| My Fair Lady (1964) | 7.7 | |
| Escape Room (2019) | 6.4 | |
| Happy Hour (2015) | 7.6 | |
| Srugim (2008) | 8.3 | |
| Monroe (2011) | 7.6 |
Patronizing movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant patronizing movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, humorous, talky, clever and witty films and TV shows about / with patronizing, mentor, death, friendship, dialogue, love, bare chested male, love and romance, power relations and blood plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as patronizing: American Psycho (2000), My Fair Lady (1964), Kingdom (2007), Doc Martin (2004), Singles (2003), Escape Room (2019), Srugim (2008), Monroe (2011), The Best Man (2006), Boxing Day (2012).
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List of patronizing movies
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, bloody, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, violence, dark humor, psycho killer, materialism, yuppie, nihilism, millionaire ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, year 1987, y2k ...
Place:
new york, yale university, manhattan new york city, america, seattle ...
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Style:
feel good, romantic, period piece, sweet, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, family outing, teens, kids ...
Plot:
class differences, high society, fall in love, cinderella story, love and romance, makeover, love story, opposites attract, rise to the top, aristocracy, dancing, culture clash ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1930s
Place:
london, england, britain, persia, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for the ITV network. It was created by Simon Wheeler and stars Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and ...
Style:
clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
small town life, small town, boss and employee, siblings relations, lawyer, family relations, hotshot lawyer, apprentice, legal investigation, patronizing, workplace, courtroom drama ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr. Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film Saving Grace. The show is set in the fictional ...
Style:
witty, clever, sincere, cynical, humorous ...
Plot:
doctor, village life, hospital, treatment, loner, doctors and patients, teacher, surgery, responsibility, antisocial behavior, manners, medicine ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, cornwall, london, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Na-nan has known best pals Dong-mi and Jung-joon since childhood, and now the trio shares the ups and downs of their turbulent single lives together. But everything gets turned on end when Dong-mi and Jung-joon end up in bed! Should the longtime ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
friendship, looking for love, best friend, moral dilemma, family relations, couples, love and romance, singleness, patronizing, sexual relations, partner, twentysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Is relevant?
158K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
Style:
suspense, exciting, psychological thriller, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
puzzle, trapped, game of death, group of strangers, escape room, survival, clue, quest, riddles and clues, evil corporation, death, survivor ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago
Is relevant?
491
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Srugim is an Israeli television drama which originally aired on Yes TV between 2008 and 2012. It was directed by Eliezer "Laizy" Shapiro, who co-created it with Hava Divon. The series depicted the lives of five national religious single ...
Style:
contemplative, sentimental, realistic, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
social relations, friendship, best friend, couples, introspection, couple relations, friends, love and romance, looking for love, lifestyle, society, singleness ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, asia, jerusalem
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Monroe is a British medical drama television series created and written by Peter Bowker and produced by Mammoth Screen for the ITV network. The series follows a neurosurgeon named Gabriel Monroe, played by James Nesbitt. The six-part series was ...
Style:
medical drama, serious, emotional, realistic, fast ...
Plot:
hospital, doctor, intern, workplace, fighting illness, doctors and patients, boss and employee, patient, parents and children, workplace situations, family problems, treatment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
After painter Michael 'Mike' Sheldrake's failed suicide attempt, house-mate and life-long best friend Peter Tremaine, an antiques shop owner, reminisces their common past, like Mike does in therapy. It started at the beach, when ...
Style:
serious, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, friends, friendship, fall in love, power relations, father figure, jealousy, love, flashback sequence, suicide attempt, best friend, performer's life ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A struggling, indebted business man leaves his family immediately after Christmas to pursue a lucrative property deal that could solve all of his problems: buying foreclosed properties from banks at a fraction of their value, refi tting them for a ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, thought provoking, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
on the road, moral dilemma, danger, forces of nature, boss and employee, power relations, road trip, survival, greed, mountain, society, patronizing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colorado, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sparks and bullets fly when a Wall Street yuppie must steer a Brooklyn mob crew legit before a beautiful FBI agent can build RICO indictments against them.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, realistic
Plot:
love affair, gang, rivalry, special agent, working undercover, betrayal, mafia, investigation, murder, fbi, going straight, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A viceroy and an archbishop take their posts in Mexico. A local nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), intrigues them. The viceroy and his wife find her brilliant and fascinating. The prelate finds her a symbol of European laxity. He engineers ...
Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
writers, art, artist, women, catholic, religion, writer's life, biopic, forbidden love, lesbian, hospital, poetry ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, 1920s
Place:
latin america, spain, mexico, israel, tokyo ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
This is an update of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" that changes the genders of the main characters. Hannah Higgins attempts to turn blue-collar Boston beer vendor Elliot Doolittle into a viable candidate and inadvertently learns ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, romantic
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
politics, disorder, hopes, fish out of water, social differences, partner, couples, campaign, love and romance, rivalry, misfit, unlikely couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mary Walsh delivers boyfriend Kevin to a hospital for routine outpatient surgery. But when Mary returns to take him home, he's mysteriously vanished.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
missing girl, hospital, female protagonist, race against time, danger, uncover truth, rivalry, investigation, confined, intrigue, doctors and patients, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kansas city, los angeles
Is relevant?
24K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
airport, disaster, airplane, aviation, bomb, airplane accident, passenger, natural disaster, survival, danger, panic, stewardess ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
chicago, rome italy, minnesota, detroit, milwaukee wisconsin ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was ...
Style:
detective, fast, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
redheaded woman, colleague, investigation, nypd, medical, drug, working class, police, partner, ocean, police detective, patronizing ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia
Is relevant?
115K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with ...
Style:
intense, apocalyptic, serious, entertaining, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, apocalypse, catastrophe, survival, worldwide chaos, hacker, danger, hysteria, heroic mission, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, london, los angeles, chicago ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
It is 1943, and the German army, ravaged and demoralised, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of all this madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous ...
Style:
freeze frame, political, cult classic, brutal, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, eastern front, military, soldier, war, battlefield, german army, anti war, wehrmacht, nazi, blood ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
bolivia, germany, siberia, france, russia ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Chef! is a British situation comedy starring Lenny Henry that aired as twenty episodes over three series from 1993 to 1996 on the BBC. The show was created and primarily written by Peter Tilbury based on an idea from Lenny Henry and produced for the ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, realistic, cynical, witty ...
Plot:
food, chef, workplace, serial killer, restaurant, staff, patronizing, power relations, cooking and food, couples, sidekick, temperamental ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous ...
Style:
inspirational, tense, factual, sexy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
soccer, football, discipline, soccer coach, biopic, football team, friendship, football player, ambition, mentor, training, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century, year 2009, 60s
Place:
england, northern england, europe, mallorca, london ...
Is relevant?
102K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
Style:
sitcom, hilarious, not serious, talky, witty ...
Plot:
father son relationship, brother brother relationship, psychiatrist, doctor, dating, radio, sibling rivalry, sibling relationship, living with parents, verbal byplay, uptight character, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state, manchester
Is relevant?
400K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a millionaire wheeler-dealer enters a business contract with a Hollywood sex worker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, rom com, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
love story, love, love and romance, prostitute, fall in love, cinderella story, social differences, opposites attract, hooker, rich man poor woman, rags to riches, character change ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1990
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, usa, san francisco, california ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, inspirational, period piece, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
forbidden love, cross dressing, love and romance, shakespeare, lovers, gender disguise, couples, writer's life, tudors, literary, passionate love, monarchy ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, middle ages, medieval times, 90s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, britain
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126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with ...
Style:
detective, witty, talky, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, sherlock holmes, private detective, talented, female partner, prodigy, riddles and clues, mind game, unconventional method, law enforcement, resourceful, mastermind ...
Time:
2010s, victorian era, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot:
psychopath, evil child, school shooting, high school, childhood, guilt, prison visit, depression, teenager, sociopath, antisocial behavior, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, america, connecticut, usa, new york ...
Is relevant?
119K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal ...
Style:
factual, political, emotional, period piece, compassionate ...
Plot:
british royal family, royal family, queen, queen of england, historical character, head of state, monarchy, politics, queen elizabeth ii, british, biopic, monarch ...
Time:
90s, year 2006, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
england, buckingham palace, london, britain, scotland ...
Is relevant?
586K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Style:
medical drama, clever, cynical, emotional, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
doctor, medicine, hospital, talented, mastermind, prodigy, loner, doctors and patients, expert, medical, patient, surgery ...
Time:
2000s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, syria
Is relevant?
734K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer and mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Style:
feel good, romantic, philosophical, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, teens, family outing ...
Plot:
time loop, existentialism, small town, redemption, time travel, groundhog day, life & death, life philosophy, time warp, fall in love, time, destiny ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, future
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, america, persia, pittsburgh
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.
Style:
freeze frame, crying
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
trans woman, youth, first sex, father son relationship, painter, female nudity, male female relationship, striptease, billiards, river, stripper, love ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 60s
Place:
asia, osaka japan, kyoto japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A brother and sister arrive in a small town to help their relatives run an amusement park, and they find the town is terrorized by a local street gang.
Style:
christmas horror, disturbing, slasher, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
school bully, homoeroticism, bully, kidnapping, amusement park, bullying, dog attack, violence, sexual harassment, teenager, orphan, small town ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
florida, usa
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