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House of Wolves (2016)
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Original name: 惡人谷
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in old rural district, Charlie pretends to be an ALS patient so he can gain sympathy from others. He runs a charity organization where he secretly carries out all sorts of nasty business. The village chief Fung Yan-bing is a dishonest man who likes to test others with money and take advantage of them. Along comes a beautiful woman named Yu Zan, a materialistic lady who loves money more than anything. However, the woman is carrying the baby of her ex-boyfriend who is a well-known tycoon's heir. The arrival of the baby will soon change the mentalities and nature of the three problematic human beings
Style:
exciting, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dark, black comedy, dark comedy, psychological ...
Plot:
deception, manipulation, greed, money, village life, pregnant woman, charity, woman, female protagonist, countryside, villager, pregnant girlfriend, village people, rural setting, corruption, immorality, moral ambiguity, fraud, betrayal, family drama, satire, small town, mistrust, character study, anti hero ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, entertaining, feel good and humorous films with plots about satire, urban, moral ambiguity, humour, deception, social satire and betrayal mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like House of Wolves: A Holy Venetian Family (2015), A King in Havana (2005), Sakalakala Vallavan (2015), Hello Babies (2014), Desingu Raja (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gualtiero Cecchin, the son of an entrepreneur must find a new way to make money after squandering his huge family fortune. With an idea and a good dose of recklessness Gualtiero must find a way to fund his new business while navigating the shady ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, satirical, humorous ...
Plot:
luxury, satire, family relations, money, money problems, business, mafia, organized crime, mobster, family conflict, family drama, criminal underworld ...
Place:
naples italy, venice
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mr. Arturo, an old rich Spanishman who arrives to Havana to marry Yoli, dies suddenly in bed. Yoli's family, afraid of losing all the money, convinces her ex-boyfriend Papito to go to Spain and get the money. Papito will have to be clever ...
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Plot:
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Place:
cuba, spain
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73%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Sakthi is in love with Anjali but marries city girl Divya because his father has given his word to her dad. But Divya is least interested in making the marriage work and wants a divorce...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, exciting, funny, tense ...
Plot:
villager, arranged marriage, relationships, male female relationship, countryside, village people, village life, village, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, couples, small village ...
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72%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The rich merchant Lui Ming and a his old opponent Yeung Wai fight for everything for years. This time they compete for first to be grandpa! Yeung is going have a grandson from his son Alex and daughter in law Shan. Lui therefore threat his ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
village, rivalry, villager, family relations, rural setting, chinawoman, chinese woman, kids and family, village people, small village, village life, countryside ...
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Story:
Idhayakkani and Thamarai fall in love but their villages, Pulipatti and Kilipatti, have been at each other’s throats for 50 years. Kani hopes to bring peace with their marriage but unfortunately, Thamarai’s dad is killed by his villagers. And, ...
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feel good, humorous, light, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
village, love, relationships, male female relationship, villager, countryside, couple relations, village people, village life, couples, rural setting, small town ...
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66%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Office drone Maria Barbizan leads what looks like a meaningless life. She’s lonely, and she doesn’t really exist, at her job or within her family. One day, she does everything we’ve all dreamed of – she throws her purse and old life in the ...
Style:
philosophical, exciting, funny, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
competition, contest, female protagonist, rivals, contests and competitions, women, reality competition, woman, rivalry, prize, deadpan, character study ...
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59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A group of four siblings compete for the heritage of their father.
Style:
light, feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
brothers, money, rivals, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, greed, inheritance, family drama, father and son, sibling rivalry, absurd humor, humour ...
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57%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fong (Miriam Yeung) is already at odds with Wu (Edison Chen), one of her bosses at an ad agency, when she makes a major mistake at work that puts her job on the line. To save herself, she feigns pregnancy, which, under Hong Kong law, means she ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sitcom, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, lie, faked pregnancy, humour, pregnant woman, pregnancy, con trick, escapades, relationship vs career, pretense, advertising agency, female protagonist ...
Place:
china
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52%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hong Kong is just a ridiculous place full of lies. In this prosperous city, there are a group of people that have to live in the ‘space capsule’, which is a large seminar room subdivided into small living rooms. In such a small living space, ...
Style:
entertaining, dark comedy, humorous, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, city life, misfit, urban setting, social relations, social satire, lifestyle, society, humour, multiple storylines, class struggle, isolation ...
Place:
hong kong
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51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A degenerate gambler and his two idiot friends come up with an elaborate plan to pay down their colossal gambling debts by marrying the dysfunctional daughter of an upstart billionaire.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, satirical, absurd
Plot:
gambling, debt, scam, greed, dysfunctional family, scheme, marriage, deception, scheming, satire, social satire, manipulation ...
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49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Faced with the unexpected death of his estranged father -El Máscara- and the subsequent theft of his precious mask, Rubén -Mascarita- will find himself confronted with his past. Alongside his invincible bodyguard Tony "The Cannibal" and, ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, action comedy ...
Plot:
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Place:
mexico, mexico city
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Hotel Deluxe is basically "All's Well Ends Well 2013", with almost the same cast and crew, and some new faces added in. It tells the story of a team of hotel management trying their best to score a 5-star rating for their hotel, with ...
Style:
entertaining, satirical, semi serious, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
ambition, hotel, satire, hotel owner, coworker, workplace, hotel manager, employer employee relationship, luxury hotel, workplace situations, teamwork, problem solving ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Angku Wan, a retired teacher who won a raffle prize from a soap company. With those billions, Angku Wan intends to build a village for the common good. However, before claiming the money, Angku Wan died. The leader and villagers then worked together ...
Style:
captivating, funny, feel good, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lake, life, prize, village, mother, house, money, father, village life, countryside, rural setting, small village ...
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45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three women, best friends since childhood, reunite for a weekend getaway. All hell breaks loose when they think they killed the pizza deliveryman.
Style:
dark comedy, light, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
female friendship, weekend getaway, pizza, friends, woman, girlfriend, friend, best friend, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, friendship between girls, group of friends ...
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42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Claire et Bruno forment depuis douze ans un couple établi, une "institution". Au cours d'une journée à la campagne réunissant tous leurs proches, ils vont, par jeu, prétendre qu'ils se séparent.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
marriage, countryside, satire, villager, pretense, marital crisis, love affair, husband wife relationship, love story, relationships, love and romance, couple relations ...
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42%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Chinese-Australian teenager Lawrence cheats at and fails his high-school exams, destroying his dreams of a medical degree, he's banished to the country for the summer. There, he meets wily old conman the Professor and his cynical daughter ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, satirical, semi serious, funny ...
Plot:
con artists, caper, card playing, love, fraud, satire, love interest, humour, escapades, love story, love affair, cons and scams ...
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42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Cantonese pop star Ronald Cheng stars as spoiled rich kid Dragon Lung, who spends his days idly loafing with his fellow teenaged trust-fund brats, Sue-hei (Sam Lee) and Gold (Tat-ming Cheung). When the trio's frustrated fathers force their sons ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
inheritance, satire, police inspector, police academy, wealthy family, friendship, police, money, rich man, police officer, friends, fish out of water ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong, china
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Two old college buddies, Joseph and Oliver, reconnect over drinks, eventually arguing about an unpaid film school debt. Joseph demands the $5,000, unsuccessfully, and then locks Oliver in a closet. He convinces his girlfriend, Mauve, and stoner ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After the sudden death of their midwife, an L.A. couple hires her hippie son to be their live-in doula.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
pregnancy, satire, pregnant woman, pregnant wife, love interest, relationship problems, love triangle, love affair, family relations, husband wife relationship, family problems, midwife ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Story:
Pello, a bank branch manager, is arrested on charges of embezzlement. Abandoned by his superior (who got him involved in the heist), Pello escapes from the court room and goes on the run. With no papers, no money and no family or friends he can ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating, tense, intense ...
Plot:
banking, fraud, satire, banker, new identity, personality change, fugitive, embezzlement, social injustice, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, class conflict ...
Place:
spain, basque country
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A ne'er-do-well who's married to a millionnaire realizes his financial trouble might be solved if his wife was dead - and sets out a plot to achieve just that. A remake of Dino Risi's "il vedovo".
Style:
satirical, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, romantic relationship, couples, male female relationship, love and romance, love interest, couple relations, relationships, relationship problems, deception, greed, inheritance ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
36%
517
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
spain, andalusia
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, funny, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
large family, family drama, family relations, wealthy family, rich, kids and family, rich man, heir, lifestyle, parents and children, wealth, humour ...
Place:
africa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Adult dreamer Tristan still lives under his mother's thumb. After she has a health scare, he realizes how much he wants her gone... permanently.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, dark comedy, dark ...
Plot:
murder, satire, son, mother, matricide, family problems, social problems, family relations, mental illness, mental disorder, parents and children, mentally unstable ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This is the story of the politician named Zübük. He gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of, due to corruption. The journalist Yaşar wants to make a news story about his case and investigates Zübük's doings. Yaşar ...
Style:
dark comedy, tragicomedy, political drama, black humor
Plot:
corruption, political satire, con man, social commentary, satire, deception, betrayal, scandal, greed, investigative journalism, absurd humor, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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satirical, entertaining, light, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When greed comes calling, say goodbye to saintliness. An irresistible comedy about what happens when the residents of a Mexico City apartment building discover that three religious figurines passed down through the decades from Emiliano Zapata are ...
Style:
satirical, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, funny ...
Plot:
greed, satire, avarice, social satire, gold, neighbor, neighbor neighbor relationship, silly humor, humour, escapades, treasure, apartment building ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, light, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
breakup, dating, humour, lovers apart, friendship, woman, girlfriend, friends, relationship problems, crisis of conscience, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, rivalry ...
Place:
new zealand, oceania
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
One worker in a bankrupt factory finds an unusual solution to save his co-workers from unemployment. If it doesn't work the factory will be privatized and sold to a French company planning to convert the plant into a snail cannery. Only 300 of ...
Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
working class, satire, labor union, unemployment, social commentary, factory worker, labor leader, factory owner, coworker, co worker co worker relationship, workplace, employer employee relationship ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Story:
Frank Mancini, a driven Australian stage dad, pushes his children and long suffering girlfriend into the entertainment industry in search of his own delusional dreams of stardom.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, tense, satirical, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, entertainment industry, ambition, father daughter relationship, escapades, humour, direction and purpose, desire for fame, ambitious, family conflict, family drama, dysfunctional family ...
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