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Land of Dreams (2021)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Simin is an Iranian woman on a journey to discover what it means to be a free American. She works for the Census Bureau which, in an effort to control its citizens, has begun a program to record their dreams. Unaware of this devious plot, Simin is torn between her compassion for those whose dreams she is recording and a truth she must find within.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, captivating, satirical, semi serious, poignant, surreal, multicultural, existential, political thriller ...
Plot:
dream, satire, female protagonist, american dream, freedom, social problems, immigration, political satire, identity, privacy, social commentary, society, lifestyle, social satire, workplace, social issues, nationalism, ethics, warning, empathy, cultural conflict, dystopia, alienation, bureaucracy, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, satirical, psychological and semi serious films with plots about satire, social problems, lifestyle, social issues, female protagonist, social commentary and identity mostly in Comedy, Drama and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Land of Dreams: High School (2022), Mr. Sadman (2009), The Ordinaries (2022), Chu and Blossom (2014), Roar (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Seven vignettes explore the difference between fantasy and reality, memory and history, and the joy and agony of the human condition.
Style:
anthology, existential, serious, thought provoking, satirical ...
Plot:
memory, loss, satire, hollywood, social problems, family problems, society, lifestyle, social satire, marriage, relationship problems, introspection ...
Place:
new mexico, chicago
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 75 min.
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Story:
A story about finding your own identity—a journey made even more complicated when you have a twin whose own struggle and self-discovery so closely mimics your own. Told through a backdrop of ‘90s grunge and rave culture, the series weaves ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
lgbtq, coming of age, lesbian, female protagonist, sisters, twins, identity, self discovery, society, social issues, school, schoolgirl ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In 1990, before the First Gulf War, Mounir, an impressionable and sheltered Saddam Hussein body-double, loses his job and moves to Los Angeles in search of a new start. But once the real Saddam invades Kuwait and makes international headlines, ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, dark comedy ...
Plot:
body double, saddam hussein, identity crisis, lookalikes, lifestyle, changing lives, satire, pretending to be someone else, criminal, political unrest, lifestyle change, problem ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, iraq
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Paula, a young supporting character, studies at the Main Character School and dreams on graduating to become a lead.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
satire, dystopia, identity, social issues, life, social problems, lifestyle, female protagonist, freedom, self discovery, class struggle, bureaucracy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A militant performance-artist and a tall Korean foreign-exchange student become trapped in a small Southern town.
Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, semi serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
culture clash, self discovery, friendship, coming of age, small town, fish out of water, socially awkward, relationships, introspection, social issues, friends, satire ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Featuring an all-star cast, this genre-bending anthology series weaves together eight darkly comedic feminist fables that take unexpected approaches to subjects like gender roles, autonomy, and identity.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
woman, social injustice, social issues, lifestyle, social problems, society, satire, female protagonist, women, domestic drama, social commentary, feminism ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A hybrid doc/narrative following Tony winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. As a mixed-race Black woman in America, Sarah, alongside the multicultural characters she's known for, explores her own personal relationship to one of the most ...
Style:
thought provoking, ironic, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
feminism, race, sex work, social commentary, social problems, feminist, stand up comedian, social satire, satire, lifestyle, sex worker, social issues ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An aspiring Indian tech entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley finds himself unexpectedly battling the bizarre American immigration system to keep his dream alive or prepare to return home forever.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, humorous, realistic, comedy drama
Plot:
immigration, entrepreneurship, silicon valley, cultural difference, immigrant, bureaucracy, lifestyle, aspiration, direction and purpose, ambition, coping, businessman ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A grumpy old woman befriends a young civil servant and learns English from him. She then reveals to him her shocking past.
Style:
humorous, satirical, thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
government official, social relations, politician, complaint, female protagonist, social issues, unlikely friendships, social satire, political unrest, political satire, politics, women's issues ...
Similarity:
24%
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 ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, France, Cyprus, Qatar
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Waleed (40) lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He develops a close relationship with his neighbor (a small-time crook) with an ulterior plot in mind. While the scheme ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
depression, friendship, dream, character study, loneliness, writer's life, relationship problems, satire, depressed man, friends, social problems, writers ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
24%
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:
23%
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:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant.
Style:
psychological, anthology, thought provoking, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
feminist, women, satire, feminism, lifestyle, female protagonist, social satire, society, social problems, multiple storylines, social commentary, women's rights ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
23%
272
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
To celebrate Indu's 75th birthday, the whole gang goes on a foreign trip as chaos ensues between young women and their mother-in-laws.
Style:
comedy drama, psychological, semi serious, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot:
relationships, indian woman, friendship, vacation, social relations, social problems, social issues, women, lifestyle, satire, female protagonist, life ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In Rome it hasn’t rained for three years and the lack of water is overturning rules and habits. Through the city dying of thirst and prohibitions moves a chorus of people, young and old, marginalised and successful, victims and profiteers. Their ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, bleak, grim, existential
Plot:
water, urban, rain, social issues, society, drought, problem, social problems, desperation, survival, social commentary, dystopia ...
Time:
near future, 2020s
Place:
rome italy, poetic realism, italy
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The film revolves around the concept of soap opera. Its structure is based on the assumption that Chilean reality does not exist, but rather is an ensemble of soap operas. There are four audiovisual provinces, and the threat of war is felt among the ...
Style:
soap opera, satirical, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
political satire, social commentary, political unrest, lifestyle, satire, social issues, social problems, national identity, civil unrest, dystopia, country, oneiric
Time:
year 1990
Place:
chile
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Camila, a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York to attend an artistic residency to develop a Spanish translation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Upon her arrival, she begins to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, art house, independent film, poetic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, theatrical agent, social issues, theatre director, lifestyle, shakespeare, theatrical producer, social problems, self discovery, theater, identity, memory ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, new york
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Some people will do anything to secure an American visa, as hard as that might be. Some enter lotteries, others beg friends and families to invite them. Others still, just sneak in and hope Mr Trump doesn’t notice they are there. But in this ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark comedy, intercultural ...
Plot:
immigration, couples, pregnancy, problem, lifestyle, family problems, social problems, immigrant, relationship problems, american dream, citizenship, birth ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
cairo egypt, egypt
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The film revolves around an engineer working for an oil company in Dubai. He had to return to Egypt after twenty years. He was surprised that the Israeli Embassy was next to his apartment and was trying hard to sell the apartment at first.
Style:
captivating, satirical, psychological, thrilling
Plot:
apartment building, satire, arab, embassy, social problems, political unrest, political activism, social issues, israeli, political satire, social commentary, nationalism ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
cairo egypt, palestine, middle east, dubai
Similarity:
22%
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 ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Doris simply wanted to open a refined, stylish coffee shop in a bohemian Taipei neighborhood, but when she's stuck with a load of useless gifts from the opening celebration, her younger sister Josie turns the café into a burgeoning bartering ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, disturbing, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
coffee shop, slice of life, cafe owner, satire, lifestyle, dream, business, female protagonist, dreaming, businesswoman, follow your dream, community ...
Place:
taipei
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When salary man Jun gets home, he finds his wife bleeding from her mouth and lying on the floor. He is shocked by the scene, but it turns out the blood is just ketchup and she is pretending to be dead. Without telling him why, she pretends to be ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, semi serious, satirical, dark comedy ...
Plot:
relationship problems, satire, husband wife relationship, japanese wife, marriage, eccentric family, married couple, male female relationship, wife, family relations, lifestyle, marital problem ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Unable to meet all the demands of his job and family anymore, Mathieu feels he's in a mid-life crisis and hurriedly leaves for the forest. His relatives are left by themselves, faced with his sudden departure and their choices.
Style:
satirical, psychological, captivating, semi serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
forest, midlife crisis, family relations, family drama, relationship problems, social problems, eccentric family, relationships, social issues, satire, family problems, family in crisis ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A firsthand experience about bureaucracy's stark-naked truth, inside the microcosmic reality of an office where a lot of unexpected things may happen long before the coffee break.
Style:
captivating, realistic, funny, light, psychological ...
Plot:
nudism, workplace, office, truth, bureaucracy, new job, office worker, workplace situations, clerk, job, coworker, social problems ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Roots" as it hits the airwaves.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, disturbing, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
interracial relations, women, interracial friendship, self discovery, american south, lifestyle, racial prejudice, girlfriend, female protagonist, society, racial issues, ambitious woman ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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 ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Rose Raynes was crowned Miss Arizona - 15 years ago. Now a bored housewife trapped in a less-than-ideal-marriage , and mourning the independence of her 10-year-old-son, Rose accepts an invitation to teach a life skills class at a women's ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, semi serious, psychological, satirical
Plot:
feminism, women, female female relationship, satire, lifestyle, female teacher, family relations, social issues, coping, marriage crisis, family problems, beauty queen ...
Place:
arizona, los angeles
Similarity:
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99
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Living in matchbox apartments and working mundane jobs in New York City, three sets of urbanites struggle to connect with each other and find love in the digital age.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
city life, male female relationship, relationships, love story, social problems, multiple storylines, couple relations, social issues, lifestyle, love affair, love and romance, looking for love ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia, Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Doctor Kemal is head of a private hospital, is ambitious and has the best intentions for the residents of Istanbul. He is the best candidate for mayor of the Beyoglu district – in his opinion. An opinion not shared by his sceptical ex-wife; nor by ...
Style:
satirical, political, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
ambition, political satire, social commentary, satire, political unrest, social problems, political intrigue, political activism, social issues, politics, physician, politician ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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20%
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