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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death and mull over their lives in the present and in flashback, revealing the truth behind their complicated lives. Who is the mysterious Joanne and what's the real story behind Mona's son, James Dean Junior ?
Style: clever, emotional, talky, independent film, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious ...
Plot: transvestism, friendship, women, lgbt, small town, lgbtq, death, drinking, time travel, rock, feminist, drug addiction, grief, illegitimate son, jukebox, solidarity, lgbtqi, advocate, memories, group of friends, groupie, nostalgia, conversation, flashback, friend ...
Time: 70s, year 1982, 80s, 1950s
Place: texas, austin texas, usa, southern usa
Keyword: americana, gangsters, doctors

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and touching films with plots about friendship, friends, couples, family relations, parents and children, love and romance and bittersweet mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: Miss Firecracker (1989), The Four Seasons (1981), Crimes of the Heart (1986), Queens Logic (1991), The Lather Effect (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Miss Firecracker (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A girl from Yazoo City, Mississippi pins all her hopes on winning the local beauty pageant.
Style: humorous, talky, light, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: dysfunctional family, small town, underdog, contests and competitions, love and romance, human nature, family problems, couples, fall in love, youth, looking for love, family life ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa
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The Four Seasons (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.
Style: talky, realistic, touching, sentimental, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: divorce, friendship, bittersweet, vacation, sadness, midlife crisis, couple relations, love and romance, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, introspection, human nature ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place: usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In June, 1983, in Dutchess County, New York, Sebastian Cole joins his mother, step-father, and sister for dinner. Hank, Sebastian's step-father, drops a bomb: he announces he's changing sexes. Sebastian's sister splits immediately for ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot: coming of age, lgbt, high school, gay, transgender, small town, lgbtq, hospital, teenager, drinking, teenage protagonist, gender bending ...
Time: 80s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1983
Place: england, new york state, chicago, new york, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Crimes of the Heart (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Three sisters with quite different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, has just shot her husband. The oldest sister, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather and is turning into an old maid, while Meg, who tries to make it ...
Style: talky, touching, humorous, dark comedy, emotional ...
Plot: sisters, dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, childhood, betrayal, redemption, sister, adaptation, parenthood, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children ...
Time: 80s
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa
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Queens Logic (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new ...
Style: sentimental, semi serious, realistic, talky, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: friendship, rock, gay subtext, buddies, gays and lesbians, love and romance, lifestyle, couple relations, gender, human nature, couples, friends ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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The Lather Effect (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: On the eve of selling her mother's house, a thirty-something housewife wakes up to a hangover surrounded by her best friends from high school...
Style: semi serious, talky, humorous, realistic
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: friendship, friends, couples, looking for love, love and romance, couple relations, introspection, unfulfilled love, adolescence vs adulthood, hopes, unfulfillment, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Fandango (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
Style: road movie, touching, sentimental, humorous, emotional ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, date night
Plot: on the road, coming of age, friendship, road trip, culture clash, male bonding, travel, adolescence, student life, adolescence vs adulthood, young lovers, obsessive quest ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1985
Place: texas, austin texas
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To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant trio shows ...
Style: road movie, cult classic, entertaining, sweet, light ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: gay, transvestism, gender bending, drag queen, small town, friendship, cross dressing, road trip, on the road, lgbt, transgender, culture clash ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: nebraska, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him.
Style: independent film, talky, touching, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: drag queen, gay, lgbt, homosexual, homosexuality, gay interest, gays and lesbians, transgender, gay bashing, gay bar, lgbtq, glbt ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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LOL (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.
Style: mumblecore, talky, humorous, sincere, independent film ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: looking for love, lifestyle, introspection, youth, friendship, computers and web, love and romance, couple relations, human nature, misfit, social network, human relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Mind the Gap (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Five seemingly unrelated people decide to take huge risks in their personal lives in an effort to find happiness.
Style: semi serious, talky, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: starting over, human nature, lifestyle, family relations, couples, city life, introspection, waking up, unfulfillment, single parent, love and romance, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Jeffrey (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jeffery, a young gay man in New York, decides that sex is too much and decided to become celibate. He immediately meets the man of his dreams and must decide whether or not love is worth the danger of a boyfriend dying.
Style: humorous, witty, sexual, touching, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, aids, glbt, lgbt, lgbtq, hiv, celibacy, homosexuality, love, happy ending, lgbtqi, gay interest ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
The Alumni Chapter (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: What happens when you graduate from college, only to find that jobs are practically nonexistent and your best friends aren't what they seem? Four old friends reunite after college graduation. The conversation quickly turns sour, and a series of ...
Style: contemplative, humorous, captivating, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot: friendship, college, introspection, adolescence vs adulthood, unfulfillment, estrangement, society, best friend, friends, dull life, lifestyle, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Cookie's Fortune (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Style: humorous, witty, independent film, hilarious, southern gothic ...
Plot: suicide, loneliness, investigation, murder, death, dysfunctional family, drinking, eccentricity, greed, storytelling, theatre director, countryside ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, texas, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Stepmom (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside ...
Style: sentimental, sad, inspirational, touching, tear jerker ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: divorce, terminal illness, women, autumn, cancer, step parent, friendship, custody, parents and children, remarry, adoption, stepmother stepdaughter relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: This heart wrenching drama is about a beauty shop, in Louisana owned by Truvy, and the tragedies of all of her clients.
Style: touching, sentimental, sad, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: female friendship, friendship, small town, best friend, family relations, southern belle, wedding, strong female character, love, parents and children, loss of daughter, diabetic ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century, 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
The World According to Garp (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all ...
Style: dark comedy, offbeat, cult classic, humorous, clever ...
Plot: writers, transgender, single mother, wrestling, coming of age, dysfunctional family, lgbtq, writer's life, lgbt, magic realism, female nudity, death ...
Time: year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place: bolivia, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
The Upside of Anger (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two ...
Style: sentimental, sexy, witty, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, friendship, suburban life, neighbor, parenthood, family relations, couple relations, love and romance, starting over, couples, lifestyle, fall in love ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: usa, michigan, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Terms of Endearment (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style: tear jerker, touching, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, single mother, husband wife relationship, grief, adultery, terminal illness, death of daughter, relationships, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 60s ...
Place: texas, houston texas, new york, nebraska, louisiana ...
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Walkaway (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Walkaway, a light-comedy drama, mocks the clutches of social obligations on young Indian professionals settled in New York City.
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: buddies, friendship, couples, family relations, fall in love, couple relations, society, love and romance, lifestyle, parents and children, unsupportive parent, family tradition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, india
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A Soap (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: 32-year-old Charlotte could have it all, but she doesn´t want any of it. When she moves away from her boyfriend, she happens to become the upstairs neighbour of the transsexual Veronica. Veronica prefers to keep to herself with her little dog and a ...
Style: semi serious, sexy, captivating, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot: transsexual, gender bending, gender, lgbt, lesbian, couples, friendship, fall in love, love and romance, sexual abuse, lifestyle, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Four guys, best friends, have grown up together in DANCER, TEXAS POP. 81, a tiny town in West Texas. Years ago, they made a solemn vow to leave town together as soon as they graduate. Now, it's that weekend and the time has come to "put up ...
Style: talky, realistic, sentimental, touching, cult classic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, coming of age, high school, suburbs, family relations, best friend, friends, social relations, graduation, small town life, teenage life, lifestyle ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: texas, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Eating (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: At a spacious house in Los Angeles, Helene is turning 40-years old and her friends whom include French filmmaker Martine, house guest Sophie, and Lydia throw her a party. But also there is Kate a friend turning 30, and Sadie a Hollywood film agent ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: food, eating disorder, restaurant, wine, friendship, nightlife, thirtysomething life, couples, friends, gender, feminism, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Motherhood (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Motherhood is a comedy written and directed by Katherine Dieckmann, and stars Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver. Shot on location in New York’s West Village, focuses on the dilemmas of motherhood, such as marriage, work, and self, ...
Style: realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: best friend, friendship, family life, friends, family relations, couples, disorder, lifestyle, couple relations, parents and children, mother, blog ...
Time: year 2009
Place: usa, new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Cleopatra (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A retired teacher and a soap star leave their routines and the men in their lives behind and embark on a weekend trip.
Style: touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: fall in love, self discovery, friendship, human nature, on the road, introspection, looking for love, best friend, family business, parents and children, hopes, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Beside Still Waters (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A young man struggles for closure after the death of his parents.
Style: touching, sincere, sentimental, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: friendship, group of friends, buddies, friends, haunted by the past, bittersweet, twentysomething life, dealing with death, unfulfillment, dark humor, death, infidelity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Diggers (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Diggers is a coming-of-age story directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class friends who grow up in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers in 1976. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, touching ...
Plot: coming of age, friendship, parents and children, youth, save the day, love and romance, social differences, social relations, working class, father son relationship, family relations, bare chested male ...
Time: 70s, year 2006, 20th century
Place: new york, long island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Bonneville (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three women take a road trip to Santa Barbara in order to deliver the ashes of one of their dead husbands to his resentful daughter. Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden hijacks her two best friends and sets off in a vintage ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, touching, semi serious, road movie ...
Plot: friendship, on the road, family relations, parents and children, elderly, death in the family, mother daughter relationship, promise, road trip, female leader, female bonding, hitchhiker ...
Time: year 2006
Place: idaho, utah, nevada, california, usa ...
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university Sara Quinn is left looking for answers as to what went wrong.
Style: realistic, sincere, sentimental, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: self discovery, breakup, lifestyle, obsessive quest, obsession, human nature, couple relations, couples, gender, womanizer, battle of the sexes, father son relationship ...
Time: year 1978, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Summer Holiday (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story: On his spring break at the seaside, with his wife and his four year old son, Bogdan Ciocazanu runs into his best friends from high-school at the precise date and time that reminds all of them of their most glorious drinking trips and sexual ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious
Plot: friendship, family relations, couple relations, couples, friends, lifestyle, buddies, introspection, unfulfillment, midlife crisis, small town, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, romania
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