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Brian and Charles (2022)
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Brian and Charles (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a discarded mannequin head, Brian gets an idea. Three days, a washing machine, and sundry spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and proves a charming, cheeky companion. Before long, however, Charles also develops autonomy. Intrigued by the wider world — or whatever lies beyond the cottage where Brian has hidden him away — Charles craves adventure.
Style: mockumentary, funny, humorous, surreal, independent film
Plot: robot, dancing, inventor, village life, breaking the fourth wall, forest, life, friendship, car chase, farm, disco, lake, thunderstorm, tractor, parrot, gardening, train station, marital argument, walking, plumber, disguise, farmhouse, cottage, storekeeper, bike ...
Time: 2020s
Place: wales

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, captivating and funny films with plots about robot, friendship, artificial intelligence, satire, friends, love and family relations mostly in Comedy, Sci-Fi and Drama genres. Some movies like Brian and Charles: Ghosts with Shit Jobs (2012), Bigbug (2022), Radiator (2014), Robot & Frank (2012), Short Circuit 2 (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ghosts with Shit Jobs (2012)
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Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
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Duration: 89 min.
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Style: touching, clever, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 85 min.
Story: A shy guy, due to problems in communicating with girls, invents an android robot and goes with him to a reunion.
Style: captivating, entertaining, funny, humorous, exciting
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Style: psychotronic, surreal, retro, semi serious, humorous
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