Movies like The Night My Mother Killed My Father

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The Night My Mother Killed My Father (2016)
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The Night My Mother Killed My Father (2016)
Original name: La noche que mi madre mató a mi padre
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Isabel is torn between the need to feel valued as an actress and her insecurities and contradictions. One night, she hosts a very special dinner: her husband Ángel, who is a scriptwriter, and Susana, Ángel's ex-wife and film director, want to convince Argentinian actor Diego Peretti to star in a movie. But at some point something unexpected happens that surprises everyone and disturbs the evening.
Style: atmospheric, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, crying, dark comedy
Plot: strong female character, dark humor, family relations, midlife crisis, actress, husband wife relationship, suspicion, nothing goes right, unfulfillment, desire for fame, relationships, friendship, journalist, desire, celebrity, showbiz, male female relationship, ambition, family problems, rise and fall, satire, actor's life, irony, anxiety, loss of control ...
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Most similar movies to The Night My Mother Killed My Father

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out crying, humorous, dark comedy and captivating films with plots about telephone call, family relations, manipulative behavior, knocking on a door, apology, bare chested male and man with glasses mostly in Comedy, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Night My Mother Killed My Father: Mindhorn (2016), How to Shake Off a Bride (2016), Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), Wave of Crimes (2018), Common Wealth (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mindhorn (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A washed up actor who played Mindhorn, a secret agent with a bionic eye, returns to the Isle of Man, the area where his most famous role was set, to help catch a killer.
Style: parody, captivating, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Plot: murderer, conspiracy, amateur detective, husband wife relationship, betrayal, mental illness, paranoia, revenge, deception, corruption, kidnapping, heroes ...
Time: 2010s, year 1989, 80s
Place: london
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100%
How to Shake Off a Bride (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Story: Eva, the owner of a pastry shop hopes to re-unite with her ex-husband Honza, with whom she has a son Tobias. Honza surprises Eva with the request for a wedding cake. He is planning to marry Linda, his new girlfriend. Eva and Tobias don't like ...
Style: humorous, captivating, sincere, semi serious, freeze frame ...
Plot: wedding, fiance fiancee relationship, love triangle, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, rivalry, fake identity, psychological manipulation, manipulative woman, intrigue, family relations, strong female character, wedding ceremony ...
Place: prague
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Leanne is salutatorian when she needs to be valedictorian to get her scholarship to Harvard. The only class she is worse than the leader in is history, taught by Mrs. Tingle, and the teacher hates her. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. ...
Style: suspenseful, black comedy, suspense, entertaining, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, school, teachers and students, high school, teacher, malice, youth, teenage life, female psychopath, false accusation, fight, blackmail ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Wave of Crimes (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Leyre lives a quiet and comfortable life which ends abruptly when an act of rage of her teenage son leads her to protect him by any means necessary.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, dark comedy ...
Plot: teenager, murder, business, family relations, police, mother, lawyer, cover up, corruption, money, love, grandmother ...
Place: basque country, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Common Wealth (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Julia finds 300 million pesetas hidden in a dead man's house while selling an apartment. She's a 40-ish real estate agent now forced to face the wrath of a very peculiar community (of neighbors), headed by an unscrupulous administrator. ...
Style: humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot: real estate agent, greed, neighbor, murder, fish out of water, dishonesty, conflict, dark humor, conspiracy, female protagonist, violence, money ...
Time: 90s
Place: spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Historias lamentables (2020)
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, anthology, humorous, ironic, dark comedy ...
Plot: bully, bullying, misfit, plan gone wrong, loneliness, fraud, group of friends, mother daughter relationship, single woman, father son relationship, celebration, adultery ...
Place: madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Ferpect Crime (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman in this black comedy from Spain.
Style: humorous, dark comedy, surreal, funny, black comedy ...
Plot: murder, store, satire, rivalry, character study, salesman, dangerous attraction, couples, blackmail, job promotion, department store, revenge ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Extracurricular Activities (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The outrageous life of Reagan Collins, a model high school student with a "killer" after-school job that involves arranging “accidents” for his classmates' parents. When seasoned police detective Cliff Dawkins starts putting the ...
Style: captivating, humorous, surprise ending, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot: nudist, sociopathy, teenager, criminal as protagonist, stalking, voyeurism, cheerleader, death, police detective, murder, murder investigation, police ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Dismissal (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A successful Spanish executive from a telecommunications company working in Argentina is about to face the most important week of his life, but all his plans will be sabotaged by an eccentric character who will make his week a living hell…
Style: humorous, feel good, light, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: rivalry, co worker co worker relationship, father son relationship, greedy man, malice, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, employer employee relationship, manipulation, adultery, failed expectations, comedy of manners, coworker relationship ...
Place: buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Perfect Family (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Lucía (Belén Rueda) is a woman for whom leading a model life and taking control of her life is the most important thing. Since she got married, she has focused all of her efforts on caring for her family, until achieving what for her is a perfect ...
Style: semi serious, satirical, funny, feel good, sitcom ...
Plot: family relations, satire, lifestyle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, relationships, kids and family, parents and children, family life, everyday life, mother son relationship
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Spy Time (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Adolfo, a thirty something security guard, is going through a bad patch. Not only his lifetime girlfriend has just to finished with him to be a guy with no ambition but, moreover, he becomes the target of a series of thugs led by Vázquez, a ...
Style: parody, not serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: espionage, spy, secret identity, misfit, save the day, fish out of water, disorder, master villain, undercover, danger, parents and children, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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The Oath (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In a politically-divided United States, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family.
Style: satirical, disturbing, semi serious, psychological, humorous ...
Plot: thanksgiving, holiday, satire, politics, loyalty, husband wife relationship, family gatherings, interracial couple, male female relationship, family relations, family problems, eccentric family ...
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Ghost Team (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A paranormal-obsessed man mounts his own investigation into the beyond with his depressed best friend, misfit nephew, a cable access medium and an overeager security guard.
Style: horror comedy, semi serious, captivating, humorous, psychotronic ...
Plot: ghost, paranormal investigator, private investigation, ghost hunter, paranormal investigation, spiritualist, investigation, manipulative behavior, psychological manipulation, depressed man, depression, belief in ghosts ...
Time: year 2016, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Wedding Unplanner (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Marina is a woman in her thirties who works organizing weddings. Not because she is an inveterate romantic just because, as she says, "when people are in love, they don't care about money". Unlike her customers, she enjoys a life ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, entertaining, light, captivating ...
Plot: wedding, adultery, fiance fiancee relationship, female alcoholic, father in law, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family relations, love triangle, wedding planning, relationships, love interest, romantic triangle ...
Place: canary islands, spain, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Feeding Mr. Baldwin (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A house sitter bites off more than he can chew when a dead body mysteriously shows up at the estate he's watching.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, dark comedy ...
Plot: gangster, psychological manipulation, friendship between men, violent behavior, dog, gory, estate, trauma, shakespeare, cycling, house, television reporter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Pedro, Arturo and Eligio are three college professors who lost their job because of economic crisis. Accidentally they find a solution for all of their problems; a multi-vitamin that allows them to party all night long without any side effects. The ...
Style: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: seductive behavior, family relations, friendship, teacher, professor, medicine, lawyer, divorce, teenager, youth, destiny, rivalry ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Room for Rent (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a reclusive man-child convinces his parents to rent their spare room to save from downsizing, a stranger with a hidden agenda moves in.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, humorous, captivating, crying ...
Plot: awkward situation, social outcast, isolation, manipulation, manipulative behavior, secret, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, loneliness, prank ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: It's four years later, and a new group of students has been placed in Saturday detention at the infamous and prestigious Crestview Academy. When Siouxsie, sophomore 'undercrust,' crashes the party to avenge her sister's death, a ...
Style: non-linear, ambiguous ending, humorous, suspense, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: drug addict, high school student, student, female protagonist, serial killer, teenage boy, bossy woman, psychopath, conspiracy, father son relationship, murder, dark humor ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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iGirlfriend (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A teen comedy about a nerdy teenager who creates an iPhone app to be his girlfriend. When she miraculously comes to life, things go hilariously wrong, and she tries to kill him.
Style: psychotronic, humorous, light, cyber, crying ...
Plot: high school student, friendship, rivalry, student, classmate classmate relationship, school, humiliation, teenage protagonist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, failed expectations, rivals, chase ...
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29%
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15 from Rome (1963)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
Style: anthology, crying, detective, dark comedy, freeze frame
Plot: satire, television, lgbt, cheating wife, anton chekhov, dead body, bare chested male, reading the bible, cycling, flexing muscles, photography, shakespeare's othello ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.2
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The Pact (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Suddenly, Clara, Mónica's daughter, falls into a deep coma. With Clara left to die, a mysterious man proposes Monica to make a pact: Clara will be saved if Mónica does something for him.
Style: suspense, psychotronic, tense, bleak, scary ...
Plot: abused woman, mother daughter relationship, parenthood, guilt, guilty conscience, teenage girl, manipulation, saving a life, girl, missing child, supernatural, nightmare ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.9
 53K
Vegas Vacation (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gambling, dysfunctional family, obsession, family relations, farce, road trip, nothing goes right, teenage life, parents and children, desert, vacation, chase ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas, chicago, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Body (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
Style: surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder, investigation, uncover truth, missing person, adulterous husband, car accident, mistress, morgue, vengeance, adultery, haunted by the past ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: spain, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Let's Kill Uncle, Before Uncle Kills Us (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A 12-year-old orphan who has just inherited a fortune is trapped on an island with his uncle, a former British intelligence commander who intends to kill him. A young girl is the boy's only ally against the sarcastic uncle, who uses hypnotism, ...
Style: dark comedy, psychotronic
Plot: island, shark, uncle, youth, lost soul, evil child, scared, swing, child, underground, abandoned baby, plan ...
Time: year 1966
Place: caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Who Killed Bambi? (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story: It tells the story of two young friends who must find a way for the president of the company in which they work (and father of one of them) safe return home, and that is enclosed strange circumstances naked in the trunk of his car.
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, light, dark comedy ...
Plot: comedy of errors, mistaken identity, crime gone awry, disorder, nothing goes right, buddies, dark humor, profanity, friends, kidnapping, love story, truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Loot (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on the play by 'Joe Orton' this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately (?) one of them works in a funeral parlour and they have a coffin to spare.
Style: lgbt cinema, realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous ...
Plot: friendship between men, caper, robbery, loot, gay, farce, heist, hotel, homoerotic friendship, father son relationship, money, male star appears nude ...
Time: 60s
Place: brighton, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Mother's Love (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young man is stood up at the altar. His overprotective mother decides to join him is what would have been his honeymoon, so as not to waste the trip. He ails while his mum enjoys the trip of her life.
Style: humorous, feel good, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: honeymoon, mother, son, mother love, domineering mother, family relations, mother and son, satire, lifestyle, relationships, family problems, relationship problems ...
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Advantages of Travelling by Train (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A casual encounter in a train will lead Helga Pato to a circle of insanity, perversion and trash, a lot of trash.
Style: non-linear, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, absurd ...
Audience: adult
Plot: mental illness, first sexual experience, female rapist, zoophilia, family relations, split personality, train travel, pedophilia, soldier, child abuse, false identity, mental institution ...
Time: 90s
Place: kosovo, madrid, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Wet and Wild Summer (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the ...
Style: crying, freeze frame, sex comedy, independent film
Plot: nudism, nude beach, lifeguard, beach, bare butt, male pubic hair, nudity, female pubic hair, bare chested male, photography, public nudity, naturist ...
Place: oceania, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.7
 3K
Empowered (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Paz seems to have the perfect life. She has a job, a partnerand friends but something ́s missing. In reality, there arethings she is unhappy about. She feels anxious andburdened but can ́t bring herself to express these feelings.Until one day she ...
Style: humorous, funny, talky, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: stepmother stepson relationship, employer employee relationship, female protagonist, midlife crisis, workplace intrigue, coworker, advertising agency, intrigue, identity crisis, supervisor, employee employee relationship, office romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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