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California Split (1974)
9K
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 possessions and goes to Reno for the poker game of a lifetime. A film set mainly in casinos and races, as the two win and lose, get robbed, and get blind drunk.
Style:
grim, clever, witty, talky, cynical, dark comedy, funny, entertaining, art house, cult classic ...
Plot:
gambling, poker, casino, transvestism, friendship, loneliness, gambler, female nudity, card playing, fight, game, stripper, stoner, nude girl, loser, roulette, gambling addiction, hustler, drug, craps, bus, mugging, friends, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, las vegas, reno nevada
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Most similar movies to California Split
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and clever films with plots about friends, friendship, love and romance, couples, buddies, redemption and mentor mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like California Split: Swingers (1996), The Grand (2007), Mississippi Grind (2015), Hurlyburly (1998), Rounders (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
92K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, funny, cult classic, sexy, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship between men, casino, womanizer, aspiring actor, sex, comedian, dancing, friendship, depression, breakup, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, relationships ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas, new york, wisconsin ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, new jersey, texas
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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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.
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talky, dark comedy, cynical, captivating, philosophical ...
Plot:
drug abuse, addiction, hollywood, drug, insanity, marijuana, showbiz, buddies, love triangle, friendship, filmmaking, destiny ...
Time:
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Place:
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168K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gambling, poker, mafia, addiction, friendship, casino, voice over narration, underdog, card playing, buddies, destructive relationship, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas ...
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100%
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:
contemplative, independent film, semi serious, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, hotel, friends, marriage, grief, machismo, womanizer, casino, time travel, dream, divorce ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, london, long island, england, europe ...
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537
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, los angeles
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44%
5K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.
Style:
realistic, tense, psychological, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
poker, gambling, card playing, mentor, competition, human spirit, contests and competitions, downfall, underdog, follow your dream, lifestyle, friendship ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
las vegas, usa, texas
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43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A newly-married couple tries to build their social life.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, talky, cynical ...
Plot:
couples, partner, buddies, gender, love and romance, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, youth, singleness, twentysomething life, teenage love, celebrity culture ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, cult classic, dark comedy, talky, art house ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
39%
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, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, salesman, addiction, unemployment, alcohol abuse, bittersweet, recovery, loneliness, tragedy, character study, self discovery, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, texas, usa, phoenix arizona, new jersey
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39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 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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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Lucky is an American dark comedy television series which ran for one season on FX Networks in 2003. The show starred John Corbett as Michael "Lucky" Linkletter, a professional poker player and gambling addict. The series was created by ...
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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semi serious, humorous, realistic, clever, hilarious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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760
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching, witty ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, austria, europe, california, usa
Similarity:
38%
1K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
38%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, clever, humorous
Plot:
friends, friendship, partner, love and romance, lifestyle, self discovery, odd couple, disorder, couples, infidelity, nothing goes right, dishonesty ...
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Similarity:
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24K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1959, year 1982, 20th century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
38%
82K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Style:
satirical, humorous, black comedy, witty, talky ...
Plot:
satire, military, nurse, medical, surgeon, korean war, surgery, american football, dark humor, sexual harassment, irreverence, sexism ...
Time:
1950s, year 1970, 20th century, 50s, year 1951 ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky, biting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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20K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two aspiring boxers lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Style:
humorous, witty, dark comedy, funny, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, talky, cynical, witty ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, love and romance, rivalry, dishonesty, couple relations, intrigue, couples, disorder, bad attitude, dinner party, greed, high society ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
It's Christmas time in the twin cities. Billy's working a lot of overtime, running barges on the Mississippi. He calls his friend Eddie, whom he hasn't seen in six months, and asks a favor: to drive with him to see his pregnant ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, talky, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
nudity, pregnancy, on the road, gender, love and romance, battle of the sexes, buddies, infidelity, friendship, friends, family relations, couples ...
Time:
80s
Place:
minneapolis minnesota, wisconsin
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An old-time mogul struggles to reenter the club where power and money make the rules.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, independent film
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, one last chance, showbiz, artists and showbiz, aging, betrayal, dishonesty, film industry, movie studio, gambling, heist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife.
Gedorge Segal plays a divorce lawyer who is divorced himself after his wife (Susan Anspach) ...
Style:
romantic comedy, funny, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
ex husband ex wife relationship, female nudity, satire, law, lawyer, marriage, divorce, infidelity, love triangle, unfulfillment, obsession, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, venice, los angeles, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
36%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, mumblecore, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, inspirational, melancholic, intense, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
36%
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