Movies and TV shows like Going Postal
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Going Postal (2010)
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story:
Moist von Lipwig is a con-man with a particular talent-- he is utterly unremarkable. When his execution is stayed in Terry Pratchett's remarkable Discworld, he must work off his debt to society as the land's head Postman. Things are not always as they seem, and soon Lipwig is delivering mail for his very life!
Style:
humorous, light, colourful, atmospheric, captivating, witty, funny, clever, dark, dramatic ...
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, postman, steampunk, adaptation, letter, intrigue, love and romance, rivalry, disorder, execution, workplace, dishonesty, cheerleader, businessman, fall in love, nothing goes right, staff, corporate world, cons and scams, workplace situations, vengeance, con artists, redemption, fired from the job, extortion ...
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Most similar movies to Going Postal
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, light, visually appealing and stylized films and TV series with plots about fantasy world, destiny, storytelling, dialogue, mentor, catastrophe and adaptation mostly in Fantasy, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Going Postal: The Colour of Magic (2008), Neverwhere (1996), Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015), Stardust (2007), The 10th Kingdom (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 191 min.
TV show
Story:
As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. Unknown to them, their journey & fate ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, light, funny, enigmatic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, magic, heroes, heroic mission, wizards, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, tourist, alternate dimension, dragon, unlikely hero, rivalry ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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Story:
Richard Mayhew leads an ordinary life in London when one day a girl named Door falls, injured, across his path. The next thing he knows, his life is gone and he's pulled into the fantastical world of London Below. Pursued by the murderous ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, stylized, offbeat, urban fantasy
Plot:
angel, imaginary kingdom, fallen angel, escapades, good versus evil, supernatural, rivalry, heroes, dark humor, selfish woman, henchman, damsel in distress ...
Place:
london, europe, england
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100%
Genre: Fantasy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
With magic long since lost to England, two men are destined to bring it back; the reclusive Mr. Norrell and daring novice Jonathan Strange. So begins a dangerous battle between two great minds.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, stylized, bleak, enigmatic ...
Plot:
wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, magician, elf, magic, odd couple, reluctant partners, teacher student relationship, supernatural, escapades, state affairs ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s, georgian era, 18th century
Place:
england, europe, yorkshire, london
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, feel good, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, kids, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
witch, magic, true love, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, fall in love, magical, pirate, chase, sword fight, fantasy world, supernatural ...
Time:
19th century, future, 50s, victorian era, 1850s ...
Place:
england, europe
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 417 min.
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Story:
Two centuries after Snow White and Cinderella had their adventures, the Nine Kingdoms ready themselves for the coronation of Prince Wendel, Snow White's grandson, to the throne of the Fourth Kingdom. But an evil once-queen has freed herself ...
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, feel good, scenic, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
magical, good versus evil, magic, friendship, fairy, beautiful scenery, journey, imaginary kingdom, fantasy world, supernatural, supernatural ability, alternate reality ...
Place:
usa, virginia, new york
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Movies like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
It's the night before Hogswatch, usually a time of joy on Discworld, but there are suspicious going-on and the criminal underworld is abuzz. The beloved Hogfather - the jolly bearer of glee and pork-related gifts for children everywhere - has ...
Style:
dark fantasy, humorous, dark, semi serious, enigmatic ...
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, fantasy world, death, children, magic, holiday, heroic mission, disguise, escapades, boar, disappearance, supernatural ...
Time:
future, 19th century
Place:
california
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100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Amanda, an ardent Jane Austen fan, lives in present day London with her boyfriend Michael, until she finds she's swapped places with Austen's fictional creation Elizabeth Bennett.
Style:
light, colourful, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
time travel, prejudice, fall in love, eligible bachelor, romanticism, parallel world, twists and turns, family relations, parents and children, initially antagonists, verbal byplay, traditional versus modern ...
Time:
regency period, 19th century, 2000s, georgian era, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, britain
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Out of pure coincidence, Onur and Lale meet at the same place due to a blind date that is arranged by their mothers.And during the next morning they find themselves in the same bed
Style:
captivating, sincere, light, melancholic, touching
Audience:
chick flick, family outing
Plot:
love and romance, disorder, love, male female relationship, fall in love, betrayal, family relations, dishonesty, youth, parents and children, couples, mother daughter relationship ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Salesman Roy Knable spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his wife, Helen. One day, TV salesman Spike convinces Roy to buy a satellite dish offering 666 channels. The new addition to Roy's home entertainment ...
Style:
humorous, parody, satirical, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
tv show, satire, television, adaptation, obsession, reality, survival, couple relations, suspense, crumbling marriage, media satire, hostage ...
Time:
80s, 90s
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.
Style:
surreal, dark fantasy, stylized, absurd, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, deal with the devil, surrealism, mysterious character, magic, imagination, transformation, destiny, steampunk, insanity, immortality, eccentricity ...
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Alice in Wonderland similar movies
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Shakespeare's comedy about two couples in love with the wrong partners, and how they are finally brought together rightly, thanks in part to the bungling work of Puck. It is completely in the language of the Bard, with Pfeiffer as the Fairy ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, atmospheric, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
magic, shakespeare, love story, mistaken identity, love, friendship, fairy, adaptation, farce, curses spells and rituals, fall in love, young lovers ...
Time:
19th century, 1930s, 18th century, victorian era
Place:
england
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. ...
Style:
humorous, light, talky, exciting, surreal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sword and sorcery, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, heroes, satire, curses spells and rituals, monster, good versus evil, goofy hero, sword, beast, irreverent ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
england
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20%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The German film director Werner Herzog sets out to the Scottish Highlands to make a documentary, "Enigma of Loch Ness", exploding the myth of the Loch Ness Monster. Meanwhile, another documentary film crew is making a film about Werner ...
Style:
humorous, enigmatic, intense, satirical, absurd ...
Plot:
legends and myths, monster, beautiful scenery, mysterious place, obsessive quest, disorder, nothing goes right, filmmaking, suspense, internet, culture clash, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, europe, scotland
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
Style:
fairy tale, visually appealing, dark, epic, mind blowing ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
surrealism, fantasy world, childhood, magic, satire, trippy, twists and turns, dragon, siege, horse, dream, legends and myths ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
ancient greece, europe, constantinople, vienna, turkey ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A detective specializing in missing children is on a madcap mission to save a youth with mystical powers who's been abducted by an evil cult. He battles a band of super-nasties, scrambles through a booby-trapped chamber of horrors and traverses ...
Style:
light, humorous, entertaining, not serious, campy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
good versus evil, kidnapping, culture clash, heroes, supernatural, children, chosen one, rescue, demon, social worker, self sacrifice, unlikely hero ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, nepal, california, tibet
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Films like The Untamed
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
Emma Woodhouse seems to be perfectly content, a loving father whom she cares for, friends, and a home. But Emma has a terrible habit - matchmaking. She cannot resist finding suitors for her friends, most of all Harriet Smith. Emma is desperate for ...
Style:
witty, feel good, sweet, light, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
aristocracy, love and romance, love, female protagonist, looking for love, marriage, fall in love, friendship, love triangle, opposites attract, couples, lovers ...
Time:
19th century, regency period, 1920s, 1930s, 18th century ...
Place:
england, london
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18%
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.
Style:
surreal, stylized, funny, parody, humorous ...
Plot:
viking, medieval, satire, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, time, alternate reality, immortality, parallel universe, monty python, life & death, sexualized violence ...
Time:
9th century, 10th century, 11th century, middle ages, 8th century
Place:
norway, australia, england, fictional island
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement ...
Style:
talky, feel good, humorous, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
farce, orphan, writers, transformation, distopia, beautiful scenery, dark humor, culture clash, destiny, catastrophe, brutality, british ...
Time:
1930s, 19th century, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe
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18%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
In a land dominated by the mighty Wen clan, a young man named Wei Wuxian strikes up an unconventional friendship with justice-loving Lan Wangji. When the duo unexpectedly stumbles across evidence implicating the Wen clan’s chief in a plot to bring ...
Style:
yaoi, captivating, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, xianxia ...
Plot:
homosexual subtext, chinese, heroes, exorcist, martial artist, young man, talent, magical power, past, coping, reincarnation, fantasy world ...
Place:
ancient china, china
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
TV show
Story:
American businessman Jack Woods rents a cottage on the enchanted Emerald Isle which is occupied by a family of leprechauns. Leprechaun Seamus Muldoon's son and son's friends crash the fairies' costume ball and Muldoon's son falls ...
Style:
stylized, feel good, semi serious, captivating, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, pre-teens
Plot:
fairy, imaginary kingdom, legends and myths, good versus evil, true love, star crossed lovers, gnome, ancient mystery, supernatural ability, love and romance, couples, friendship ...
Place:
ireland, europe, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Stardust similar movies
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a ...
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, fairy tale, dark, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
orphan, children, death in the family, steampunk, child in peril, happy ending, young heroes, child, siblings relations, dishonesty, destiny, loss of mother ...
Time:
1940s, victorian era
Place:
peru
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18%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the Terry Pratchett novel. On Discworld, in a small country called Lancre, three witches find themselves dragged into royal politics.
Style:
anime
Plot:
witch, sword and sorcery, pagan, witchcraft, king, baby, ghost, death, murder, time travel, magic, grim reaper ...
Time:
future
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday he has just one wish - that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his ...
Style:
funny, light, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
lawyer, father son relationship, liar, lie, court, change of heart, divorce, courtroom, ex husband ex wife relationship, truth, dysfunctional family, farce ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, boston, usa, los angeles
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story:
The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to Camelot, a kingdom now vulnerable to ill fates and war since the theft of the Holy Grail, its greatest gift and protection. With the help of Jack, an irascible young beggar-thief imbued with his own unruly ...
Style:
atmospheric, semi serious, humorous, exciting, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
wizards and magicians, magic, holy grail, camelot, arthurian legend, curses spells and rituals, apprentice, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, heroes, supernatural ability, adventurer ...
Time:
middle ages
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell.
Emma Swan is a 28-year-old bail bonds collector ...
Style:
fairy tale, stylized, sentimental, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, adult
Plot:
magic, fantasy world, power of love, true love, hopes, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, magical, prince, fairy, curses spells and rituals, princess ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
maine, seattle, usa, new england, fictional island
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100%
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Films like Once Upon a Time
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A sleazy politician sends an agent (Russell Crowe) after his ex-fiancee (Bridget Fonda), who fled to Mexico with incriminating film of him.
Style:
surreal, touching, intense, melancholic, semi serious ...
Plot:
magic, rivalry, on the run, justice, supernatural, love and romance, good versus evil, realism, disorder, destiny, love, love story ...
Time:
50s
Place:
mexico, latin america
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17%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, visually appealing, stylized, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
farce, twists and turns, love triangle, nude, weapons, brutality, sexualized violence, fantasy world, justice, unlikely friendships, love story, chase ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london
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17%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.
Style:
surreal, experimental, psychedelic, parody, non-linear ...
Plot:
satire, doppelganger, surrealism, nudist camp, dentist, existentialism, absurdism, workplace, exterminator, infidelity, philosophy, assassination ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rhode island, new mexico, costa rica
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17%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 182 min.
TV show
Story:
The legendary wizard tells his story of his war against Queen Mab of the Sidhe and his creation of Camelot.
Style:
fairy tale, epic, exciting, atmospheric, light ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
king arthur, wizards and magicians, witch, magic, knight, good versus evil, wizards, dragon, betrayal, supernatural, medieval, sorcerer ...
Time:
middle ages, 5th century
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Style:
satirical, light, talky, enigmatic, ironic ...
Plot:
advertising, workplace, nervous breakdown, satire, creativity, advertising agency, obsession, mental illness, introspection, cult, anxiety, psychiatrist ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, russia, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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