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The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob (1973)
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The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob (1973)
Original name: Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
Style: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, slapstick, funny, anthology, slapstick comedy ...
Plot: rabbi, farce, chase, on the run, racial stereotype, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, prosecution, on the road, partner, disorder, false identity, police officer, synagogue, kidnapping, racism, anarchist, airport, judaism, assassin, racist, jewish culture, prisoner, revolution, hearing ...
Time: year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, new york, usa
Keyword: jewish, partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about disorder, farce, dishonesty, chases and races, silly humor, chase and partner mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Crime genres. Some movies like The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob: Fantomas (1964), The Dinner Game (1998), The Closet (2001), The Sucker (1965), Oscar (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Fantomas (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance.
Style: neo noir, funny, intellectual, humorous, not serious ...
Plot: fantomas, heist, superhero, anti hero, conspiracy, motorcycle chase, kidnapping, chase, newspaper, press conference, police operation, thief ...
Time: 60s
Place: france, paris france
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The Dinner Game (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Each week, Pierre and his friends organize what is called as "un dîner de cons". Everyone brings the dumbest guy he could find as a guest. Pierre thinks his champ -François Pignon- will steal the show.
Style: humorous, funny, feel good, light, hilarious ...
Plot: misfit, screwball, food, farce, dinner, friendship, nothing goes right, goofy hero, ambition, disorder, mistaken identity, manners ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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The Closet (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: homosexuality, gay, pretending to be gay, workplace, workplace intrigue, friendship, dishonesty, disorder, discrimination, comedy of errors, workplace situations, parents and children ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story: During World War II, two French civilians and a downed English Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must ...
Style: humorous, exciting, realistic, semi serious, funny ...
Plot: world war two, nazi occupation, french resistance, war, soldier, danger, rescue, world war, house painter, royal air force, nazi occupied france, on the road ...
Time: 1940s, year 1966, 20th century
Place: paris france, europe, france
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The Sucker (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it ...
Style: road movie, semi serious, humorous, realistic, funny ...
Audience: kids
Plot: car chase, anti hero, hitchhiker, gangster, odd couple, dishonesty, partner, disorder, drug dealing, criminal heroes, chase, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 60s
Place: france, paris france, naples italy, rome italy, southern italy ...
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Oscar (1967)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his daughter is pregnant, an employee stole a large ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, sincere, entertaining ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, farce, family relations, comedy of errors, disorder, fraud, blackmail, boss and employee, power relations, parents and children, cons and scams, greed ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, History
Country: France, Spain, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Don Sallust (Louis de Funès) is minister of the King of Spain. It is a being disingenuous, hypocritical and greedy that collects the taxes himself, he turns in part to his advantage. He is hated by the people he oppresse.Accusé by Queen, a ...
Style: anthology, cult classic, slapstick, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: conspiracy, queen, valet, lord, illegitimate child, disguise, misunderstanding, satire, power relations, disorder, master and servant, society ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, spain, europe
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24%
The Troops in New York (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The second installment of Gendarmes series, tells the story of Sergeant Cruchot (Louis De Funes), who, together with his faithful comrades, has been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.
Style: humorous, realistic, exciting, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: gendarme, law enforcement, stowaway, fish out of water, police, comedy of errors, daughter, goofy hero, nothing goes right, misfit, chase, family relations ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, france, new york, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The Exchange Student (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy ...
Plot: stuntman, holiday, boss, student, bare chested male, brother brother relationship, airport, teenage boy, teenage girl, teenager, yacht, following someone ...
Time: 60s
Place: scotland, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Discord (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His ...
Style: funny, slapstick, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Plot: basement, factory, ecology, factory owner, small town, silly humor, eccentric family, technology gone awry, inventions and discoveries, environmental health, relationship vs career, farce ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Brain (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
Style: fast paced, exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: kids, date night, boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, train, cat burglar, prison escape, robbery, prison, dishonesty, chases and races, criminal heroes, disorder, cons and scams ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: france, belgium, normandy, paris france, new york ...
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22%
The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Sweden, Croatia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.
Style: black comedy, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: retirement home, deadpan, aging, cold war, brutality, storytelling, escapades, comedy of errors, runaway, chase, wanted, old age ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: soviet union, eastern europe, scandinavia, spain, russia
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22%
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The Jackpot! (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: To his family, François Voisin is nothing more than a humdrum civil servant. In truth, for the past twenty years he has been working as a secret agent. All goes well until circumstances put his secret in danger.
Style: parody, semi serious, realistic, exciting, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: government agency, chases and races, heroes, hidden identity, rivalry, disorder, infidelity, secret agent, spy spoof, videotaped sex, lovers, master and servant ...
Time: 90s
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The Escape (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The lawyer is visiting a prison to meet with a violent criminal who has been condemned to death. During the visit, things turn bad, there is a riot where prisoners escape and the criminal escapes taking a lawyer hostage.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: escape, on the run, murder, disorder, society, fugitives, politics, nothing goes right, legal, dishonesty, chases and races, confined ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: paris france, france
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Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014)
Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 97 min.
Story: A catholic French couple sees their life upside down when their four daughters get married to men of different religion and origins.
Style: light, entertaining, funny, romantic, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: wedding, interracial relations, racism, sister sister relationship, stereotypes, happy ending, black man, marriage, family drama, couples, fishing, family bonds ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, africa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
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Story: Muzafar and Feruz are two easy going shepherds from Taboulistan, a tiny country in Asia that is unknown to the rest of the world. To alert the world to his country’s existence, the son of Taboulistan’s president decides to instigate a program of ...
Style: not serious, humorous, funny, entertaining, light ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An international intrigue with terrorists threatening to blow up the presidents of the most powerful countries.
Style: slapstick, realistic, not serious, exciting, humorous ...
Plot: assassination attempt, female nudity, female terrorist, nudity, danger, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, fall in love, goofy hero, escapades, chases and races, terrorism ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for his life, and switch him with a look-a-like London ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, exciting, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: kidnapping, literary, satire, prison escape, fictional country, prison, sword fight, heir to the throne, kingdom, fictitious country, body swapping, partner ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Story: French film icons Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant star in this romantic comedy about a Parisian couple in their fifties who share a comfortable life, a beautiful home, a posh country club and a midlife crisis. Following a dream vacation to Israel ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, light, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: rabbi, culture clash, fish out of water, religions or cults, midlife crisis, society, nothing goes right, disorder, husband wife relationship, israeli, immigrant, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, france, paris france, europe, middle east ...
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20%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.
Style: funny, humorous, laugh out loud, buddy comedy, sweet ...
Plot: bad luck, private detective, farce, amnesia, love and romance, memory loss, cigarette smoking, partner, accountant, goofy hero, nothing goes right, odd couple ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: france, paris france, latin america, mexico, acapulco mexico
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20%
The Odd Couple II (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 30 years after the first film, Oscar and Felix embark on a road trip together, to attend the wedding of Oscar's son to Felix's daughter.
Style: road movie, slapstick, humorous, not serious, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, marriage, road trip, on the road, couples, old age, divorce, senior citizen, feeling, aging, wedding, odd couple ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, florida
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
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Story: Francesco, Carlo, Loco e Giordano, lifelong friends, depart from Rome towards Madrid to celebrate the bachelor party of Francesco but above all to make, as happened on other occasions, a trip together. In fact, the trip is also an excuse to go see ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, road movie, entertaining, feel good ...
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Up to His Ears (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Up the Himalayas... Up the Yang-tze... Up in a balloon... Up-stage with a stripper... Up-town in Hong Kong... You can't keep a great adventurer down
Style: semi serious, realistic, exciting, humorous, slapstick comedy ...
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19%
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Style: realistic, humorous, not serious, feel good, light
Plot: partner, satire, working class, workplace situations, comedy of errors, friends, love and romance, mistaken identity, dishonesty, materialism, social differences, buddies ...
Time: year 2001
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19%
Fantomas Unleashed (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor ...
Style: parody, not serious, exciting, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: perfect crime, gadget, farce, kidnapping, disorder, danger, law enforcement, partners against crime, working undercover, french police, master of disguise, gendarme ...
Time: 60s
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19%
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The Tattoo (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, spoof
Plot: art dealer, veteran, tattoo, castle, retired, recovery, satire, silly humor, quibbling, disorder, obsession, uninhibited rivalry ...
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19%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had ...
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19%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
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Duration: 81 min.
Story: no overview yet.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, humorous, road movie, light ...
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19%
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Spies Like Us (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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Style: humorous, parody, funny, light, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, kgb, chase, mistaken identity, race against time, buddy, farce, secret service, nuclear war, nuclear threat ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
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19%
Opportunity Knocks (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
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Style: entertaining, funny, light, feel good, humorous ...
Plot: cons and scams, con artists, love, friendship, chase, comedy of errors, disorder, house, mistaken identity, meme, con men, heist ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago
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19%
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