Movies like The Dog Problem
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The Dog Problem (2006)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the film, Solo is a down-on-his-luck writer who is encouraged by his psychiatrist to get a dog. Solo meets his love interest, who he assumes to be a dog owner when meeting her at a dog play park, but dog problems stand in their way.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, clever, realistic, offbeat
Plot:
dog, self discovery, down on your luck, therapy, writer's life, disorder, friendship, pets, couples, nothing goes right, stripper, mixed martial arts, puppy love, female nudity, photographer, psychotherapist, lost dog, strip club, lap dance, love and romance, sexual content, creative block, writers, pug, profanity ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and offbeat films with plots about couples, love and romance, disorder, nothing goes right, friends, friendship and lifestyle mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Dog Problem: Room to Rent (2000), 13 Moons (2002), Live Nude Girls (2014), Boy Toy (2011), Hard Breakers (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ali is a young Egyptian screenwriter determined to succeed in London, where he has been a student. He loves the artistic and political freedom, the colours, the music, the individualism. But he has little money, his student visa is about to expire ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, sexual ...
Plot:
unlikely couple, immigrants, society, writer's life, down on your luck, reincarnation, gender, love and romance, gays and lesbians, couples, disorder, nightclub ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, egypt
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Can you solve the mystery of the 13 moons?
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semi serious, witty, humorous, absurd, realistic ...
Plot:
obsessive quest, nothing goes right, performer's life, life is a bitch, disorder, artists and showbiz, escapades, comedy of errors, cons and scams, down on your luck, bail bondsman, estrangement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Charles Swan III, a successful graphic designer, has it all: fame, money and devilish charm that have provided him with a seemingly perfect life. But when a perplexing beauty named Ivana suddenly ends their relationship, Charles is left heartbroken. ...
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semi serious, surreal, humorous, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
breakup, love and romance, disorder, couples, unfulfilled love, life turned upside down, down on your luck, ex girlfriend, brother sister relationship, love, unfulfillment, music ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Shane inherits a gentleman's club from his estranged uncle, he leaves his Midwestern home for Los Angeles. Run by a booze hound and employing a dozen out of control strippers, Shane must do everything he can to save the club from ...
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humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
stripper, strip club, sex scene, drug use, workplace, workplace situations, female nudity, bankruptcy, disorder, boss and employee, nightclub, save the day ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jake: an unsuccessful - yet well endowed - underwear model in L.A, who finds a lucrative new line of work as a platonic escort for women of a certain age. But, just as he finds himself a deep-pocketed "sugar mama" in Barbra, he meets ...
Style:
not serious, sentimental, realistic, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
love and romance, womanizer, couples, battle of the sexes, platonic, disorder, male escort, sexual content, relationship problems, sexual humor, seduction, satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Tired of the dating scene, Lindsay and Alexis take matters into their own hands, clubbing potential mates and dragging them back to their house.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
battle of the sexes, stripper, best friends, love and romance, friendship, looking for sex, couples, lifestyle, sexual relations, silly humor, sexual content, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever
Plot:
friends, friendship, love and romance, partners, odd couple, lifestyle, self discovery, couples, disorder, infidelity, dishonesty, nothing goes right ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and intoxication. They start a cathartic ride through the city's underbelly.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
friendship, golf, relationships, self discovery, drug use, divorce, love and romance, prostitute, partners, lifestyle, buddies, legal action ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Max Solomon faces the awful truth that he will never be a writer. So, in a desperate attempt to find his true calling, he turns to crime. In this inventive comedy, three friends have their lives turned upside down when one of them realizes that ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, friendship, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, friends, disorder, couples, criminal, self discovery, bank, best friends, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Zeus (voiced by Joey Lawrence) and the Bannister family have moved into a new home just in time for Halloween! When Zeus and George (Gary Valentine of "The King of Queens") decide to investigate a creepy neighbor (Lance Henriksen of ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
halloween, dog, pets, save the day, disorder, nothing goes right, friendship, animal life, heroes, ghost, missing person, halloween party ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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The Boss' Wife related movies
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
This is the story of a marketing man and his shrink. A suicide attempt and a softball game; A PHD-toting stripper and a deranged Desert Storm vet; A giant sparerib costume and the world's largest peenis; John Woo-style violence and Steel ...
Style:
realistic, clever, not serious, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
disorder, dark humor, nothing goes right, boss and employee, workplace, self discovery, power relations, hitman, media, unfulfillment, desert, down on your luck ...
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, cynical, semi serious, humorous, clever
Plot:
infidelity, moral dilemma, introspection, femme fatale, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, couple relations, cons and scams, dishonesty, manipulation, sexual relations ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An eccentric Olympic has-been who prefers leisure to work, finds himself stuck with a rigid pre-law Yale student with no time for wasting time. Between skinny-dipping and stealing cars, this odd-couple learn from each other that balance is the key ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, witty ...
Plot:
couples, disorder, friends, introspection, nothing goes right, unlikely couple, lifestyle, youth, odd couple, eccentric family, small town, partners ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new york, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A handful of insults and fighting best friends, not quite the Birthday presents every girl hopes for. Melissa s not every girl. She is determined to collect insults from all of her past boyfriends before her birthday night is over. But her journey ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love and romance, best friends, couples, lifestyle, friends, battle of the sexes, lovers reunited, alcohol abuse, birthday, breakup, twentysomething life, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When Andy hears his girlfriend Lauren sigh after sex, he panics. But even with the help of his friends, porn stars and tantric experts, he continues to stumble in the bedroom, finally realizing that in order to give Lauren the 'O' word, he ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, not serious, feel good, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
self discovery, sex scene, love and romance, comedy of errors, sexual relations, disorder, love affair, couples, teenager, battle of the sexes, nothing goes right, gender ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Movies like Group Sex
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three rookie sailors who have just completed basic training are out on their first weekend pass. As they hit one bar after another, they soon forget everything the Navy ever taught them.
Style:
sex comedy, campy, sexy, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
u.s. navy, nerd, strip club, nude, navy, friends, couples, cons and scams, friendship, down on your luck, beach, looking for sex ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
With his life already in shambles -- his girlfriend just dumped him, he's lost his acting gig, and his cat is seriously ill -- sad-sack Jimmy Zoole (Steve Guttenberg) comes home New Year's Eve to find a gay burglar (Lombardo Boyar) looting ...
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realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, talky ...
Plot:
breakup, disorder, dark humor, love and romance, nothing goes right, friends, couples, artists and showbiz, best friends, redemption, down on your luck, gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Joel Goodman is a hotshot advertising executive angling for a promotion, but he feels stuck - not least of all in traffic. A seeming answer to his prayers comes in the form of a homeless man whom Joel pays to sit in his passenger seat so he can use ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
office, odd couple, rivalry, workplace, workplace intrigue, power relations, traffic jam, ambition, rich and poor, friendship, lifestyle change, advertising executive ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When it comes to women, playboy Mike has all the right moves. So when Mike's buddies ask for advice on how to reconnect with their wives, Mike figures he'll share some secrets and help the guys regain their marriage mojo. But when ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
playboy, buddies, couples, couple relations, friends, nothing goes right, silly humor, disorder, interracial couple, womanizer, sexual content, nude ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the woman he loves wants him for himself or just for his money.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good
Plot:
writers, artist, love triangle, heist, love and romance, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, dishonesty, self discovery, couple relations, looking for love, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
beverly hills, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After learning her boyfriend (Harmon) cheated on her with his co-host (Olson), a Seattle morning show weather girl (O’Kelley) freaks out on-air and is fired. Forced to move in with her little brother (Devlin) and deal with his best friend (Adams), ...
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humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
self discovery, weatherman, couples, family relations, down on your luck, identity crisis, ambition, grownups, infidelity, love and romance, life is a bitch, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle, washington d.c.
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50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Debbie and Gerald's lives drastically change after they get a gun. Their mysterious neighbor, Skippy, becomes an important and transforming figure in their lives.
Style:
clever, cynical, biting, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, hot and sexy, strong female lead, neighbor, suburbs, infidelity, suspense, social decay, lifestyle, family problems, society, twentysomething life ...
Time:
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50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
"Cavemen" is a comedic film with a slight edge of drama revolving around the lives of somewhat single, somewhat unemployed guys living in a warehouse converted to living quarters in the 'Arts District' of Downtown Los Angeles, ...
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light, semi serious, realistic, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
friends, singleness, lifestyle, buddies, looking for love, love and romance, best friends in love, life philosophy, womanizer, male female relationship, transformation, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with his garden. This dark comedy follows the last days of Ethan's life as he struggles to find ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, cynical, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
contests and competitions, life is a bitch, friends, ambition, drug abuse, siblings relations, buddies, couples, addiction, dark humor, redneck, desert ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
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50%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A small boy squashing an insect sets in motion a series of events, large and small, that include a lost restaurant reservation, a drunken fender-bender, disruption of basic cable television service, and more than one relationship falling apart. One ...
Style:
semi serious, surreal, humorous, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
love and romance, family problems, destiny, crumbling marriage, couple relations, hopes, couples, down on your luck, dysfunctional marriage, breakup, fortune cookie, cockroach ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
"Muffin Top: A Love Story" is the story of Suzanne (Cathryn Michon) a Women's Studies Pop Culture professor at Malibu University, who studies images of women in the media for a living, and yet is made insecure by the constant parade ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
looking for love, singleness, love and romance, physical appearance, couples, sexual content, friends
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Charlie thinks he's met the perfect woman, but in order to be with her, he must first get past her dog. Just when he thinks all is lost, he realizes that he loves the dog too! Now he must do everything he can to keep them both.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, sentimental, realistic, humorous
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
wooing, lifestyle, couple relations, human animal relationship, looking for love, couples, animal life, pets, love and romance, dog, sexual attraction, dream girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jamal and Dex are two hapless out of work actors who come to terms with reality when they realize they've been pursuing their dreams for over ten years and still haven't booked a single speaking role. When the two run out of cash and face ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, realistic ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, follow your dream, ambition, against the odds, fish out of water, buddies, actor's life, unlikely couple, love and romance, disorder, couples, looking for love ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Julian Marsh is an out of work ladies' man who lands a job directing a bizarre adaptation of Hamlet. After casting his best friend and his ex-girlfriend in the show, Julian finds himself in the middle of a two thousand year old conspiracy that ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holy grail, supernatural romance, dangerous attraction, love triangle, curses spells and rituals, disorder, theater, supernatural, wooing, nothing goes right, vampire, porn ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Aaron Roman (Gores) is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father (Mantegna) grants Aaron his wish for his 18th birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, funny ...
Plot:
hollywood, friendship, disability, partners, nothing goes right, friends, wish come true, teenage life, good versus evil, artists and showbiz, youth, buddies ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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49%
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