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The Fortune Cookie (1966)
17K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother in law as the king of the ambulance chasing lawyers starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
Style:
humorous, witty, talky, cynical, black and white, melancholic, semi serious, funny, hilarious, clever ...
Plot:
american football, lawyer, surveillance, insurance fraud, crooked lawyer, friendship, hospital, insurance, lawsuit, workplace, odd couple, cons and scams, honesty, misfit, infidelity, resentment, disability, disorder, dishonesty, satire, football, manipulation, greed, law, cameraman ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966, 1960s
Place:
cleveland ohio, usa, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and funny films with plots about couples, love and romance, farce, mentor, catastrophe, dialogue and storytelling mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like The Fortune Cookie: The Odd Couple (1968), Avanti! (1972), Charade (1963), Out to Sea (1997), Irma la Douce (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Felix Ungar has just broken up with his wife. Despondent, he goes to kill himself but is saved by his friend Oscar Madison. With nowhere else to go, Felix is urged by Oscar to move in with him, at least for a while. The only problem is that Felix is ...
Style:
funny, atmospheric, hilarious, feel good, clever ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
friendship between men, friendship, buddies, roommate, argument, group of friends, depression, roommate roommate relationship, friends who live together, bromance, divorce, breakup ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, tokyo, seattle
Similarity:
100%
13K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.
Style:
humorous, witty, sentimental, romantic, touching ...
Plot:
secret lover, female nudity, skinny dipping, male nudity, hotel, opposites attract, american abroad, death of mother, love affair, family problems, nothing goes right, death in the family ...
Time:
20th century, year 1972, 70s
Place:
italy, europe, new york, naples italy, baltimore ...
Similarity:
100%
93K
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World ...
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, atmospheric, rom com, exciting ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
spy, murder, funeral, investigation, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, love and romance, love story, hotel, photograph, marriage proposal, police inspector ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, year 1944, 60s, 1930s
Place:
paris france, france, alps, europe, persia ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Care-free Charlie (Walter Matthau) cons his widower brother-in-law Herb (Jack Lemmon) into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and ...
Style:
humorous, talky, light, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cruise ship, widower, dance, middle age romance, solar eclipse, marriage proposal, old age, old man, old woman, gambler, love, brother in law brother in law relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
florida, miami, mexico
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who’s to be her only customer.
Style:
humorous, stylized, sex comedy, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
prostitute, pimp, prostitution, fall in love, smoking, police, unlikely couple, couple relations, love triangle, disorder, love of one's life, couples ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s
Place:
paris france, europe, france, america
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32%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A family wedding reignites the ancient feud between next-door neighbors and fishing buddies John and Max. Meanwhile, a sultry Italian divorcée opens a restaurant at the local bait shop, alarming the locals who worry she'll scare the fish away. ...
Style:
hilarious, funny, melancholic, suspense, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, wedding, prank, fishing, old age, fish, loneliness, old man, rivalry, vengeance, neighbor neighbor relationship, reconciliation ...
Time:
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Place:
minnesota
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Style:
talky, light, humorous, hilarious, period piece ...
Plot:
newspaper, journalist, journalism, reporter, workplace, satire, media, friends, media satire, workplace situations, writers, scoop ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 1974, 1930s, 70s
Place:
chicago, usa, philadelphia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Distraught when her middle-aged lover breaks a date with her, 21-year-old Toni Simmons attempts suicide. Impressed by her action, her lover, dentist Julian Winston reconsiders marrying Toni, but he worries about her insistence on honesty. Having ...
Style:
sexy, touching, humorous, witty, funny ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
dentist, honest, love and romance, cons and scams, love triangle, couples, fall in love, couple relations, dishonesty, manic pixie dream girl, swing, marriage ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969, 1950s, 50s
Place:
new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Henry Graham lives the life of a playboy. When his lawyer tells him one day that his lifestyle has consumed all his funds, he needs an idea to avoid climbing down the social ladder.
Style:
dark comedy, light, funny, neo noir, comedy drama ...
Plot:
camping, murder, marriage proposal, marriage of convenience, rescue from drowning, bachelor, mansion, private club, playboy, lawyer, bankruptcy, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, new york state
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner sends his beautiful wife, Zelda, away for the night while he tries to sell a song to a famous nightclub singer Dino, who is stranded in town
Style:
biting, clever, witty, retro, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
prostitute, small town, satire, transformation, greed, on the road, singer, piano teacher, songwriter, sexual content, fishing village, village ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
las vegas, usa, california, nevada, san francisco ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Buddy Buddy is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder that stars Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss and Klaus Kinski. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on the 1973 French language film L'Emmerdeur, ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, offbeat ...
Plot:
hitman, killer, island, hotel room, hired killer, suicide attempt, twins, contract killer, on the road, clinic, farce, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Coming & Going is an irreverent romantic comedy that poses the question: How far would you go to capture the heart of the one you love? Lee (Rhys Darby) is a young, skilled OBGYN who lacks confidence when it comes to talking to women outside ...
Style:
humorous, touching, light, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
disability, looking for love, disorder, misfit, lie, couples, friendship, dishonesty, cons and scams, social misfits, love and romance, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent ...
Style:
funny, feel good, hilarious, light, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
minnesota, usa, california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, satirical, psychological, cynical ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., harvard university
Similarity:
22%
28K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sweet, romantic, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
happy ending, mathematics, genius, couples, destiny, betrayal, honest, family relations, opposites attract, parents and children, mechanic, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 50s ...
Place:
usa, new jersey, seattle
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
Style:
sexy, funny, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
extramarital affair, infidelity, farce, redheaded woman, husband wife relationship, marriage, adultery, motel, cheating, unfaithfulness, womanizer, relationships ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive, he seeks help from his ex, Glenda. She is a public defender remarried to a prosecutor, and we get a houseful of hijinks.
Style:
humorous, witty, sweet, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
farce, bank robbery, love triangle, couple relations, dog, bank teller, dishonesty, disorder, on the run, nothing goes right, love and romance, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
california, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Doug Harris is a loveable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the girl of his dreams, Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan, owner and CEO of Best Man, Inc., a company ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
wedding, friendship, best man, love and romance, friends, disorder, marriage, bachelor party, bride and groom, relationships, buddies, male nudity ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Style:
humorous, satirical, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
american football, satire, football player, football team, love triangle, book, hotel room, swimming pool, father daughter relationship, businessman, eccentricity, jealousy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
miami, texas
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, rom com, funny, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, fall in love, couples, battle of the sexes, unlikely couple, love and romance, enemies to lovers, happy ending, newlyweds, initially antagonists, destiny, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.
Style:
humorous, light, talky, melancholic, not serious ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, small town, fish out of water, legal action, goofy hero, nothing goes right, comedy of errors, cons and scams, mistaken identity, law, farce ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, nevada, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sam has a problem with his roommates: they are disgusting, and don't seem to share his views on responsibility, privacy, and basic hygine. Such is his discomfort with his living arrangements that he agrees to share the occupancy of another ...
Style:
offbeat, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
love, boarding house, mistaken identity, partner, nosy, couples, disorder, friends, buddies, fall in love, opposites attract, gender ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core – which is why, when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay, comedy of errors, cons and scams, impossible love, couples, firefighter, friendship, womanizer, insurance, pretending to be gay, hidden identity, buddies ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, canada
Similarity:
19%
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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:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Inspired by his fiancée (who dumped him), a man publishes a break-up handbook for men, becoming a bestselling author in the process.
Style:
romantic, black comedy, entertaining, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
battle of the sexes, breakup, dating, black, love and romance, looking for love, love triangle, comedy of errors, friendship, dishonesty, couple relations, hip hop ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
Style:
witty, romantic, feel good, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lawyer, battle of the sexes, opposites attract, satire, love at first sight, marriage, marriage of convenience, divorce, passion, manipulation, love story, dark humor ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, las vegas ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Good-natured astronomer Sam is devastated when the love of his life, Linda, leaves him for a suave Frenchman named Anton. He therefore does what every other normal dumpee would do; go to New York and set up home in the abandoned building opposite ...
Style:
clever, black comedy, melancholic, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, cynical, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
ex girlfriend, sexual humor, breakup, friendship, infidelity, love and romance, vengeance, buddies, obsessive quest, jackass, dishonesty, police officer ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, summer vacation, eviction, youth, teenager, artist, greed, drawing, sabotage, land developer, obsession ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
usa, new england, new york, massachusetts
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, Argentina, Portugal, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Leni takes Rafi to meet her family in Madrid. Leni's family is Jewish - mother, father, older sister and daughter, brother, and grandfather. Rafi is Palestinian, in Spain since age 12. Before her father returns from work, Leni reveals ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, erotic ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, hidden identity, opposites attract, eccentric family, family life, love and romance, society, dishonesty, family gatherings, social differences, comedy of errors ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
israel, europe
Similarity:
19%
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