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Yana's Friends (1999)
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Original name: החברים של יאנה
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three parallel stories of immigrants in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War and about coming together while sealed in a room during the Scud attacks.
Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
israeli, gulf war, immigrant, pregnancy, love and romance, fall in love, couples, society, opposites attract, wartime life, couple relations, dog, police, photograph, airport, letter, news report, gas mask, siren, camera, wheelchair, topless, rent, video cassette, woman wearing a gas mask ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
israel, middle east, tel aviv israel, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and touching films with plots about love and romance, couples, fall in love, couple relations, society, family relations and opposites attract mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Yana's Friends: Afula Express (1997), Late Marriage (2001), Alex Is Lovesick (1986), Love Hurts (2004), The Dog Trick (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
David is a garage electrician, who dreamt all of his life of becoming a magician, but had no luck in it. His girlfriend Batya wants an ordinary life, but David is still looking for his dream, so he links up with Romanian immigrant Shimon, who is an ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, uplifting, offbeat, touching ...
Plot:
israeli, hopes, love and romance, couple relations, follow your dream, wizards and magicians, couples, failed attempt, magic, magician, cashier
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
arranged marriage, israeli, culture clash, forbidden love, social differences, fall in love, love and romance, family problems, couples, parents and children, family life, self discovery ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 70s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, tokyo
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This feature is one of the Israeli cinematography milestones. It displays the atmosphere of the late Israeli 50s from the view of young boy Alex, just becoming 13. His mom is the classic "Polish Mother", his school friends are young ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, aunt nephew relationship, female nudity, bar mitzvah, israeli, israeli culture, nude girl, aunt, black market, family relations, young heroes, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
middle east, israel
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
A beautiful love story between a successful TV host and a garage worker.
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, romantic, clever
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
unlikely couple, opposites attract, couples, working class, couple relations, best friend, culture clash, lifestyle, fall in love, society, love and romance, social differences ...
Place:
middle east, israel
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51%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A shy but very romantic young man tries to meet a girl by walking a borrowed dog. The trick works unbelievably well. They fall in love.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic
Plot:
looking for love, fall in love, couples, wooing, nordic, love and romance, male nudity, girl, dog walker, dog, student, airport ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A family with five kids in the 80s get into a crisis when twin brothers fall in love with the same girl.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family relations, twins, coming of age, love triangle, parents and children, family in crisis, teenage love, family problems, fall in love, small town, friendship, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Directed by Mae Czarina Cruz, Catch Me...I'm in Love is a light, rom-com film that centers on the lives of two young adults searching for that something that could complete their existence. For Roan Sanchez (Sarah Geronimo), it's finding ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot:
couples, unlikely couple, fall in love, looking for love, family relations, love and romance, society, workplace, parents and children, workplace situations, brother brother relationship, inspiration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, the philippines
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A methodical man falls for a pregnant woman with a very particular life story.
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, sentimental, talky ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, opposites attract, love and romance, couples, sexual relations, sexual dysfunction, pregnancy, profanity, sexual content, photographer, lesbian, neighbor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, argentina
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Keld is in a rut. His wife of 25 years has left him. For sustenance, he eats his way through the menu at the local Chinese takeaway. The owner talks him into a marriage of convenience with his sister from China and the unplanned-for happens. A ...
Style:
semi serious, emotional, humorous, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, divorce, culture clash, life turned upside down, misfit, couple relations, unlikely couple, couples, matchmaking, communication problem, society, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
37%
777
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Carmen and Alfredo live a happy, quiet life in the suburbs surrounded by friends and family. After Alfredo receives a promotion, the two move away to Mexico City where they immediately feel the social pressure of being overweight in a bustling ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
culture clash, self discovery, society, couples, crumbling marriage, love and romance, misfit, discrimination, couple relations, physical appearance, supportive spouse, relationship problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Katrine is to be married. Her fiancé is gorgeous, their appartment is luxurious and her future in-laws are wealthy. Katrine only has one problem: she sometimes finds it difficult to tell the truth, and this sends her on a round-about jaunt with an ...
Style:
humorous, sincere, semi serious, feel good, touching ...
Plot:
introspection, life turned upside down, unlikely couple, family relations, fall in love, couples, couple relations, love and romance, disorder, dogma, sexual content, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Channing has it all: a beautiful home, a rock star lifestyle, and a loving husband intent on ruining it all by knocking her up.
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couples, family relations, couple relations, youth, babies and infants, love and romance, marriage, satire, marriage crisis, social commentary, art ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of the big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to make money and get better housing, in a country that can barely provide for its own and is in the midst of absorbing hundreds of thousands of Jewish ...
Style:
black comedy, black and white, biting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
israeli, islam, arab culture, satire, immigrant, family relations, society, fighting the system, rebellion, family life, large family, refugee camp ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Aymé Pigrenet, a recently widowed farmer, is eager to find a new wife to help him run his farm. Desperate, he seeks the aid of a local matchmaker who suggest that he go to Romania to find a new wife. There he meets Elena.
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
couples, older man younger woman relationship, farm, looking for love, working class, comedy of errors, fish out of water, disorder, mistaken identity, single parent, fall in love, male female relationship ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
romania, europe, france
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sarah Fisher, an overly organized, by-the-numbers kind of woman, makes a "wish list" of all the qualities and traits her future husband should have. After finding the perfect man, she falls for a guy who meets none of her criteria and ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
fall in love, love triangle, couples, looking for love, opposites attract, dating, dinner, christmas, rivalry, friendship, society, cheating girlfriend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ecuador
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, Nigeria
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Oscar-winner Colin Firth stars in this heart-warming cross-cultural romantic comedy set in the idyllic South of France. Nimi, a beautiful Nigerian single mother to son Sammy, is under pressure from her family to find a suitable husband and who ...
Style:
sexual, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
white male black female relationship, interracial couple, interracial love, interracial, single parent, family relations, interracial relations, cultural difference, fall in love, love and romance, society, opposites attract ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
africa, france, south of france
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Things couldn't be going better for Harry and Grace, a young New York City couple in love, until Grace's mother turns Harry's world upside down.
Style:
humorous, touching, semi serious, tense, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
disorder, couples, fall in love, couple relations, wooing, love and romance, dishonesty, family relations, parents and children, love, male female relationship, graduate student ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The romantic myth is exposed for Guy when he is plagued by memories of an old girlfriend on his wedding day.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
true love, wedding, family relations, couples, love and romance, orphan, unlikely couple, lifestyle, fall in love, unfulfillment, opposites attract, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a designer from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build. Alex is a straight-laced WASP-ish type who, while enjoying a night on the ...
Style:
humorous, romantic comedy, entertaining, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, pregnancy, wedding, interracial love, destiny, culture clash, love, couples, love affair, society, nothing goes right, social differences ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century, year 1995, year 1996
Place:
las vegas, usa, new york, nevada, mexico ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Croatia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young widow, an aging widower-returnee, and a priest from a bankrupt parish are struggling to come to terms with the post-war environment, complete with its prejudices, illusions, and unpleasant mentality. What follows is a romantic comedy set in ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, emotional, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
forbidden love, couples, culture clash, immigrant, village, family relations, village life, society, homecoming, moral dilemma, fall in love, priest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia, balkan, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Caucasian mother threw him out. It's an awkward time for his father to move in as Ray just proposed to his Caucasian girlfriend - who ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
interracial relations, identity crisis, couple relations, audition, moral dilemma, actor's life, parents and children, family reunited, couples, family relations, society, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, pakistan
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tobias is the new, idealistic priest in a suburb but he soon learns that his flock is quite uninterested in Christianity. However, he befriends Carolina, a chain smoking woman his age, wheelchair-bound since birth. It is opposites attract although ...
Style:
touching, feel good, emotional, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
disability, opposites attract, church, new love, love and romance, youth, clergy, society, religions or cults, couples, religion, suicide attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After being dumped by his girlfriend, a man stuck in a deadend life decides to audition for a small role in a local community theatre's production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Despite having no experience as an actor, he lands the lead role, which ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good, spiritual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, starting over, love triangle, fish out of water, couple relations, fall in love, couples, hopes, love and romance, friends, disorder, mine ...
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again.
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
memory loss, starting over, love and romance, couple relations, hopes, cooking, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, television, divorce, amnesia, couples ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Buddy Visalo (Michael Rispoli) is a factory worker, a frustrated crooner who once had a shot at the big time. Buddy's dreams of greatness have been reduced to an endless series of failed moneymaking schemes. His latest is buying a two-family ...
Style:
touching, sincere, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
working class, friendship, culture clash, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, couple relations, couples, down on your luck, pregnancy, love, ambition ...
Time:
90s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
new york, usa, ireland, new jersey
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Soon to be married lawyer Kate Beckenham has landed the case of a lifetime. Her courtroom opponent turns out to be the charming Jack Sullivan, who has never lost a single case.
Style:
sweet, realistic, semi serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, trial, love, law, happy ending, couples, power relations, legal action, society, fall in love, rivalry, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sam, a soldier who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq, meets Amira when he visits her uncle, Bassam, who had served as Sam's Iraqi translator. Bassam and Sam have a special bond due to their time together in the war. Initially Amira does not ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, sex comedy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
forbidden love, illicit affair, veteran, interracial relations, culture clash, fall in love, opposites attract, unlikely couple, life is a bitch, love affair, misfit, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, iraq, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Anne-Marie vient de perdre son mari dans un accident de voiture. Elle est enfin libre d'aimer celui qu'elle voit en cachette depuis deux ans. Mais elle n'a pas prévu que sa famille, pétrie de bons sentiments, a décidé de rester à ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, love triangle, love and romance, dealing with death, couple relations, dishonesty, eccentric family, infidelity, family gatherings, mother son relationship, dark humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, mediterranean sea, provence
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Pompous and self-absorbed Kyle, is unhappily stuck in his life, longing to relive the success of his first novel. His not-so-desirable life rapidly unravels forcing him to return home to his wildly eccentric family with his tail between his legs. ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, love and romance, couples, terminal illness, wooing, family relations, writer's life, couple relations, eccentric family, estrangement, unfulfillment, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Ramji Tiwari and his sister, Parvati, had their parents pass away at an early age. Ramji is a skilled cook, and is familiar with all aspects of vegetarian cooking. He arranges Parvati's marriage with the Mishra family, promises to pay a large ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting
Plot:
uneducated, weakness, culture clash, couples, disorder, fish out of water, fall in love, guru, love and romance, misfit, opposites attract, marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
28%
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