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Orleans (2015)
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Original name: Орлеан
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Orléans is a typical provincial Russian town on the banks of a salt lake called Yarovoye. The town is 'steeped in evil'. But it isn't some great evil. This evil is of a banal and everyday type: Lida the hairdresser has indiscriminate affairs, followed by numerous abortions; Rudik the doctor enjoys an endless supply of women, thanks to his position, neglecting his paralyzed father who lives with him and hoping the old man will die soon; the local officer of the law has no qualms about committing murder; a magician from the local circus might actually be sawing women in half on stage... One day, a mysterious man appears in this quiet backwater town. He goes by the title of the Executor: at least that's what it says on his business card...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, captivating, satirical, disturbing, atmospheric, bleak, sinister, art house, allegory ...
Plot:
mysterious stranger, satire, redemption, conscience, guilt, changing lives, society, social problems, province, family problems, lifestyle, mysterious man, lifestyle change, class society, bully comeuppance, provincial life, small town life, corruption, retribution, small town, punishment, judgment, supernatural, police corruption, metaphysics ...
Place:
salt lake city utah
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, satirical and disturbing films with plots about satire, social problems, changing lives, lifestyle change, lifestyle, character study and small town mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like Orleans: Na Oshchup (2010), Ee.Ma.Yau. (2018), Sleeping Princess (2010), The Apiary (2002), Drop down (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Его папа хочет стать президентом США. Дед и бабка — Брэд Питт и Анджелина Джоли. Он был слеп, а когда прозрел, увидел Андрея Малахова. ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, emotional, surreal ...
Plot:
revenge, father son relationship, blindness, assassination, blindness and impaired vision, murder, father and son, love and romance, blind man, criminal's revenge, love interest, love ...
Place:
black sea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
satire, ritual, life is a bitch, family relations, relationships, social problems, grief, social commentary, family drama, haunting, realism, bureaucracy ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Çağan Irmak's delightful new film is a fairy tale for the waking hour. Aziz works as a clerk in a library and lives in his own quiet and peaceful little world. Then one day he discovers that he has new neighbours: Seçil, the owner of the new ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, disturbing, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor, self discovery, female protagonist, lifestyle, changing lives, social problems, family relations, social issues, lifestyle change, satire, librarian ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Fairy-tale thriller, from the 'parallel cinema'. Real characters from Russian folklore come to life in the half-fantastic, half-idiotic atmosphere of a provincial town.
Style:
surreal, psychological, satirical, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
absurdism, surrealism, absurd humor, psychotic, beehive, small village, satire, humour, silly humor, macabre, folk horror, village life ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
32%
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103
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Nandi, Grabi and Rober are three unemployed 30-year-olds living with their mothers. They pass their days sitting on a bench waiting for something to happen.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, satirical, melancholic, existential ...
Plot:
satire, unemployment, social satire, unemployed, society, family relations, social problems, family problems, lifestyle, character study, slice of life, living with parents ...
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31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
There's a magical door in Woody's closet that allows those who go through it to erase mistakes from their past. When he finds out where it goes, his life will be changed forever.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
second chance, regret, time portal, changing the past or future, changing lives, time warp, lifestyle change, back in time, troubled past, satire, magical object, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
31%
21K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An ambitious young woman, desperate for followers and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral ...
Style:
satirical, rom com, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
social media, pretending to be someone else, desire for fame, glory, price of fame, stolen identity, vanity, social issues, con trick, lifestyle change, deception, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The film takes places in different time periods and countries. It narrates the story of a common man, who after entering into a deal with a strange character with superpowers, has the possibility of going back to his own past and to live again his ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
supernatural power, back in time, regret, second chance, changing the past or future, social problems, time travel, time jump, changing lives, lifestyle change, satire, sent to the past ...
Place:
morocco
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432
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Greece, France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A dodo, a bird that disappeared 3000 years ago, makes its appearance in Athens in the luxurious residence of a family on the verge of ruin for which the countdown has begun: the 38 crucial and saving hours that separate them from the marriage of ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, semi serious, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, lifestyle change, family problems, changing lives, relationships, eccentric family, financial ruin, absurdism, social commentary, family drama, satire, social satire ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
athens greece, greece
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Mexico, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A famous TV weatherman, Miguel Flores, becomes public enemy number one when he fails to predict a terrible hailstorm. He is forced out of the big city, Buenos Aires, fleeing the capital for his birthplace of Córdoba. The result will be a voyage of ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, dark comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
self discovery, introspection, famous, homecoming, hometown, rainstorm, weatherman, social problems, changing lives, social misfits, social issues, lifestyle change ...
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Marc, a bipolar and paranoid filmmaker, cannot tolerate seeing his current project picked apart by his producers. The clips he’s been able to sneak a look at lead him to fear the worst. With his editor as an accomplice, he manages to spirit away ...
Style:
psychological, meta, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, bipolar disorder, creative process, creative block, character study, paranoia, mental illness, filmmaking, family relations, social problems, family problems, relationships ...
Similarity:
30%
253
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Mekko gets out of prison after 19 years. He has no home or family so he makes his way to Tulsa. He tries to connect with a cousin but she turns him away. With nowhere to go Mekko ends up sleeping on the streets. He is taken in by the homeless native ...
Style:
independent film, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
native american, homelessness, indigenous people, redemption, lifestyle change, homeless man, changing lives, homeless, life is a bitch, society, social problems, ex convict ...
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When his destituite widowed sister-in-law—whom he had never stopped harbouring feelings for—and her ne'er-do-well son come to live with him after World War II, a mentally-ill farmer who spends all his time destroying unexploded ordnance ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, satirical, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
family drama, character study, post war, loneliness, kids and family, changing lives, male female relationship, family life, family relations, lifestyle, satire, lifestyle change ...
Time:
post world war two, 1950s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young woman from a lower-middle class family wins a car in a lucky draw unaware of the trouble it's going to bring her.
Style:
satirical, psychological, semi serious, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
car, conflict, family relations, relationships, changing lives, satire, eccentric family, money, family problems, lottery winner, money falling through the air, family conflict ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eating, Talking, Faucking consists of 18 episodes. Some of which include a story of a 70's old man and 14-year-old kids talking candidly, a story of a soldier who is about to die and a serial killer, a story of men and women who have a blind ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, experimental, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot:
sexuality, female protagonist, sexual relations, social problems, sexploitation, satire, lifestyle, sexy woman, sexual attraction, seductress, intimate, taboo ...
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A disgraced young Melbourne lawyer is sent to purgatory in Broome - and discovers a body, himself, and Paradise.
Style:
contemplative, existential, dramatic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
second chance, guilt, redemption, self discovery, identity crisis, forgiveness, purgatory, paradise, supernatural, small town, retribution, dead body ...
Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
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106
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A story of two brothers - two young hockey players.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, art house, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania, Bulgaria
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dark, tense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young man drops out of university and goes to the police. He's done nothing wrong he just wants a job. A particular job. Playing the victim in murder reconstructions. Maybe by getting close to death he can manage to cheat on his own.
Style:
art house, surreal, thought provoking, psychological, philosophical ...
Plot:
murder, social satire, post soviet, accusation, absent father, victim, dark humor, experiment, murder investigation, meaning of life, monologue, poisoning ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As Jon makes a run for it, he finds himself on an expedition across the Southwest, where he encounters wild and crazy characters through a series of twisted and dark foibles. While his misadventure teaches him a valuable lesson about friendship and ...
Style:
psychological, road movie, disturbing, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, mortician, golddigger, unlikely criminal, escapades, unlikely friendships, relationship problems, friends, lifestyle, social problems, desert, character study ...
Similarity:
26%
813
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The residents of a small town set between a stormy sea and an ominous forest are becoming insane. They are convinced that successive signs appearing in the town are indications of doomsday.
Style:
apocalyptic, atmospheric, gloomy, grim, psychological ...
Plot:
antichrist, small town, supernatural, suspicion, obsession, character study, coastal town, symbolism, murder, isolation, slow burn, absurdism ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cathy is a sous-chef wanting to open a restaurant. With financial difficulties, Cathy accepts a job at a shelter for young migrants. At first she hates the job then her passion for cuisine starts to change children's lives.
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
immigrant, social problems, money problems, workplace, coworker, lifestyle, lifestyle change, workplace situations, society, satire, female protagonist, financial problem ...
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26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In the exact moment they're hitting rock bottom, four strangers are visited by a mysterious man who gifts them a week to see how the world would be without them.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, existential, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
second chance, suicide, alternate reality, satire, life is a bitch, vigilantism, changing lives, lifestyle change, problem, isolation, self discovery, mental health ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Fulvio is the only one of the three brothers to have left the village to go to work in the city. Deputy chief of staff in a large company, he dismisses people without remorse until he gets fired himself and after being jailed for beating his ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, light, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, provincial life, community, society, social problems, small town, church, humour, family problems, breaking the law, money problems, small community ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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810
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
"Frat Star" explores the alluring, superficial, manipulative, and dark world of Ivy League fraternity culture. An insecure, poor, and broken-hearted Nick enters freshman year with no interest in fraternities. This all changes when his old ...
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, satirical, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
fraternity, college, satire, social problems, college roommate, lifestyle change, changing lives, brotherhood, self doubt, college student, roommate, student ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Martín's lucky hit when he wins the most lucrative prize in television history puts his life upside down.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, ironic, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
prize money, millionaire, prize, lottery winner, money falling through the air, change of luck, social problems, wealth, lifestyle, dark humor, society, winner ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A family conflict ends in a catastrophe - the husband leaves the house in his slippers. But this decision leads him to absolutely incredible events, temptations and challenges. 2015
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
family conflict, relationships, satire, divorce, marital crisis, relationship problems, husband wife conflict, escapades, husband wife relationship, family problems, marriage crisis, changing lives ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Bernard, an accountant in an upscale jewellery store, suffers from daily psychological abuse by his boss Vendôme. Thanks to his pal Robert, also victim of harassment by this cruel man, Bernard will toy with the consequence of a well-deserved ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
unrequited love, jewel robbery, disgruntled worker, vengeance, husband wife relationship, accountant, escapades, relationship problems, lifestyle change, male female relationship, silly humor, changing lives ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An actor who performs for a children's theater lands a leading role in a new production.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, disturbing, psychological, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, social problems, social satire, stage actor, workplace, lifestyle, bad temper, male female relationship, actor's life, theater, child, showbiz ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
An unfaithful newly-wed wife, an estranged father, a priest and an angry son suddenly find themselves in the most unexpected predicaments, each poised to experience their destiny, all on one fateful day.
Style:
satirical, epic, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
cheating wife, estranged father, lgbt, priest, multiple storylines, family problems, marital problem, satire, father son estrangement, stranded, disposing of a dead body, lifestyle ...
Place:
the philippines, india
Similarity:
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