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A Friendly Tale (2020)
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Original name: Le bonheur des uns...
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The harmony between the four friends, two couples, is challenged, when Léa writes a bestseller novel.
Style:
realistic, tension, romantic drama
Plot:
relationships, friendship, couples, female protagonist, success, writers, jealousy, ambition, everyday life, slice of life, intimate, competition, personal growth, secrets, trust, introspection, marriage, misunderstanding, empathy, betrayal, crisis, infidelity, fame, creative block, satire ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, psychological, emotional and captivating films with plots about intimate, slice of life, relationships, friendship, bittersweet, couples and personal growth mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like A Friendly Tale: Among Friends (2015), Ring Ring (2025), Rogers Park (2017), Fourplay (2018), Ex-Girlfriends (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Lea and her husband Marc have known Francis and his wife Karine for a very long time. Over the years, each one of them has been assigned a specific role. The balance and dynamic of the group is blown up when Lea decides to write a novel, which ...
Style:
talky, semi serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
novelist, thirtysomething life, publishing, writer's life, human nature, husband wife relationship, couple relations, introspection, group of friends, friendship, breaking point, buddies ...
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three longtime friends set off on a boat trip with their romantic partners, but inclement weather, jealousy and confessions, will put to test their friendships.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, couples, cruise, jealousy, friends, ship, escapades, forces of nature, conflict, rivalry, companionship, confrontation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, corsica
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
An entertaining and light-hearted depiction of how a seemingly innocent game can unravel deep secrets and test the strength of friendship and relationships.
Style:
light hearted, feel good, emotional, tension, twisted ...
Plot:
friendship, revelation, secrets, relationships, trust, bonding, awkwardness, intimate, betrayal, dating, urban, coming of age ...
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48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two Chicago couples struggle to keep their love alive when secrets and long-simmering resentments rise to the surface.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, semi serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
couples, character study, secrets, realism, husband wife relationship, marital problem, satire, lifestyle, secret, relationship problems, couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
47%
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220
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A story of friendship, love, marriage, secrets, lies that unfolds between two couples in one apartment during a Sunday brunch that will affect their lives forever.
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, captivating, psychological, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, couples, marriage, male female relationship, love story, husband wife relationship, love and romance, friends, family life, family relations, love affair, satire ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Jennifer Carpenter, Kristen Connolly and Alexander Poe star in a comedy about three New Yorkers struggling to uncover the truth behind their romantic entanglements. Disheartened by his latest relationship catastrophe, Graham (Poe) attempts to ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, independent film, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
infidelity, love triangle, dishonesty, love and romance, singleness, couples, lifestyle, urban, dating, ex girlfriend, romantic rivalry, cheating ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two recent college graduates, Anne, an ambitious law student and Amir, an aimless escalator attendant and aspiring sculptor move into a 300 square foot apartment and try to start a life together. But the combination of their small apartment, their ...
Style:
romantic, romantic comedy, thrilling, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
neighbor, satire, social satire, relationship problems, lifestyle, family problems, living together, couple relations, relationships, young couple, intimate, intimacy ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Katia, a 35-year-old researcher in a documentary production company, has a chaotic way of navigating her relationship with Fred, her boyfriend. When she takes part in a new project, she finally puts her difference into words – and this revelation ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, tension, melancholic
Plot:
relationships, self acceptance, female protagonist, acceptance, identity, self discovery, modern life, communication, intimate, introspection, identity crisis, conflict ...
Place:
france
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39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Vince and Shonda have come to the proverbial end of their ropes with one another. Set in Atlanta during the 2008 Presidential Election season, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do is the touching story of what happens when two people feel they have nothing ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, romantic drama, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
breakup, introspection, couple relations, couples, fall in love, relationships, therapy, confrontation, realism, personal growth, intimate, everyday life ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, georgia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of maladjusted friends reunite and decide to compare their latest experiences and differing tenets.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, entertaining, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
relationships, friendship, satire, male female relationship, friends, escapades, reunited friends, old friends reunited, group of friends, conflict, introspection, personal growth ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman grapples with the meaning of love and commitment over the course of her “non-wedding” day.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, funny, humorous, tension ...
Plot:
wedding, female protagonist, relationships, parents, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, anxiety, marriage, family relations, love affair, couple relations, couples ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Two couples. Two cars. What had to be a romantic night, little by little takes on a bittersweet flavor, and we discover that couples are not what they appear to be ...
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, twisted
Plot:
couples, character study, bittersweet, troubled marriage, moral ambiguity, intimate, deception, regret, slow burn, infidelity, betrayal, sexual tension ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Maria is a bright and attractive but not especially responsible young woman who is used to having things go her way in life. Out of school and with no clear career path, Maria ends up taking a job putting together cushions for chairs. But after a ...
Style:
realistic, romantic drama, reflective, melancholic, thought provoking
Plot:
female protagonist, young woman, friendship, shoplifting, coming of age, character study, impulsiveness, imprisonment, working class, everyday life, intimate, personal growth ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The adventures of a young woman who moves to New York City from a small town to become an actress.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, thrilling, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
aspiring actress, female protagonist, aspiration, direction and purpose, changing lives, ambitious woman, actress, ambition, satire, self discovery, coming of age, struggling artist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Marie's life gets turned upside down when the love of her life, Rasmus, takes on a teaching job at a local school in West Jutland, Denmark. Rather unwillingly, Marie joins Rasmus in moving their roots from Copenhagen to the windy town, Velling. ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, art house, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
fish out of water, culture clash, female protagonist, everyday life, small town life, slice of life, relocation, personal growth, community, identity, bittersweet, adaptation ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A wellness hotel in a small German castle specializes in well-off couples, offering a wide range of services, including one some partners feel trapped into : relational therapy. It's truth time, for some liberating, forcing others to face their ...
Style:
tension, reflective, realistic, psychological, therapeutic ...
Plot:
couples, conflict, confrontation, secrets, communication, marriage, revelation, intimacy, counselor, jealousy, luxury, liberation ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Patrick, a travel agent in his early 30s, lives with Arthur, an immigration lawyer; but for a long time, Patrick has been sleeping on an air mattress on the floor of their bedroom. His younger brother, Tony, plans to marry his high school sweetheart ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, romantic drama ...
Plot:
infidelity, gay interest, self discovery, life turned upside down, couples, couple relations, disorder, brothers, siblings, family drama, family conflict, sexual frustration ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Sudhir, blind by birth, lives alone with his housemaid Bhavani. While Bhavani is out, he takes in Ali to help around the house. Both Bhavani and Ali grow envious of each other. Nazar Andaaz is a comedic yet heartfelt story of these three.
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, situational comedy, sitcom
Plot:
blindness, empathy, disability, compassion, jealousy, intimate, caregiver, friendship, comedy of manners, misunderstanding, slice of life, loneliness ...
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29%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A young couple is shaken by a seemingly fraudulent yet unprovable act that strikes to the core of their cultural pretensions.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, plagiarism, couples, satire, male female relationship, social issues, husband wife relationship, marital problem, couple relations, family problems, family relations, married couple ...
Similarity:
29%
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:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Clara and Diego, under the guidance of the psychiatrist of a day rehabilitation center for disturbed people who attend, decide to transform the treatment center into a restaurant, involving all their other companions.
Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, compassionate, realistic ...
Plot:
friend, mental health, rehabilitation, rehabilitation center, therapy, psychiatrist, satire, relationships, healing, friendship, personal growth, community ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
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Story:
Five women and Paris. Five ways of being, crying, screaming and laughing, missing the bus, grinding teeth, enjoying, not enjoying, drinking too much, growing up, resisting, making a child or not, do not wanting to go home... Five ways to love. Five ...
Style:
emotional, disturbing, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
women, christmas, everyday life, slice of life, satire, female protagonist, social satire, multiple storylines, bonding, lifestyle, identity, friendship ...
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
28%
114
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three stories about couples who all have a gas station in Austria
Style:
realistic, independent film, melancholic, art house, tension ...
Plot:
couples, introspection, filling station, marital problem, gas station, intimate, bittersweet, slice of life, social realism, infidelity, provincial life, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
austria
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Purgatory Comics tells the story of a young woman named Cola who runs from her adult responsibilities and hides in a failing comic book store. This leaves Cola to question how long she can hide from her complicated past.
Style:
emotional, realistic, contemplative, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
comic book, self discovery, identity crisis, female protagonist, intimate, coming of age, runaway, isolation, personal growth, slice of life, everyday life, escape ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A married woman on journey from Mumbai to Howrah by train meets her ex-husband.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, reflective, sentimental, melancholic
Plot:
train travel, relationships, nostalgia, ex husband, travel, marriage, memory, bittersweet, intimate, realism, personal growth, slice of life ...
Place:
kolkata, mumbai india
Similarity:
27%
120
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Twenty-two-year-old Louis doesn't know whether his childhood friendship with Jack will last beyond today.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, grownups, relationships, character study, male friendship, personal growth, identity, loyalty, realism, intimate, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 2014
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A happily married young couple must carefully evaluate their relationship and trust in one another, plus own moral standing when a potentially seedy yet highly financial offer is presented to them in a time of recession.
Style:
realistic, psychological, tension, independent film, suspense
Plot:
marriage, financial crisis, couples, relationships, moral dilemma, infidelity, character study, moral ambiguity, temptation, trust, young couple, secrets ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
One evening, a glass of wine, 7 friends enter a dangerous game: they put their phones on the table and decide that everything they receive that evening, calls, messages, emails, will be answered by a speaker or read aloud.
Style:
tension, twisted, suspense, intense, unpredictable ...
Plot:
confrontation, communication, privacy, secrets, trust, lie, revelation, mature, moral dilemma, intimate, infidelity, betrayal ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The relationship of three ambitious friends goes through a rough patch when two of them fall for the same girl.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, thrilling, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, relationships, love triangle, fall in love, love affair, friends, male female relationship, love and romance, in love, love interest, group of friends, satire ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Vinayachandran and Sindhu are an ideal couple, who are so fond of each other that the greatest thing that they love, according to their neighbours Nambiarettan and Shoshammetathi. Vinayan has just joined a reputed public school as a teacher of ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, romantic drama, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, teacher student relationship, teacher, sister, husband wife relationship, couples, couple relations, family life, marriage, family relations, male female relationship, school teacher ...
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