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The Honest Candidate (2024)
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Original name: El candidato honesto
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A former idealistic leader turned corrupt politician is cursed by his grandmother on the eve of the presidential election, forcing him to be honest. Can he win without lies and what will be the conditions?
Style:
satirical, feel good, captivating, political, entertaining, semi serious, black comedy, suspenseful, lighthearted
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, politics, corruption, politician, truth, crooked politician, presidential election, election campaign, social commentary, curse, honesty, cursed, satire, political candidate, political campaign, political activism, political corruption, dishonesty, uncover truth, moral dilemma, family curse, scandal, magic realism
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out satirical, captivating, entertaining and feel good films with plots about political satire, satire, politics, social commentary, politician, political intrigue and political campaign mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like The Honest Candidate: LKG (2019), Politically Incorrect (2024), Undecided: The Movie (2016), Welcome Back Mr. President (2019), The Hater (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
As a politician, Joo Sang-Sook (Ra Mi-Ran) attempted to run for the fourth time as a member of the nationally assembly. After visiting her grandmother, Joo Sang-Sook was unable to tell a lie. Now, Joo Sang-Sook attempts to return to the political ...
Style:
satirical, feel good, captivating, entertaining, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, female protagonist, satire, politician, governor, honesty, election campaign, political satire, political intrigue, ambitious woman, social issues, ambition ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Brazilian politician João Ernesto surrenders to justice and is arrested for corruption, before attempting to overturn with sincerity and real proposals.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, funny, humorous, ironic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, corruption, satire, politician, social commentary, election campaign, politics, humour, political corruption, corrupt politician, irony, government corruption ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Colombia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a spoiled Colombian snob becomes president through money and connections, he finds staying in power takes more than he expected.
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, satire, political campaign, social commentary, rich, political unrest, politician, escapades, political candidate, rich man, politics, corrupt politician ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
colombia, latin america
Similarity:
82%
2K
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A small-time politician aspires to become the leader of the state.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, political, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
political satire, ambition, satire, politician, election campaign, political activism, political candidate, political campaign, politics, political humor, social commentary, power struggle ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
76%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Spain boils with tension, the country is totally polarized and social networks burn daily... The NEW LEFT and LIBERAL SPAIN parties face each other in the next general elections.
Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, political, semi serious ...
Plot:
political satire, political party, politics, political leader, political election, political activism, political campaign, political intrigue, satire, political candidate, political activist, politician ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A charismatic Billionaire runs for president as an independent candidate. His platform is simple: KILL EVERYONE NOW!!!
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, political ...
Plot:
political satire, politics, satire, political candidate, political activist, political humor, ambition, political campaign, political activism, social commentary, irony, mass murder ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A camera crew follows two "undecided" voters along the actual campaign trail, and no Presidential candidate - on either side of the aisle - is spared.
Style:
mockumentary, satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
political campaign, satire, political satire, politics, presidential campaign, american politics, presidential election, social satire, political election, election, social commentary, manipulation ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
João Ernesto Ribamar is a corrupt politician running for the presidency. He is in the runoff election, ahead on the polls, when he receives a "mandinga" (curse) from his grandmother, which makes him unable to lie. Now the problem begins: ...
Style:
satirical, sitcom, situational comedy, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, honesty, satire, corrupt politician, election, politics, corruption, moral dilemma, social commentary, conscience, media manipulation, magic realism ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Peppino, a provincial librarian who became the accidental President of Italy, is now a father and has returned to a peaceful, happy life as a woodsman. That is, until his wife Janis decides to return to politics. Peppino is forced to abandon his ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, satirical, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
president, satire, political campaign, prime minister, politician, politics, political satire, presidential candidate, humour, fish out of water, media satire, media manipulation ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
49%
367
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After losing her job on a U.S. Senate campaign, a liberal environmentalist returns to her conservative Texas hometown to regroup. Upon learning her childhood nemesis is running for state legislature, she creates an elaborate scheme to go undercover ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, captivating, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, election campaign, political activist, political campaign, political candidate, political humor, political intrigue, politics, political scandal, satire, career, political election ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace some MPs mysteriously killed precisely with Cetto and two other ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, funny, entertaining, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, corruption, prison, politics, satire, political corruption, stupidity, society, rivalry, disorder, police officer, buddies ...
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Theevandi is a political satire depicted through light humor where the protagonist Bineesh hardly knows a thing even about himself.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, humorous, feel good, political ...
Plot:
politics, political satire, satire, ambitious, humour, political intrigue, political activism, ambition, social satire, social commentary, youth, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Diplomatic Immunity is a New Zealand comedy that follows the misadventures at the consulate of The Most Royal Kingdom of Feausi and a fallen New Zealand Foreign Affairs high-flier who has been sent in to straighten out the consulate staff. The show ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, political ...
Plot:
embassy, satire, political satire, politician, politics, ambassador, diplomat, political intrigue, fish out of water, office politics, culture clash, bureaucracy ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
In a good-natured critique of the Brazilian political landscape, the series tells the story of Aurora, the wife of Mayor Reinaldo Rangel, the all-powerful leader of the tiny city of Pitanguá, in which she is forced to assume the leadership of city ...
Style:
satirical, feel good, semi serious, political, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, political satire, satire, brazilian politics, female protagonist, problem, social problems, corrupt official, politics, political intrigue, corrupt politician, political corruption ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Nader saif eldeen and Afet elsherbiny are two competing Egyptians newspaper reporters who expose the truth but the Channel Manager rejects that for fear of government.
Style:
satirical, captivating, humorous, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
journalism, political satire, satire, humour, reporter, news reporter, female journalist, journalist, investigation, social commentary, corruption, urban ...
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the Spring Break capital of White Sands, Florida, Sheriff Terry Moran outlaws the town's world famous ass contests to win the elderly vote in his campaign for Mayor - even though he is married to the town's former Ass Contest Queen, ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, husband wife relationship, mayor, housewife, spring break, political unrest, politics, humour, political intrigue, midlife crisis, party, female empowerment ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A famous imam from Northern Anatolia gets into competition with contractor Ahmet to become the president of a football club which is called 'Doganspor'. Moreover, the imam also appears as a guest on a television show to answer funny ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
satire, rivalry, islam, competitor, rivals, lifestyle, village life, small town life, social commentary, political satire, irony, election campaign ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
38%
859
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Third movie about the character of Cetto La Qualunque (Antonio Albanese)
Style:
satirical, light, captivating, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, satire, politics, crown prince, lifestyle change, restaurant, money, restaurant owner, royal family, changing lives, prince, inheritance ...
Place:
italy, southern italy, germany
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A Turkish remake of the British series called "Yes, Minister" created by Jonathon Lynn and Anthony Jay.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
bureaucracy, political satire, satire, political intrigue, politics, politician, government, political campaign, social problems, sketch, political activism, social issues ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An idealistic educator is inadvertently thrust into the French presidential race.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
presidential candidate, presidential election, president, political intrigue, social satire, racial issues, political candidate, political satire, political activism, political campaign, political humor, race issues ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a young diplomat manages to get the Austrian government to return the Plume of Moctezuma to Mexico for an exhibition, his life quickly falls apart.
Style:
satirical, feel good, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, humour, escapades, diplomacy, international relations, political satire, bureaucracy, social commentary, nationalism, identity crisis, urban, family drama ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
mexico, austria, mexico city
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Six young contestants undergo bizarre tests and stop at nothing to top the list of the young faces responsible for shaping 'The New India' and eventually meet George Bush.
Style:
satirical, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, satire, social satire, social commentary, escapades, contests and competitions, politician, youth, politics, competitor, contest, competition ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
india, new delhi
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Igor Tsaplin wants to be elected for a third term and PR team already familiar to us will help him.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
politics, political humor, political campaign, political candidate, political unrest, election, humour, political satire, depression, escapades, political intrigue, political activism ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name, Giuseppe Garibaldi (one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"), but everybody call him with the nickname Peppino. Love fishing, the company of friends, the library ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
politics, satire, disorder, dishonesty, farce, state affairs, political leader, fish out of water, political satire, politician, president, political humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
Story:
One-off comedy satirising the EU Referendum and its effects in which a cast of comedy characters interact with the real-life campaign pranking prominent figures within the Leave and Remain camps.
Style:
funny, satirical, captivating, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, british politics, prank, politician, social commentary, humour, satire, social satire, media satire, irreverent, campaigning, national identity ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
united kingdom, britain, london
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
Lewis Black taps into his signature outrage and frustration as he tackles the economy, local government, and the 2016 Presidential election.
Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
political satire, satire, stand up comedy, donald trump, american politics, frustration, stand up comedian, political unrest, political intrigue, comedian, political activism, politics ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Heidecker beats a murder charge for selling faulty e-cigarettes at an EDM festival, and mounts a campaign to unseat the San Bernardino District Attorney. His effort to win voters tries to overcome a lack of experience and funding by leaning into the ...
Style:
satirical, absurd, disturbing, captivating, mockumentary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, political satire, revenge, murder, political campaign, problem, political candidate, political intrigue, political activism, ambition, politician, politics ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
california
Similarity:
33%
110
Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Polishuk is an Israeli political comedy television series. It tells the story of politician Rubi Polishuk, a member of MELEL Party (National Liberal Center) who unexpectedly was appointed as the Minister for Social Advancement.
Style:
satirical, political, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, satire, politician, prime minister, politics, humour, bureaucracy, irony, office politics, government, minister, fish out of water ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: New Zealand
TV show
Story:
Chaos and hilarity ensue when incriminating footage of conservative Christian politician Darren Bellows in a very awkward S&M session with a dominatrix leaks just months out from the 2020 election. Starring Tom Sainsbury.
Style:
satirical, captivating, feel good, political, semi serious ...
Plot:
political satire, politics, political scandal, dominatrix, controversy, politician, scandal, sex scandal, political unrest, political candidate, ambition, political activism ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
Set in the world of Spanish politics, Vota Juan revolves around the character of Juan Carrasco (Javier Cámara), an uninspiring Minister of Agriculture who, after finding his political ambitions awoken by a series of chance political events, decides ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, captivating, political, entertaining ...
Plot:
political satire, political intrigue, politics, satire, election campaign, presidential candidate, political campaign, political humor, political activism, political leader, intrigue, political candidate ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
32%
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