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You Are Here* (2000)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A twentysomething office drone struggles between freedom and responsibility in this independent comedy-drama. Sanjay is a man in his mid-'20s who has come to the conclusion his life is stuck in neutral. Sanjay hates his job and doesn't think it has any real future and one day he announces to his boss that he's quitting. However, Sanjay's boss manages to double-talk him into not only keeping his job, but taking on longer hours and new responsibilities he doesn't really want. Several of Sanjay's friends are in the same boat, and together they struggle to decide what freedom is worth to them and how to get it. (Rovi)
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, clever, offbeat, realistic, talky, cynical, independent film, biting
Plot:
rise to the top, introspection, fighting the system, nothing goes right, workplace, boss and employee, office, showbiz, sexual content, terminal illness, unfulfillment, twentysomething life, workplace situations, dull life, job
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and clever films with plots about workplace, workplace situations, boss and employee, disorder, love and romance, satire and couples mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like You Are Here*: Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000), Smoking Room (2002), American Animal (2011), HAPPYish (2015), Martin & Orloff (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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TV show
Story:
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Plot:
midlife crisis, workplace situations, boss and employee, workplace, depression, unfulfillment, self discovery, happiness, couples, love, introspection, society ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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585
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, hood ...
Plot:
save the day, ambition, love and romance, workplace romance, society, workplace, rivalry, workplace situations, fighting the system, boss and employee, uninhibited rivalry, black ...
Time:
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Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, semi serious, offbeat, biting, cynical ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, talky, cynical, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, satirical, dark comedy, semi serious ...
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
46%
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Country: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, biting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Fanciful series about an aspiring writer who imagines alternative life scenarios while working for a big company.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, cynical, semi serious, psychological, gloomy
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, melancholic, humorous, clever, light ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
talky, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
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