Movies like The Darwin Awards

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The Darwin Awards (2006)
 5.9
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The Darwin Awards (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After botching the capture of a notorious serial killer, idiosyncratic detective Michael Burrows loses his job with the San Francisco Police. He becomes an investigator for an insurance company and joins forces with a cynical field agent to probe suspicious and unusual deaths.
Style: intellectual, funny, dark comedy, suspense, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy, mockumentary, neurotic ...
Plot: stupidity, murder mystery, partner, insurance, law enforcement, on the road, skyscraper, police investigation, investigation, teamwork, romantic relationship, love and romance, escapades, team, humour, humanity, detective inspector, romantic friendship, death, destiny, flirting, working class, white trash, forensics, sex ...
Time: contemporary
Place: san francisco, usa, chicago
Keyword: partners, arabic, gangsters, dreams

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and entertaining films with plots about love and romance, couples, couple relations, love, kiss, disorder and boyfriend girlfriend relationship mostly in Comedy, Romance and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Darwin Awards: MOMMAP (2014), The Mexican (2001), Lust for Love (2014), Life's an Itch (2012), Conception (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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MOMMAP (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A selection of strange love stories filmed across many different parts of the US
Style: captivating, light, feel good, romantic, entertaining ...
Plot: deception, romantic relationship, humour, escapades, love and romance, conundrum, treasure map, adventurer, sociopath, mansion, baptism, trenchcoat ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 6.1
 113K
The Mexican (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his ...
Style: road movie, intense, light, stylized, suspense ...
Audience: date night, boys' night
Plot: road trip, on the road, kidnapping, hitman, hostage, murder, dog, dark humor, one last job, fish out of water, escapades, revenge ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: mexico, las vegas, america, los angeles, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Lust for Love (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Winning your childhood sweetheart can create more problems than it solves.
Style: romantic, semi serious, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot: love and romance, teaching the ways of the world, couples, best friend, male female relationship, romantic triangle, love affair, sexual humor, relationship problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, humour ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 4.1
 215
Life's an Itch (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A married man reaches the point where he questions everything: career, creativity and even his marriage. Hilarious complications and temptations arise when his wife invites her open-minded (and very sexy) yoga instructor to stay in the guest house ...
Style: humorous, funny, romantic, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: husband wife relationship, love triangle, couples, love and romance, romantic relationship, love story, crumbling marriage, love, yoga, love affair, relationships, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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 5.3
 1K
Conception (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Conception is a clever, romantic comedy that proves it takes more than sex to make a baby. From a couple fighting the odds of fertility to young teenagers losing their virginity, the film follows nine very different couples on the night they ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, sexual ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: love and romance, sexual relations, couple relations, couples, family relations, first sex, male female relationship, teenage boy, husband wife relationship, lgbt, lesbian love, age-gap relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 5.8
 152K
Mr. Deeds (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for ...
Style: funny, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, romantic comedy ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: inheritance, justice, love and romance, rags to riches, greed, happy ending, rise to the top, small town life, fall in love, dishonesty, disorder, betrayal ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: new hampshire, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Waking Up in Reno (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret affair. But that's about to change, because this foursome is driving cross-country ...
Style: humorous, talky, funny, semi serious, witty ...
Audience: date night
Plot: on the road, road trip, love and romance, unfulfillment, infidelity, buddies, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, couple relations, nothing goes right, partner, friends ...
Time: 20th century
Place: usa, arkansas, nevada, reno nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Domino: Battle of the Bones (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Hoping to reclaim his former glory, a fallen dominoes champion recruits his step grandson to help him win an off-the-wall tournament.
Style: captivating, funny, entertaining, humorous, satirical ...
Plot: dominoes, tournament, humour, satire, competitor, teamwork, black man, rivalry, punched in the face, grandfather grandson relationship, flashback, time jump ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 5.2
 1K
The Alarmist (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman, and is an instant success. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers there's more to this business and his boss Heinrich than he previously suspected.
Style: humorous, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, cynical ...
Plot: satire, dark humor, workplace, forgery, innocence lost, dishonesty, investigation, screwball, cons and scams, workplace situations, oral sex
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.6
 1K
Back Roads (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
Style: road movie, realistic, humorous, semi serious, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: hitchhiking, on the road, police, love and romance, hopes, couples, male female relationship, prostitute, fight, survival, lost girl, outlaw ...
Time: 20th century, year 1981, 80s
Place: california, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Moving McAllister (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Rick Robinson, a law intern, is scheduled to take the bar exam in just four days. Anxious to score points with his boss Mr. McAllister, Rick unwisely agrees to help the man move. The next day, Rick finds himself in a moving van from Miami to Los ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, raunchy ...
Plot: intern, road trip, opposites attract, unlikely couple, nothing goes right, hitchhiker, on the road, race against time, love and romance, couple relations, manic pixie dream girl, toilet humor ...
Place: miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Going the Distance (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. ...
Style: romantic, funny, sentimental, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: long distance relationship, love, couples, intern, lovers apart, true love, love story, stereotypes, happy ending, sex, unlikely relationship, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, new york, usa, california, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 3.6
 704
Meet Market (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Lonely aspirants on the LA dating scene hook up at thier local grocery store, where they can see and be seen by some of their dubiously eligible fellow singles, all the while hoping for that one magical relationship that will finally click.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, independent film ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: looking for love, wooing, store, friends, couples, dating, attraction, rivalry, lesbian, love and romance, human nature, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Dream with the Fishes (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A suicidal man who can't kill himself agrees to finance his terminally ill neighbor's bucket list of fantasies if, at the end, the neighbor will kill him.
Style: independent film, grim, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: drug, suicide, drug addiction, hospital, death, drinking, fish, bowling, male nudity, mental health, personal growth, dealing with death ...
Time: year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place: san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Style: funny, road movie, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: road trip, on the road, vacation, youth, cross country, plan gone awry, small town, dog, couple relations, family holiday, relatives, summer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, colorado, arizona, illinois, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Just Add Water (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An offbeat romantic comedy about a decent guy, Ray Tuckby, with a dead-end life in the dead-end town of Trona, CA. After encouragement from a stranger whom he happens upon, Ray begins to dream again. He sheds the parasites in his life, musters the ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: addiction, family relations, hopes, dysfunctional family, working class, eccentric family, couple relations, self discovery, love and romance, drug dealing, small town, desert ...
Time: 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Sweeter Side of Life (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Pampered Manhattan housewife Desiree Harper has it all. That is until her husband unexpectedly dumps her for his acupuncturist. Faced with an airtight prenup, Desiree reluctantly lands a job making cupcakes at her father's bakery in Flemington, ...
Style: humorous, romantic, captivating, sincere, entertaining ...
Plot: bakery, starting over, love and romance, homecoming, couples, family relations, looking for love, romantic relationship, disorder, hopes, fish out of water, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 3.9
 503
The Coalition (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A group of women form an unlikely alliance to get their revenge on a pro athlete and his three friends who played them. The guys are used to getting what they want when they want it, but that's all about to change.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, emotional ...
Plot: battle of the sexes, vengeance, couples, friendship, strong female presence, sexual relations, rivalry, womanizer, idle rich, love and romance, intrigue
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Modern Romance (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
Style: humorous, melancholic, disturbing, intense, funny ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: obsession, love, character study, honest, love and romance, couples, self discovery, breakup, fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, doomed romance, crazy love ...
Time: 20th century, year 1981, 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.5
 38K
Nine Months (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
Style: light, touching, humorous, romantic, melancholic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot: pregnancy, marriage, women, self discovery, parent child relationship, couple relations, love, babies and infants, family drama, farce, parenthood, baby ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Shrink Is In (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young woman impersonates a shrink to win over her Prince Charming.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, independent film ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: hidden identity, losing-it hero, true love, love affair, looking for love, love triangle, mistaken identity, couples, dishonesty, win over, disorder, wooing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.2
 640
The Right One (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sara, a novelist struggling with writer's block, needs inspiration — and finds it when she serendipitously meets Godfrey, a down-on-his-luck oddball who constantly changes personas and alter egos in order to cope with his past and avoid ...
Style: funny, romantic, light, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: writers, male female relationship, writer's life, love interest, creative block, relationships, love and romance, couple relations, romantic relationship, love story, humour, relationship problems ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 4.9
 17K
The Ten (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
Style: cynical, not serious, witty, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot: nudist, atheism, insanity, farce, screwball, brutality, human nature, moral dilemma, dark humor, love and romance, multiple storylines, satire ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., mexico, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five disparate kids snowed in at the airport on Christmas Eve learn some lessons about friendship when they launch a bid to get back to their families and outsmart a disgruntled airport official who wants to keep them grounded.
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, funny, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: christmas, when the parents are away, children, disorder, fish out of water, stupidity, multiple storylines, christmas eve, snow, xmas, holiday, winter ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s
Place: pennsylvania, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Christina's love life is stuck in neutral. After years of avoiding the hazards of a meaningful relationship, one night while club-hopping with her girlfriends, she meets Peter, her perfect match. Fed up with playing games, she finally gets the ...
Style: romantic, humorous, romantic comedy, feel good, teen ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: wedding, roommate, road trip, fear of commitment, friendship, female protagonist, love and romance, best friend, nightclub, disorder, female friendship, relationships ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.3
 50K
The Rebound (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sandy, upon discovering her husband's infidelity while watching her son's birthday video, leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. She gets an apartment that's above a coffee house where she befriends one of the workers, Aram, a ...
Style: romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, entertaining, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, single parent, starting over, love and romance, parents and children, couple relations, nanny, age difference, fall in love, infidelity, unfaithful husband, couples ...
Time: year 2009, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Trapped in Paradise (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Firpo Brothers can get away with anything. They just can't get away!
Style: entertaining, humorous, light, funny, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: christmas, small town, snow, redemption, holiday, bank robbery, nothing goes right, disorder, partner, chases and races, crime gone awry, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.4
 2K
Unleashed (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a cosmic event turns Emma's dog and cat into two perfect guys, Emma reconsiders her outlook on dating, hilariously works out her trust issues, and ultimately learns to love herself.
Style: light, feel good, entertaining, humorous, sincere ...
Audience: date night, family outing
Plot: dog, transformation, dating, body transformation, male female relationship, animal, love story, love affair, relationships, pets, lifestyle change, changing lives ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Last Shot (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent working on a mob sting operation.
Style: humorous, funny, stylized, semi serious, clever ...
Plot: hollywood, organized crime, forgery, investigation, satire, law enforcement, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, sting operation, undercover, filmmaking, ambition ...
Time: year 2004
Place: rhode island, usa, houston texas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Ethan Green (Daniel Letterle) has no problem finding guys who want to sleep with him or even date him, but finding someone to settle down with is a different story. Given three choices -- a sexy teenager, a hunky jock, or his ex-boyfriend who is ...
Style: witty, humorous, feel good, semi serious, funny ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, gay love, gay interest, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, roommate, homosexuality, gay lead character, couples, family relations, sexual relations, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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