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The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, gets a new job at a research facility, makes a powerful enemy who makes him volunteer for a nearly impossible project: The $99 PC. The only available guys at the lab, three sociopaths, together they compile a revolutionary PC for $99, then they become the victims of a venture capitalist and Andy's old foe, can he find a way to overcome the problems?
Style:
humorous, romantic, entertaining, semi serious, exciting, funny, feel good, sweet, sexy, campy ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
alone in the world, workplace, computer, friends, treasure hunt, happy ending, love story, mad scientist, rise to the top, workplace intrigue, against the odds, dark humor, misfit, rivalry, computers and web, workplace situations, police investigation, underdog, apocalypse, catastrophe, superhero, end of the world, gay, magic, revenge ...
Time:
future, 80s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, funny and feel good films with plots about mentor, catastrophe, dialogue, storytelling, life philosophy, chase and first contact mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest: The Internship (2013), Beauty Shop (2005), Opportunity Knocks (1990), Dear God (1996), Twister (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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61%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disney-McDonald's-style fast-food empire.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 96 min.
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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