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A Wonderful World (2006)
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Original name: Un mundo maravilloso
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
Style:
humorous, captivating, social, disturbing, dark comedy, fairy tale, realistic, semi serious, biting, neorealism ...
Plot:
satire, rich and poor, society, mistaken identity, social decay, politics, political conspiracy, disorder, suicide, ambition, dark humor, sleeping, rise to the top, leadership, conquering, globalization, suburbs, liberal, ego clash, political corruption, dishonesty, state affairs, celebrity culture, immigrant, poverty ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Most similar movies to A Wonderful World
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and biting films with plots about society, satire, dishonesty, politics, state affairs, disorder and dark humor mostly in Comedy, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like A Wonderful World: Hell (2010), Herod's Law (1999), The Perfect Dictatorship (2014), The Color of the Chameleon (2012), Your Excellency (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and ...
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, humorous, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot:
drug cartel, drug dealing, politics, u.s. mexico border, organized crime, gangster, gang war, temptation, social relations, mexican drug cartel, mafia, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
mexico, south america, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him.
Style:
political, realistic, dark comedy, black comedy, biting ...
Plot:
politics, satire, corruption, social commentary, small town, political corruption, desert, dictatorship, mayor, greed, protest, leader ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
latin america, mexico, south america, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
manipulation, journalism, corrupt politician, media, political corruption, campaign, state affairs, dishonesty, blackmail, television, mafia, politics ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In Emil Christov's über-stylish spy-movie pastiche, a charismatic schemer in an authoritarian police state, fired from his job as a secret-police informant, conjures up his own imaginary spy network and builds up an archive that he turns ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, biting ...
Plot:
snitch, satire, fighting the system, politics, society, state affairs, government agency, dishonesty, cons and scams, dark humor, secret police, communism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bulgaria
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, biting, cynical, offbeat ...
Plot:
politics, satire, corruption, ideology, power struggle, true love, humanism, diplomacy, leader, ambassador, military coup, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Coco is a French comedy released in 2009 and produced by Gad Elmaleh. This is the first embodiment of the actor, adapted from a sketch in the show La Vie Normale. Coco talks about organizing a Bar Mitzvah.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, light hearted ...
Plot:
rise to the top, ambition, hopes, life turned upside down, society, redemption, disorder, self made man, bar mitzvah, jewish culture, adaptation, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Michael Caine stars as Baxter Thwaites, the laid-back Governor of the sleepy British colony of Cascara. But when American oil drillers accidentally strike a gusher of ultra-delicious mineral water, the forgotten Caribbean out-post becomes a global ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, surreal, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
island, politics, dishonesty, disorder, farce, leadership, society, destiny, fish out of water, political corruption, political satire, satire ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
caribbean, fictional island, britain, west indies, atlantic ocean
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A talentless teen will do anything to get on TV's "The Voice." Meanwhile, her father, a municipal worker, creates an uproar when a video of his rants at City Hall goes viral.
Style:
cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot:
fame, talent, delusion, dark humor, society, celebrity culture, media satire, computers and web, teenager, suburbs, art, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Known as the best satire about communism, banned for over a decade in Hungary. 'The Witness' has become a cult classic, well received by critics and general audiences when it was finally released outside of Hungary. 'The Witness' ...
Style:
black comedy, parody, cult classic, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Plot:
satire, communism, political satire, dark humor, society, corruption, priest, socialism, meat, rehabilitation, hunting, amusement park ...
Time:
year 1969, 50s, 1950s
Place:
hungary, eastern europe, budapest, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Natha a poor farmer from Peepli village in the heart of rural India is about to lose his plot of land due to an unpaid bank loan. A quick fix to the problem is the a government program that aids the families of indebted farmers who have committed ...
Style:
black comedy, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
media circus, satire, dark humor, farmer, media, society, nothing goes right, media hype, suicide attempt, poverty, corrupt politician, social injustice ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Last Stand, a drama that chronicles the life of four very different people attempting success as performers in Los Angeles until life becomes too much to handle.
Style:
humorous, realistic, tragicomedy, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, ambition, rise to the top, hollywood, showbiz, best friend, actor, rivalry, society, comedian, performer's life, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lost his job. Initially given no chance, things turn dark when Cogswell makes it into the general ...
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, political ...
Plot:
politics, ambition, satire, society, campaign, unemployment, friends, against the odds, political campaign, election campaign, campaigning, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night…
Style:
dark comedy, serious, realistic, black comedy, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, assassination, undercover, dark humor, president, political corruption, political conspiracy, state affairs, terrorism, assassination attempt, losing-it hero, intelligence agency ...
Time:
70s
Place:
south korea, seoul, korea
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jose learns that Nora, the woman he was married to for 30 years and from whom divorced, has committed suicide. The rabbi explains Joseph that due to the celebrations this time of the year, if Nora is not buried that same day, they should wait at ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, dark comedy, touching, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, clergy, rabbi, funeral, death, tradition, love, judaism, ex wife, last wish, photograph ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A satirical drama revealing the consequences of the Danish government's "New Copenhagen Criteria", a new policy aiming at securing the nation's survival. Citizens who fail to meet the criteria - those who have received more from ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, thought provoking
Plot:
against the rules, political corruption, confined, fighting the system, law enforcement, prison, captivity, dark humor, social decay, injustice, disorder, human nature ...
Time:
year 2007
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A pseudo documentary study of an archetypal German who tries to model his world according to his ideas of law and (sexual) order.
Style:
realistic, cynical, not serious, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
vigilantism, idealism, society, social decay, ambition, misfit, fighting crime, dark humor, life is a bitch, buddies, farce, losing-it hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A movie producer hatches a scheme to have an actor (Silvio Pollio) kill his fellow filmmakers.
Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, satire, actor's life, dishonesty, politics, artists and showbiz, dark humor, cons and scams, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, pirate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Mateo Melgarejo (played by Mario Moreno "Cantinflas") is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the ...
Style:
slapstick, biting, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
corruption, secretary, office, car accident, bureaucrat, car race, leadership, leader, friendship, minister, deaf, clerk ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in ...
Style:
independent film, slapstick, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
chicano, family relations, community, restaurant, money, immigrant, disorder, mistaken identity, cons and scams, down on your luck, rich and poor, social differences ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
usa, mexico, los angeles, california, latin america
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.
Style:
clever, realistic, political, talky, humorous ...
Plot:
politics, campaign, head of state, businessman, rise to the top, leadership, idealism, political unrest, political conspiracy, culture clash, rebellion, society ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the ...
Style:
political, cynical, biting, realistic, not serious ...
Plot:
satire, monty python, politics, nude girl, nudity, manipulation, disorder, rise to the top, dishonesty, state affairs, ambition, head of state ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Don Fabijan is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on the island, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar and ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, tragicomedy, suspense ...
Plot:
pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, satire, mediterranean, religions or cults, clergy, village life, social relations, disorder, dishonesty, society, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, croatia
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
unlikely criminals, murderous pair, satire, society, vigilantism, social decay, life is a bitch, disorder, escapades, nothing to lose, partner, hopes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Good Morning President is an abridged version of the politics and life of three different presidents. The three are: the older President Kim Jung-ho at the end of his term, the young President Cha Ji-wook, a skillful manipulator of foreign policy ...
Style:
witty, semi serious, captivating, realistic, humorous
Plot:
politics, ambition, rise to the top, political corruption, redemption, political conspiracy, rivalry, campaign, state affairs, family relations, love and romance, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A talented but struggling actor is willing to go to any length to get a job - including "breaking a leg" - especially those of other actors!
Style:
semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, showbiz, actor's life, working undercover, blind ambition, rise to the top, escapades, moral ambiguity, obsession, deception, theater ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Balkanski špijun is a 1984 Yugoslav comedy/drama. Ilija Čvorović, a former Stalinist who spent several years in a prison on Goli otok, is contacted by the police to routinely answer questions about his tenant, Petar Markov Jakovljević, a ...
Style:
funny, dark comedy, black comedy, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
spy, communism, espionage, cold war, amateur detective, secret mission, conspiracy, cold war era, communist, badass, hitman, mental health ...
Time:
year 1984, 50s
Place:
balkan, former yugoslavia, serbia, europe, belgrade serbia ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Cuba
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A businessman gets caught up in an assassination plot when he travels to Cuba.
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, conspiracy, assassination, dishonesty, danger, murder, society, couples, road not taken, friend, business, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, havana cuba
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Comedy - The hypocrisy lurking behind politics and small-town life is revealed in this sharp, hilarious satire that finds Centerville shaking up its mayoral election by forcing the candidates to participate in an "Election Pageant." Seven ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, satire, ambition, rise to the top, transvestism, campaign, social decay, social differences, contests and competitions, society, lifestyle, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This Is Not A Test is a comedy/drama directed by Christopher Angel. The film is based around a man called Carl (Hill Harper) who's living his everyday life whilst trying to cope with his fear of terrorist nuclear attacks. However, with the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, independent film ...
Plot:
obsession, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, satire, terrorism, society, friends, buddies, urban, eccentric family, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An Italian-American actor is deported to Mexico by some crooked INS Agents, and a pack of orphans helps him find his way back to America
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
orphan, friendship, gang, immigrant, confined, small town, mistaken identity, deportation, actor, comeback, boy, border patrol ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa
Similarity:
18%
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