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The Big Kahuna (1999)
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The Big Kahuna (1999)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three salesmen working for a firm that makes industrial lubricants are waiting in the company's "hospitality suite" at a manufacturers' convention for a "big kahuna" named Dick Fuller to show up, in hopes they can persuade him to place an order that could salvage the company's flagging sales.
Style: philosophical, minimal cast, clever, witty, talky, independent film, funny, uplifting, spiritual, slang ...
Plot: hotel, business, salesman, marketing, midlife crisis, christian, hotel room, religion, existentialism, gambling, economics, claustrophobia, missionary, big business, coming of age, hustler, divorce, baptist, husband wife relationship, convention, drinking alcohol, religion and supernatural, love and romance, fight, party ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, kansas, xian, new jersey
Keyword: change, gangsters, dreams

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, realistic, humorous and clever films with plots about couples, love and romance, friendship, couple relations, friends, husband wife relationship and introspection mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Big Kahuna: My Dinner with Andre (1981), Tin Men (1987), Hurlyburly (1998), Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003), Shrink (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.
Style: philosophical, surreal, thought provoking, minimal cast, existential ...
Plot: conversation, restaurant, philosophy, food, existentialism, art, dialogue, cooking, dinner, realism, transcendence, occult ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place: new york, poland, middle east, manhattan new york city, sahara ...
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Tin Men (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
Style: realistic, humorous, witty, retro, laugh out loud ...
Plot: business, marketing, bittersweet, friendship, adultery, revenge, car, gambling, job, conservative, economics, rock and roll ...
Time: 60s, year 1987, 50s, 20th century, year 1963
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa
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26%
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Hurlyburly (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Based on a play by David Rabe, Hurlyburly is about the intersecting lives of several Hollywood players and wannabes, whose dysfunctional personal lives are more interesting than anything they're peddling to the studios.
Style: talky, dark comedy, cynical, captivating, philosophical ...
Plot: hollywood, addiction, drug abuse, drug, insanity, marijuana, showbiz, buddies, friendship, love triangle, filmmaking, destiny ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Marital infidelity, religion, a guy in heaven wearing a Wizards jersey, anal fetishes, cigarettes and schizophrenia, ghosts, and how it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Style: humorous, witty, melancholic, philosophical, cult classic ...
Plot: infidelity, friendship, fetish, self discovery, life philosophy, character study, introspection, buddies, couple relations, dialogue, food, adultery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Shrink (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.
Style: realistic, psychological, depressing, emotional, serious ...
Plot: suicide, mental illness, therapist, psychiatrist, hollywood, character study, loneliness, life philosophy, widower, suicide attempt, haunted by the past, power relations ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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It's a Disaster (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Four couples meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.
Style: black comedy, humorous, witty, atmospheric, semi serious ...
Plot: survival, apocalypse, pig, relationships, family drama, existentialism, isolation, danger, group of friends, satire, dark humor, divorce ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: xian, usa, los angeles, california
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20%
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Husbands (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be short-lived.
Style: independent film, contemplative, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: midlife crisis, friendship, hotel, friends, marriage, aging, alcoholic, grief, unhappy ending, minimalism, time travel, divorce ...
Time: year 1970
Place: new york, london, long island, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Trees Lounge (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with ...
Style: independent film, cult classic, grim, talky, dark comedy ...
Plot: drinking, alcoholic, alcoholism, drug addiction, addiction, drunk, small town, self discovery, coming of age, alcohol abuse, older man younger woman relationship, loner ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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California Split (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Down-on-his-luck gambler Bill (George Segal) links up with free spirit Charlie (Elliott Gould) at first to have some fun, but then gets into debt when Gould takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana. As a final act of desperation, he pawns most of his ...
Style: grim, cynical, talky, witty, clever ...
Plot: gambling, transvestism, friendship, loneliness, gambler, female nudity, exodus, drug, hustler, stoner, loser, game ...
Time: year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, reno nevada
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19%
 7.1
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Carnage (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Poland, Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim's parents invite Zachary's parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the incident in a civilized manner.
Style: talky, dark comedy, ironic, black comedy, minimal cast ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: marriage, psychology, dialogue, dark humor, family drama, bully, satire, parenthood, family relations, family problems, husband wife relationship, lawyer ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Weather Man (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Style: depressing, realistic, dark comedy, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: weatherman, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, family drama, relationship vs career, introspection, father son relationship, family problems, character study, hopes, father, parents and children ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Other People's Money (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A corporate raider threatens a hostile take-over of a "mom and pop" company. The patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's daughter, who is a lawyer, to try and protect the company. The raider is enamoured of her, and ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, romantic comedy, clever, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: wall street, stock market, money, business, workplace intrigue, lawyer, greed, unlikely couple, family business, finance, manipulation, economics ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, usa, rhode island, new england, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Monster in a Box (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.
Style: independent film, witty, clever, talky, realistic ...
Plot: writers, live performance, concert, one-man show, biopic, creative block, performer's life, media satire, showbiz, midlife crisis, musician's life, writer's life ...
Time: year 1992, 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on ...
Style: black comedy, entertaining, dark comedy, political, humorous ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: marketing, advertising, business, social satire, lobbyist, satire, tobacco, reporter, lung cancer, journalism, society, politics ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., vermont, usa, north carolina, japan ...
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10 Items or Less (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with Scarlet, ...
Style: feel good, road movie, humorous, touching, clever ...
Plot: self discovery, friendship, introspection, road trip, research, on the road, movie star, job interview, mentor, friends, stranger, actor's life ...
Time: 20th century, year 2006
Place: los angeles, california, 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 ⇓
19%
Burnzy's Last Call (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A downtown Manahattan gin mill plays host to a series of comic vignettes.
Style: independent film, contemplative, realistic, semi serious, talky ...
Plot: introspection, aging, human nature, elderly, bookies, alcohol abuse, rock, drag queen, gambler, smoking, drunkenness, beer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Everything Must Go (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Style: touching, realistic, feel good, humorous, talky ...
Plot: friendship, addiction, salesman, unemployment, alcohol abuse, bittersweet, loneliness, tragedy, character study, self discovery, starting over, marital problem ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa, texas, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Living Out Loud (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Dramatic comedy about two unlikely people who find each other while looking for love. Judith Nelson (Holly Hunter) is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful doctor (Martin Donovan), has been having an affair ...
Style: realistic, clever, touching, romantic drama, surreal ...
Plot: masseur, infidelity, divorce, marriage, massage, brooklyn bridge, loneliness, female protagonist, elevator operator, relationships, strong female presence, couples ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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The Big Chill (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the ...
Style: realistic, weeping, cult classic, talky, clever ...
Plot: friendship, funeral, midlife crisis, regret, group of friends, suicide, grief, yuppie, reunited friends, mourning, husband wife relationship, death of friend ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983, 60s
Place: south carolina, middle east, usa
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18%
In the Company of Men (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two business executives--one an avowed misogynist, the other recently emotionally wounded by his love interest--set out to exact revenge on the female gender by seeking out the most innocent, uncorrupted girl they can find and ruining her life.
Style: dark comedy, independent film, controversial, brutal, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: secretary, battle of the sexes, betrayal, misogynist, love, relationships, greed, rivalry, dark humor, brutality, friends, mind game ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: usa, indiana
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18%
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Diner (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their ...
Style: humorous, melancholic, sentimental, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night
Plot: friendship, coming of age, food, christmas, diner, gambling debt, love and romance, adulthood, adolescence vs adulthood, couples, buddies, lifestyle ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1982, year 1959, 20th century
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Late Shift (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky, independent film ...
Plot: showbiz, media, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, ambition, media satire, television, talk show host, comedian, intrigue, talk show, negotiation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1991, year 1992
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Mother (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After two failed marriages a science fiction writer decides that coming to terms with his mother will improve his chances for a successful relationship, so he moves in with her.
Style: talky, humorous, witty, clever, laugh out loud ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, mother, mother son relationship, eccentricity, divorce, brother brother relationship, starting over, sibling rivalry, slice of life, psychology, aspiring writer, novelist ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: san francisco, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Dinner at Eight (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, talky, cynical, humorous ...
Plot: couple relations, nothing goes right, dishonesty, love and romance, rivalry, intrigue, couples, disorder, bad attitude, dinner party, high society, greed ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Living in Oblivion (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in ...
Style: surreal, independent film, humorous, funny, talky ...
Plot: filmmaking, actor, filmmaker, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, showbiz, friends, actor's life, lifestyle, satire, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
Style: philosophical, talky, humorous, witty, meditative ...
Plot: adultery, murder, infidelity, mistress, existentialism, justice, guilt, blackmail, satire, couple relations, moral dilemma, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 5.6
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Scorchers (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Bayou La Teche, Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid and Dolan. The trouble comes on the wedding night when Splendid is determined to maintain her innocence. On the other side of town Splendids' cousin has her ...
Style: independent film, erotic, semi serious, realistic, sexy ...
Plot: wedding, prostitute, psychology, sex scene, making love, bartender, father daughter relationship, family relations, couples, betrayal, couple relations, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 4.9
 21K
Holy Man (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Eddie Murphy stars as an over-the-top television evangelist who finds a way to turn television home shopping into a religious experience, and takes America by storm.
Style: touching, humorous, satirical, intense, funny ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: guru, life philosophy, justice, religion, media satire, materialism, workplace, media, love affair, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, satire ...
Time: 90s
Place: florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Style: ironic, talky, humorous, witty, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, thanksgiving, sisters, dysfunctional family, family relations, writers, audition, opera, midlife crisis, love, artist, hypochondriac ...
Time: 20th century, year 1986, 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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