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Waters (2006)
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Original name: ウォーターズ
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Seven young Tokyoites get scammed into working as hosts for "Dog Days" bar. Will they be able to overcome their individual differences and keep the club open?
Style:
humorous, stylized, realistic, semi serious, emotional, uplifting, comedy drama
Plot:
friendship, nightlife, young lovers, buddies, workplace situations, workplace, host, subculture, trust, coming of age, scam, teamwork, community, ambition, small business, perseverance, typhoon, slice of life, bar owner, redemption, realism, city life, identity, heart condition, granddaughter ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Most similar movies to Waters
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and captivating films with plots about friendship, friends, slice of life, coming of age, personal growth, self discovery and buddies mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Waters: Amar Akbar & Tony (2015), Team Spirit 2 (2003), Silver Spoon (2014), Radiostars (2012), Tiny Times 2.0 (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, satirical, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
supermarket, workplace, ambition, working class, bureaucracy, fish out of water, job, satire, workplace situations, conflict, work ethic, character study ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Amar, Akbar & Tony follows the lives and loves of three childhood friends through twists and turns as the characters face sudden and unforeseen changes to their idealistic and trouble-free young lives. With hilarious and sometimes tragic ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, semi serious, comedy drama ...
Plot:
friendship, fall in love, looking for love, life turned upside down, buddies, interracial relations, love and romance, disorder, society, urban, coming of age, brotherhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
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77%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Time is not standing still for the teammates of soccer team 'Eendracht Vooruit'. Erik (Tom Van Landuyt), the team captain, tries to keep them together since a lot of the player getting children. In particular, Jean-Marc who's having ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, comedy drama ...
Plot:
friendship, sport team, soccer, friends, couple relations, buddies, couples, lifestyle, family problems, children, fatherhood, family life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Ooejo Agricultural High School is located in Hokkaido. Most students are from families involved in agriculture and their dreams are to continue working in agriculture. Meanwhile, Yuugo (Kento Nakajima), who graduated from a prestigious middle ...
Style:
anime, satirical, captivating, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
village life, coming of age, agriculture, satire, countryside, lifestyle, lifestyle change, villager, changing lives, high school, self discovery, friendship ...
Place:
japan, hokkaido
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ben, who dreamed of himself as a comic in New York, is back in Paris, his professional and emotional life in complete disarray. He encounters Alex, the star host of the Breakfast Club, a popular morning radio show. With Cyril, a forty-something ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
on the road, introspection, workplace situations, workplace, buddies, unsuccessful, escapades, radio dj, radio, road trip, self discovery, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set four years after the first movie, Lin Xiao, Lily, Nan Xiang, and Ruby, confront opportunities and challenges as their school days come to an end.
Style:
sexy, realistic, stylized, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
couples, friendship, ambition, love and romance, best friend, relationship vs career, friends, fashion, youth, business, coming of age, female friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
shanghai, china, asia
Similarity:
54%
191
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kurumi is hired at a high-end hotel, but is instead dispatched to work at fun fair that is connected to the business network. The new work is out in the country and there is not much else to do or places to go. The go-to employee is one Yoshiko. ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, entertaining, comedy drama, emotional ...
Plot:
workplace, ambition, amusement park, hospitality, workplace situations, working undercover, career change, relationship vs career, aspiration, female protagonist, female friendship, self discovery ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
WORST FRIENDS is the story of two childhood friends who are forced to re-think their friendship as adults. When Jake (Richard Tanne) is injured in a car accident, the only person willing to take care of him is his childhood friend Sam (Noah Barrow). ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
suburban life, friendship, car accident, love and romance, friends, disability, unfulfillment, rivalry, society, suburbs, childhood friend, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Group of friends meet again, 13 years after their prom because of a problem of one of them, and face the opportunity to experience the things in life they have always put aside in life so far.
Style:
disturbing, satirical, entertaining, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, group of friends, satire, old friends reunited, reunited friends, coming of age, second chance, self discovery, nostalgia, regret, midlife crisis ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
High school student Noguchi learns that there isn't a single male softball team in the nearby area. He figures if he starts up a softball team, they are sure thing to go to the national tournament. He then persuades his friend Onitsuka to help ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, motivational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, youth, rivalry, teenage life, ambition, contests and competitions, sport team, friends, buddies, social relations, coming of age, softball ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
48%
119
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
A film that explores the true meaning of a word by medical professionals, feelings of real people and the images that represent the word to the filmmaker. The viewer will get into a journey through true stories and feelings, chasing the true meaning ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
hip hop, misfit, social misfits, cause and meaning, friendship, rap, hip hop culture, japanese culture, friends, pop culture, musician's life, humour ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
food, lifestyle, isolation, friendship, workplace situations, workplace, buddies, forces of nature, cooking, chef, cooking and food, restaurant ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
antarctica
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Sammi Cheng plays Mimi Mo, a young exchange student to Japan who met and fell in love with a budding pianist, Kurokawa, played by Rikiya Kurokawa. Kurokawa eventually leaves to study music in the USA and returns to Japan as a famous musician. ...
Style:
humorous, touching, semi serious, realistic, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fall in love, against the odds, unlikely couple, looking for love, couples, farce, body transformation, weight loss, female protagonist, heartwarming, self esteem, makeover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, china, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi wrings laughs out of an unlikely topic -- domestic violence -- in this dark comedy about noodle-shop waitress Yukie Morita (Miki Nakatani), who puts up with the fiery temper, gambling and cruelty of her shiftless, ...
Style:
stylized, humorous, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Plot:
couples, dark humor, odd couple, love and romance, couple relations, social misfits, misfit, hopes, abusive relationship, domestic violence, female protagonist, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Katsutoshi is forced to flee his hometown and ends up at a rundown nightclub called "Tokyo Playboy Club." His hot-headedness gets him into further trouble, and the club's waiter Takahiro and his girlfriend Eriko also get caught up in ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nightlife, nightclub, gangster, danger, lifestyle, friendship, rivalry, disorder, criminal heroes, on the run, chases and races, nothing goes right ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In every corner of our vast country there are talented people worthy of recognition and glory. They flock to the capital and take part in popular television shows. But the spotlights go out, and life goes on. And not as they saw it ... Each of the ...
Style:
realistic, entertaining, captivating, light, feel good ...
Plot:
singing, ambition, showbiz, desire for fame, talented, aspiring singer, talent show, follow your dream, ambitious, talent, singer, ordinary people ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Alex, Antoine and Manu meet Jean, a loner who ignores the pleasures of friendship. Little by little, they learn to know each other, to appreciate each other. Jean is moved by the complicity and affection that fuels the relationship with his new ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friends, friendship, midlife crisis, love, couple relations, couples, best friend, unfulfillment, buddies, male bonding, male camaraderie, male friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story centers around a group of friends (and girlfriends) who have been playing football together for over 10 years, and who are now getting everything ready for their 500th match.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sincere, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
couples, friendship, ambition, lifestyle, buddies, couple relations, sport team, friends, group, football, male protagonist, female nudity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Unable to accept being dumped by her colleague, Takako quits her job and moves into the used bookstore owned by her uncle, Satoru, in Jinbocho. Despite her initial lack of interest in novels, Takako is slowly drawn into the world of books as she ...
Style:
contemplative, reflective, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
bookstore, workplace, dumped, personal growth, slice of life, changing lives, relationships, lifestyle change, library, relationship problems, life, librarian ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
43%
371
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
"Drop" tells the story of a boy named Hiroshi Shinanogawa, who grew up in the 1980s. He became inspired by the Be-Bop High School manga and decided to become a delinquent. Hiroshi dropped out of a private middle school and transferred to a ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, rough, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, juvenile delinquency, buddies, rivalry, youth, uninhibited rivalry, coming of age, gang, japanese high school, high school, strong violent content, friends ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, USA, Italy, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A romantic fairy tale about a 19-year old orphan girl who, as her sole inheritance, gets an antique key that unlocks both an old Italian villa and the secrets of her family history.
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
young lovers, coming of age, youth, friendship, social relations, self discovery, fall in love, love and romance, siblings relations, fish out of water, estate, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Office drama wherein a mediocre salaryman struggling hard to face a dream.
Style:
captivating, satirical, semi serious, feel good, motivational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, office, ambition, office worker, relationships, aspiration, couple relations, ambitious man, direction and purpose, male female relationship, office work, workplace ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 70 min.
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Story:
The story is about a woman who struggles together with her coworkers to mature into a true webtoon editor after joining the webtoon editorial department. On Ma Eum, who enters the webtoon editorial department after beating all odds. She has a large ...
Style:
satirical, disturbing, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
workplace, career, ambition, adaptation, painter, satire, coworker, workplace situations, direction and purpose, career change, determination, personal growth ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
42%
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349
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A coming of age story about the quirky lives of car salesman.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
workplace, workplace situations, adolescence vs adulthood, youth, family business, save the day, family relations, friends, parents and children, coming of age, personal growth, father son relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents.
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
opposites attract, student life, buddies, rich and poor, workplace situations, love and romance, workplace, boss and employee, concierge, teenager, in love, doorman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Taylor Starks and his co-workers, all aspiring actors, toil in a Los Angeles restaurant while "waiting" for their big break.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
ambition, restaurant, follow your dream, actor, dream, disgruntled worker, aspiration, showbiz, friendship, realism, character study, slice of life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
40%
187
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Chubby is the nickname of Kevin, a 12 years old kid already weights 100 kilos (220.46 lb). If he keeps devours fries, pastries and ice cream everyday, he's gonna have heart attack sooner or later unless he decides to change his diet to turn ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, bittersweet, youth, physical appearance, friends, teaching the ways of the world, power relations, misfit, obesity, weight loss, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When longtime friends Joey Fortone and Lenny Kaminski get together, the race is on to get one up on the other. Their fantasies abound and their results lag far behind.
Style:
independent film, slapstick, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
diner, storytelling, friends, couples, disorder, buddies, womanizer, nothing goes right, love and romance, looking for love, destiny, urban ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A directionless, young campus bus driver and a punk rock Samoan security guard named Pineapple form an unlikely kinship as they navigate the unpredictable late shift known as the "drunk bus." Together, they break out of their endless loop ...
Style:
road movie, dark comedy, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
friendship, punk, punk rock, coming of age, driver, satire, adult humor, friends, silly humor, escapades, unlikely friendships, college campus ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Ji-hwan is a taekwondo student with a part time job as a stunt man, who dreams of becoming Korea's answer to Jackie Chan. Dal-rae is a drama student and aspiring actress, but tends to fail auditions because of her timid personality.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
ambition, love and romance, fall in love, lifestyle, friends, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, actor's life, taekwondo, young adult, coming of age, youth culture ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
asia, seoul, east asia, korea
Similarity:
34%
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