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Caramelo (2025)
8K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Brazil
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After a life-changing diagnosis, a promising chef finds hope and humor with the help of a fur-midable dog friend.
Style:
tragicomedy, romantic comedy
Plot:
dog, teenager, wedding, food, friendship, storm, death, graffiti, cancer, illness, chef, beach, doctor, restaurant, hospital, singer, fire, puppy, church, german shepherd, bible, old man, african american, cancer patient, sick ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
south america, sao paulo brazil
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out crying, humorous, captivating and freeze frame films with plots about bare chested male, family relations, photograph, friendship, friend, telephone call and knocking on a door mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like Caramelo: Panic Attack (2017), Not Friends (2023), Snack Shack (2024), Il minestrone (1981), Shoot Me in the Heart (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tragedy meets comedy in seven stories about how our entire world can collapse at any given moment.
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, non-linear, neurotic, light ...
Plot:
group of friends, husband wife relationship, passive aggressive woman, passive aggressive man, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, comedy of manners, multiple storylines, wedding, dark humor, party, failed expectations, wedding day ...
Place:
central europe, poland, warsaw poland
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Country: Thailand
Duration: 130 min.
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Style:
semi serious, satirical, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, lifestyle, life, satire, teenage life, adolescence, homoerotic friendship, friendship between boys, bare chested male, school, friendship, filmmaking ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
asia
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89%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Inseparable best friends AJ & Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, buddy comedy, crying, teen comedy, f word ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, iowa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Rome,1960.Four different people meet each other on Olympic games.They follow games and become friends talking about their sad lifes.
Style:
absurd, ambiguous ending, black comedy, dark comedy, crying ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, countryside, dream, hunger, villa, hospital, thief, surrealism, poverty, jail, wandering, prophet ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe, tuscany
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young man develops schizophrenia after his mother's suicide. After he meets a kindred spirit at the psychiatric hospital, he forges a plan with the man to escape.
Style:
captivating, sad, medical drama, crying
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
escape, schizophrenia, friendship, hospital, psychiatrist, mental patient, patient, friends, mentally unstable, psychopath, psycho, homoerotic friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
asia
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
uplifting, tragicomedy, compassionate, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
blindness, longing, blind character, paramedic, female sexual predator, disability, coworker relationship, visual impairment, ambition, friendship, hidden truth, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
munich germany, germany, central europe
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, disturbing, crying ...
Plot:
marital crisis, family relations, depressed man, learning the truth, relationships, satire, asian, photography, striptease, bare chested male, car crash, trauma ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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65%
5K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young man paying the rent for himself and his lifelong friends at an apartment, ends up flat-broke and resorts to selling marijuana to pay the bills - only to get caught up in the dangerous world of drugs.
Style:
satirical, psychological, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
drug traffic, friendship, drug dealer, drug, criminal, neighbor neighbor relationship, group of friends, social problems, roommate, satire, drug dealing, flatmate ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A man takes his wife and their teenage children on a road trip down memory lane while facing divorce.
Style:
crying
Plot:
male protagonist, traumatized man, conflict between friends, passive aggressive man, family relations, domestic drama, drawing, passive aggressive woman, mother daughter relationship, photograph, teenager, hotel ...
Time:
2020s, year 1996, 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
There's nothing wrong with the Marshetta family that a little felony can't cure. Rupert doesn't want to follow in his father's blue-collar footsteps, so he and his quirky friend kidnap his father for ransom, only nobody wants him ...
Style:
retro, independent film, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
kidnapping, older woman younger man relationship, kidnapper, age-gap relationship, motorcycle, mine, family relations, dysfunctional family, missing person, buddies, youth, family problems ...
Time:
80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
58%
81K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, funny, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, puppy, children, animal actor, human animal relationship, bullying, pets, animal, childhood, happy ending, saint bernard dog, nothing goes right ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
california, san francisco
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
33-years old Tamás Merthner is heartbroken, after his girlfriend Anna, who is on a scholarship in Paris, breaks up with him. While wallowing in self-pity, Tamás takes a trip down memory lane to figure out if love only exists when it's ...
Style:
psychological, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, tense ...
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, midlife crisis, breakup, male objectification, friendship between men, group of friends, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love, couple relations, love and romance, couples, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
central europe, paris france, budapest
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia.
Style:
dark comedy, crying, tragicomedy
Plot:
failed expectations, minefield, card playing, millionaire, gambling, class differences, poverty, old woman, doctor, dead body, cooking, rivals ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
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962
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Story of a small boy is forced to move out of Prague during World War 2 to a small village of Slavonice where he meets the rest of his family. He needs to make new friends and get used to a new life which is immensely different from what this city ...
Style:
suspenseful, sentimental, touching, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, boy, family relations, social outcast, child protagonist, end of war, death, husband wife relationship, countryside, wartime life, brother brother relationship, gambler ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1944, year 1943
Place:
prague, central europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Anders and Puk move into their dream house which is still in a state of refurbishment. To be able to afford the expense, they decide to rent the basement out to family therapist Ulrik. Very soon, Ulrik has put their marriage to a severe test.
Style:
low brow humor, freeze frame, neurotic, f word
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
This film is adapted from the 2010 South Korean blockbuster and tear-jerking comedy Hello Ghost. A lonely delivery man, A-wei, tries to commit suicide multiple times but fails no matter what he does. Through these failed attempts, he meets four ...
Style:
crying, urban fantasy
Plot:
thunderstorm, man with glasses, awkward situation, beaten up, lottery ticket, inner voice, bare chested male, hospital, existentialism, talking to the dead, death of brother, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
asia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or his money back), William suddenly discovers reasons to live... However Leslie ...
Style:
dark comedy, ironic, light, feel good, cynical ...
Plot:
death wish, writers, suicide attempt, hitman, traumatized man, psychological manipulation, suicidal tendency, kidnapping, criminal, saving a life, chase, killer ...
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46%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.
Style:
light, sweet, sentimental, funny, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cooking, chef, wine, restaurant, food, cooking and food, love, culture clash, creativity, mentor, ambition, fight scenes ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france, california
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lorenzo is a lawyer who files a lawsuit against the zoo of his town but after winning it he has to take home a gorilla.
Style:
feel good, captivating, sincere, humorous, slapstick comedy
Plot:
rescue, bossy wife, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, rivalry, love triangle, family relations, rescue attempt, disguise, chase, zoo, trial ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ha-neul, who is unemployed, moves to his best friend Bong-sik's house after breaking up with his lover. Together, they face the woes of love and relationships.
Style:
touching, emotional, talky, humorous, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, friendship, gay lead character, love affair, gay interest, love and romance, youth, relationships, couple relations, young lovers, gay crush ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two hapless youths lead their burger joint in a fight against the giant fast-food chain across the street.
Style:
funny, hilarious, humorous, slapstick, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
north america
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, humorous, captivating, intellectual ...
Plot:
adultery, rise and fall, money, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, real estate agent, mountain, oral sex, dysfunctional family, false identity, criminal, drug dealer ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
berlin germany, central europe
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Laid-back baby boomer Yuichi (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged manga artist and singer-songwriter when he isn't at his salaryman day job or watching out for his elderly mother. Suffering from increasing dementia since her husband's death, ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, realistic, humorous, thought provoking ...
Plot:
old age, widow, dementia, social worker, poverty, memory loss, death, family relations, parents and children, nursing, everyday life, mother son relationship ...
Place:
east asia
Similarity:
41%
512
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Dedicated home care nurse Vlasta attends her whimsical patients in Czech wine country and lives for her husband Lada and her daughter, but one day things change and Vlasta is forced to reach outside of her comfort zone. Drama and gentle humor ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, touching, talky, sincere ...
Plot:
alternative medicine, wedding ceremony, painter, medicine, death, hospital, cancer, physician, patient, nurse patient relationship, priest, funeral ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, central europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A three-way love affair in the Rome of the early seventies. Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often go to communist rallies, and enjoy the filthy beach of Ostia. Will the hostile ...
Style:
tragicomedy, biting, realistic, semi serious, offbeat ...
Plot:
love triangle, tragic romance, doomed romance, hairy chested man, psychic, man kills a woman, murder, jealous man, worker, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, older woman younger man relationship, psychiatric patient ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
40%
7K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
Style:
semi autobiographical, independent film, freeze frame
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
young boy, coming of age, 13 year old, teenage boy, skateboard, summer, brother sister relationship, slice of life, absent father, teenager, sibling relationship, first love ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, bay area
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
While waiting for a kidney transplant, a young pianist finds an unexpected connection with her doctor — and the courage to fulfill her musical dreams.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, satirical, captivating, tear jerker
Plot:
pianist, musician, doctor, hospital, doctor patient relationship, fighting illness, male female relationship, relationships, relationship problems, couple relations, illness, transplant ...
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Explores the early events leading up to Red Dog's discovery on the road to Dampier, and his ultimate rise from ordinary dog to Australian legend.
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, human animal relationship, boy, dog training, australian outback, animal, child, best friend, youth, animals family, belt whipping, adolescence ...
Time:
year 1969
Place:
australia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
Style:
sentimental, sad, emotional, compassionate, reflective ...
Plot:
african american, life philosophy, food, relationships, family bonds, friendship, interracial friendship, love story, childhood, life, cooking, cancer ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 80s, year 1977, year 1980 ...
Place:
usa, boston, los angeles
Similarity:
37%
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