Buddy Comedy movies

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Steady Intimate Dry Intense Measured

Overview

A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, and the result is a life-altering friendship.

Themes

Mentorship and guidance, Unconventional family bonds, Control under time pressure, Public persona reconstruction, Reframing life narratives, Agency through decisions

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Realistic Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Dry

Overview

A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at a rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate.

Themes

Lgbt visibility pressure, Boarding school conformity, Rugby culture bias, Peer ostracism dynamics, Friendship under scrutiny, Teacher support vs coercion

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Realistic Tense Steady Intimate Dry

Overview

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

Themes

Economic precarity, Racism and violence, Asylum process pressure, Hospitality versus exploitation, Refugee integration stress, Mutual aid networks

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Adventurous Dynamic Fast-paced Chaotic Slick

Overview

Tripp is a high school senior with a knack for building trucks who makes an incredible discovery - a gas-guzzling creature named Creech. To protect his mischievous new friend, Tripp hides Creech under the hood of his latest creation, turning it into a real-life super-powered Monster Truck. Together, this unlikely duo with a shared taste for speed team up on a wild and unforgettable journey to reunite Creech with his family.

Themes

Accountability and oversight, Deception and coverups, Pickup truck dynamics, Unlikely alliance, Hive mind intelligence, Monster-driven exploitation

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Realistic Tense Steady Intimate Bleak

Overview

A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.

Themes

Single parent resilience, Unconventional family bonds, Custody dispute dynamics, Imagined maternal figure, Language barrier adaptation, Illness stakes

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Bright Whimsical Fast-paced Witty Energetic

Overview

Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl...

Themes

Resilience through cooperation, Corporate ambition vs responsibility, Loyalty under leadership change, Stock pressure and corporate risk, Family formation and longing, Mass production vs personal care

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Realistic Tense Raw Claustrophobic Dry

Overview

Two teenage boys from inner-city Cork steal bicycles and ride off on a 160km quest to find an unrecovered bale of cocaine worth 7,000,000 euros.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Road trip tension, Stolen bicycle stakes, Family abuse and neglect, Deception and media manipulation, Illicit loot pursuit

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Tense Dry Witty Sun-drenched Dusty

Overview

Maik, a fourteen-year-old teenager, sets out on a road trip during summertime with Tschick, a new classmate, in a stolen car. The two share life changing experiences during the eventful journey.

Themes

Risk and improvisation, Family dysfunction, Coming of age tensions, Outsider solidarity, Road trip friendship, Escape through travel

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Playful Tense Fast-paced Chaotic Sun-drenched

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Mike and Dave are young, adventurous, fun-loving brothers who tend to get out of control at family gatherings. When their sister Jeanie reveals her Hawaiian wedding plans, the rest of the Stangles insist that the brothers bring respectable dates. After placing an ad on Craigslist, the siblings decide to pick Tatiana and Alice, two charming and seemingly normal women. Once they arrive on the island, however, Mike and Dave realize that their companions are ready to get wild and party.

Themes

Deception in dating, Social performance, Family obligation, Wedding disruption, Competing affections, Island vacation chaos

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Playful Bright Whimsical Chaotic Witty

Overview

The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.

Themes

Belonging and loyalty, Deception and alliance, Human-animal boundaries, Abandonment and attachment, Urban risk and resilience, Group dynamics and leadership

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