Movies like Magic Carpet Ride

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Magic Carpet Ride (2005)
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Magic Carpet Ride (2005)
Original name: Organize İşler
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
Style: humorous, witty, not serious, clever, offbeat, realistic, stylized
Plot: petty criminal, misfit, family problems, working class, anti hero, society, robbery, caper, turk, heroes, satire, family in crisis, secret hideout, criminal heroes, gangster, heist, car, dark humor, suicidal, young, beating, anti heroes, crime, turkish, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and witty films with plots about society, satire, family relations, family problems, disorder, misfit and friends mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Magic Carpet Ride: Vizontele (2001), All Against All (2013), Money Trap (2019), Frownland (2007), The Talent Given Us (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Vizontele (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story takes place in a small town (called Hakkari) in Turkey at the beginning of the 70's. The time has come to bring technology into that small town. The first Television (or called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, profound ...
Plot: family relations, culture clash, television, traditional versus modern, lifestyle, society, social relations, life changing experience, mayor, turk, kurd, advice ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1974
Place: turkey, cyprus, middle east
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95%
All Against All (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Style: realistic, sincere, semi serious, humorous, biting
Plot: life turned upside down, satire, eviction, hopes, working class, society, family relations, righting the wronged, forced into action, family problems, family life, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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 6.0
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Money Trap (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Asim Noyan swindles people with his lies and games. Asim Noyan and his gang, who no one else has been able to catch, get into a ruse again.
Style: feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, romantic
Plot: father daughter relationship, rivalry, disorder, escapades, society, family relations, father daughter estrangement, fraud, swindle, kiss, cleavage, deep cleavage ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 6.3
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Frownland (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A rotten egg lobbed with spazmo aim at the spotless surface of the silver screen, FROWNLAND centers on social misfit and self-labeled "troll from under the bridge" Keith Sontag (Dore Mann). When he's not trying to sell coupons ...
Style: mumblecore, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot: friends, buddies, misfit, society, lifestyle, fall in love, social misfits, love and romance, suburbs, city life, frustration, insecurity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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The Talent Given Us (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A retired New York City couple drive across country to reconnect with their reclusive son, joined by their two unmarried daughters.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, touching ...
Plot: on the road, eccentric family, family relations, elderly, cross country, family in crisis, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, friend, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, new york, usa
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Jolly Life (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Riza Senyurt is the world's most troubled Santa Claus at Christmas time. For one thing, he doesn't know who Santa Claus is. Whether fake or real however, he is Santa Claus now. Bearing the load of the whole world on his shoulders, Santa ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot: christmas, santa claus, new year's eve, life philosophy, humour, society, lifestyle, silly humor, turk, shopping mall, santa claus suit
Place: istanbul turkey
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47%
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All the Rage (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A rich cross-section of urban USA find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint.
Style: clever, intense, melancholic, satirical, realistic ...
Plot: obsession, geek, prejudice, crimes of passion, mental illness, family problems, society, crumbling marriage, satire, family drama, loneliness, lgbt ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
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Two-Bit Waltz (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Suspension from school, the loss of a friend, a broken heart and lack of inspiration lead to Maude's downfall in this romp through teenage error. Your teenage years are never easy… but for Maude, things couldn't be worse. Within one ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Plot: siblings relations, dysfunctional family, teenage love, teenage life, family life, family relations, best friend, parents and children, eccentric family, love and romance, family problems, suicide ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story: There's something magical about an Australian accent that seems to make even the most caustic wit come off with good-natured charm. And that delicate blend of deviant behavior and good intentions has skyrocketed Aussie comic Jim Jefferies to ...
Style: not serious, sincere, witty, cynical, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: stand up comedian, stand up comedy, satire, performer's life, artists and showbiz, society, misfit, showbiz, theater, comedian, talk show, religions or cults ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Small Time (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Follows a gang of small time crooks in an English town. Malc is in danger of losing his girlfriend Kate if he doesn't spend more time at home and the gang leader Jumbo looks like he is about to lose control.
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, atmospheric, offbeat ...
Plot: working class, friends, couples, dishonesty, couple relations, gang, buddies, criminal heroes, heist, cons and scams, sex, robbery ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.4
 2K
Whiteboyz (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He practices in front of a mirror and with his two pals, James and Trevor. He talks Black slang, he dresses Black. He's also ...
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, slang, hood ...
Plot: hip hop, small town, friendship, follow your dream, fish out of water, urban, culture clash, teenage life, gangster, youth, misfit, high school life ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: iowa, chicago, usa
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Grill Point (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In the style of a documentary this tragic comedy tells the story of a relationship crisis between two married couples and their longing to break out of their miserable daily lives. In this East German post-wall movie Andreas Dresen introduces the ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, mockumentary, clever ...
Plot: couples, adultery, secret love, working class, couple relations, thirtysomething life, family problems, skyscraper, friendship, midlife crisis, introspection, misfit ...
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
It Was the Son (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Ciraulo family lives in the miserable district of Palermo called "Zen". When one of their children dies in a shootout between mafia gangsters they receive compensation and buy a luxury black Volvo. Things go wrong when Trancredi, ...
Style: captivating, psychological, humorous, light, realistic ...
Plot: working class, family relations, family problems, parents and children, society, tragedy, murder, friendship, mafia, family life
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Defying Gravity (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Cassandra, a mute runaway girl, takes refuge in the cemetery in which her mother is laid to rest. She is watched over by Jorge, the cemetery caretaker, an illegal alien who is committed to the restoration of a classic '60 cadillac hearse. Shore ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage life, friendship, family problems, youth, on the run, misfit, social misfits, society, dysfunctional family, dealing with death, mute or deaf, college dropout ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Stuart Smalley, the Saturday Night Live character, comes to the big screen. Stuart, the disciple of the 12 step program, is challenged by lifes injustices.
Style: humorous, satirical, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, farce, dark humor, addiction, satire, nothing goes right, self discovery, disorder, family problems, family life, lifestyle, couple relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: minnesota, chicago
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37%
Little Britain: Live (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: The many hilarious characters of Little Britain are taken to the stage in this brilliant live performance by Matt Lucas and David Walliams.
Style: witty, humorous, clever, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: social misfits, society, human nature, gays and lesbians, misfit, lifestyle, showbiz, working class, village life, village, satire, british ...
Place: europe, england
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James' Journey to Jerusalem (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story: During his journey to Jerusalem young James learns the meaning of being Israeli.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, contemplative, biting ...
Plot: wisdom of life, fish out of water, friendship, culture clash, immigrant, society, power relations, teaching the ways of the world, boss and employee, social differences, racism, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.7
 1K
The New Age (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find ...
Style: satirical, disturbing, melancholic, meditative, cynical ...
Plot: dark humor, suicide, satire, adaptation, society, self discovery, crumbling marriage, filmmaking, lifestyle, starting over, rise and fall, couple relations ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Grassroots (2012)
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: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, political ...
Plot: politics, ambition, satire, against the odds, society, campaign, friends, unemployment, election campaign, political campaign, campaigning, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
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A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The film centers on three brothers who, upon learning they only have a few days left to live, set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes. Hopper and Simmons are playing the brothers' father and uncle, respectively, while Caan is one of the ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, contemplative ...
Plot: parents and children, family relations, last wish, family problems, ex athlete, self discovery, introspection, terminal illness, friendship, death, society, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
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Next Door (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Matt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbours whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud errupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.
Style: slapstick, cynical, biting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: feud, neighbor, prank, professor, terror, disorder, family relations, dark humor, couples, contests and competitions, human nature, society ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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31%
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Stella Street (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Michael Caine, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Roger Moore all live on a quiet street in Surbiton and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards run their corner shop - who knew?
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, clever ...
Plot: misfit, fish out of water, disorder, satire, lifestyle, social decay, culture clash, showbiz, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, society, buddies ...
Time: 60s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Government Woman (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Xate is an ordinary woman from Midyat with eight children in tow. The only thing that sets her apart is her husband's job as Mayor of Midyat. Until, that is, an extraordinary day changes her life - and the lives of everyone else in Midyat. For ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: family life, mayor, parents and children, disorder, politics, life turned upside down, small town, state affairs, social relations, society, small town life, family relations ...
Time: 20th century
Place: middle east, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a tradition in Brooklyn for over 65 years. Manned by an eccentric crew and serving the best seafood in the state
Style: emotional, humorous, captivating, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot: family business, family relations, save the day, family problems, restaurant, working class, estrangement, parents and children, bank, siblings relations, family in crisis, society ...
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30%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
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Story: Isaki Lacuesta presents a social satire in which five common or garden citizens, from a country pretty much identical to our own, see their lives ripped apart by the economic crisis. With nothing more to lose, they come up with a crazy plan to save ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Style: humorous, semi serious, cynical, stylized, biting ...
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The Resurrection of a Bastard (2013)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 90 min.
Story: A criminal from Amsterdam barely surviving a liquidation. An old Frisian farmer bent on revenge. An illegal immigrant with uncertain prospects. Eventually, they meet under an ancient oak tree. Beyond the last town.
Style: stylized, tense, rough, serious, anthology ...
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29%
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The Comedy (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father's estate, a restless, aging New Yorker passes time with his friends in games of mock sincerity, irreverence, and recreational cruelty towards those around them.
Style: cynical, realistic, mumblecore, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: introspection, estrangement, satire, social decay, shallowness, society, hipster, life is a bitch, dull life, bare breasts, female nudity, nude dance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.0
 1K
Childstar (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Childstar is about an egotistical 12-year-old named Taylor Brandon Burns who has skyrocketed to fame at that young age. His relationship with his driver, Rick, takes a turn when Taylor confides in him about the problems of celebrity and the fears of ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, independent film ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set in a separate storyline not related to the "Trailer Park Boys" Television show, but with the same lovable characters. The boys get arrested for robbing an ATM machine and spend 18 months in jail. When the get out, they decide to pull ...
Style: mockumentary, stylized, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Plot: buddies, dark humor, trailer park, misfit, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, social misfits, society, disorder, robbery, marijuana, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, nova scotia, nova scotia, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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