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The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler (2014)
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Original name: Il ricco, il povero e il maggiordomo
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy broker, his butler, and a poor abusive seller, following an economic meltdown, all see their social positions change. When the rich becomes poor, the former abusive seller accommodates the rich and the butler. The three thus learn to live together.
Style:
funny, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, sitcom, situational comedy, ironic, biting, lighthearted ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
adaptation, escapades, switching roles, social satire, social commentary, money, deception, social differences, manipulation, down on your luck, nothing goes right, life philosophy, workplace, human nature, hopes, unlikely friendships, trial, poverty, high society, butler, working class, friendship, broker, street vendor, survival ...
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Most similar movies to The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, captivating and entertaining films with plots about friendship, satire, escapades, social satire, humour, urban and family relations mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler: The Cosmos on the Commode (2008), The Santa Claus Gang (2010), Escape From Reuma Park (2016), It's All About Karma (2017), Malcriados (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Four comedic episodes framed within the story of a tyrannical Zen master and his two hapless disciples.
Style:
anthology, parody, entertaining, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, silly humor, humour, escapades, farce, zen, irreverent, dark humor, family relations, pregnancy, dialogue driven ...
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On christmas eve, three friends dressed as Santa Clauses, are arrested for attempted robbery and taken to police station, suspected to be group of thieves known as "The Santa Claus Gang". While trying to prove their innocence, the three ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Plot:
false accusation, comedy of errors, buddies, law enforcement, police station, ambition, nothing goes right, friendship, christmas, silly humor, wooing, bookies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Old and forgotten, comedian Aldo is brought by his sons into a nursing home called Reuma Park where he finds his old friends and partners Giovanni and Giacomo.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, satirical, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
escape, satire, friendship, retirement home, sanitarium, escapades, elderly man, elderly, problem, old man, mortality, nostalgia ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Giacomo befriends a man, believing that he is the reincarnation of his dead father.
Style:
feel good, captivating, sincere, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
friendship, karma, reincarnation, adaptation, youth, love, society, happy ending, rivalry, disorder, escapades, friends ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This is a Colombian remake of the Mexican movie "Nosotros los Nobles". Three rich adult children are tricked by their father into believing that they are bankrupt and have to go into hiding in an attempt to get them to become more ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, feel good, light, funny ...
Plot:
wealth, privilege, parents and children, family relations, humour, life lesson, kids and family, single parent, father son relationship, widower, single father, satire ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Teo, a young and struggling actor, disguises himself as a 79 year old man to take advantage from the benefits of a retirement home, while also trying to sort out his personal and love life.
Style:
feel good, captivating, light, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, actor, retirement home, pretense, absurd humor, friendship, satire, pretending to be someone else, humour, escapades, con trick, grownups ...
Place:
puerto rico
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A movie based on the italian sitcom "I Soliti Idioti".
Style:
entertaining, ironic, sitcom, satirical, funny ...
Plot:
satire, irreverent, friendship, silly humor, absurd humor, irony, escapades, humour, friends, social satire, pop culture, youth culture ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three families end up in the same rented house. Throughout the summer, they become friends and rediscover how to enjoy life.
Style:
funny, light, humorous, feel good, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family holiday, family vacation, beach, road trip, island, family relations, father son relationship, vacation, parents and children, friendship, old friend, travel ...
Place:
southern italy, europe
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, social satire, culture clash, workplace, workplace situations, couple relations, disorder, couples, postman, misunderstanding, everyday life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, milan italy, southern italy, europe
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Ismail and his old screwball crew land themselves in hot water when his grandson's circumcision evolves into a buzz-making citywide event.
Style:
feel good, family comedy, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
parents and children, family life, eccentric family, humour, lifestyle, small town, festival, friendship, social satire, satire, family
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three brothers-in-law try to get their daughters to dump their undesirable boyfriends.
Style:
humorous, family comedy, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
family relations, father daughter relationship, stereotypes, culture clash, prejudice, escapades, friends, parents and children, life philosophy, manipulation, society, class differences ...
Place:
madrid
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Story:
After winning the lottery 15 years ago, Tino and his family start experiencing economical problems. Tino askes his neighbor for help, but his neighbor has his own issues too.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
lottery winner, financial crisis, husband and wife, money, wife, poor, pregnant wife, poverty, lottery, husband wife relationship, wealth, couple relations ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Diego, Fausto and Claudio are three down-on-their luck men. When they meet by chance looking at a property in the country none of them are able to afford, the three men decide to combine forces and risk everything to start a Bed and Breakfast. They ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, feel good, funny, light ...
Plot:
camorra, society, social relations, escapades, showdown, ambition, ambitious, social differences, humour, teamwork, social satire, fighting the system ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Things are finally starting to look bright for Ilya, a relatively unknown actor. Starting tomorrow, he will be the voice of Men's Radio. So of course he celebrates the occasion. But the next morning, the newly-crowned radio host finds himself ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, not serious, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fish out of water, life turned upside down, switching roles, transformation, happy ending, humour, problem solving, escapades, newscaster, actor, absurd humor, radio announcer ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fong (Miriam Yeung) is already at odds with Wu (Edison Chen), one of her bosses at an ad agency, when she makes a major mistake at work that puts her job on the line. To save herself, she feigns pregnancy, which, under Hong Kong law, means she ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sitcom, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, lie, faked pregnancy, humour, pregnant woman, pregnancy, con trick, escapades, relationship vs career, pretense, advertising agency, female protagonist ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A businessman in Italy, who doesn't pay any taxes, and a financier always on the hunt for tax evaders come into contact because their sons share an apartment in Paris.
Style:
humorous, satirical, feel good, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
travel, eccentric family, businessman, humour, parents and children, satire, tax evasion, class differences, ethical dilemma, family drama, social satire, misunderstanding ...
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A story of three friends - Adi, Pele and Chemik, who experience many adventures.
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, silly humor, joke, humour, friends, multiple storylines, escapades, male friendship, misfit, bromance, street life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After a series of business failures, two friends open a vegetarian restaurant together -- but circumstances force them to turn it into a steakhouse.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny, satirical ...
Plot:
restaurant, vegetarianism, friendship, satire, vegan, friends, problem, money problems, escapades, cooking and food, vegetarian, cookery ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, entertaining, humorous, funny, sitcom ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
new year's eve, new year, friendship, twists and turns, hopes, chases and races, escapades, miraculous event, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, disorder, jealousy ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Gaetano is a divorced traffic cop in a relationship with a beautiful and exuberant woman, for whom he happily provides standards of living well above his means. He plans to propose to her, but she is thinking to run away with his handsome superior. ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lottery, luck, gambling debt, gambler, money, lifestyle, money problems, satire, social problems, escapades, police officer, debt ...
Time:
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Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Gina and Lello are partners both in life and in crime until they find themselves babysitting a kid during a robbery.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
con artists, heist gone wrong, kidnapped girl, criminal, bandit, abduction, humour, escapades, kidnapping, child abduction, cons and scams, encounter ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Aspiring thespians Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo work dead-end jobs while nurturing the dream of staging their production of Cyrano de Bergerac, but love for the same lady will tear their friendship apart. Three years later, Giovanni and Giacomo ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, humorous, stylized, touching ...
Plot:
love and romance, friends, male friendship, friendship, theater, bittersweet, love triangle, romantic rivalry, working class, flashback, betrayal, nostalgia ...
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Place:
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56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
François Gautier is stingy! Saving puts the joy, it causes pay sweats. His life is set for the sole purpose of never spend anything. A life that will switch in one day: he falls in love and discovers he has a daughter he did not know existed. ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, light, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
miser, father daughter reunion, greed, family relations, parents and children, heartwarming, dishonesty, family problems, social relations, lifestyle, daughter, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In many small episodes, various characters represent the typical vices and comedy of Italian society (especially Rome) in early 2000.
Style:
anthology, semi serious, satirical, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, joke, society, social issues, lifestyle, humour, social problems, everyday life, social commentary, city life, slice of life, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A small Sicilian town elects a new, honest major but quickly learns that playing by the rules is not as easy as it seems
Style:
captivating, feel good, sincere, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, date night
Plot:
society, mayor, rivalry, ambition, escapades, adaptation, happy ending, obsession, danger, corruption, justice, friendship ...
Place:
sicily
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Administrator of a Fitness-Club Kostya thinks that having a woman taller than 180sm by a man's side is a symbol of his prosperity and success. But he can only dream of having a 180sm beauty by his side. One day he decides to go on a date with ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, entertaining, light, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dating, twists and turns, male female relationship, escapades, intercourse, misfit, love and romance, dialogue, friendship, multiple storylines, women, fall in love ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Conditionally released four friends from jail must be away 100 meters from each other. but in the time they can not stay away each other, and come together for new adventure.
Style:
buddy comedy, semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, satire, escapades, humour, friends, released from prison, parole, group of friends, chaos, misadventure, bromance, loyalty ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
53%
757
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Pierre is the highly successful CEO of a large family-owned company. Before signing the deal of the century, he has to settle one last formality: obtain the signature of his cousin Adrien who owns 50% of his firm. This sweet, idealistic dreamer, who ...
Style:
humorous, buddy comedy, light, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
cousin, brothers, brother brother relationship, happy ending, rivalry, devious, brother, silly humor, money problems, society, unlikely friendships, youth ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Almost 30 years has passed and Gösta and Gun are retired. This summer they're going on a trip to their son's wedding in Gösta's new RV.
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
wedding, road trip, on the road, family relations, nothing goes right, summer vacation, disorder, family life, friendship, heartwarming, nostalgia, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A psychoanalyst learns to have an illness and as a consequence he decides to quit his job. All his patients get together to find a way to make him feel better.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, satirical, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, psychoanalyst, patient, psychoanalysis, doctors and patients, illness, doctor patient relationship, blindness, blindness and impaired vision, humour, neurosis, mental illness ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
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