Best movies like Everything Must Go
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Plot Summary:
Tony is a homosexual law student who quits his studies. With a van and a handful of cash, he hits the road hoping to become a salesman. This, however, turns out to be harder than he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
Best tv shows and movies like Everything Must Go (1996):
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Excuse Me Darling, But Lucas Loved Me (1996)
Plot Summary:
Until Lucas appeared in their lives, Dani, Carlos and Toni had a quiet life with no major concerns. They shared almost everything: the house, housework, dogs, his homosexual tendencies and debts. It was these that forced them to rent one of the bedrooms of their floor. Then came Lucas, his hair long, his charming smile, and his muscular body to completely change the life and destiny of their lovers home. Lucas is found dead but ... Who killed him? All had reasons to do so, or maybe none.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, black comedy, campy
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The Highwayman (2000)
Plot Summary:
A dark, comedic thriller about fraud, bank robbers and a search for love.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, semi serious, road movie, dark comedy
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W817 (1999)
Plot Summary:
The show is about 6 students living together in a student house.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration:
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, realistic, sitcom, semi serious
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Generic Thriller (2009)
Plot Summary:
The writer can do anything he wants, right? Or maybe not...as Steven, a handsome young theater history professor discovers when he sets out to write a stage thriller - a plain, old generic thriller - only to discover that his characters prefer a character study - and want it to be a movie, not a play. At least Steven can create the man of his dreams, right? But that character - Vertigo - named after Steven's sixth grade teacher Mr. Vertigo (Steven always dates men named Vertigo) - isn't really cooperating. Will Steven ever finish his play? Will Vertigo behave (or rather, misbehave) as Steven wishes? And what about the friends on whom Steven is basing his other characters - will they still be his friends when it's all over?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, surreal, sexy, offbeat, sexual, meta
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Mystics (2003)
Plot Summary:
A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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Bastard Brood (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sylvette, a sassy waitress, Sandro, a macho guy, Sophie, a shy bourgeoisie, and Susan, an American actress, do not know each other and do not have much in common. However, they all have the same father, a scammer named Julius.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: mind bending, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, dark comedy
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Nobody Loves Me (1994)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: melancholic, light, enigmatic, witty, humorous, funny, existential, offbeat, semi serious, sexy
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Dinner at Eight (1989)
Plot Summary:
A wry, insightful comedy of manners in which somewhat dizzy society matron Millicent Jordan arranges a dinner party to honor some visiting aristocrat while remaining oblivious to her husband's health and financial problems as well as her daughter's feelings and emotions. Party guests include the vain, the greedy, and the self-absorbed.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, cynical, semi serious
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Small Time (1996)
Plot Summary:
Follows a gang of small time crooks in an English town. Malc is in danger of losing his girlfriend Kate if he doesn't spend more time at home and the gang leader Jumbo looks like he is about to lose control.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: independent film, atmospheric, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Next Door (1994)
Plot Summary:
Matt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbours whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud errupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, slapstick, biting, suspense
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What a Drag (1996)
Plot Summary:
A closeted gay man's attempt to "act straight" for the sake of his job has unexpected consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, clever, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, hot, campy
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The Easy Way Out (2014)
Plot Summary:
Patrick, a travel agent in his early 30s, lives with Arthur, an immigration lawyer; but for a long time, Patrick has been sleeping on an air mattress on the floor of their bedroom. His younger brother, Tony, plans to marry his high school sweetheart but is having an affair that is far more satisfying than his relationship with his fiancee. Their older brother, Ryan, is divorced, living at home and working at his parents’ hopelessly unprofitable men’s clothing store. And McCauley soon makes achingly clear that the parents’ marriage is far from happy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Julian Po (1997)
Plot Summary:
Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is there to kill himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: offbeat, psychological, touching, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, independent film
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Eldorado (2008)
Plot Summary:
Yvan finds a burglar in his house. After some consideration, Yvan decides not to call the police and to drop the lad near the nearby city but he ends up giving him a lift home to his parents. Together, they travel through Belgium and meet some extraordinary people and find themselves in ditto situations.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, captivating, entertaining, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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I Couldn't Care Less (2000)
Plot Summary:
This European take on twenty-something woe introduces viewers to Jorge (Alejandro Cano), a self-help author suffering from writer's block who thinks he may be gay. Living with Jorge is Marta (Maria Jurado), a bisexual who wants to have a baby. Included in their circle are Eva (Melanie Olivares), Jorge's ex, and Alberto (Alvaro Gallegos), a gay man Jorge meets at a New Age healing session presided over by Ines (Begona Hernando). A number of encounters ensue, Marta moves in with the piggish Mario (Fernando Cayo), and Jorge decides to write a book based on his own experiences.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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All Stars 2: Old Stars (2011)
Plot Summary:
In All Stars 2 Old Stars, the unexpected wedding of one of the boys means they treat themselves to an ‘old-fashioned training camp’ in the form of a long weekend in Barcelona. The match between Barcelona and Real Madrid is meant to be the high point of the trip. But of course not everything goes according to plan for the Swift Boys.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, sentimental, sincere, feel good, semi serious
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Tomorrow's Another Day (2000)
Plot Summary:
Such an inconsequential event - the unfortunate purchase of a package of cling film - reveals the character and behavior of a small group of individuals caught up in the chaos of today's society. Though it creates arguments and inner questioning, this event - and its various consequences - also creates bonds.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, clever, offbeat
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Boys Life: Three Stories of Love, Lust, and Liberation (1994)
Plot Summary:
Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood. In "Pool Days," Justin is a 17-year old Bethesda lad, hired as the evening life guard at a fitness center. In the course of the summer, he realizes and embraces that he's gay. In "A Friend of Dorothy," Winston arrives from upstate for his freshman year at NYU. He has to figure out, with some help from Anne, a hometown friend, how to build a social life as a young gay man in the city. In "The Disco Years," Tom looks back on 1978, the year in high school that he came out of the closet after one joyful and several painful encounters.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anthology, independent film, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, feel good, sweet
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With Friends Like These (2007)
Plot Summary:
When Black Kelly gets back from New York, she discovers that more has changed than just her hair color while she's been away. Frederic found himself a girlfriend and plans to move. Kurt and Blonde Kelly live together with their one-year-old child. And Patrick's gone. Reunited with the old gang, Black Kelly realizes that life went on during her absence and that things will never be the same.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, contemplative
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Highball (1997)
Plot Summary:
A newly-married couple tries to build their social life.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 915
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, cynical, semi serious
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Boys Briefs 2 (2002)
Plot Summary:
The long-awaited sequel to Boys Briefs, the successful compilation of six outstanding short films about gay first love. Hosted by DANNY ROBERTS, star of MTV's THE REAL WORLD NEW ORLEANS. Films included are: Doors Cut Down (2000); Chicken (2001); Back Room (2000); Breakfast? (Frühstück?) (2002); Touch (2001); and Take-Out (2001).
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, funny, sexual, gay cinema
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The Man Cave (2014)
Plot Summary:
Quotas for women, parking spaces for women, online shopping, small talk and gossip. Software developer Erol, porta-potty rep Lars, and commercial pilot Helmut are licking the wounds of their masculinity – a female-free zone is what’s needed! In the boiler room of their recently built housing complex, the three stressed husbands create a secret refuge where they can watch football, eat fast-food, drink beer and curse the opposite sex undisturbed. When Aykut, the complex’s facility manager, discovers their last bastion of masculinity, he threatens to close it down. One thing is for sure, the men are not going to give up their little slice of paradise without a fight. Based on the stage play bearing the same name, director Franziska Meyer Price allows men to return to rebellious ladhood.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, captivating, realistic
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True Adolescents (2009)
Plot Summary:
At 34, struggling Seattle musician Sam finds himself broke, jobless and losing touch with the person he wants to become. When his girlfriend kicks him out, he's forced to crash with his Aunt Sharon and is reluctantly enlisted to take her teen son, Oliver, and his friend Jake camping.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 776
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, mumblecore, indie film, talky, independent film
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2 B Perfectly Honest (2004)
Plot Summary:
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has a son, is forced to consider the unthinkable - getting a real job.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
Plot Summary:
Giles De'Ath is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with film star, Ronnie Bostock. He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. After that he travels to Long Island city where Ronnie lives and meets him, pretending that Ronnie is a great actor and that's why Giles admires him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, witty, independent film, entertaining, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy
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Downhill (2014)
Plot Summary:
Four old school friends reunite to attempt the epic coast to coast walk, across the United Kingdom. As their journey unfolds, this comically incompatible foursome walk full tilt into their mid-life crises.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, road movie, fake documentary
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Team Spirit (2000)
Plot Summary:
The story centers around a group of friends (and girlfriends) who have been playing football together for over 10 years, and who are now getting everything ready for their 500th match.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Chubby (2014)
Plot Summary:
Chubby is the nickname of Kevin, a 12 years old kid already weights 100 kilos (220.46 lb). If he keeps devours fries, pastries and ice cream everyday, he's gonna have heart attack sooner or later unless he decides to change his diet to turn around and stop eating junk food.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Watching TV with the Red Chinese (2012)
Plot Summary:
In New York City in 1980, Dexter Mitchell plays half-willing big brother to his neighbors, a trio of exchange students from the People's Republic of China.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, non-linear, independent film
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Ornaments (2008)
Plot Summary:
Religion, alcohol and politics are three things best avoided at holidays - but it's something this group of friends haven't learned. In this dark comedy, six friends have reunited for what may be their last holiday together.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, christmas horror, independent film, realistic, sexual, dark comedy, sexy