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1st Bite (2006)
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1st Bite (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Set on a tropical island in Thailand, the strange plight of a beleaguered chef who, while romancing a mysterious woman, discovers the diabolical Zen of cooking. Following a near death escape, he returns to Montreal and falls hard for the woman of his life who unfortunately craves only his cooking but not his loving. Worse still, strange things surfacing around him indicate that his journey to the Far East has deep, divine implications. The stage is set for him to take the 1st bite of true love and end the cycle of suffering for all involved.
Style: touching, semi serious, sexy, captivating, humorous
Plot: mermaid, island, food, chef, cooking, love affair, opposites attract, mysterious character, supernatural ability, couples, social differences, femme fatale, breakup, restaurant, tropical island, wizards and magicians, love and romance, cooking and food, romance
Place: thailand, bangkok thailand, montreal, canada, asia, montreal quebec canada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and touching films with plots about love and romance, couples, restaurant, food, fall in love, love affair and love mostly in Romance, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like 1st Bite: Love's Kitchen (2011), Seducing Maarya (2000), Rio, I Love You (2014), Delicious (2013), Butterfly Man (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Love's Kitchen (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Rob Haley (Dougray Scott), an up-and-coming chef and restaurateur in London, is grief-stricken when he loses his wife. With encouragement from his infamous friend and real life TV Chef Gordon Ramsay, Rob decides to spice up his life by turning a ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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Seducing Maarya (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, India
Duration: 107 min.
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Rio, I Love You (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Brazil, USA, France
Duration: 110 min.
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Delicious (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Recently released from prison, French chef Jacques pursues an obsession -- to leave his past behind and work for the great British chef Victor Ellwood. He knows Victor had an affair with his mother and may even be his dad. Working for iron-fisted ...
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Butterfly Man (2002)
Genre: Romance
Country: UK, Thailand
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Adventure/romance about an English backpacker whose world falls apart when he meets and falls in love with a beautiful girl on an exotic Thai island.
Style: sentimental, captivating, romantic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Place: thailand, asia, bangkok thailand
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Just Desserts (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Marco Poloni's family owns a bakery in the Bronx and it seems that they have fallen on hard times and his family is considering selling the bakery. Marco then decides to enter a baking competition hoping that the money and publicity will help ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, sex comedy
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Country: Spain, Ireland, France
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous
Audience: date night
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Every Blessed Day (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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