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Holy Flying Circus (2011)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A fantastical re-imagining of the events of 1979, when Monty Python made Life of Brian and the debate about what is an acceptable subject for comedy was blown wide open.
Style:
clever, humorous, surreal, witty, semi serious, parody, offbeat, biting, suspense, banned ...
Plot:
actor's life, clergy, religions or cults, friends, society, debate, artists and showbiz, religion, christianity, television, blasphemy, ignorance, profanity, media, religious fanatic, satire, cross dressing, monty python, censorship
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
england, europe, britain, united kingdom
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Most similar movies to Holy Flying Circus
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and clever films with plots about satire, society, artists and showbiz, friends, ambition, showbiz and religion mostly in Comedy, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Holy Flying Circus: Living in Oblivion (1995), Grassroots (2012), Stella Street (2004), Reality (2012), After School (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in ...
Style:
surreal, independent film, humorous, funny, talky ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actor, nothing goes right, filmmaker, satire, character study, artists and showbiz, showbiz, friends, lifestyle, actor's life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of the rise of morals crusader Mary Whitehouse in the UK in the 1960's,
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, biting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
media, couple relations, couples, private vs public, ignorance, television, campaigning, conservatism, husband wife relationship, morality, christian, campaign ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lost his job. Initially given no chance, things turn dark when Cogswell makes it into the general ...
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, political ...
Plot:
politics, ambition, satire, society, campaign, unemployment, friends, against the odds, political campaign, election campaign, campaigning, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Michael Caine, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Roger Moore all live on a quiet street in Surbiton and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards run their corner shop - who knew?
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
misfit, fish out of water, disorder, satire, lifestyle, culture clash, showbiz, social decay, buddies, society, unfulfillment, nothing goes right ...
Time:
60s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
36%
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:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A student-teacher relationship goes way beyond the classroom, including pre-historic times.
Style:
sex comedy, offbeat, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
teacher student relationship, rumor, seduction, reputation, debate, jealousy, god, catholicism, christianity, religion, celibacy, clergy ...
Time:
prehistory, 80s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Nino and Bruno are two comedians who reach the heights of success with their duo act, turning them into huge TV celebrities. However, the hate between them grows as fast, and as much, as their fame
Style:
dark comedy, biting, cynical, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, buddy, behind the scenes, comedian, dark humor, friends, nightclub, workplace situations, media satire, actor's life, buddies, rise to the top ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
usa, wyoming
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, surreal ...
Plot:
satire, culture clash, hijab, muslim, dark humor, taxi driver, self discovery, social differences, adoption, religions or cults, rabbi, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, middle east, europe
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA
Style:
mockumentary, biting, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
nixon, special agent, government agency, head of state, media, fighting crime, hotshot hero, drug dealing, state affairs, performer's life, politics, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
What would Jesus do if he returned to Earth and discovered he could no longer relate to the youth of today?
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fish out of water, satire, destiny, religions or cults, clergy, heroes, society, disorder, antichrist, messiah, jesus, jesus christ ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Tommy is a vacuum cleaner salesman gripped by the fever of closing the deal. He lives on puffa rice stored in his glove compartment, listens to motivation tapes of his own voice shouting 'Sell, sell, fucking sell' and his punters are up to ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky, fast ...
Plot:
odd couple, self discovery, introspection, fish out of water, working class, job seeking, partner, dark humor, ambition, contests and competitions, workplace, reluctant partners ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.
Style:
independent film, witty, clever, talky, semi serious ...
Plot:
writers, live performance, concert, one-man show, biopic, performer's life, creative block, showbiz, midlife crisis, media satire, writer's life, musician's life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992, future
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Drama about the difficulties of a group of people trying to change their lives. A group of people gathers in a terrace in Rome . Some are friends, some know each other and others just meet for the first time. All are intellectual and belong to the ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, non-linear, contemplative, semi serious ...
Plot:
food, husband wife relationship, member of parliament, screenwriter, communist, television, restaurant, politics, satire, friends, couples, unfulfillment ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent.
Style:
dark comedy, erotic, surreal, social, hispanic ...
Plot:
satire, lgbt, gays and lesbians, drug addiction, nun, religion, forbidden love, heroin addiction, gay, lgbtq, surrealism, catholic church ...
Time:
year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young man having an existential crisis convinces a Canadian self-help guru to come to London and become his personal life coach.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
musician, coming of age, self discovery, introspection, unfulfillment, hopes, youth, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, psychology, musician's life, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles that would promote the late Edith Semple to sainthood; Mathews, a non-believer, wishes the school ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
school, religion, small town, fishing village, miraculous event, youth, society, life is a bitch, hopes, terminal illness, religions or cults, power relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
scotland, england, glasgow scotland
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Childstar is about an egotistical 12-year-old named Taylor Brandon Burns who has skyrocketed to fame at that young age. His relationship with his driver, Rick, takes a turn when Taylor confides in him about the problems of celebrity and the fears of ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
youth, teenage boy, fame, actor's life, coming of age, lifestyle, showbiz, filmmaking, movie business, artists and showbiz, parents and children, celebrity culture ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
26%
550
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A script fell to Isabel by chance. In reading it you realize it's the same story of the romance she had with the film director Mario Fabra, author of the script. Isabel decides appointment with Mario, who was not seen again, but at the moment ...
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, biting, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, lovers reunited, ego clash, lifestyle, ambition, rise to the top, love and romance, filmmaking, showbiz, actor's life, youth, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, europe
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately teach the Pope and his new friends some important ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever
Plot:
religion, catholic, profanity, misfit, hidden identity, society, self discovery, hopes, clergy, friends, village, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A naive monk, named Brother Ambrose (Marty Feldman), is sent by the abbot on a mission to raise $5,000 in order to save their monastery from closing. He goes to Hollywood where he encounters a number of eccentric characters.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
religion, monk, church, satire, innocence lost, misfit, prostitute, society, obsessive quest, unlikely partners, clergy, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole. It tells the story of J. J. Curtis, ageing gameshow host played by O'Toole, who hires novelist Jonathan Stitch (Adrian Lester) to pen his ...
Style:
serious, witty, realistic, clever, black comedy ...
Plot:
ambition, media, blind ambition, contests and competitions, showbiz, workplace, uninhibited rivalry, artists and showbiz, couples, dark humor, satire, murder ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
Style:
semi serious, humorous, talky, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
showbiz, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, ambition, media, media satire, talk show host, television, comedian, intrigue, talk show, retiring ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, year 1992, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.
Style:
surreal, spiritual, road movie, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Plot:
religion, inquisition, surrealism, bible, philosophy, jesus christ, satire, jesus, anarchist, spirituality, religious, christianity ...
Time:
year 1969, 20th century, 60s, year 1964
Place:
spain, basque country, paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, sitcom
Plot:
rising to stardom, actor's life, couple relations, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, workplace, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, comedian, celebrity culture, biopic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
358
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A feuding double act try to make it in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film, black comedy ...
Plot:
showbiz, friends, disorder, buddies, artists and showbiz, partner, fish out of water, on the road, odd couple, ambition, rivalry, feud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, realistic, humorous, semi serious
Plot:
youth, culture clash, family relations, best friend, friendship, racism, family problems, hopes, teenage life, coming of age, interracial friendship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1972
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at nothing to possess them. Peggy Ashcroft and Larry Pine star as two rapacious art collectors who ...
Style:
contemplative, semi serious, realistic, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
siblings, couples, friends, optimism, heist, cons and scams, celebrity culture, voyeurism, breakup, bank, media satire, friendship ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
india, england, london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Moving Wallpaper is a British satirical comedy-drama television series set in a TV production unit. It ran on ITV for two series in 2008–2009. The subject of the first series was the production of a soap called Echo Beach, each episode of which ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, clever, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
artists and showbiz, workplace, workplace situations, media, opera, satire, behind the scenes, professional rivalry, ambition, female protagonist, celebrity culture, showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A London tube driver considers pursuing a third fatal accident to collect a huge payout.
Style:
realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, clever ...
Plot:
friendship, terminal illness, cons and scams, teenage life, writer's life, friends, dark humor, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, kinky sex, sex on first date, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, liverpool
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two pairs of Mormon missionaries from America live in a beaten-up apartment in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Their personalities are distinctly different. Elder Johnson is the District Leader and oversees their efforts. His companion, the vain Elder ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
mormon, missionary, religions or cults, society, clergy, mission, social problems, faith, lifestyle, relationships, life philosophy, relationship problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland, netherlands, europe
Similarity:
23%
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