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Of Snails and Men (2012)
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Original name: Despre oameni şi melci
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 the 3000 workers will keep their jobs.
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, tragicomedy, ironic, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
working class, satire, labor union, unemployment, coworker, factory worker, factory owner, labor leader, social commentary, businessman, factory, worker, co worker co worker relationship, employer employee relationship, workplace, workplace situations, desperation, small town, political satire, corruption, greed, provincial life, deadpan, bittersweet, car ...
Place:
eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, entertaining, satirical and feel good films with plots about satire, social commentary, humour, workplace, workplace situations, coworker and urban mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Of Snails and Men: Let's Go to the Country (2014), Boys vs. Girls (2019), Onion News Empire (2013), The No-Job Agency (2016), The Boss (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When camps around the country were shutting down every year and Camp Kitchikewana made the economically necessary move to turn co-ed, the result was a very real clash of the sexes.
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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84%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
Story:
The journalists at the Onion News Network will do anything to stay at the top of their game. And if they can't find a great story, they'll create one.
Style:
mockumentary, funny, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, news, media satire, journalist, workplace, office worker, workplace situations, office, office work, job, coworker, social commentary ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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68%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, humorous, satirical, light, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
colombia
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Filmed in Los Angeles in pre-COVID times and produced by Abso Lutely Productions, An Evening With Tim Heidecker features Tim’s unique, no-holds-barred takes on modern inconveniences, PC culture, politics and marriage. You can call it a send-up, a ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, satirical, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, satire, humour, stand up comedian, public speaking, live performance, social satire, comedian, political satire, political humor, social commentary, performance art ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles
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62%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, ironic, absurd, black humor
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 156 min.
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Story:
Le Bureau was a 2006 French television show that aired on Canal+. It is a French version of the popular British television series The Office. Le Bureau essentially adapted the scripts of the original British series, with proper names and cultural ...
Style:
mockumentary, semi serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
workplace, satire, workplace situations, office work, office, office worker, irony, humour, job, employer employee relationship, coworker, adaptation ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A waiter pretends to be an important businessman in order to reach the upper class through his entrepreneurial dreams.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good ...
Plot:
high society, deception, satire, waiter, con trick, aspiration, social climbing, ambition, lie, workplace, society, businessman ...
Place:
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Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
satire, immigration, xenophobia, prejudice, irony, racism, social satire, social commentary, immigrant, lifestyle change, working class, social issues ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
cuba, spain
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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44%
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Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
43%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, captivating, satirical, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, funny, humorous, ironic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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38%
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, funny, captivating, satirical, feel good ...
Plot:
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