Movies like Maniac Hero

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Maniac Hero (2016)
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Maniac Hero (2016)
Original name: ヒーローマニア -生活-
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Nakatsu was laid off at his company and now works part-time at a convenience store. One day, Nakatsu forms a vigilante group to protect his town with Toshida, who has a mysterious physical ability, Kanari, who is a female high school student with excellent information gathering abilities, and Kusaki, who wields hammers under his sleeves. As they punish evil doers, the group gains popular support and flourish.
Style: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
Plot: superhero, fight, heroes, avenger, battles, humour, fighting crime, lynching, masked vigilante, silly humor, lynch mob, underwear

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Most similar movies to Maniac Hero

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, humorous, entertaining and funny films with plots about humour, silly humor, superhero, satire, fight, escapades and heroes mostly in Comedy, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Maniac Hero: The Double-D Avenger (2001), Jian Bing Man (2015), Detarame Hero (2013), Codename: Jackal (2012), Kekko Kamen Returns (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Double-D Avenger (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Three of the biggest and bustiest Russ Meyer stars - Kitten Natividad, Haji, and Raven De La Croix - make a comeback in 'The Double-D Avenger,' the first in a series of sexy action/comedy feature films by William Winckler Productions. Big, ...
Style: psychotronic, sexy, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Plot: superhero, superheroine, sex scene, seductive, fighting crime, superpower, absurd humor, humour, silly humor, sexual humor, criminal, organized crime ...
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95%
Jian Bing Man (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Beijing, the present day. Popular TV personality Da Peng is invited by gangster businessman Wang Hai to make a film in which he will invest. Wang insists that Da Peng's co-star is TV drama actress Du Xiaoxiao. However, after a nightclub scandal ...
Style: entertaining, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: actor, desire for fame, satire, fighting crime, direction and purpose, humour, superhero, unlikely hero, goofy hero, friendship, aspiration, battles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Detarame Hero (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Kuzumi Kenta is a lowlife moocher whose tendency to always do absolutely nothing because he thinks doing anything is troublesome, is a sure sign that he is NOT a hero. However, upon eating mysterious candy, Kenta discovers that his physical strength ...
Style: light, entertaining, funny, captivating, humorous
Plot: fighting crime, superhuman powers, magical object, supernatural power, police, humour, police officer, heroes, superhero, superpower, friends, teamwork
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Codename: Jackal (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A legendary assassin takes on an elimination task targeting the famous pop singer. She succeeds in kidnapping the singer but is hesitant to kill him, while he is hesitant to run away.
Style: entertaining, captivating, feel good, humorous, funny ...
Plot: abduction, murderer, hitman, celebrity, attempted murder, singer, criminal, female assassin, murder, silly humor, relationships, kidnapped ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Kekko Kamen Returns (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story: The evil is back and this terrorizing the swim team at an all girl school. After turning the Principal into a frog monster they commence with their own brand of twisted training and punishment. But Kekko Kamen has also returned to right the wrongs ...
Style: semi serious, captivating
Plot: superhero, female protagonist, masked superhero, superheroine, fight, school, battles, female nudity, female full frontal nudity, breasts
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set on the backdrop of 1979 a group of troublemaking teenagers led by Mamachari (Hayato Ichihara) decide to prank Chuzai-san (Kuranosuke Sasaki) the local police officer who caught Mamachari’s friend Saijo (Takuya Ishida) for speeding on his ...
Style: feel good, light, captivating, funny, humorous ...
Plot: police, silly humor, friends, chase, practical joke, friendship, police inspector, joke, humour, asian, group, teenager
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Undercover Brother 2 (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Sixteen years ago, Undercover Brother and his younger brother were hot on the heels of the leader of a racist, worldwide syndicate, but accidentally got caught in an avalanche of white snow. After they were discovered and thawed out, Undercover ...
Style: parody, funny, captivating, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot: spy, espionage, black history, secret agent, humour, fighting crime, undercover agent, working undercover, special agent, showdown, brothers, cover-up ...
Time: 2000s
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It's Going to Work 2 (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After going through a failed heist, 5 friends, apparently back to their normal lives, are involved in an opportunity to pull off another one.
Style: light, entertaining, humorous, satirical, feel good ...
Plot: fugitives, satire, escapades, runaway, unlikely criminals, humour, silly humor, escape
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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: entertaining, captivating, humorous, feel good, funny ...
Plot: multiple storylines, friendship, escapades, joke, friends, humour, satire, silly humor, friend
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Misadventures of Hedi and Cokeman (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In Paris, two dysfunctional dealers use family ties to try to boost their small drug business in this crass comedy based on the webseries.
Style: feel good, light, entertaining, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: drug, escapades, family business, absurd humor, businessman, drug lord, silly humor, humour, drug dealer, drug traffic, family relations, bare chested male ...
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Heroes (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Chile
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A group of senior people will unite against the evil plan of a Spanish businessman who wants to get Chile out of Latin America to annex it to Europe.
Style: light, captivating, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Plot: saving a life, terrorist plot, earthquake, irony, daring rescue, humour, conspiracy, corporate conspiracy, heroes
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Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Top National Security agent and zoophobe Tae-ju suddenly receives an ability to talk to the animals after a freak accident?!
Style: entertaining, funny, captivating, humorous, light ...
Plot: animal, animal human communication, human animal relationship, mission, teamwork, talking animal, special agent, partner, humour, search and rescue, wild animal, agent ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The 2 Usual Idiots (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The sequel to 2011 film "I soliti idioti".
Style: light, satirical, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
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45%
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Judge! (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company named Otan is selected as a judge on the festival jury. Meanwhile, a coworker also named Ota ...
Style: light, feel good, captivating, funny, entertaining ...
Plot: advertising agency, culture clash, advertising, silly humor, advertising executive, rivalry, financial problem, contest, problem solving, failing business, humour, publicity stunt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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League of Superheroes (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: ABCs of Superheroes brings you not only one or two or five, but no less than twenty-six of the most heroic and outrageous Superheroes and Supervillains of all time. From the Almighty Ape to the fabulous Zee-Men, this anthology feature film will have ...
Style: parody, captivating, funny, light, humorous ...
Plot: superhero, superpower, supernatural power, superhero spoof, villainess, masked superhero, superheroine, fight, good versus evil, battles, showdown, master villain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Riza Senyurt is the world's most troubled Santa Claus at Christmas time. For one thing, he doesn't know who Santa Claus is. Whether fake or real however, he is Santa Claus now. Bearing the load of the whole world on his shoulders, Santa ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot: christmas, santa claus, new year's eve, life philosophy, humour, society, lifestyle, silly humor, turk, shopping mall, santa claus suit
Place: istanbul turkey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story: Nick returns to the Paramount Theater to drop his new TASTE IT hour special. Fans of Swardson get his fresh takes on booze, chicks and diarrhea, along with new stories, new jokes and a new t-shirt. Nick is back and it tastes good.
Style: entertaining, humorous, funny, feel good, light ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The children leave for the school trip and dad and mom board a nice girl who turns out to be the lover of their best friend. Which is then the husband of their best friend ...
Style: entertaining, humorous, light, feel good, sex comedy ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
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Style: funny, humorous, light, feel good, captivating
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Sklar Brothers: What Are We Talking About? (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
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Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, funny, light ...
Plot: humour, joke, comedian, stand up comedy, stand up, duo
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37%
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Defying Chase (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A stunt man is involved accidentally in a culture relics hustling crime and fight for himself in a series of dangerous adventures.
Style: entertaining, captivating, exciting, funny, humorous
Plot: fight, adventurer, criminal, relic hunter, adventure hero, criminal gang, danger, stuntman, peril, relic, characters in danger
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
YouTube Poop: The Movie (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Story: 50+ YouTube Poop videos have been edited together to create a ‘very loose’ storyline in this visual mixtape. This ‘movie’ functions as both a compilation ‘best of’ as well as portraying the experience of flipping channels through ...
Style: parody, feel good, light, captivating, satirical ...
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37%
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Style: captivating, entertaining, light, humorous
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Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 47 min.
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Style: super sentai, captivating, entertaining, exciting
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34%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
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Style: captivating, humorous, exciting
Plot: small town, kidnapping, saving a life, small town life, society, fighting crime, lynching, political conspiracy, escapades, heroes, gang, mafia ...
Place: lithuania
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Bakuman (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Moritaka Mashiro (Takeru Satoh) doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Plot: friendship, art, drawing, couple relations, relationships, painter, teenage life, youth, teenager, satire, ambition, father daughter relationship ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman -- an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play ...
Style: humorous, funny, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot: escapades, pretending to be someone else, actor, criminal, con trick, deception, bandit, outlaw gang, mafia, gang, fish out of water, silly humor ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.6
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Famalam (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: Famalam shines a comedic light on everything - from alien encounters in the outer reaches of the galaxy to what happens when a man is left on his own in a house for 10 minutes holding only a phone and a remote. With a dazzling array of accents, ...
Style: parody, captivating, satirical, feel good, humorous ...
Plot: superhero, silly humor, satire, humour, absurd humor, social satire, sketch, black british
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Roy Chubby Brown: Too Fat To Be Gay (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min.
Story: Britain’s most outrageous comedian, bar none! Tackling subjects from motorway pile-ups to marriage counsellors & cancer-causing sausages this recording of another of Chubby's live performances will shock & offend those of a sensitive ...
Style: light, satirical, funny, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: vulgar, sexual humor, humour, silly humor, gross out humor, adult humor, satire, comedian, absurd humor, innuendo, stand up comedy, stand up ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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