Movies like The Fortune Cookie

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The Fortune Cookie (1966)
 7.2
 15K
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
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, melancholic, semi serious, funny, black and white, hilarious, clever ...
Plot: american football, lawyer, insurance fraud, surveillance, friendship, hospital, insurance, lawsuit, workplace, odd couple, cons and scams, crooked lawyer, honesty, misfit, infidelity, resentment, disability, disorder, dishonesty, satire, football, greed, law, love, heist ...
Time: 20th century, year 1966, 60s, 1960s
Place: cleveland ohio, usa, new jersey
Keyword: twilight, oldies, partners, gold digger, sport, gangsters, doctors

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and witty films with plots about couples, love and romance, couple relations, friends, friendship, dishonesty and fall in love mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like The Fortune Cookie: The Odd Couple (1968), Out to Sea (1997), Grumpier Old Men (1995), The Front Page (1974), Avanti! (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Odd Couple (1968)
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, humorous, clever ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: friendship, buddy, buddies, friendship between men, friends who live together, bromance, poker, suicide attempt, stage play, eternal love, odd couple, old age ...
Time: 60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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100%
 6.1
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Out to Sea (1997)
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: feel good, humorous, talky, light, melancholic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: cruise ship, womanizer, cons and scams, partner, dishonesty, fall in love, love and romance, ship, solar eclipse, cruise, couples, senior citizen ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: florida, miami, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
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, humorous ...
Plot: fishing, fish, vengeance, friendship, wedding, prank, odd couple, single parent, disorder, parents and children, bait, partner ...
Time: 90s
Place: minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.3
 15K
The Front Page (1974)
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, witty ...
Plot: newspaper, journalist, journalism, reporter, workplace, media, friends, media satire, workplace situations, writers, satire, scoop ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, year 1974
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Avanti! (1972)
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, sentimental, witty, romantic, touching ...
Plot: death of father, hotel, secret lover, opposites attract, love affair, family problems, nothing goes right, twists and turns, death in the family, couples, disorder, unlikely couple ...
Time: 20th century, year 1972, 70s
Place: italy, europe, naples italy, rome italy, baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Buddy Buddy (1981)
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, offbeat, witty ...
Plot: hitman, killer, island, suicide attempt, on the road, twins, contract killer, hotel room, hired killer, farce, clinic, mentally unstable ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.2
 12K
Cactus Flower (1969)
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: touching, humorous, sexy, witty, funny ...
Audience: date night
Plot: dentist, honest, love and romance, love triangle, cons and scams, couples, couple relations, dishonesty, fall in love, manic pixie dream girl, swing, marriage ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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30%
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A New Leaf (1971)
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, neo noir, funny, light, comedy drama ...
Plot: murder, love and romance, camping, woman, lawyer, nerd, acid, hidden treasure, writers, female protagonist, villain, bankruptcy ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Coming & Going (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 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, feel good, light, independent film ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: disability, looking for love, disorder, misfit, lie, couples, friendship, thirtysomething life, social misfits, cons and scams, love and romance, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.0
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Grumpy Old Men (1993)
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, humorous ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: senior citizen, thanksgiving, buddy, small town, snow, winter, beautiful scenery, aging, friendship, old age, fall in love, couples ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Trial and Error (1997)
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, talky, melancholic, light, not serious ...
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, legal, small town, fish out of water, goofy hero, nothing goes right, legal action, comedy of errors, mistaken identity, cons and scams, law ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: nevada, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.2
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I.Q. (1994)
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, mathematician, betrayal, honest, family relations, couples, opposites attract, parents and children, mechanic, hidden identity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 1950s, year 1994, 50s ...
Place: usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
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
Plot: small town, prostitute, satire, transformation, fishing village, village, sexual content, playboy, womanizer, nightclub, mistaken identity, gas station ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
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: funny, sexy, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, farce, womanizer, adultery, extramarital affair, cheating, motel, husband wife relationship, marriage, redheaded woman, unfaithfulness, married couple ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
22%
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Haggard (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based on the true story about Ryan Dunn (played by himself) and his ex-girlfriend Glauren and how she cheated on him. After the break up Glauren is rumored to have been hooking up with heavy metal Hellboy. Ryan enlists the help of his friends Valo ...
Style: humorous, witty, semi serious, cynical, surreal ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: ex girlfriend, sexual humor, breakup, friendship, infidelity, love and romance, obsessive quest, vengeance, buddies, jackass, dishonesty, masturbation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The War of the Roses (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In ...
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, psychological, satirical, cynical ...
Plot: divorce, lawyer, battle of the sexes, dysfunctional family, dark humor, greed, suburban life, relationships, death, manipulation, suburbs, obsession ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: harvard university, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Wedding Ringer (2015)
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, humorous, funny, not serious, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: wedding, best man, friendship, love and romance, marriage, buddies, friends, bride and groom, creativity, relationships, male bonding, friendship between men ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Seems Like Old Times (1980)
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, sweet, entertaining, melancholic, feel good ...
Plot: bank robbery, farce, love triangle, dog, couple relations, dishonesty, bank teller, nothing goes right, on the run, love and romance, unlikely criminals, love affair ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
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 comedy, romantic, entertaining, melancholic, talky ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: black, love triangle, breakup, looking for love, comedy of errors, friendship, love and romance, couple relations, dishonesty, battle of the sexes, hip hop, dating ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
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21%
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
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: romantic, feel good, witty, funny, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lawyer, battle of the sexes, opposites attract, infidelity, love at first sight, marriage, divorce, manipulation, screwball, dishonesty, adultery, farce ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, las vegas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Night We Never Met (1993)
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, semi serious, realistic, feel good, clever ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: boarding house, love, exodus, mistaken identity, partner, couples, disorder, friends, love and romance, lifestyle, couple relations, unfulfillment ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 ⇓
20%
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Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A mild mannered film critic is dumped by his wife and his ego is crushed. His hero persona is the tough guy played by Humphrey Bogart in many of his movies and the apparition of Bogart begins showing up to give him advice. With the encouragement of ...
Style: funny, talky, witty, humorous, parody ...
Audience: date night
Plot: dating, love, infidelity, nymphomaniac, art, friendship, adultery, imaginary friend, divorce, farce, filmmaking, bittersweet ...
Time: 70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV ...
Style: funny, talky, humorous, witty, laugh out loud ...
Plot: aging, old age, vaudeville, senior citizen, actor, spy, stage play, grudge, comedian, showbiz, couples, friends ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The April Fools (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy Company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is herself unhappily married - to the boss. They spend an innocent night in New York becoming more and more ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, talky, humorous ...
Plot: infidelity, trophy wife, stock broker, boss, alcohol abuse, love affair, mate swapping, failed attempt, unlikely couple, unfulfillment, couple relations, unsupportive spouse ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, paris france, usa, france, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Mr. Wonderful (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfill a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: divorce, ex husband ex wife relationship, blind date, couples, professor, friendship, alimony, unfaithfulness, breakup, grief, godfather, trauma ...
Time: year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Odd Couple II (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 30 years after the first film, Oscar and Felix embark on a road trip together, to attend the wedding of Oscar's son to Felix's daughter.
Style: road movie, slapstick, humorous, not serious, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, marriage, road trip, on the road, couples, old age, divorce, senior citizen, feeling, aging, wedding, odd couple ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Thirty-five years in the life of Max, his best friend Sal and a woman they both adore, Lyla. The trio stumble through mandatory but seemingly unfulfilling entanglements, at weddings, funerals, hospitals, eateries, divorce courts and the tool shed. A ...
Style: surreal, witty, not serious, talky, stylized ...
Plot: friendship, love and romance, fall in love, buddies, workplace, couple relations, friends, couples, farce, husband wife relationship, friendship between men, hipster ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Harold Fine is a self-described square - a 35-year-old Los Angeles lawyer who's not looking forward to middle age nor his upcoming wedding. His life changes when he falls in love with Nancy, a free-spirited, innocent, and beautiful young ...
Style: psychedelic, parody, funny, laugh out loud, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: hippie, manic pixie dream girl, counterculture, swing, fish out of water, drug, commune, quirky character, art, free love, lawyer, midlife crisis ...
Time: 60s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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