, benign alien, space and aliens, family relations, parents and children, couples, family life, eccentric family, social relations, disorder, suburban life, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Adventures of Serial Buddies (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Gregory is a devout Catholic who wants to kill evil people in order to grant them safe passage to heaven, Gary is an assembly worker at a trophy shop who wants to kill potential trophy winners, Graham is Gary's intern who will do anything to ...
Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, captivating, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: on the road, silly humor, disorder, misfit partners, escapades, friends, buddies, journey, sorority, fraternity, catholic, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Farm Girl in New York (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Sam and Matt flee their small mid-western town for New York City, where hot girls roam the streets! After months of trying to pick up ladies and failing miserably, they come up with the idea to hold a fake audition to meet chicks. Hilarity ensues ...
Style: humorous, light, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: audition, fall in love, friends, fish out of water, looking for sex, cons and scams, artists and showbiz, broadway, looking for love, inspiration, big city, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A small town infestation of crawling alien foreheads that begin attaching to people and taking them over collides with a scientist's experiments to extract foreheadazine and things go horribly horribly wrong.
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, humorous, creepy ...
Plot: space and aliens, mad scientist, supernatural, save the planet, alien encounter, escapades, danger, heroes, rivalry, disorder, killer, creature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young daughter. Before long, Celeste finds ...
Style: feel good, light, humorous, parody, funny ...
Audience: family outing, kids, date night
Plot: alien, fish out of water, space and aliens, female alien, benign alien, alien disguised as human, transformation, friendship, porn actress, scientist, sexual humor, eccentricity ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Down and Out with the Dolls (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The raunchy, spunky tale of the rise and fall of an all-girl rock band from Portland, Oregon.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, suspense ...
Plot: rock, rise and fall, punk, partner, best friend, music, rivalry, artists and showbiz, music band, friendship, ambition, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oregon, usa, seattle, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Beautiful alien Amazonian women plan to conquer the world using an army of vegetable monsters. Dim-witted privates Philbrick and Penn bumble into a cave in search of atomic activity but collide instead with fierce carrot-topped tree mutants and ...
Style: retro, suspense, independent film, slapstick, semi serious ...
Plot: alien, 666, killer animal, ufo, creature feature, occult, soldier, outer space, silly humor, disorder, spacecraft, battles ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
2001: A Space Travesty (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Leslie Nielsen once again plays a bumbling detective in the vein of the 'Naked Gun' movies, but this time as Marshall Richard 'Dick' Dix. When odd reports are received through official channels stating that the President of the ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: usa president, space and aliens, space travel, daring rescue, save the world, zero gravity, save the day, benign alien, race against time, danger, chases and races, escapades ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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G.O.R.A. (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Turkey
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A slick young Turk kidnapped by extraterrestrials shows his great « humanitarian spirit » by outwitting the evil commander-in-chief of the planet of G.O.R.A.
Style: parody, not serious, humorous, stylized, cult classic ...
Plot: space travel, fish out of water, abduction, distant planet, alien encounter, disorder, princess, danger, save the world, escapades, rivalry, imaginary ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Jay and Silent Bob Get Irish: The Swearing o' The Green! (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: You may see one show, but you haven't senn them all! Following on from the amazingly successful JAY AND SILENT BOB TEA BAGGING IN THE UK, Fast-talking, foul mouthed Jay and his "hetero life partner' Silent Bob return with their second ...
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, talky, realistic ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, buddies, partner, filmmaking, friendship, friends, odd couple, misfit partners, stoner, stand up comedy, profanity, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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