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Rising High (2020)
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Original name: Betonrausch
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, serious, captivating, intellectual, crying, detective, freeze frame, gaming, f word
Plot:
adultery, rise and fall, money, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, real estate agent, mountain, oral sex, friendship, criminal, drug dealer, friendship between men, dysfunctional family, manipulation, husband wife relationship, false identity, lifestyle change, debt, bribery, greed, gambling, letter, unfaithful husband, apocalypse, finance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
berlin germany, central europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out crying, humorous, captivating and realistic films with plots about telephone call, photograph, bare chested male, cigarette smoking, father son relationship, family relations and husband wife relationship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Rising High: National Street (2019), Golden Balls (1993), Men in the City (2009), The Scopone Game (1972), Couples Therapy (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Overwhelmed by a world he can no longer control, a quarrelsome worker in his fifties tries to preserve the integrity of his neighbourhood...
Style:
ambiguous ending, light, touching, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, group of friends, gay slur, father son relationship, murder, mayor, suicide, loss of father, dark humor, friendship between men, mentor, chase ...
Time:
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Place:
prague, central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Benito González is a flamboyant engineer in Melilla, with a brash and pushy personality. His dream is to build the tallest building ever in the region. After his girlfriend leaves him, he devotes himself entirely to his ambitions, deciding to let ...
Style:
sexy, sensual, sexual, light, ironic ...
Plot:
oral sex, infidelity, sex scene, voyeurism, orgy, true love, outdoor sex, coitus, unhappy marriage, sexual attraction, desire, sex ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, north africa, miami
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The comedy about men and their struggles in life and love.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, clever, humorous, not serious ...
Plot:
couple relations, buddies, friends, introspection, lifestyle, couples, city life, singleness, looking for love, love and romance, battle of the sexes, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
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94%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia.
Style:
dark comedy, crying, tragicomedy
Plot:
failed expectations, minefield, card playing, millionaire, gambling, class differences, poverty, old woman, doctor, dead body, cooking, rivals ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Anders and Puk move into their dream house which is still in a state of refurbishment. To be able to afford the expense, they decide to rent the basement out to family therapist Ulrik. Very soon, Ulrik has put their marriage to a severe test.
Style:
low brow humor, freeze frame, neurotic, f word
Plot:
bare chested male, lack of privacy, singer, unfaithful husband, fat man, unfaithfulness, best friend, old woman, woman dressed as man, hysterical outburst, buying a house, construction worker ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Set in 1984, Hans Pettersson (Hasse P.) decides to create the largest sandwich cake ever made in order to put his home town, Köping, on the map.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, humorous, captivating, crying ...
Plot:
party, father son relationship, wedding, rivalry, husband wife relationship, kama sutra, anti conformist, rich woman, young boy, narration, public nudity, conformity ...
Time:
80s, year 2009, year 1985
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When their rich uncle passes, his mansion of intricate puzzles becomes the backdrop for his estranged family's quest to secure a portion of his wealth.
Style:
low brow humor, detective, crying
Plot:
inheritance, family conflict, death in the family, isolated house, family relations, greedy man, writers, eating pizza, childhood trauma, sleepwalker, police detective, drugged ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
poland, europe, central europe
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Romania, Hungary, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Romania, 1968. Two very different brothers. Mihai is a secret police informant, Emil is a dedicated dissident. When they have the opportunity to have their ailing father’s eyes operated on in East Germany, the three set out on a moving odyssey.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
road trip, cold war, brother brother relationship, fight, father son relationship, family relations, arrested, doctor, politics, death of father, changing lives, lifestyle change ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
87%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
33-years old Tamás Merthner is heartbroken, after his girlfriend Anna, who is on a scholarship in Paris, breaks up with him. While wallowing in self-pity, Tamás takes a trip down memory lane to figure out if love only exists when it's ...
Style:
psychological, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, tense ...
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, midlife crisis, breakup, male objectification, friendship between men, group of friends, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love, couple relations, love and romance, couples, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
central europe, paris france, budapest
Similarity:
87%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jacek loves heavy metal and his dog. He converts the country lanes outside his door into a racing track and bombs down them in his little car. When he and his girlfriend Dagmara take to the dancefloor, everyone runs for cover. He enjoys his ...
Style:
tragicomedy, uplifting, compassionate, ironic, social ...
Plot:
identity crisis, family relations, disfigured face, social misfits, adaptation, heavy metal, broken heart, hopes, christianity, life is a bitch, religion, nationalism ...
Place:
poland, central europe
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Inseparable best friends AJ & Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, buddy comedy, crying, teen comedy, f word ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
summer job, girl next door, teen romance, friendship, love triangle, lifeguard, swimming pool, summer, jealous friend, jealousy, teenage protagonist, seductive girl ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, iowa
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Gangster (Lino Ventura) with his accomplice (Charles Gérard), prepares to take part in the "first psychological hold-up in the history of crime". Next door to the jewellers of Van Cleef & Arpels, on the Croisette, in Cannes, the ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, stylized, humorous, clever ...
Plot:
caper, robbery, jewel theft, gay club, jewelry, new year, couples, love and romance, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, on the run ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1967, year 1973, year 1972 ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france, marseille
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A three-way love affair in the Rome of the early seventies. Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often go to communist rallies, and enjoy the filthy beach of Ostia. Will the hostile ...
Style:
tragicomedy, biting, realistic, semi serious, offbeat ...
Plot:
love triangle, tragic romance, doomed romance, hairy chested man, psychic, man kills a woman, murder, jealous man, worker, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, older woman younger man relationship, psychiatric patient ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Disparate individuals rationalize their infidelities.
Style:
sexy, humorous, semi serious, light, sexual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
sex, infidelity, looking for sex, friendship, outdoor sex, cheating girlfriend, singleness, sexual relations, love affair, dishonesty, unfaithful husband, womanizer ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Poland, Denmark, Germany, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Baldwin and Inga's next door neighbours complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, tree, revenge, sex scene, marital separation, mental disorder, chainsaw, dysfunctional family, unhappy marriage, adultery, husband wife conflict, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tony has recently been released from a sentence for violent behaviour. He promises to improve his ways and is finally granted a few hours alone with his two children. They celebrate the reunion by going to the movies to see a new film by the famous, ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot:
filmmaking, ego clash, righting the wronged, artists and showbiz, film producer, director, medication, film set, cinema, man in a wheelchair, television reporter, reading a newspaper aloud ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
Style:
biting, erotic, dark comedy, independent film, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, adolescence, sex, lesbian sex, teenager, dysfunctional family, school, sexual harassment, coming of age, false accusation, high school, revenge ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Comedy-drama about a middle-aged Italian businessman Vittorio Gassman who is married to Eleanor Parker and is innocently introduced one day to a schoolgirl with pigtails named Carolina. Years later, that young schoolgirl has become a vivacious ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, crying, freeze frame ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
infidelity, redheaded woman, naked woman, woman with a gun, older man younger woman relationship, family relations, midlife crisis, mistress, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, dishonesty, self discovery ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tragedy meets comedy in seven stories about how our entire world can collapse at any given moment.
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, non-linear, neurotic, light ...
Plot:
group of friends, husband wife relationship, passive aggressive woman, passive aggressive man, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, comedy of manners, multiple storylines, wedding, dark humor, party, failed expectations, wedding day ...
Place:
central europe, poland, warsaw poland
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, France, Norway, Denmark, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.
Style:
dark comedy, tense, art house, neurotic, emotional ...
Plot:
nordic, avalanche, cowardice, ski resort, marital strife, passive aggressive behavior, nervous breakdown, family vacation, family holiday, tourism, mountain, vacation gone wrong ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014
Place:
alps, scandinavia, europe
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends at an apartment, ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills - only to get caught up in the dangerous world of drugs.
Style:
satirical, psychological, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
drug traffic, friendship, drug dealer, drug, criminal, neighbor neighbor relationship, group of friends, social problems, roommate, satire, drug dealing, flatmate ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
John and Andy, comic section editors of a magazine, become unemployed because of the winding-up of the publisher. Together with three other colleagues, they publish their own porn magazine, which turns out to be very well-received in the market. ...
Style:
captivating, absurd, humorous, light, sex comedy ...
Plot:
temptation, porn industry, rise and fall, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, audition, organized crime, public nudity, infidelity, marketing, female orgasm, sex scene, prostitution ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.
Style:
uplifting, tragicomedy, compassionate, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
blindness, longing, blind character, paramedic, female sexual predator, disability, coworker relationship, visual impairment, ambition, friendship, hidden truth, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
munich germany, germany, central europe
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Herb’s life is a mess. He’s lost his welfare, can’t hold a job, can’t talk to his son, has a neighbour who won’t shut up and a diet that consists mainly of cheap beer and mushy peas. It’s no way to live and he knows it.
Then he learns ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, light, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot:
criminal, father son relationship, arrest, lonely man, little girl, bank robbery, teenage boy, bare chested male, senior citizen, hotel room, noisy neighbor, violence ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
freeze frame
Plot:
tenant, male prostitution, prostitute, lovers, love letter, exam, striptease, photography, unfaithfulness, hairy chested man, adultery, marital infidelity ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style:
sentimental, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, death, adultery, husband wife relationship, single mother, mother daughter relationship, grief, hospital, death of daughter ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
nebraska, houston texas, texas, new york, louisiana ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
This satirical anthology tells the surreal stories of a gift for Don Horacio, a trip to the beach for Bermejo, a life-changing relationship between Tina and the young immigrant Ayoub, and a new client for a company that specializes in excuses.
Style:
surreal, humorous, ironic, slapstick comedy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
bully, bullying, misfit, plan gone wrong, loneliness, fraud, teamwork, old man, adultery, retirement, single woman, birthday ...
Place:
madrid
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Muriel’s Wedding is P.J. Hogan’s film debut. A humorous emancipation story of an unemployed woman who evolves from a dreamer into a self sustaining successful woman. An amusing comedy that’s funny, silly, angry and serious.
Style:
funny, melancholic, humorous, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, friendship, dysfunctional family, dignity, female protagonist, happy ending, destiny, women, socially awkward, small town, feminist, loss of virginity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place:
australia, sydney australia, bali, ethiopia, new zealand
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, melancholic, atmospheric, sad ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
lie, masseuse, wedding, grief, female protagonist, terminal illness, women, lovers, dialogue, life, death, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s
Place:
china, usa, new york, japan, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In an unusual, apolitical approach, director Jaromil Jires has fashioned a standard drama that features an older lawyer with failing health who goes to practice in the countryside. His series of odd court cases reveals more about the human condition ...
Style:
crying, freeze frame, tragicomedy
Plot:
legal, renaissance, boss secretary relationship, psychological manipulation, cafe, old man, lawyer, small town, justice, accusation, flashback, prison guard ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, central europe, europe, prague
Similarity:
82%
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