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Flirting with Disaster (1996)
21K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin (Ben Stiller) decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina (Tea Leoni), he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents (Josh Brolin, Richard Jenkins).
Style:
road movie, black comedy, sexy, witty, funny, light, talky, not serious, independent film, dark comedy ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, road trip, mistaken identity, adoption, on the road, gay couple, farce, jealousy, baby, adopted son, attraction, misunderstanding, acid trip, plot twist, family relations, visceral, crime gone awry, love and romance, self discovery, nothing goes right, disorder, couple relations, parents and children, partner, misfit partners ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, new york, michigan, usa, san diego california, california
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Most similar movies to Flirting with Disaster
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and light films with plots about disorder, nude, farce, dialogue, storytelling, mentor and catastrophe mostly in Comedy, Romance and Adventure genres. Some movies like Flirting with Disaster: Duplex (2003), Anger Management (2003), Movie 43 (2013), Lost in America (1985), Wanderlust (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
65K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, parody, stylized, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couple relations, dark humor, twists and turns, cons and scams, neighbor neighbor relationship, writers, old woman, parrot, young lovers, thanksgiving, chocolate, fire ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his aggressive ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, neurotic, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, family friendly
Plot:
reluctant partners, bullying, therapist, twists and turns, life philosophy, anger, rage, doctors and patients, trauma, prostitution, sexual attraction, airplane ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, boston, bronx new york city ...
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100%
120K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The film is composed of multiple comedy shorts presented through an overarching segment titled "The Pitch", in which Charlie Wessler, a mad screenwriter, is attempting to pitch a script to film executive Griffin Schraeder. After revealing ...
Style:
parody, not serious, funny, sexy, sketch comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
dark humor, gross out humor, irreverence, stupidity, youth, toilet humor, sex, escapades, teenage life, satire, multiple storylines, disorder ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 1959, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, new york, los angeles
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, talky, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
road trip, satire, on the road, motor home, self discovery, quitting a job, cross country trip, married couple, fired from the job, marriage, couples, fish out of water ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.
Style:
sexy, satirical, entertaining, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
couples, hippie, nudist, couple relations, commune, infidelity, marijuana, skinny dipping, counterculture, hopes, nudism, free love ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
new york, georgia, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the ...
Style:
humorous, harsh, not serious, hilarious, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
brother sister relationship, child in peril, comedy of errors, nanny, youth, party, restaurant, punched in the face, adopted son, drug dealer, infidelity, robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa
Similarity:
44%
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, vacation, small town, amusement park, on the road, dysfunctional family, female nudity, desert, swimming pool, skinny dipping, cross country, youth ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, colorado, arizona, illinois, usa ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future wife, Sarah. Clifford is fixated on the idea of visiting a famed theme park, and Martin, an ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, realistic, funny, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
amusement park, prank, nothing goes right, father son relationship, family relations, parents and children, fish out of water, disorder, eccentric family, kids in trouble, mischievous children, youth ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, future
Place:
hawaii, los angeles, usa, san francisco, antarctica
Similarity:
44%
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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:
sex scene, self discovery, sexual relations, comedy of errors, disorder, love and romance, love affair, couples, teenager, communication problem, battle of the sexes, nothing goes right ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Ellen Gordon, a New York executive's mistress falls for the executive's young business associate when the young man is accidentally sent to use the apartment where the executive and his mistress get together every Wednesday. More ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
farce, mistress, couple relations, love affair, infidelity, love triangle, couples, womanizer, dishonesty, love and romance, art gallery, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, year 1966, 60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
44%
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, funny, talky, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
on the road, road trip, infidelity, unfulfillment, love and romance, nothing goes right, dishonesty, couple relations, crumbling marriage, buddies, partner, friends ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
arkansas, usa, nevada, reno nevada
Similarity:
44%
33K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.
Style:
funny, humorous, black comedy, absurd, not serious ...
Plot:
dark humor, friendship, envy, stupidity, neighbor, inventor, jealousy, rise to the top, disorder, resentment, rivalry, lifestyle ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, europe, italy, rome italy
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A travelling theater group has so much action going on behind-the-scenes it almost ruins the performances.
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, witty, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
actor's life, nothing goes right, theater, theatre play, love and romance, disorder, showbiz, workplace situations, eternal love, actor, backstage, farce ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
iowa, new york, miami, cleveland ohio, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
It’s Road Trip - Beer Pong! Three college roommates are on the ride of their lives when they drop everything to join a bus full of sexy, scantily clad models to compete in the ultimate sport competition: the National Beer Pong Tournament.
Style:
sexy, teen, intense, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
college, road trip, high school, beer, university, lifestyle, contests and competitions, love and romance, looking for sex, on the road, youth, infidelity ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
georgia, atlanta georgia, maryland, kentucky, australia
Similarity:
44%
141K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Jason Kelly is one week away from marrying his boss's uber-controlling daughter, putting him on the fast track for a partnership at the law firm. However, when the straight-laced Jason is tricked into driving his foul-mouthed grandfather, Dick, ...
Style:
sex comedy, funny, sexy, road movie, parody ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, foul language, sex scene, college, sexual humor, sex, mentor, stupidity, on the road, stereotypes, woman in a bikini, fondling ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, north america
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family needs to reconnect.
Style:
entertaining, light, humorous, witty, captivating ...
Plot:
wedding, love, marriage, dysfunctional family, parents, relationships, family life, family problems, love affair, parents and children, childish behavior, gay son ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jerry Springer stars as more or less himself, the host of a raunchy, controversial and popular Los Angeles talk show which features everyday people with problems and who frequently vent thrir problems on the air.
Style:
sexy, satirical, surreal, cynical, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, stupidity, sexual promiscuity, family problems, vengeance, infidelity, dishonesty, social decay, stepfather, mother daughter relationship, culture clash, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great, until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband. Concerned, she goes to her mother for advice. Eliza, her parents, her sister Jo and Jo's boyfriend all pile into a station ...
Style:
independent film, hilarious, realistic, talky, clever ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, dysfunctional family, adultery, marriage, infidelity, road trip, family relations, thanksgiving, love, storytelling, gay, holiday ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, funny, intense ...
Audience:
date night, kids, family outing
Plot:
sailing, summer vacation, underdog, rivalry, screwball, teenage girl, beach, air traffic controller, summer, friendship, on the road, nothing goes right ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
florida, california
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy.
Style:
funny, sexy, humorous, dark comedy, controversial ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
satire, surrealism, stupidity, slacker, sexual abuse, goofy hero, parents and children, unsuccessful, dull life, stoner, dysfunctional family, bad taste humour ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, pakistan
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
sex, farce, playwright, nudity, power relations, couples, disorder, sexual relations, love affair, infidelity, couple relations, doctors and patients ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After he flunks a fertility test, a man realizes that the only way he can get his wife pregnant is by robbing a sperm bank to take back the last of the deposits he made there years earlier.
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, light, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
trying to get pregnant, sperm bank, nothing goes right, sperm donor, couples, disorder, buddies, escapades, failed attempt, farce, artificial insemination, caught masturbating ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, talky, intense ...
Plot:
pimp, friendship, prostitution, sex club, elevator, thanksgiving, christmas, extortion, fiance fiancee relationship, anger, neighbor, argument ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.
Style:
humorous, light, black comedy, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
interracial romance, teenage girl, interracial relations, high school, artificial insemination, culture clash, father daughter relationship, comedy of errors, single parent, sperm donor, family relations, self discovery ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 70s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane, and he decides to ...
Style:
funny, road movie, light, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
teenager, high school, childhood, nothing goes right, underage drinking, love and romance, lifestyle, family relations, parents and children, high school life, friendship, teenage love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
This film is a spoof along the lines of "Scary Movie" and "Not Another Teen Movie." It includes parodies of some of the indie film world's most renowned movies such as "Memento," "Pulp Fiction," ...
Style:
parody, humorous, witty, not serious, spoof ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, filmmaking, obsessive quest, mistaken identity, goofy hero, crime gone awry, gender bending, satire, mariachi, swinger, hostage, disorder ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
usa, las vegas
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two old friends flee New York City on a three-day road trip to Montreal to escape their problems and meet the great Donald Sutherland.
Style:
road movie, realistic, talky, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
on the road, road trip, friends, buddies, partner, youth, obsessive quest, friendship, introspection, lifestyle, city life, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, canada
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In an attempt to resurrect the slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy or The Marx Brothers, Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt team-up as two out-of-work actors who accidentally stow away on a ship to hide from a drunken, belligerent lead actor who has ...
Style:
humorous, light, absurd, feel good, witty ...
Plot:
farce, nothing goes right, eccentricity, sarcasm, deadpan, cruise, goofy hero, hidden identity, down on your luck, artists and showbiz, satire, ship ...
Time:
1930s, year 1998, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
43%
920K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. ...
Style:
funny, humorous, cult classic, absurd, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
buddies, party, bachelor party, buddy, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, friendship between men, hung over, friends, memory loss, road trip, stupidity ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, iran, america, north america ...
Similarity:
43%
1K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A male-centric take on contemporary relationships, where three guy friends look for love and commitment.
Style:
sexy, sex comedy, humorous, light, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian sex, looking for sex, love triangle, bisexual woman, sexual attraction, womanizer, adultery, lifestyle, infidelity, lesbian, best friend, nudity ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
43%
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