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Don Peyote (2014)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An ordinary guy delves deep into counterculture, conspiracy theories and the like as he tries to discern the structure of society.
Style:
surreal, psychological, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, captivating, psychedelic, mind bending, experimental, absurd ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, conspiracy theory, disorder, losing-it hero, stoner, friendship, wedding preparations and rituals, apocalypse, doomsday, drug use, counterculture, marijuana, existential crisis, satire, paranoia, self discovery, hallucination, identity crisis, anti establishment, drug, urban, homelessness, visionary, engaged couple, profanity ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, captivating and independent film films with plots about satire, friendship, self discovery, disorder, friends, society and urban mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Don Peyote: Funeral Kings (2012), The Big Ask (2013), Eat Wheaties! (2020), Jake Squared (2013), You Wont Miss Me (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It's always a good day for a funeral at St. Mark's Middle School. Andy and Charlie, two altar servers, don't just get to miss class anytime a parishioner kicks the bucket, they cut out early and play hooky as soon as the service is ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, altar boy, friendship between boys, youth, group of friends, teenage boy, profanity, friendship, best friend, male friendship, boy, sexual content ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Big Ask is a dark comedy about three couples who head to the desert to help their friend heal after the death of his mother. They would do anything for him - except for the one thing he wants.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, desert, moral dilemma, best friend, bittersweet, couples, dark humor, buddies, death of mother, young adult, couple relations, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A filmmaker sets out to make a new project in order to figure out how he's screwed up every relationship he's ever had.
Style:
humorous, psychological, contemplative, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, introspection, filmmaking, unfulfillment, hollywood, artists and showbiz, society, art, relationships, profanity, losing-it hero, cause and meaning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.
Style:
mumblecore, psychological, realistic, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
alienation, misfit, introspection, mentally unstable, unfulfillment, social misfits, society, friendship, self discovery, love and romance, urban, looking for love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Newly divorced, Achilles Pumpkinseed lives alone in the house left to him by his deceased mother. Depressed and adrift, he spends his days smoking pot and watching television, usually alone but sometimes with his equally rootless friend Patroclus. ...
Style:
semi serious, offbeat, art house, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, life turned upside down, inheritance, misfit, stoner, loneliness, fall in love, estrangement, couples, love, self discovery, alienation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jimmy (Matt D'Elia) finds out his best friend and roommate (Fletcher) is leaving, he sees this as a betrayal of their perfect way of life. Over the course of a night full of drinks, drugs and women, the two men engage in a classic battle ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, life turned upside down, buddies, terminal illness, male pubic hair, male nudity, naked man, profanity, disorder, nudity, sexual content, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
29%
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:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Matt, a well known writer and director, suffers a traumatic experience, that leads to him being deathly afraid to go outside. Therefore he decides to attempt to write, direct, and star in a feature film, all from his apartment.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, traumatic memory, confined space, psychological trauma, agoraphobia, filmmaking, social isolation, traumatic experience, satire, post traumatic stress, director, isolated place ...
Similarity:
27%
295
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A struggling writer and his engaged buddy hit the road for California wine country. Remake of the 2004 film 'Sideways'.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, road movie, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
wedding, road trip, friendship, on the road, self discovery, friends, unfulfillment, buddies, couples, love, japanese man, humanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Thom Payne is a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, workplace situations, boss and employee, workplace, depression, unfulfillment, self discovery, happiness, couples, love, introspection, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A dark comedy centering on the lives of a Neapolitan based family whose father, a fish merchant, is so infatuated with the reality TV show "Grande Fratello" (the Italian version of "Big Brother") he starts living his life as if ...
Style:
thought provoking, cynical, semi serious, humorous, surreal ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, dark humor, life turned upside down, obsession, disorder, society, audition, television, big brother, mental illness, lonely, power of media ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, southern italy, rome italy
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After surviving a plane crash a young conservative woman suffers a crisis of faith.
Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, coming of age, church, female protagonist, car accident, society, radical, bartender, plane crash, sin, religion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
Similarity:
26%
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:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A high school faculty lotto pool places its fate in the lucky numbers they've played for ten years after hearing budget cuts have eliminated all their jobs.
Style:
realistic, humorous, educational, captivating, light ...
Plot:
lottery, hopes, gambling, dedicated educator, teachers and students, society, high school, disorder, idealism, life turned upside down, social relations, desperation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
26%
765
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a friend group is torn apart by betrayal, they decide to settle their differences in the most old school of ways. Leaving their modern home of Los Angeles, they embark on a bizarre adventure that seemingly takes them back in time across an ...
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, captivating, tension, intense ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, duel, love affair, betrayal, relationship problems, friends, family problems, relationships, male female relationship, family relations, cocaine ...
Place:
los angeles, mexico, indiana
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, surreal, captivating ...
Plot:
mental illness, delusion, hallucination, identity crisis, dark humor, wannabe, misfit, obsession, society, quitting a job, employer employee relationship, paranoia ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Similarity:
26%
543
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says: "Your friend Luigi has died. P.S. I took the car". The problem is that he does not even remember who this guy Luigi is. This is just the ...
Style:
enigmatic, psychological, disturbing, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
memory loss, satire, friend, puzzle, uncover truth, problem, memory lapse, identity, everyday life, confusion, isolation, midlife crisis ...
Similarity:
26%
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212
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A lawyer with a deplorable habit; a sitter struggling with her disturbing new job; a childhood friend who's hiding something; a chef with an unspeakable desire; a psychologist haunted by a tow truck... In each segment, a normal person suffers ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
satire, problem, bonding, lifestyle, paradox, multiple storylines, nightmare, surrealism, moral ambiguity, obsession, trauma, isolation ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When screenwriter Cal Neros fritters away a million-dollar advance on a script and blows his deadline, the studio boss gives him one week to write the sickest movie ever committed to the screen.
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, independent film, dark comedy ...
Plot:
race against time, silly humor, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, disorder, showbiz, chases and races, farce, urban, writer's block, satire, behind the scenes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The engaging story of an over-the-hill professional wrestler who's afraid of conflict in real life, but agrees to face "The Darkness" in the ring in an attempt to regain his former glory in the eyes of his one remaining fan - an eight ...
Style:
humorous, independent film, captivating, light, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions, ambition, friendship, hopes, wrestler, redemption, professional wrestling, society, wrestling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In this feel-good apocalyptic comedy, Liza embarks on a hilarious journey through LA in hopes of making it to her last party before it all ends, running into an eclectic cast of characters along the way.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, psychological, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
end of the world, satire, humour, absurd humor, asteroid, apocalypse, pain, house party, social satire, self discovery, dark humor, road trip ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
15 minutes of fame destroys the life of a man who works as a clapper in television.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, sincere, psychological, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
friendship, adaptation, love and romance, society, destiny, rivalry, youth, ambition, unfulfillment, disorder, couples, television ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Harry (Brian Petsos) is having a very, very bad day. He returns home from an all-night drinking binge with his cousin Cecil (Oscar Issac), to discover that his little dog Jolly...Harry's one true love and the source of light in his dark, ...
Style:
humorous, tense, captivating, psychological, road movie ...
Plot:
revenge, dark humor, partner, murderous pair, farce, murder, sociopath, violence, satire, strong violent content, disorder, violence spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, clever, humorous
Plot:
friends, friendship, partner, love and romance, lifestyle, self discovery, odd couple, disorder, couples, infidelity, nothing goes right, dishonesty ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
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 ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A ticket-taker at the local cinema believes he is the son of God. He has agreed to decide the eternal fate of everyone he comes in to contact with.
Style:
surreal, humorous, semi serious, independent film, existential ...
Plot:
hopes, workplace situations, supernatural, god, workplace romance, workplace, imaginary, love and romance, cause and meaning, character study, identity crisis, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Neil, a punk rock vegetarian, is being forced to go into the family butcher business. He decides to save the world instead.
Style:
independent film, dark comedy
Plot:
vegetarian, skateboard, butcher, father son relationship, punk rock, animal rights, counterculture, identity crisis, anti establishment, rebellion, moral dilemma, family conflict ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place. But, as she eases into the life she has always wanted, she must decide between continuing the lie or revealing herself.
Style:
humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
twins, fall in love, mistaken identity, self discovery, hidden identity, dishonesty, disorder, love and romance, charm, teenager, car crash, real estate agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, road movie, black comedy, cerebral ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
drug abuse, road trip, lsd, journalism, psychedelia, trippy, addiction, surrealism, american dream, casino, marijuana, hallucination ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
24%
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