Movies like Blue in the Face
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Blue in the Face (1995)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he keeps smoking and Madonna acts as a Singing Telegram.
Style:
witty, talky, sexy, funny, light, thought provoking, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, melancholic, ironic ...
Plot:
smoking, friendship, culture clash, nude, catastrophe, gangsters, distopia, relationships, loneliness, life, writers, obsession, lone hero, fantasy world, destiny, philosophy, brutality, childhood, dysfunctional family, mentor, vengeance, multiple storylines, shopping, life & death, greed ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, talky and melancholic films with plots about catastrophe, mentor, dialogue, storytelling, brutality, culture clash and pornography mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Blue in the Face: Denise Calls Up (1995), Smoke (1995), Dead Tired (1994), Scenes from a Mall (1991), Kiss Me, Guido (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A group of friends in New York, working away at their PCs and laptops, keep in touch exclusively by phone and fax. They are all too busy to meet face to face. Gale plays matchmaker, by phone, to Jerry and Barbara who, in turn, hit it off beautifully ...
Style:
ironic, satirical, humorous, light, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, eccentricity, loneliness, looking for love, love and romance, pregnancy, self discovery, dark humor, character study, adaptation, first contact, creativity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, tokyo, new jersey
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95%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over ...
Style:
touching, intellectual, sentimental, clever, feel good ...
Plot:
writers, multiple storylines, melancholy, smoking, friendship, redemption, photographer, dark humor, summer, philosophy, gangsters, father son relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1990
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc (Michel Blanc) is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around ...
Style:
absurd, light, talky, melancholic, humorous ...
Plot:
french, dysfunctional family, self discovery, twins, disorder, actor's life, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, satire, cinema, writers, existentialism ...
Time:
90s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A comedy about a married couple -- he's a sports lawyer, she's a psychologist -- which takes place on their 16th wedding anniversary, when they make some startling confessions.
Style:
talky, intense, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, dysfunctional family, crumbling marriage, family problems, suspense, dishonesty, battle of the sexes, couple relations, life turned upside down, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, new york, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie (Scotti) decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the ...
Style:
talky, clever, humorous, sexy, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, gay interest, mistaken identity, lgbtq, unlikely friendships, friendship, farce, odd couple, male nudity, fight scenes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio.
Style:
humorous, thought provoking, gloomy, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Plot:
small town, truck, radio, vigilantism, solitude, fantasy world, apocalypse, oil, dystopic future, first contact, drug addiction, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
nebraska, tokyo, california, usa
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49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him ...
Style:
talky, humorous, cynical, surreal, funny ...
Plot:
art, writers, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, relationships, satire, sexual content, psychiatry, prostitution, depression ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia gets the best of him when he ...
Style:
talky, humorous, clever, witty, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
teacher, obsession, love and romance, writers, life philosophy, multiple storylines, mentor, relationships, redemption, sarcasm, unlikely friendships, gangsters ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, iowa, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Laura San Giacomo stars in this sexy comedy about adultery. When Nina's (San Giacomo) husband goes out of town for several weeks on a business trip, Nina hooks up with a photographer. Told from a reporter's point of view, his interviews ...
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, allegory, visually appealing, harsh ...
Plot:
infidelity, true love, love, male nudity, twists and turns, women, fight scenes, police investigation, plot twist, life philosophy, weapons, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, funny, intense, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
obsession, love, character study, honest, love and romance, couples, self discovery, fall in love, breakup, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, nude, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, talky, not serious, witty ...
Plot:
friendship, aging, life philosophy, elderly, odd couple, partners, couples, retiring, apartment building, father daughter relationship, african american, lie ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.
Style:
talky, realistic, witty, bleak, stylized ...
Plot:
life & death, college, friendship, bittersweet, bullying, brutality, catastrophe, working class, british, character study, multiple storylines, loneliness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
london, new jersey, tokyo, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A mixed group of individuals - lesbian, gays, and heterosexuals who all frequent a local bar struggle to accept each others lifestyles. However when the two gays are attacked and fight back and ultimately rape one of their attackers, the group ...
Style:
touching, sexy, melancholic, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, friendship, relationships, sexuality, stereotypes, farce, loneliness, gays and lesbians, love and romance, lgbt, sexual relations, sex ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, middle east, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
This material was developed and prepared over the last year or so, mostly in comedy clubs. This special kind of goes back to when he used to just make noises and be funny for no particular reason. It felt right to him to shoot this special in a club ...
Style:
witty, cynical, atmospheric, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
dark humor, character study, honest, culture clash, irreverent, human nature, family relations, family life, society, stand up special, suspense, adaptation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The film documents, in an often dramatic and humorous fashion, Gray's investigations into alternative medicine for an eye condition (Macular pucker) he had developed.
Style:
visually appealing, unusual plot structure, affectionate, disturbing, breathtaking ...
Plot:
culture clash, macabre, life & death, runaway, imagination, creativity, suspense, distopia, redemption, betrayal, art, melancholy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up to and admires. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual ...
Style:
funny, realistic, sexy, clever, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, jewish family, jewish, dysfunctional family, teenager, culture clash, brutality, catastrophe, childhood, mental illness, mentor, love ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1937
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Josh is the consummate temp employee, avoiding all long-term connections and responsibilities, both at work and in his personal life. However, by the time his agency places him at the Schuyler & Mitchell law firm, Josh is tired of his ...
Style:
humorous, funny, stylized, satirical, absurd ...
Plot:
workplace, sarcasm, adaptation, law firm, relationships, creativity, disorder, nothing goes right, fighting the system, introspection, boss and employee, workplace situations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new ...
Style:
sentimental, intellectual, melancholic, surreal, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, paranoia, dreams, gangsters, existentialism, fantasy world, homosexuality, justice, life philosophy, lone hero, first contact, culture clash ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Place:
new york, los angeles, california, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An inept taekwondo instructor struggles with marital troubles and an unhealthy obsession with fellow taekwondo enthusiast Chuck "The Truck" Williams.
Style:
funny, humorous, harsh, stylized, tragicomedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
martial arts, obsession, disorder, ambition, life is a bitch, buddies, breaking point, dark humor, contests and competitions, goofy hero, crumbling relationship, friendship ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Henderson Dores (Daniel Day Lewis), a New York based art dealer from England, travels to Georgia to persuade patriarch, Harry Dean Stanton, to sell a Monet previously thought lost.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, intense, sex comedy, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
culture clash, nude, mentor, runaway, catastrophe, existentialism, distopia, art, gangsters, fantasy world, redemption, police investigation ...
Time:
18th century, 80s
Place:
new york, georgia, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.
Style:
emotional, realistic, humorous, light, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pregnancy, suspense, parenthood, workplace, depression, media, relationship vs career, human nature, family life, love and romance, workplace situations, woman ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two brothers share a house in LA's Fairfax district: Tony's a feckless actor, Chris is an accountant. Both are in relationships on rocky ground. As these emotions swirl, Tony meets his US Postal Service letter carrier, a single mom named ...
Style:
feel good, clever, visually appealing, affectionate, talky ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
friendship, bdsm, mentor, hip hop, life, gay, male nudity, loneliness, love, magic realism, crime gone awry, fight scenes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling ...
Style:
road movie, witty, humorous, talky, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
road trip, self discovery, fired from the job, on the road, marriage, couples, fish out of water, americana, nothing goes right, promotion, disorder, down on your luck ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
las vegas, new york, los angeles, california, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, affectionate ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, robbery, dark humor, crime gone awry, heist, writers, loneliness, mentor, betrayal, brutality, fantasy world, culture clash ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, california, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with ...
Style:
talky, gloomy, art house, entertaining, thought provoking ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, drugs, suburbs, drug addiction, addiction, small town, self discovery, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, alcoholic, transformation, loner ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
Style:
realistic, witty, humorous, sexy, talky ...
Plot:
car, business, bittersweet, marketing, friendship, revenge, adultery, car accident, obsession, runaway, relationships, redemption ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s, year 1963
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
Filmed at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ on February 15th and 16th, 2013, Oh My God is Louis C.K.'s fifth stand-up special, his first for HBO since 2007's Shameless, and his first since winning a Emmy Award for writing on his ...
Style:
humorous, atmospheric, cynical, clever, talky ...
Plot:
dark humor, honest, lifestyle, culture clash, social problems, performance, society, couple relations, parents and children, politically correct, artists and showbiz, aging ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, arizona
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34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
While working on a documentary on his old neighborhood, a young film school graduate shifts the focus of his production onto the disappearance of a local resident and the strange characters who are conducting the search to find him.
Style:
funny, absurd, humorous, surreal, enigmatic ...
Plot:
friendship, eccentricity, dark humor, filmmaking, nothing goes right, disorder, school, gangsters, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, betrayal, runaway ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, talky, witty, ironic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, adaptation, art, creativity, artists and showbiz, couples, showbiz, couple relations, nothing goes right, buddies, actor's life, nosy ...
Time:
18th century, 21st century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Fresh, unflinching and devastatingly honest, Bill Burr lets loose in this feature length comedy special. Burr shares his essential tips for surviving the zombie apocalypse, exposes how rom-coms ruin great sex and explains how too many childhood hugs ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, funny, light, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
life philosophy, childhood, philosophy, violence, parenthood, corruption, loneliness, mentor, suspense, psychology, race issues, life & death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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