Movies like Abel 1986

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Abel (1986)
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Abel (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An extremely weird comedy about the life of 31- year-old Abel, who has never left home. After failing with doctors and psychiatrists, Abel's father Victor brings home Christine, a friend, in an attempt to teach Abel basic social skills. After that trouble starts and Abel is thrown out into the street.
Style: dark comedy, slasher, art house, deep, cult classic, clever, offbeat, humorous, surreal, witty ...
Plot: mama's boy, social satire, family relations, chase, cowardice, parents and children, family life, love and romance, couples, satire, eccentric family, prostitute, striptease, sex scene, stalking, adultery, psychiatrist, theater, parents, television, agoraphobia, voyeur, dysfunctional family, flying, fish ...
Time: 80s
Place: europe, holland
Keyword: dutch

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and offbeat films with plots about family relations, couples, parents and children, love and romance, satire, society and family life mostly in Comedy, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Abel: The Northerners (1992), Waiter (2006), Polyester (1981), The Funeral (1984), The Last Days of Emma Blank (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Northerners (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A black comedy set in the 1960s in a small Netherlands community, populated by a cast of eccentrics, all of whom hold a range of sexual obsessions and frustrated desires.
Style: dark comedy, cult classic, black comedy, slasher, art house ...
Plot: butcher, teenager, surrealism, hippie, neighbor, suburbs, neglect, couples, family relations, estrangement, social relations, dull life ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: netherlands, europe, holland
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95%
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Waiter (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Edgar works as a waiter in 'Het Westen', a restaurant. He is married and has a lover. His neighbors terrorize him with loud music and garbage. One day after he is mistreated by some customers he is sick of it all and goes to talk to his ...
Style: captivating, touching, semi serious, humorous, slasher ...
Plot: waiter, destiny, dull life, change of luck, midlife crisis, starting over, family relations, dark humor, unsupportive coworkers, lovers, relationship problems, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, germany, netherlands, holland, amsterdam
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69%
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Polyester (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot: misfit, dysfunctional family, abortion, alcoholism, loser, satire, lgbtq, transvestite, playboy, camp, freak, fetish ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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The Funeral (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. The remainder of the film is episodic, moving from one incident to another over the course of the three-day funeral, which is held (as is ...
Style: art house, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Plot: sex, ritual, family relations, funeral, satire, suburban life, elderly, family gatherings, suburbs, couples, couple relations, culture clash ...
Time: year 1984, 80s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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The Last Days of Emma Blank (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A woman living in a large country home drives her servants to mutiny with her outrageous demands as she waits for death to come for her.
Style: cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous, slasher ...
Plot: family relations, estate, farce, dysfunctional family, family problems, lifestyle, parents and children, terminal illness, eccentric family, power relations, dark humor, master and servant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful and (apparently) contented children. The other family is poor, with ...
Style: funny, cult classic, cynical, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: coming of age, twins separated at birth, oedipus complex, class differences, family relations, twins, satire, couples, society, youth, love and romance, vengeance ...
Time: 80s
Place: flanders, france
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50%
Death at a Funeral (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, slapstick, tragicomedy ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: dysfunctional family, funeral, farce, dark humor, secret, sarcasm, gay, adultery, british, multiple storylines, family gatherings, siblings relations ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Neighbors (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who *should* be living in such a nice ...
Style: funny, surreal, cult classic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: neighbor, new neighbor, suburbs, satire, dark humor, swamp, suburban life, drinking, house fire, neighborhood, teen angst, american dream ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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The Chain (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
Style: independent film, biting, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: relocation, house, couples, family relations, love and romance, society, social differences, property, moving
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Passed Away (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A bunch of eccentric relatives gather for their patriarch's funeral.
Style: black comedy, laugh out loud, dark comedy, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: funeral, family relations, pregnancy, midlife crisis, dark humor, family problems, couples, single parent, nothing goes right, love and romance, clergy, elderly ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Royal Palace (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Eugenia is the queen of an imaginary European country. When her husband dies, quite unexpectedly, the country is left without a king. According to the law, the new king needs to be married so that leaves out the eldest son. Her youngest son, Prince ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, witty, realistic, funny ...
Plot: favoritism among siblings, royal family, head of state, couples, family relations, parents and children, state affairs, royal court, manipulation, divorce, palaces castles and temples, world
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Smile (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital ...
Style: dark comedy, realistic, biting, humorous, satirical ...
Plot: female nudity, choreographer, showbiz, family relations, disorder, social relations, couples, contests and competitions, youth, society, mischievous children, introspection ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Boudu (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: humorous, semi serious, witty, captivating, offbeat ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love triangle, fish out of water, disorder, social relations, couples, misfit, couple relations, social differences, love and romance, rich and poor, infidelity, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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The Dress (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The story of a summer dress and those who have to do with it, especially the train conductor (played by van Warmerdam, the director). The dress functions as catalyst for the whimsical events, which turns out to be either tragic or hilarious.
Style: dark comedy, slasher, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: fashion, female nudity, bare breasts, rape, sodomy, striptease, surrealism, sex crime, sensuality, home invasion, bare butt, nudity ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Marco Mazzetti (Marcello Mastroianni), a driving instructor, lives with his wife Irène (Catherine Deneuve) and their young. After a series of dizzy spells, he goes to the doctor and discovers that he is four-month pregnant. Marco then becomes ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, mind bending, biting, semi serious ...
Plot: pregnant man, pregnancy, disorder, family relations, couples, switching roles, self discovery, gender, babies and infants, parents and children, midlife crisis, urban ...
Time: 70s
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Bickering siblings are reunited at their Texas home as their father lies on his deathbed in this black comedy.
Style: semi serious, witty, realistic, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family problems, siblings relations, betrayal, life is a bitch, dark humor, parents and children, terminal illness, eccentric family, family life, estate, siblings ...
Time: 80s
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Life in the Fast Lane (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Black comedy about an obsessive street graffiti artist, who falls obsessively in love with a frustrated artist he meets. Unfortunately, rather than trying to meet with her in a conventional way, he decides to mail himself to her with the help of a ...
Style: independent film, slapstick, semi serious, realistic, surreal ...
Plot: ghost, artist, surrealism, death, church, family relations, disorder, couples, dark humor, goofy hero, starting over, love and romance ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Bug (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A small boy squashing an insect sets in motion a series of events, large and small, that include a lost restaurant reservation, a drunken fender-bender, disruption of basic cable television service, and more than one relationship falling apart. One ...
Style: surreal, semi serious, humorous, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot: family problems, love and romance, destiny, crumbling marriage, couples, hopes, couple relations, down on your luck, group, dysfunctional marriage, fortune cookie, breakup ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Queen of Hearts (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Eddie Luca is the youngest son in a family of Italian immigrants who has moved to London. Beginning from nowhere, they open a cafe in an Italian neighbourhood. One day their father loses the cafe, the home and his wedding ring by gambling.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: cafe, youth, food, family relations, couples, family conflict, immigrant family, love and romance, coming of age, society, family problems, family life ...
Time: year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place: europe, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Sex After Kids (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An edgy comedy about the sexual adventures in parenthood.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sex comedy, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: parents and children, family relations, sexual relations, family life, couple relations, couples, sexually dissatisfied wife, kids and family, social satire, parenthood, lesbian, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
I Want to Go Home (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Joey Wellman, an American cartoonist from Cleveland now largely forgotten at home, visits France with his partner Lena to attend an exhibition in Paris about the comic strip (bande dessinée) which features his work. He also hopes to be reconciled ...
Style: biting, surreal, realistic, semi serious, clever ...
Plot: cartoonist, satire, culture clash, extramarital affair, bittersweet, performer's life, estrangement, disorder, family relations, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, society ...
Time: year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Love Thy Neighbor (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Suburbanites Danny and Linda try to overcome their various differences and try to get along after his wife and her husband run off with each other.
Style: realistic, semi serious, offbeat, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: adultery, infidelity, suburbs, bittersweet, family relations, family problems, couples, suburban life, family life, love affair, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
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37%
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LolliLove (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: A hip, misguided Southern California couple decide to make a difference in the lives of the homeless by giving them lollipops with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.
Style: mockumentary, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: social differences, social relations, rich and poor, nothing goes right, society, homelessness, charity, satire, homeless, couples
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After seven years in boarding school, Morgan Stewart is finally coming home. He discovers it's not the same happy home it used to be....
Style: cult classic, humorous, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenager, school, teen angst, family relations, campaign, ambition, youth, society, self discovery, rise to the top, on the run, mischievous children ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Being Frank (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A seventeen-year-old boy blackmails his father after discovering his secret second family
Style: semi serious, feel good, captivating, satirical, independent film ...
Plot: family relations, blackmail, double life, father, father son relationship, family problems, family secret, marital problem, adultery, satire, changing lives, parents and children ...
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35%
Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place - The Play (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: One weekend, Aunt Bam's nephew-in-law Stewart is granted a court-ordered visitation with his children. Although his new, much-younger wife Mona is a bundle of nerves, Stewart seizes the opportunity to reconnect with his children, whom he loves ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: family relations, couples, family life, family problems, parents and children, disorder, strong female presence, couple relations, dysfunctional family, family gatherings, african american protagonist
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Bourgeois convention is demolished in Luis Buñuel’s surrealist gem. Featuring an elegant soiree with guests seated at toilet bowls, poker-playing monks using religious medals as chips, and police officers looking for a missing girl who is right ...
Style: surreal, humorous, art house, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Plot: surrealism, satire, monk, sadomasochism, religion, society, greed, mistaken identity, visceral, estrangement, social decay, courtroom ...
Time: 20th century, year 1974, 70s
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Lost Embrace (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina, France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In Buenos Aires, the twenty and something year old Jewish-Argentinean Ariel Makaroff has left the University of Architecture and spends his time wandering through the downtown gallery where his mother has a lingerie shop and his brother runs an ...
Style: touching, semi serious, talky, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot: family relations, family life, haunted by the past, love and romance, friends, friendship, parents and children, youth, hopes, father son relationship, judaism, holocaust ...
Place: europe, israel, latin america, poland, argentina ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people at the wedding that are happy. Mike's brother Richie and his wife Joan are going through a divorce, which is upsetting his ...
Style: funny, independent film, talky, cynical, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: wedding, adultery, dysfunctional family, catholic, friends, family relations, couples, love triangle, twentysomething life, eccentric family, love affair, family life ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Schneider vs. Bax (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On his birthday, a hitman reluctantly takes on the easy task of killing a writer, only to find the job a lot more difficult than expected.
Style: captivating, exciting, suspense, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: hitman, birthday, assignment, father daughter conflict, novelist, murder, frame up, danger, dark humor, writers, female nudity, strong female character ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
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