Movies like The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008)
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Bahrain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on Michael Chabon's novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster father and explores love, sexuality, and the enigmas surrounding his life and his city.
Style:
sentimental, sexy, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexual, offbeat
Plot:
gangsters, coming of age, college, gays and lesbians, summer, friendship, youth, friends, fall in love, couples, introspection, lifestyle, buddies, gay, love triangle, prodigy, parents and children, love and romance, college graduate, celebrity culture, lgbt, polyamory, lgbtq, female nudity, sex scene ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, pittsburgh
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and sexy films with plots about love and romance, friends, youth, lifestyle, couples, friendship and coming of age mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: Easy (2003), Cherry (2010), When the Party's Over (1992), Splinterheads (2009), The Gathering (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Quirky Jamie Harris (Marguerite Moreau) has a big problem: She's a magnet for less-than-kind men as she hops beds. But things start to look up when she becomes the object of affection of two seemingly normal guys, Mick (Brian O'Byrne) and ...
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ivy League Freshman, Aaron Milton (17) gets a different kind of education when he falls for Linda (34) a vivacious former wild-child who has returned to college to straighten out her life. The curriculum gets more challenging when Aaron meets ...
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story takes place in LA, in the house of four housemates, three women, MJ, Frankie and Amanda, and an homosexual, Banks. MJ is the kind of girl to whom money means everything and to whom others mean almost nothing. Frankie is a social worker and ...
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coming of age, neighbor, sex, friends, couples, self discovery, gays and lesbians, love and romance, gender, twentysomething life, friendship, female nudity ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, usa
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29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
SPLINTERHEADS introduces Thomas Middleditch as Justin Frost, a twenty-something slacker whose “thing” is that he has no “thing” at all. When a small-time carnival rolls into town, he meets Galaxy (Rachael Taylor), a gorgeous con artist, or ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
carnival, friends, buddies, lifestyle, love and romance, young lovers, love triangle, fall in love, slacker, dishonesty, youth, wooing ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A successful architect, Sakti (Tora Sudiro), is uncertain about his sexuality, but when he meets magnetic and gay Nino (Surya Saputra), he realizes he prefers men. When Meimei (Cut Mini Theo), one of Sakti's closest female friends, reveals ...
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semi serious, humorous, sexy, realistic, witty ...
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gay, friends, love and romance, couple relations, parents and children, thirtysomething life, family relations, couples, gender, misfit, lifestyle, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
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indonesia, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The long-awaited sequel to Boys Briefs, the successful compilation of six outstanding short films about gay first love. Hosted by DANNY ROBERTS, star of MTV's THE REAL WORLD NEW ORLEANS. Films included are: Doors Cut Down (2000); Chicken ...
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Time:
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27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her entertained. Will a relationship with one of them disrupt the delicate balance of ...
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date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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26%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Viscerally experience a "year off" in Aspen, Colorado with a group of recent college grads who have elected to defer graduate school and career opportunities to ski, snow-board, climb, party, fall in love and basically live life to its ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a scholar, is haunted by an overwhelming desire to understand the mystery of sex, he decides to conduct an investigation. With two beautiful assistants joining the case, the stakes are raised.
Style:
sexy, captivating, talky, humorous, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film deals with an Indian American student who wanted to pursue his love of music over the more 'typical' academic endeavors of Indian Americans (e.g., medicine, engineering, law, and business).
Style:
semi serious, touching, witty, humorous, realistic
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
talky, sincere, humorous, mumblecore, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Socially isolated by his parents (Rebecca Jenkins, Robert Joy), an androgynous teen (Aaron Webber) enrolls in high school and develops a crush on his male teacher (Daniel MacIvor).
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 85 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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21st century
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24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
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Place:
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23%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Duration: 84 min.
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Duration: 110 min.
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Duration: 95 min.
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Country: USA
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Story:
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