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Goodbye, Petrushka (2022)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Claire moves impulsively from NYC to Paris, where she nannies for the family from hell, battles wacky French bureaucrats, embarrasses herself in front of her Parisian crush, and navigates a toxic relationship—among other faux pas.
Style:
romantic comedy, dark comedy, romantic
Plot:
nanny, satire, relationships, female protagonist, socially awkward, fish out of water, embarrassment, independent woman, personal growth, self discovery, humiliation, urban, bureaucracy, family conflict, crush, toxic relationship, language barrier, identity, slice of life, breaking point, midlife crisis, ice skater, skating, puppeteer, puppet ...
Place:
paris france, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic comedy, captivating, emotional and psychological films with plots about self discovery, urban, slice of life, personal growth, relationships, satire and bittersweet mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Goodbye, Petrushka: Zoe's Having a Baby (2023), This Isn't Funny (2015), Kisspeptin Chronicles (2023), Under the Eiffel Tower (2018), The Best You Can (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Worried that he has gotten the free-spirited Mindy pregnant after an unprotected one-night stand, Fred feigns romantic interest and sticks by her side for twelve hours to make sure she takes both doses of the morning-after pill.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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