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Nothing to Laugh About (2021)
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Original name: Ingenting å le av
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Kasper Berntsen is a successful stand-up comedian, who has everything he could wish for. One day everything changes. He learns that he has a serious illness, and his girlfriend puts an end to it.
Style:
emotional, reflective, life affirming, uplifting, melancholic, realistic, independent film, black comedy, existential, art house ...
Plot:
cancer, illness, mortality, stand up comedy, terminal illness, dark humor, self discovery, introspection, resilience, comedy club, bittersweet, hopes, relationships, showbiz, breakup, grief, redemption, identity crisis, intimate, minimalism, nordic, marijuana, hospital, bowling, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, melancholic, realistic and existential films with plots about intimate, bittersweet, terminal illness, redemption, mortality, slice of life and grief mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Nothing to Laugh About: Life Must Go On (2015), Getting Grace (2017), Life Is Lovely (2017), Orange Mittai (2015), Who Died? (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When cancer-stricken alcoholic actor discovers he's only got 3 months to live, he decides to change his life and reconcile with his estranged daughter.
Style:
emotional, sincere, captivating, life affirming, reflective ...
Plot:
cancer, reconciliation, terminal illness, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, father daughter reunion, father daughter conflict, alcoholic, alcoholism, redemption, mortality, family drama ...
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Grace, a teenage girl dying of cancer crashes a funeral home to find out what will happen to her after she dies but ends up teaching the awkward funeral director, Bill Jankowski how to celebrate life.
Style:
thrilling, emotional, independent film, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot:
funeral home, illness, funeral, mortality, terminal illness, male female relationship, teenage life, relationships, fighting illness, couple relations, teenage protagonist, teenage girl ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of a man questioning the ethic and morals in society. When a serious condition threatens his life, he begins questioning life and expresses his opinions in actions without holding back He realizes that he kept scheduling his happiness and ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, satirical, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
mortality, terminal illness, father daughter relationship, family relations, relationships, society, satire, lifestyle, family life, bucket list, husband wife relationship, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The journey of an old man and an EMT specialist in an ambulance becomes unexpectedly meaningful for both of them.
Style:
road movie, existential, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
character study, road trip, mortality, father son relationship, grief, aging, life & death, ambulance, reconciliation, redemption, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 26 min.
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Story:
Eran Levy thought his life couldn't get any worst... and then he was diagnosed with cancer. His life is about to change completely when he meets Michal, an experienced patient at the cancer ward. Together, they will fight the greatest battle ...
Style:
romantic comedy, satirical, semi serious, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
cancer, cancer patient, illness, couples, satire, relationships, fighting illness, male female relationship, lifestyle, mortality, life & death, hospital ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The chance meeting of two people at the darkest moments of their lives leads to a bright new beginning : Arthur (around 50) and Claire (around 30) pull each other from the abyss – by trying to save the other they see the worth of their own life.
Style:
melancholic, romantic drama, life affirming, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
connection, terminal illness, humanity, intimate, soul searching, empathy, bittersweet, second chance, healing, loneliness, redemption, companion ...
Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
It is Dr. Borlai's job to tell the patients that they just have a few days left. But one day his colleauge tells him this story. So the sample husband the best father and doctor comes up with a devilish plan. To ruin every relationship that he ...
Style:
dark comedy, existential, emotional, psychological, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
relationships, mortality, death, terminal illness, ethical dilemma, character study, bittersweet, loss, deception, grief, marriage, acceptance ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
"Letting Life In" explores a single year of life between two people. Michael, a reclusive novelist, lives in a small town in upstate New York. He knows nothing of living life beyond the suffocating walls he has built for himself. Sarah, a ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, life affirming, romantic drama, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, love story, relationships, assistant, personal growth, bittersweet, loss, cancer, healing, writer's life, introspection, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young man meets a 23-year-old cancer patient on the way to the park and disrupts her plan to commit suicide.
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, independent film, sentimental ...
Plot:
terminal illness, bittersweet, fall in love, cancer, death wish, suicide, family relations, life & death, mortality, national park, character study, family conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A young couple searches for the cure for the girl's terminal illness.
Style:
emotional, poignant, romantic drama, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, illness, hopes, love story, relationships, mortality, young couple, youth, loss, desperation, resilience ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman and a man walk down a beach dragging a sled filled with luggage looking like polar explorers. After another row and an attempt to divorce, Janek and his wife give themselves an ultimatum and decide to go on a 400-kilometer hike along the ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, existential, art house
Plot:
relationships, marital crisis, marriage, winter, reconciliation, journey, commitment, hiking, ultimatum, personal growth, introspection, character study ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
60%
206
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Victor wonders if he’s too late to join dating games in his 40s. His sister Annika, an opera singer, wonders how different life could have been after receiving a surprising medical diagnosis. Their grandmother wonders if she should end her life ...
Style:
life affirming, emotional, melancholic, existential, contemplative ...
Plot:
terminal illness, opera singer, family drama, mortality, midlife crisis, bittersweet, hopes, intimate, sibling relationship, aging, grandmother, loss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
netherlands
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A dying Doctor, who plans to check out on his own terms, takes a reluctant detour when he inadvertently winds up on the lam with an 'anything-but-normal' 22-year-old girl.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, road movie, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terminal illness, friendship, on the run, introspection, on the road, life is a bitch, orphan, road trip, self discovery, aspiring writer, odd couple, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, winnipeg, vancouver
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An elderly shepherd takes on big business when he becomes the only holdout against property developers building a luxury resort in his tiny Sardinian village.
Style:
emotional, poignant, reflective, melancholic, art house
Plot:
relationships, intimate, introspection, mediterranean, slice of life, small town, friendship, community, resilience, bittersweet, slow burn, coming of age ...
Place:
sardinia
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Paolo is dying of cancer. His grandson Max is adamant about saving his beloved “Papa” with cryonics - in hopes that science will allow resurrecting the dead in the near future. Max’s mother, a single, alcoholic, wandering Catholic gets in the ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, melancholic, existential, poignant ...
Plot:
family drama, family conflict, mortality, cancer, dying, death, bittersweet, intimate, mother son relationship, loss, alcoholism, grief ...
Similarity:
53%
285
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A man embarks on a trip with his estranged cousin Hudson to spread his late mother's ashes. They meet an unusual woman along the way and their simple road trip turns into a dysfunctional adventure.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
grief, road trip, changing lives, lifestyle change, journey, satire, second chance, recluse, friendship, empathy, bittersweet, intimate ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A man of words is forced to become a man of action as John discovers the secret bucket list of his ill son Robin. The two abscond from the hospital to fulfill the boy's greatest wishes - as the police pursue John for kidnapping.
Style:
emotional, tear jerker, life affirming, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
father son relationship, bucket list, family drama, illness, road trip, bittersweet, hopes, heartwarming, mortality, grief, hospital, terminal illness ...
Place:
cape town south africa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The life of the owners of Circus Esperança, Puro Sangue e Pangaré, father and son, who plays two clowns. At a certain point, Pangaré starts showing tiredness and sadness for being an unhappy clown.
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious, road movie ...
Plot:
circus, self discovery, clown, introspection, follow your dream, identity crisis, family relations, on the road, parents and children, escapades, countryside, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jaap and Maartje have been together almost 50 years. Grumpy old Jaap is no longer terribly interested in doing much, but Maartje, despite her occasional confusion, is still keen to embrace everything life has to offer. When the couple receive a ...
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, emotional, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
journey, road trip, dementia, aging, elderly couple, marriage, memory, tenderness, bittersweet, nostalgia, long term relationship, companionship ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Geoffrey Griffin who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer in his chest, meets Sarah Phoenix as they both attend a university lecture on the psychology of dying. Sarah Phoenix has got terminal leukemia, but Griffin doesn't know that, and she ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, poignant, melancholic, tear jerker ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
terminal illness, cancer, bittersweet, dying, mortality, love story, tragic romance, campus, relationships, intimate, introspection, mature ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When his wife pressures him to have another child, Tom Black retreats from his marriage and takes a stab at living alone. But in light of his crumbling personal life and a mountain of on-the-job problems, what he had before seems halfway decent.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, emotional, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, couples, hopes, ultimatum, crumbling marriage, redemption, character study, personal growth, midlife crisis, bittersweet, slice of life, fatherhood ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
With college drawing to a close, a group of friends are left to re-examine themselves and their relationships over the course of a weekend.
Style:
reflective, emotional, realistic, romantic drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
college, coming of age, self discovery, friends, personal growth, relationships, weekend, college campus, graduation, young adult, identity crisis, slice of life ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A veteran actor is at the end of his glory days. He was a great film, TV and theater performer, but he hardly work anymore. Then he meets a young director who wants to carry out a science fiction project, and a friendship emerges.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
bittersweet, introspection, redemption, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, actor's life, aging, filmmaking, hopes, elderly, friendship, legacy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A teen's cancer diagnosis makes her more popular at school, so when she goes into remission, she decides to conceal the news.
Style:
sentimental, light, feel good, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, friendship, high school, hopes, female protagonist, coming of age, lifestyle, optimism, life philosophy, changing lives, relationships, new life ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A middle-aged former criminal has little time to live due to cancer, so he gets to see his son after 5 years to spend his last week with him and teach him the principles he considers important in life.
Style:
emotional, touching, melancholic, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
reconciliation, mortality, life lesson, father son relationship, family drama, bonding, fatherhood, redemption, bittersweet, cancer, regret, second chance ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Andrés, a music teacher diagnosed with cancer, seeks treatment at a hospital in the city. His travels there on a singular, dilapidated bus accompanied by other cancer patients. It soon becomes an extraordinary experience, giving him new friends and ...
Style:
life affirming, emotional, uplifting, inspirational, medical drama ...
Plot:
friendship, hopes, cancer, compassion, self discovery, healing, resilience, humanism, personal growth, hospital, intimate, second chance ...
Place:
spain, basque country, madrid
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, heartfelt ...
Plot:
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258
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An actress (Natalia Sayko) is faced with the job of dubbing her voice after the final version of her movie is wrapped. (All actors dub their lines for the master copy of a film.) But she is overcome by her own life-crisis that alters her plans -- ...
Style:
dramatic, existential, melancholic, period piece, art house ...
Plot:
character study, illness, mortality, terminal illness, identity crisis, transformation, actor's life, humanism, bittersweet, intimate, showbiz, resilience ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This is a heart-wrenching story about a happy-go-lucky 17 year-old boy with a passion for life and love. Under his free spirit are problems that he must deal with. His mother died, his alcoholic father is unapproachable, and ...the biggest problem ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, poignant, reflective, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father son relationship, cancer, family drama, dysfunctional family, terminal illness, friendship, mortality, adolescence, bittersweet, tragedy, grief, coming of age ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Superstar Manoranjan learns that he has only a few days to live and approaches his mentor, director Margadarisi to direct his next project — a folklore-ish comedy about a man who keeps cheating death and his role in saving a kingdom. Meanwhile, he ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, semi serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
desire for fame, last wish, rising to stardom, love and romance, ambition, artists and showbiz, fall in love, showbiz, mentor, terminal illness, mortality, introspection ...
Time:
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Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
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