Movies like My Boss, My Teacher
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My Boss, My Teacher (2006)
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Original name: 투사부일체
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A mobster must complete college and spend some time as an ethics teacher in order to receive a promotion to a coveted territory.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, fast paced, action comedy, light hearted, feel good, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
school, organized crime, second chance, teacher, school teacher, fish out of water, gangster, mobster, bandit, gang, teachers and students, crime boss, life is a bitch, high school life, teacher student relationship, ambition, high school teacher, high school, morality, loyalty, power struggle, urban, redemption, identity crisis, friendship ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
korea, seoul
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Most similar movies to My Boss, My Teacher
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, satirical, semi serious and entertaining films with plots about satire, urban, friendship, corruption, redemption, gangster and loyalty mostly in Comedy, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like My Boss, My Teacher: City of Damnation (2009), The Mafia, The Salesman (2007), First Round Down (2016), Snatch Up (2018), Our School's E.T. (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Jang Choon-dong is a traffic officer who aspires to become a homicide detective. He is assigned to go undercover to infiltrate a gangster network. Meanwhile, Lee Joong-dae, a member of Kwang-seob's gang, goes undercover himself by joining the ...
Style:
semi serious, detective, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, ambition, satire, police, undercover, problem, bandit, police detective, criminal, working undercover, undercover agent, gang ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A series of embarrassing incidents force a mobster to go back to high school to finally graduate.
Style:
entertaining, light, humorous, captivating, slapstick ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
school, corruption, gang, gangster, high school, humour, outlaw gang, training, gang member, bandit, criminal, high school life ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
With the looming free trade agreement between the US and South Korea, even a mafia gang thinks it should become more globalized and professional. Doo-shik is picked to infiltrate a mega corporation and steal their methods for success.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, dark comedy, crime drama ...
Plot:
mafia, satire, globalization, organized crime, escapades, mafioso, mob boss, gang member, fight, bandit, criminal gang, gang leader ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tim Tucker was a star forward who broke a knee and never got drafted to the NHL. After the injury, Tim left hockey and became a hitman. Ten years later he finds himself back in town to look after his brother Matthew, with a chance to set things ...
Style:
tense, satirical, disturbing, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
ex athlete, gangster, hockey, love interest, love affair, romantic relationship, social problems, in love, lifestyle, career, moll, satire ...
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A golf bag filled with cash sets off a furious chase between an unemployed man, a delivery man, gangsters, a killer, and a cop.
Style:
action comedy, semi serious, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
money, satire, competitor, escapades, cash, criminal, hidden money, stolen money, multiple contestants, chase, gangster, greed ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Sung geun, a physical education teacher, is at risk of losing his job when the school decides it needs an English teacher instead of a PE teacher. Therefore, he starts to devise a plan to change his job as an English teacher.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, lighthearted ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
teacher, school, workplace, satire, school teacher, gym teacher, workplace situations, escapades, coworker, high school teacher, teacher student relationship, fish out of water ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Manzoni High School in Milan is the worst in Italy. When the percentage of those promoted falls to 12%, it's time for the last resort: to entrust the classes to the worst of the available teachers.
Style:
sincere, captivating, humorous, psychological, light ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
high school, teenage girl, teenager, friendship, teacher, teachers and students, society, high school life, social relations, hardcase students, student, classmate ...
Place:
italy, milan italy
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Egypt, India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Group of young people trying to save the Egyptian Ambassador in India as part of a comedy
Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
rescue mission, escapades, satire, friendship, ambassador, young adult, fish out of water, diplomacy, road trip, political satire, loyalty, urban ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india, cairo egypt
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
This story is all about a ambitious boy named Seenu (Ravi Teja) who dreams of becoming a don. He always likes to be called as ‘Don’ Seenu since childhood due to the strong influence of the Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Don’. He grows up with ...
Style:
entertaining, masala, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, mistaken identity, ambition, rivalry, underworld, rise to power, couple relations, relationships, satire, male female relationship, criminal gang, criminal ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A movie about a teenager who falls from the roof, but finds himself in the body of a gangster.
Style:
captivating, unusual plot structure, exciting, thought provoking, action comedy ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
body swapping, japanese mafia, bullying, gangster, body swap, switching roles, fish out of water, classmate classmate relationship, life turned upside down, school, social misfits, escapades ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A brainy private school student is transferred to a far less elite institution, where he must fend off classmates who settle scores with fistfights.
Style:
satirical, disturbing, semi serious, captivating, action drama ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, martial arts, school bully, school, fight, high school, teenager, satire, militant, rivalry, fistfight, teenage life ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story follows Sultan, a boxer and trainer who works with his friend Saeed in a sports center. They find themselves in trouble when they stumble upon a printing press for counterfeit money.
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, captivating, satirical, tense ...
Plot:
counterfeit money, boxer, athlete's life, criminal, fight, problem, athlete and trainer, escapades, money problems, satire, money, boxing ...
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A school director is forced to train the 'worst' students of his school to master Taekwondo as the old coach, taking along the best of his athletes, left the school.
Style:
feel good, satirical, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
martial arts, school, teamwork, martial arts school, taekwondo, troubled youth, martial arts training, athlete and trainer, humour, satire, showdown, high school life ...
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Triumph in a local Tug-of-war tourney gifted Shaji Pappan and his gang, a cute but naughty little goat 'Pinky'. Their attempts to dump the goat, unknowingly, interrupts few groups of smugglers, who are in race for the ...
Style:
satirical, thrilling, semi serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
goat, smuggling, satire, problem, friendship, male camaraderie, irreverent, village, dark humor, youth, gangster, loyalty ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
61%
511
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Dasu is a small time crook who becomes orphan after his father goes to prison. Meanwhile a local goon decides to send one of his men into the police department to get information for them. Dasu will be roped for this job but he needs to pass SSC ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, psychological, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
police, relationships, male female relationship, manipulation, criminal, satire, intrigue, secret, manipulative behavior, revenge, justice, mafia ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
india
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
What happens when a washed up KGB agent, who has defected to the United States, gets into the back seat of an Uber with a Nuclear Bomb he has to disarm in 48 hours?
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear bomb, satire, espionage, countdown, problem, nuclear threat, bomb, bomb threat, secret agent, threat, race against time, special agent ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A soldier-turned-high school teacher uses unusual methods to reach to a class of poor students, while dealing with a greedy entrepreneur and his gang of fighters as well as the government.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, funny, humorous, inspirational ...
Plot:
martial arts, school, high school life, problem solving, school teacher, humour, high school teacher, gross out humor, financial problem, training, fight scenes, resilience ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Goparajan / Gopan, a native of Neyyattinkara and a real estate tycoon buys a large piece of land in Chittur for a construction purpose, but on his arrival, he learns that the residents are forcefully and unlawfully evicted from their properties by ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, masala, intense ...
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, fight, bandit, gang, battles, mob hit, small town, fighting crime, criminal gang, government corruption, land dispute ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three bumbling, incompetent cops are in way over their head when they must investigate a Russian crime godfather who's engineering a smuggling plot.
Style:
action comedy, slapstick, fast paced, suspense, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, russian mafia, crime boss, buddy cop, smuggling, kidnapping, chase, weapons, organ trafficking, caper, justice, irreverent ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Candela, the headmistress of an elite school, after a traumatic divorce, returns to her old high school to lead a group of rebellious students through chess. There she will learn that in chess, and in life, it doesn't matter if you are a king ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, heartfelt, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, school, father daughter relationship, chess, education, life lesson, lifestyle change, school teacher, high school life, teacher, female teacher, satire ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Today is righteous Chae-young’s first day of her transferred school after beaten a bully to nothing. Despite the dad’s warning, she saves her classmate Jong-gu from bullies again. Fascinated by her, Jong-gu asks how to be strong like her.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, tense
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
bullying, martial arts, friendship, high school, bully, strong female lead, justice, high school life, school bully, satire, classmate, fight ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
To keep the band together, Selly tries to earn money by making an appearance at the birthday party of a mobster's daughter - until he gets kidnapped.
Style:
feel good, funny, tense, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
holiday, friendship, music band, granddaughter, christmas, family relations, gang, grandfather, friends, friend, birthday, bandit ...
Place:
romania, bucharest
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ashour, Salaah’s father, runs his school with severity and cruelty. after Ashour's death, Salah inherits the job and lets Sayed, his deputy, take charge. Hussein the teacher makes a great effort to guide Salah to succeed in managing the ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
school, satire, director, high school life, high school teacher, school principal, school teacher, teacher student relationship, education, power, social commentary, mistrust ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man's teeth crooked ghastly. Need a plan to get rich fast so he enlists the help from a limping woman and a blindfolded man. They decide to join the Mafia and help kidnap the politician's son, but things go terribly wrong when they ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, semi serious, captivating, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, kidnapping, poverty, friendship, satire, gangster, friends, poor, mafioso, gang, escapades, family problems ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
thailand, southeast asia
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Gang-jo got bored with his yuppie lifestyle, he did what any normal person would do – he used his expert knowledge in high-tech gadgetry to live the life of a super-thief, of course. But when Gang-jo steals from Sang-tae, a happily married ...
Style:
satirical, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, thief, changing lives, escapades, heist gone wrong, burglar, satire, theft, robbery, cat and mouse, male protagonist, social satire ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On a Friday afternoon, there was an unexpected knock on the door of the staff room of a city high school. An ambitious father is willing to go to extremes to get his son admitted to high school. The six teachers who are still at school so shortly ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
teacher, teacher student relationship, hostage situation, ethical dilemma, high school teacher, school teacher, problem, satire, father, escapades, teachers and students, hostage ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Korea, 1724. Once upon a time in the Choson Dynasty, Chun-doong falls in love at first sight with a beautiful woman whilst in the middle of a fight.When she is delivered by accident to Chun-doong's tavern to work as a maid, he is the happiest ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, intrigue, gang, fall in love, love affair, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, prostitute, joseon dynasty, courtesan, power struggle ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The most notorious househusband in history appears!! The sinister yakuza who left behind many legends in the underworld, "The Immortal Dragon". He washed his hands of the yakuza lifestyle, and the new path he chose… was ...
Style:
feel good, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
yakuza, satire, family relations, lifestyle change, fight, criminal, changing lives, crime boss, battles, social problems, adaptation, fish out of water ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Özgür accidentally comes across the money of a mafia leader.
Style:
light, funny, entertaining, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
mafia, money, bandit, mistaken identity, mafioso, crime boss, gang, fake identity, gang leader, outlaw gang, criminal gang, criminal ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A Korean mobster's bumbling assistants team up with a street-smart hooker to find their employer's missing drug money.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, buddy comedy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
drug, satire, criminal, escapades, drug dealer, money problems, bandit, criminal gang, stolen money, gang, drug lord, drug dealing ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
57%
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