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Movies similar to Parasite
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
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A Normal Family (2024)
It has a 46% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
Jae-wan, a successful lawyer, takes on the case of a rich executive's son, who has purposely run over and killed a man and left his daughter seriously injured. It's Jae-wan's job to defend a murderer, just another rung on his career's golden-stepped ladder. His younger brother, on the contrary, is a scrupulous and upstanding paediatrician, who always puts the health of his patients over profit and money, often contravening the rules of the private clinic where he works. The brothers meet once a month with their wives for fine dining in expensive restaurants, but when an unexpected situation involving their teenage kids arises, their consciences are questioned and their usual dinner conversation takes an unexpected turn.
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Joker (2019)
It has a 40% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and release period.
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
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The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
It has a 40% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.
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The Middle Man (2021)
It has a 39% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communicate more of the bad news.
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The Joneses (2010)
It has a 39% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors.
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No Other Choice (2025)
It has a 38% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.
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I Care a Lot (2021)
It has a 36% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and release period.
A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.
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CQ (2001)
It has a 36% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
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The Last Supper (1995)
It has a 35% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
A group of idealistic but frustrated liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering right-wing pundits for their political beliefs.
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Riff-Raff (1991)
It has a 35% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with their "signing on" for unemployment benefits. Some coworkers help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, who's struggling to be a professional singer.
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Rosebush Pruning (2026)
It has a 31% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and release period.
In a Spanish villa, American siblings Jack, Ed, Anna and Robert wallow in isolation and their inherited fortune. When Jack wants to move in with his girlfriend and Ed uncovers the truth about their mother’s death, the fabric of the family begins to unravel.
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Diggers
It has a 28% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
Two friends wander through a forest looking for a good spot to dig. They have known each other for some years now and have been doing this job of digging holes in remote locations so long that it has become fairly pedestrian. Their job is to dig a hole and await a package to be delivered before giving a right of passage.
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La Strada (1954)
It has a 28% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and TMDB relationship signals.
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
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Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
It has a 27% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and TMDB relationship signals.
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.
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8½ (1963)
It has a 26% affinity with Parasite, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and TMDB relationship signals.
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
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