Movies like Machan

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Machan (2008)
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Machan (2008)
Original name: මචන්
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Sri Lanka, Italy, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Two friends, Manoj (Gihan De Chickera), a bartender, and Stanley (Dharmapriya Dias), a fruit vendor, wish to immigrate to the West to seek their fortune, but have difficulties getting their visa applications approved. They come across an application to a handball tournament in Bavaria, and not even knowing what the game is, they submit themselves and a group of friends as the "Sri Lanka National Handball Team". For appearance's sake, they begin minimal training and then seek travel visas from the German Embassy. Their plans to simply escape into the West upon arrival in Germany are thwarted by the quick appearance of the tournament organizers and an arena of fans eager to see the prowess of the Sri Lanka National Handball Team.
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sinhala
Plot: handball, friendship, ambition, starting over, misfit, life is a bitch, best friend, society, working class, petty criminal, buddies, dishonesty, hopes, cons and scams, job seeking, sport team, underdog, physical appearance, immigration, friends, family relations, down on your luck, siblings relations, immigrant, group ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: sri lanka, asia, europe
Keyword: sport

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about friends, hopes, ambition, contests and competitions, family relations, friendship and buddies mostly in Comedy, Drama and Sport genres. Some movies like Machan: The Swimsuit Issue (2008), Save Your Legs! (2012), A Matter of Size (2009), The Dream Team (2012), Shooting for Socrates (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Swimsuit Issue (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
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Save Your Legs! (2012)
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Duration: 92 min.
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A Matter of Size (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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