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A Bread Factory, Part One (2018)
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Original name: A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After 40 years of running their community arts space The Bread Factory, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a pair of celebrity performance artists from China come to Checkford and build an enormous complex down the street, catapulting big changes in their small town.
Style:
funny, humorous, art house, independent film, feel good, entertaining, intellectual, poignant
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
acting class, rehearsal, performance art, teacher, ambition, small town, art school, collaboration, investor, creativity, artists and showbiz, culture clash, resilience, social commentary, friendship, sisters, loss, nostalgia, satire, identity, slice of life, bittersweet, celebrity culture, activism, art ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, captivating and semi serious films with plots about satire, friendship, bittersweet, slice of life, ambition, identity and small town mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like A Bread Factory, Part One: Punching Henry (2016), Eat Wheaties! (2020), Let's Stay Friends (2018), Early Music (2017), For Here or to Go? (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Comedian Henry Phillips is lured to LA by a renowned TV producer who wants to bring his story of failure to the screen. But when a major network gets involved, Henry must decide whether he wants to make jokes for a living, or be the butt of them.
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
songwriter, comedian, satire, ambition, musician, stand up comedy, television producer, mishap, showbiz, musician's life, lifestyle, behind the scenes ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sid Straw leads a dull life until he accidentally stalks famous college friend, Elizabeth Banks, on social media. With each failed attempt to prove he knows her, he rediscovers more of himself and the true meaning of friendship.
Style:
satirical, funny, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, celebrity, evidence, problem, friends, high school friend, humour, celebrity culture, self discovery, loneliness, male protagonist ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Alessandro, a forty-year-old widower pediatrician, lives with his teenage son, leading a monotonous and insipid existence. After a call from an old friend in Brazil, the man has his tired stability tested.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
father son relationship, friendship, caper, friends, single father, money, cons and scams, satire, father and son, escapades, humour, single parent ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Two foundering musicians in the early stage of their careers meet and form an unlikely alliance.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic, earnest
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, perseverance, passion, creative process, creativity, collaboration, personal growth, intimate, slice of life, character study, friendship, ambition ...
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An aspiring Indian tech entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley finds himself unexpectedly battling the bizarre American immigration system to keep his dream alive or prepare to return home forever.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, humorous, realistic, comedy drama
Plot:
immigration, entrepreneurship, silicon valley, cultural difference, immigrant, bureaucracy, lifestyle, aspiration, direction and purpose, ambition, coping, businessman ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A militant performance-artist and a tall Korean foreign-exchange student become trapped in a small Southern town.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, semi serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
culture clash, self discovery, friendship, coming of age, small town, fish out of water, socially awkward, relationships, introspection, social issues, friends, satire ...
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73%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Every year five hundred thousand young people leave Italy and flee overseas. They call it “brain drain” but among the new emigrants there are a lot of ordinary young people seeking their fortune. Sandro and Luciano are two of them.
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, light, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, ambition, direction and purpose, follow your dream, friends, escapades, teamwork, humour, dreaming, young adult, emigration, dream ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
cuba
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Gene spends his days canvassing about childhood obesity. One day he canvasses Titty, an emotionally-arrested 19-year-old who has successfully sued his own father to win back a large inheritance and gotten himself disowned in the process. Gene ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, offbeat, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, love triangle, friends, social misfits, rabbit, misfit, male friendship, character study, outsider, bittersweet, animal rights, social commentary ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A struggling rickshaw driver’s life takes a rollicking turn when he comes upon an expensive camera and decides to make a film with his fellow villagers.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, funny, dramatic, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
village, driver, rickshaw, filmmaking, drought, dream, optimism, hopes, heartwarming, resilience, rural setting, cinema ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Pining for a lavish life abroad, a lazy but lovable guy next door crafts a scam to avoid a career in nursing and find a wealthy spouse to secure a visa.
Style:
entertaining, psychological, disturbing, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
ambition, satire, scam, caper, lifestyle, escapades, cons and scams, social satire, deception, scheming, marriage, anti hero ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The movie takes us through the saga of the actor, Veljko Radisavljević, who has the impression that the entire universe has conspired against him.
Style:
psychological, tragicomedy, dark comedy, existential, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
performance art, actor's life, identity, ambition, character study, paranoia, outsider, obsession, midlife crisis, alienation, family conflict, bittersweet ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An elderly shepherd takes on big business when he becomes the only holdout against property developers building a luxury resort in his tiny Sardinian village.
Style:
emotional, poignant, reflective, melancholic, art house
Plot:
relationships, intimate, introspection, mediterranean, slice of life, small town, friendship, community, resilience, bittersweet, slow burn, coming of age ...
Place:
sardinia
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
From the director of Back to 1942, Feng Xiaogang, comes PERSONAL TAILOR, one of the most unique films you'll see in this upcoming holiday season. Imagine a team that will sacrifice themselves for your dream at any cost -- but only if that dream ...
Style:
humorous, stylized, cynical, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, follow your dream, society, hopes, social differences, dream come true, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, wish fulfillment, escapism, self discovery, heartwarming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
beijing china, asia, china
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Six Romanian artists get to live the dream of their life in a road-movie full of adventures: America, here we come! Coming all the way from Targoviste - a little town near the capital, the five actors, director, and a little child with his huge ...
Style:
road movie, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
journey, escapades, concert tour, artist, satire, actor, culture clash, fish out of water, travel, struggle, showbiz, bittersweet ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
As laid-off factory worker Marcos pins his hopes for a new life on completing his long-unfinished one-man play, he contacts his estranged friend Martín, now a television writer, for help. But can their collaboration transcend an uneasy past? As the ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, melancholic, art house, one man show
Audience:
adult
Plot:
creative process, theater, friendship, slice of life, factory worker, playwright, introspection, intimate, collaboration, realism, working class, reconciliation ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, satirical, psychological, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
satire, director, actor, rehearsal, theater, filmmaker, movie star, romantic relationship, problem, celebrity, culture clash, hollywood star ...
Place:
london, canada
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161
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After being blacklisted from the NYC theatre industry, two Upper East Side New Yorkers, Tucker and Sandrene, decide their only course of action is to move to Fargo, North Dakota and start a theatrical revolution.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
ambition, satire, theater, cultural revolution, ambitious, theatre director, theatrical troupe, stage actor, teamwork, fish out of water, culture clash, performance art ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The movie tells a story of a journey of two start-up entrepreneurs from their "garage" to Silicon Valley.
Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, town, mishap, startup, entrepreneurship, silicon valley, road trip, lifestyle, journey, small town, fish out of water, ambition ...
Place:
estonia
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, entertaining, psychological, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Raja dreams of becoming an actor but is forced by his parents to become an engineer. While struggling to become an actor, he accidentally gets a chance to play a girl's role and goes on to become the No. 1 actress.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, humorous, comedy drama, uplifting ...
Plot:
cross dressing, self discovery, gender bending, male to female cross dressing, switching roles, showbiz, identity, mistaken identity, performance art, identity crisis, social commentary, satire ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Donny Drucker's 1998 Bar Mitzvah VHS Tape.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, funny, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
lottery, hopes, gambling, dedicated educator, teachers and students, society, high school, disorder, idealism, life turned upside down, social relations, desperation ...
Time:
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Place:
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51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
punjabi, satire, struggle, immigration, friendship, life, heartwarming, community, diaspora, resilience, urban, brotherhood ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, feel good, funny, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
friendship, drawing, art, relationships, satire, teenager, painter, father daughter relationship, ambition, youth, teenage life, couple relations ...
Place:
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Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After moving to a retirement home, restless talent manager Al reconnects with long-ago client Buddy and coaxes him back out on the comedy circuit.
Style:
feel good, buddy comedy, light, humorous, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, adult
Plot:
retirement home, escape, retired, senior citizen, obsessive quest, buddy, mentor protege relationship, escapades, father daughter relationship, aging, stand up comedy, retirement ...
Place:
america
Similarity:
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301
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Six aspiring comedians tired of the mediocrity of their lives, at the end of an evening stand-up course they prepare to face their first performance in a club. In the audience there is also an examiner, who will choose one of them for a TV show. For ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, satirical, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
satire, stand up comedian, stand up comedy, comedian, joke, humour, public speaking, audition, ambition, social commentary, compromise, character study ...
Place:
manchester
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young female founder runs in to societal barriers during her drive to create startup projects, in a Japanese society that hasn't traditionally accepted entrepreneurs . She finds herself, and maturity along the way.
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
heartfelt, emotional, scenic, melancholic
Plot:
education, village, teacher, children, elementary school, small town, friendship, community, fish out of water, provincial life, intimate, relocation ...
Time:
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Place:
italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
ambition, restaurant, follow your dream, actor, dream, disgruntled worker, aspiration, showbiz, friendship, realism, character study, slice of life ...
Time:
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