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I Can Speak (2017)
 7.5
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I Can Speak (2017)
Original name: 아이 캔 스피크
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A grumpy old woman befriends a young civil servant and learns English from him. She then reveals to him her shocking past.
Style: thought provoking, humorous, captivating, satirical, cult film
Plot: government official, world war two, politics, politician, society, social problems, female protagonist, satire, social relations, political satire, political unrest, social satire, social issues, complaint, unlikely friendships, women's issues, asian, international relations, war crime, elderly, hearing, historical event
Keyword: english

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, captivating, humorous and semi serious films with plots about satire, social problems, society, social satire, lifestyle, humour and social issues mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like I Can Speak: El cuartito (2021), The Roommates Party (2015), Hit Me Anyone One More Time! (2019), We Accept Miracles (2015), Crackanory (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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El cuartito (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The dreams of five strangers traveling to Puerto Rico are put on hold when immigration authorities confine them in 'El cuartito'.
Style: disturbing, humorous, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Plot: u.s. mexico border, border patrol, unlikely friendships, social problems, immigrant, society, social satire, illegal immigrant, satire, fugitive, washed up star, airport ...
Place: puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Roommates Party (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An unusually cold winter forces the french government to push the best housed people to accommodate some poor fellow citizens. The decree called "Le Grand Partage" creates some trouble among the residents of a Paris upscale apartment block.
Style: humorous, captivating, sincere, satirical
Plot: class differences, neighbor neighbor relationship, winter, living together, new neighbor, lifestyle, satire, social relations, family problems, flatmate, social satire, society ...
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Hit Me Anyone One More Time! (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His approval rating was the lowest in the history of ...
Style: humorous, captivating, satirical
Plot: amnesiac, politician, prime minister, memory loss, political satire, memory lapse, political candidate, satire, political intrigue, amnesia, politics, corrupt politician ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
We Accept Miracles (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Fulvio is the only one of the three brothers to have left the village to go to work in the city. Deputy chief of staff in a large company, he dismisses people without remorse until he gets fired himself and after being jailed for beating his ...
Style: satirical, light, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Plot: provincial life, social problems, society, small community, lifestyle, money problems, community, breaking the law, social satire, family problems, satire, humour ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Movie in collections
 7.1
 158
Crackanory (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Crackanory is a storytelling television series aimed at adults, inspired by the popular children's series Jackanory. Each episode features two 15-minute tales narrated by contemporary comedians and actors, containing a mix of live action and ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, witty, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot: satire, adult humor, comedian, society, social satire, social issues, irony, social problems
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Honest Candidate 2 (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: As a politician, Joo Sang-Sook (Ra Mi-Ran) attempted to run for the fourth time as a member of the nationally assembly. After visiting her grandmother, Joo Sang-Sook was unable to tell a lie. Now, Joo Sang-Sook attempts to return to the political ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, satirical, captivating, political ...
Plot: governor, politician, politics, political satire, ambitious woman, female protagonist, political intrigue, ambition, social issues, intrigue, political campaign, satire ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Overnight Republic (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Peker Mengen wins the post of mayor in a remote town with the promise of a visit by the prime minister and making the town a province. When the people do not forget his promise, Mengen ends up persuading the prime minister to visit the town with his ...
Style: parody, humorous, satirical, light, captivating ...
Plot: alien, mayor, social relations, politics, society, satire, town mayor, country, city, political intrigue, lifestyle, political unrest ...
Place: china, usa, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Kidnapping Granny K (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Mrs. KWON has spent lifetime building a small home-made soup business into an empire with her bare hands. Now a retiring millionaire, she’s distributed most of her wealth among her children and is enjoying her life as an independent, tech-savvy ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot: asian, kidnapping, female protagonist, ransom, kidnapped, gang, family business, criminal gang, kidnapped woman, satire, ransom demand, businesswoman ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Roar (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Featuring an all-star cast, this genre-bending anthology series weaves together eight darkly comedic feminist fables that take unexpected approaches to subjects like gender roles, autonomy, and identity.
Style: anthology, disturbing, semi serious, captivating, satirical ...
Plot: woman, social issues, social injustice, satire, society, female protagonist, social problems, lifestyle, sorority, women, social commentary, domestic drama ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 7.2
 374
Into The Ring (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A poor young woman decides to try her hand at civil service when she hears that a district representative position has an annual salary of 50 million won. She teams up with the newly-demoted Seo Gong Myung to penalize corrupt politicians.
Style: disturbing, captivating, humorous, romantic, political
Plot: politics, office, government official, political unrest, co worker co worker relationship, political satire, workplace, society, political intrigue, politician, employer employee relationship, political conspiracy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 6.1
 599
Maggie (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A couple’s hospital tryst is caught on X-Ray. Thinking she and her boyfriend are the ones in the compromising radiograph, nurse Yoon-young goes in the next day to resign only to find that everyone has called in sick except the head doctor.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, satirical, intelligent ...
Plot: videotaped sex, hospital, social problems, nurse, caught having sex, workplace situations, doubt, satire, social satire, co worker co worker relationship, relationship problems, workplace ...
Place: seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Seven vignettes explore the difference between fantasy and reality, memory and history, and the joy and agony of the human condition.
Style: anthology, disturbing, satirical, thought provoking, psychological ...
Plot: society, relationship problems, social satire, family problems, marriage, satire, lifestyle, hollywood, social problems, psychology, loss, bare breasts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Las Fierbinti (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: A rural comedy where the intrigues caused by the upcoming elections in a small village give rise to a ridiculous war between the mayor and deputy mayor. Unfortunately, they have no clue that their struggle will prove to be in vain at the end of the ...
Style: captivating, funny, humorous, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot: social satire, village life, election, political satire, political humor, society, villager, political intrigue, lifestyle, countryside, satire, politics ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The socialist mayor of a small village in France dreams of building an arts center but he runs up against some opposition.
Style: satirical, semi serious, realistic, cynical, biting ...
Plot: architecture, satire, french teacher, social relations, couples, opposites attract, politics, society, small town life, small town, rural setting, environmental ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Coastal Elites (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A socially distanced comedic satire that spotlights five characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture, and the pandemic.
Style: satirical, semi serious, entertaining, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: social problems, politics, humour, epidemic, lifestyle, satire, society, multiple storylines, talk show, pandemic
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Nikki Glaser: Bangin' (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story: Nikki Glaser bares all in a blistering stand-up special about sex, sobriety and getting over her own insecurities. And she won't spare you the details.
Style: funny, sex comedy, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: female comedian, stand up comedian, social problems, humour, women's issues, sexual humor, social satire, adult humor, comedian, satire, social issues, joke ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Queen and I (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.
Style: psychological, semi serious, thrilling, political, captivating ...
Plot: satire, british royal family, british history, politics, money, royal family, political satire, money problems, british, queen
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 9.0
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Prespav (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country:
TV show
Story: Kosta and Ula are a married couple who decide to adapt the family house to a boarding house. Costa's brother, Tony, manages to find funding to open the boarding house. Mile is the eldest brother who is opposed to the existence of a guesthouse ...
Style: humorous, satirical, captivating, semi serious, entertaining
Plot: house, social problems, social relations, lifestyle, humour, society, social issues, social satire, satire, boarding house, family business
Place: macedonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 4.1
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The Jokes (2004)
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: captivating, funny, entertaining, satirical, feel good ...
Plot: joke, society, humour, social problems, lifestyle, satire, social issues
Time: 2000s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Brexageddon?! (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
Story: One-off comedy satirising the EU Referendum and its effects in which a cast of comedy characters interact with the real-life campaign pranking prominent figures within the Leave and Remain camps.
Style: captivating, feel good, funny, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot: prank, politician, humour, satire, social satire, political satire, british politics, british, british humour
Time: year 2016
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.6
 110
Act Your Age (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Lake, a young theater actor with no respect for the elderly, is forced to make himself look old, in order to land a part in a Broadway-bound play. His ego drives his girlfriend away, and when research for the play requires him to spend a week in a ...
Style: captivating, semi serious, disturbing, satirical, thought provoking ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
La Telenovela Errante (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The film revolves around the concept of soap opera. Its structure is based on the assumption that Chilean reality does not exist, but rather is an ensemble of soap operas. There are four audiovisual provinces, and the threat of war is felt among the ...
Style: soap opera, satirical, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot: social issues, lifestyle, political unrest, social problems, satire, oneiric
Time: year 1990
Place: chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Kitchen Brigade (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Cathy is a sous-chef wanting to open a restaurant. With financial difficulties, Cathy accepts a job at a shelter for young migrants. At first she hates the job then her passion for cuisine starts to change children's lives.
Style: disturbing, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, satirical
Plot: workplace, chef, money problems, social problems, society, workplace situations, lifestyle change, female protagonist, lifestyle, coworker, satire, financial problem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 6.3
 508
Only Girls (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After a shoplifter finds herself unexpectedly released on parole, she pays a call on the judge at her flat. The judge, Carole Rewinsky, does not tell Tina that her elease was only a clerical error. The two find they share things in common other than ...
Style: psychological, captivating, funny, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot: ex convict, female protagonist, police officer, police, unlikely friendships, satire, opposites attract, thief, women
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Wanda Sykes: Not Normal (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Wanda Sykes tackles politics, reality TV, racism and the secret she'd take to the grave in this rollicking, no-holds-barred stand-up special.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, satirical, funny ...
Plot: comedian, stand up comedy, social satire, female comedian, joke, humour, female protagonist, social problems, social issues, satire, stand up comedian, public speaking ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Jen Kirkman: I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine) (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Jen Kirkman's Netflix produced stand-up special as performed at the North Door in Austin, Texas.
Style: funny, humorous, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot: comedian, female comedian, female protagonist, social problems, stand up comedian, satire, middle aged, joke, public speaking, social issues, social satire, humour ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.3
 4K
How It Ends (2021)
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: captivating, satirical, entertaining, psychological, road movie ...
Plot: end of the world, asteroid, apocalypse, satire, absurd humor, humour, social satire, house party, pain, epidemic, distopia, female protagonist ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
M4M: Measure for Measure (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A plotting Duke leaves his kingdom in the hands of a prudish soldier, who evokes an arcane law making fornication punishable by death - but who then abuses his power when he becomes obsessed with an even more chaste young man.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, independent film
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.8
 1K
Small World (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A prominent doctor wants to commit a suicide. Two cops chose a wrong way while driving down the road. The suspected one believes that he'll never be caught. His pretty wife who works in a confectionery and she's able only to love. One boy ...
Style: ironic, sincere, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Plot: police officer, suicide attempt, social relations, social problems, social satire, irony, satire, family problems, humour, society, life philosophy, relationship problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Little Black Dress (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Little Black Dress depicts the friendships, jealousies, hopes and failures of four 24-year-old girls. The girls first met as first year students in college. They seem to be enjoying their 20's, but inside they all have worries.
Style: thrilling, captivating, satirical, psychological, semi serious
Plot: friendship, urban setting, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, satire, girlfriend, female protagonist, women, relationships, group of friends, friends, coping, lifestyle ...
Place: east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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