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Life for Real (2023)
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Original name: La Vie pour de vrai
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tridan Lagache has spent his whole life at Club Med, changing friends every 8 days. At 50, he resigns from the vacation spot where he was born, determined to track down his great mini-club childhood love, Violette. He shows up in Paris, naïve and lost but glad to be lodged by Louis, a half-brother he never knew he had. In order to be rid of the cumbersome Tridan, Louis passes one of his fling off as Violette, and Tridan, all emotional, thinks he recognizes her at first glance.
Style:
offbeat, feel good, light hearted, romantic comedy, whimsical
Plot:
self discovery, fish out of water, family secret, half brother, nostalgia, slice of life, odd couple, bittersweet, intimate, holiday
Place:
paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, romantic comedy, humorous and light hearted films with plots about slice of life, self discovery, intimate, bittersweet, urban, friendship and fish out of water mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Life for Real: The Perfect Nonsense (2016), Baby Done (2020), Absolutely Grounded (2014), A Little White Lie (2023), Superchondriac (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Story:
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surreal, light hearted, offbeat, absurd, feel good ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A handyman living in New York City is mistaken for a famous and famously reclusive writer and brought to a university where he is to deliver a keynote address.
Style:
feel good, satirical, captivating, semi serious, funny ...
Plot:
mistaken identity, writers, satire, comedy of errors, lie, false identity, fish out of water, self discovery, college campus, slice of life, friendship, public speaking ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
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Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Romain Faubert is a 39 year old, single, medical photographer... and a raging hypochondriac. His doctor and only friend Dr. Dimitri Zvenka thinks he knows the cure for Romain: dating! But with the arrival of freedom fighter Anton Miroslav, everyone ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, sincere, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
hypochondriac, doctor patient relationship, buddies, social misfits, love and romance, misfit, looking for love, psychiatry, impersonating, nursing, couple relations, mistaken identity ...
Time:
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Place:
france
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83%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The solitary and largely self-contained Augustin (Jean-Chretien Sibertin Blanc), on obscure young actor of bit-parts and advertisements, has but one ambition - to play the lead role in a Kung Fu epic. But hours of Kung Fu practice alone in his room ...
Style:
intercultural, comedy drama, romantic, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
aspiring actor, acupuncture, socially awkward, character study, self discovery, intimate, slice of life, sexual awakening, urban, virginity, obsession, fish out of water ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic comedy, heartfelt, emotional, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
friendship, coming of age, college life, graduation, youth, relationships, college romance, young adult, campus, self discovery, first love, nostalgia ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Damien Nadeau-Daneau, a young filmaker, is unable to finish a movie he started with french actor Denis Lavant. Indebted, he’s working at a post-production company, far from his artistic ideals. On the eve of his 33rd birthday, he is self-centered, ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, feel good, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
filmmaking, filmmaker, satire, film producer, slice of life, realism, self discovery, identity, everyday life, intimate, midlife crisis, alienation ...
Place:
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70%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shy and still living with his mother, a highway cashier one day decides to finally live his craziest dream: to visit Paris.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, humorous, slapstick comedy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man in his mid 30's reevaluates his life and priorities after he met someone from his past.
Style:
captivating, feel good, semi serious, funny, satirical ...
Plot:
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Place:
paris france
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Olaf is to take care of the family's cleaner's store, while his dad is away on a fair. In the evening he runs into three Brazilian ladies thrown out of a limousine not knowing where to go. Olaf invites them to stay with him and his deaf ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, lighthearted, offbeat ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
offbeat, romantic comedy, rom com, sweet, feel good ...
Plot:
agoraphobia, phobia, neighbor, self discovery, opposites attract, isolation, healing, friendship, personal growth, relationships, mental health, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The movie revolves around two old school friends, Satrajeet aka Jeet (Parambrata Chattopadhyay), an extremely ambitious man, who does not have time left for his wife, Tanuka (Raima Sen), and Rajarshi aka Raj (Rudranil Ghosh) who coincidentally came ...
Style:
funny, satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, body swapping, body swap, lifestyle change, switching roles, escapades, problem, satire, friends, changing lives, fish out of water, self discovery ...
Time:
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Place:
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60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A pair of bumbling French cops team up to take on the underworld.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Three years after her relationship with Giovanni, Monica is in prison and has to ask his ex for help.
Style:
romantic comedy, satirical, feel good, light hearted
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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55%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, comedy drama, feel good ...
Plot:
friends, friendship, disorder, fall in love, best friend, buddies, love and romance, adoption, male bonding, male friendship, relationships, loyalty ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, entertaining, feel good, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
female protagonist, middle aged, changing lives, relationships, family relations, lifestyle change, satire, self discovery, heartwarming, ambition, dating, identity ...
Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
situational comedy, sitcom, light hearted, feel good, satirical ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
amsterdam, italy
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Antoine, a bachelor party-goer, gets new roommates: Jeanne and her two children.
Style:
feel good, sweet, humorous, emotional, family comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
children, roommate, joke, brother sister relationship, overprotective mother, responsibility, cohabitation, fish out of water, bonding, culture clash, slice of life, character study ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Seven families live in the Parisian apartment building at 8, Rue de l’Humanite - and they didn’t escape to the countryside at the arrival of the coronavirus. Three months of life under lockdown will reveal the best and worst of these neighbours.
Style:
clever, comedy drama, tragicomedy, satirical, surreal ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic
Plot:
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Similarity:
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117
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Don “Vossie” Vorster is a geeky bunny-hugger with a good heart. About to set off for Stellenbosch University, Vossie’s proud father hands him a box. Inside, he discovers a slightly tatty black bowtie. In a tradition passed down from generation ...
Style:
light hearted, romantic comedy, feel good, family comedy, uplifting
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, socially awkward, fish out of water, afrikaans, family tradition, personal growth, first love, college life, wooing, identity, friendship, small town ...
Place:
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Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy
Plot:
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Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, feel good, semi serious, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
road trip, relationships, romantic relationship, love story, couple relations, love and romance, looking for love, male female relationship, satire, romantic friendship, loner, friendship ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
offbeat, humorous, independent film, satirical, realistic ...
Plot:
self discovery, female protagonist, aspiring actress, identity, social commentary, career change, bittersweet, celebrity culture, personal growth, fish out of water, female friendship, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
46%
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