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Genkai in a Black Company (2009)
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Original name: ブラック会社に勤めてるんだが、もう俺は限界かもしれない
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After the death of this mother, Masao Oneta (Teppei Koike) decides to leave the comfort of his room after years of self isolation and get a job. He lands a position at a small IT firm but doesn't yet realise this company is one of many 'black companies', known for overworking their employees.
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, dark comedy, tragicomedy, independent film
Plot:
office worker, burnout, office work, job, office, satire, coworker, social satire, workplace, company, workplace situations, exploitation, office politics, loneliness, programmer, claustrophobia, alienation, self discovery, coming of age, hopelessness, young adult, asian, dead mother
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, satirical, semi serious and entertaining films with plots about satire, workplace, workplace situations, coworker, office politics, office and office worker mostly in Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like Genkai in a Black Company: The Persuasionists (2010), County General (2005), Onion News Empire (2013), The Island (2004), 30 Seconds (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The sitcom focuses on the lives of five overpaid and underworked employees at fictional advertising agency HHH&H.
Style:
sitcom, funny, captivating, satirical, feel good ...
Plot:
advertising agency, company, office, job, office worker, office work, coworker, satire, office politics, workplace situations, career, humour ...
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
Story:
The journalists at the Onion News Network will do anything to stay at the top of their game. And if they can't find a great story, they'll create one.
Style:
mockumentary, funny, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, news, media satire, journalist, workplace, office worker, workplace situations, office, office work, job, coworker, social commentary ...
Time:
2010s
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84%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Michelle, Guido and Frankie have been co-workers and close friends for years. But when their boss gets fired, Guido gets a promotion and is replaced by the odd Alain Van Damme. No normal day passes on this work floor where impossible situations, ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, funny, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
office, friendship, workplace, satire, job, workplace situations, office worker, boss, supervisor, employer employee relationship, relationship problems, office work ...
Place:
belgium, flanders
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
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:30 Seconds is an Australian comedy series produced for The Comedy Channel which satirises Australian advertising companies and advertising industry. The name of the show comes from the advertising slots on television that are normally 30 seconds ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, funny, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot:
advertising, satire, workplace, publicity stunt, advertising agency, coworker, office work, office worker, job, office, advertising executive, workplace situations ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Naoko Tanaka is a 26-year-old office lady (OL). Her job is typical, but her workplace has fierce fights among different cliques. Other OLs are absorbed in the daily clique fighting. One day, due to an OL at the company, Naoko Tanaka's company ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy ...
Plot:
female protagonist, satire, office worker, office, office politics, coworker, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, office work, competitor, workplace, rivalry ...
Place:
japan
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69%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
A dysfunctional office faces hilarious obstacles in this Hungarian rendering of "The Office"
Style:
satirical, mockumentary, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, office, office worker, office work, workplace situations, coworker, workplace, office politics, bureaucracy, adaptation, everyday life, small business ...
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
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Plot:
workplace, office, television, coworker, workplace situations, satire, office worker, office work, job, social satire, media satire, power struggle ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Oh Dong-sik is the completely rigid character who has always led a text-book life. Dong-sik is threatened by loan sharks when his mother signs up for a private loan in order to advance Dong-sik’s father’s promotion into the principal position. ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
social satire, satire, debt, salesman, coworker, relationship vs career, career, workplace situations, escapades, job, social climber, assistant ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, korea
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, hospital, workplace, doctors and patients, medicine, physician, coworker, doctor, workplace situations, medical, nurse, hostage situation ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
PJ is in a pickle: his parents are missing, he is a spectacular failure at running their bakery called Cup Cake, and he is up to his neck in debt with the local loan sharks. To add to his misery, he has been duped into marriage by their impossibly ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
ireland
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61%
324
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of frustrated waiters at a kitschy steakhouse take over their restaurant for one final, glorious, revenge-filled night when they discover they are all about to be fired.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, satirical, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
restaurant, workplace, satire, revenge, waiter, coworker, party, workplace situations, frustration, rebellion, retribution, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 17 min.
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Style:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, satirical
Plot:
nurse, doctor, workplace situations, medicine, clinic, coworker, workplace, rivals, medical, physician, satire, rivalry ...
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55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
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Le quotidien d'une entreprise, dans une tour à bureaux, où travaillent six femmes au comportement décalé: Karine, la patronne sadique; Nathalie, son adjointe et mère de plusieurs enfants, qui peine à conjuguer travail et famille; ...
Style:
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Plot:
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quebec
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149
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 156 min.
TV show
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Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, lighthearted ...
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
japanese woman, office worker, banker, friends, coworker, female protagonist, everyday life, office, friendship, women, satire, workplace ...
Place:
japan
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46%
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Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, entertaining, feel good, funny, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
spain
Similarity:
46%
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Country: Romania
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Story:
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Style:
entertaining, satirical, humorous, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Place:
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44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
office, workaholic, male friendship, three friends, office worker, co worker co worker relationship, workplace situations, satire, office work, workplace, coworker, irreverent ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Damien Nadeau-Daneau, a young filmaker, is unable to finish a movie he started with french actor Denis Lavant. Indebted, he’s working at a post-production company, far from his artistic ideals. On the eve of his 33rd birthday, he is self-centered, ...
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captivating, satirical, feel good, entertaining, semi serious ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, mockumentary, semi serious, captivating, light ...
Plot:
office, satire, ambition, coworker, workplace situations, workplace, office work, office worker, employer employee relationship, co worker co worker relationship, teamwork, music industry ...
Place:
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