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Funny Bones (1995)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian but his Las Vegas debut is a failure. He goes back to Blackpool, UK, where his father, also a comedian started and where he spent the summers of his childhood. He starts to search for a partner, a comic relief, with whom he can be famous.
Style:
surreal, humorous, touching, clever, entertaining, black comedy, dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, skit ...
Plot:
comedian, eccentricity, farce, creativity, self discovery, friendship, parents and children, introspection, actor's life, haunted by the past, father son relationship, clown, coming of age, family relations, heist, dark humor, friends, love and romance, couples, love affair, starting over, eccentric family, couple relations, dog, ship ...
Time:
90s, 18th century
Place:
england, las vegas, usa, europe, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and touching films with plots about couples, family relations, friendship, love and romance, parents and children, friends and couple relations mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Funny Bones: 10 Items or Less (2006), In Memory of My Father (2005), Tomorrow We Move (2004), Stuart Saves His Family (1995), Full Grown Men (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, touching, road movie, humorous, light ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, job interview, road trip, research, on the road, movie star, mentor, friends, stranger, actor's life, celebrity culture ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, seattle, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The youngest son of a legendary Hollywood producer, a Robert Evans type, accepts a bribe from his father to document his death.
Style:
semi serious, cynical, touching, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When her mother moves in, the life of a writer gets crowded.
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
profanity, love and romance, friendship, unlikely partners, introspection, farce, lifestyle, family life, couples, eccentric family, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Stuart Smalley, the Saturday Night Live character, comes to the big screen. Stuart, the disciple of the 12 step program, is challenged by lifes injustices.
Style:
humorous, satirical, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, farce, dark humor, addiction, satire, nothing goes right, self discovery, disorder, family problems, family life, couple relations, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
minnesota, chicago, california
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A man stuck in the reveries of his youth tracks down the boyhood friend he once tormented, only to find that simpler times were more complicated than he thought.
Style:
road movie, realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
amusement park, friends, partner, best friend, family relations, couples, introspection, couple relations, moral dilemma, youth, buddies, on the road ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida
Similarity:
33%
674
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A retired teacher and a soap star leave their routines and the men in their lives behind and embark on a weekend trip.
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, fall in love, human nature, on the road, looking for love, introspection, best friend, hopes, parents and children, family business, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Five seemingly unrelated people decide to take huge risks in their personal lives in an effort to find happiness.
Style:
talky, semi serious, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
starting over, human nature, lifestyle, family relations, city life, couples, introspection, waking up, urban, breakup, singleness, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, homecoming, hopes, family problems, couples, family relations, love and romance, estrangement, family life, eccentric family, parents and children, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Pompous and self-absorbed Kyle, is unhappily stuck in his life, longing to relive the success of his first novel. His not-so-desirable life rapidly unravels forcing him to return home to his wildly eccentric family with his tail between his legs. ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, love and romance, couples, terminal illness, wooing, family relations, writer's life, couple relations, eccentric family, estrangement, unfulfillment, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
736
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Filipino-American high school student Ben (Dante Mercado) works in a comic book shop to earn money to pay his way into Cal Arts. His father, a postman, is determined that his son--who has won a pre-med scholarship to UCLA--will become a doctor. The ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, touching ...
Plot:
culture clash, coming of age, high school, friendship, couples, school, looking for love, high school life, lifestyle, love and romance, family life, nightlife ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.
Style:
talky, realistic, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
divorce, friendship, bittersweet, skinny dipping, vacation, sadness, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, love and romance, introspection, human nature, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1981, 70s
Place:
usa, new england
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Suspension from school, the loss of a friend, a broken heart and lack of inspiration lead to Maude's downfall in this romp through teenage error. Your teenage years are never easy… but for Maude, things couldn't be worse. Within one ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
teenage love, dysfunctional family, family life, siblings relations, teenage life, family relations, best friend, parents and children, love and romance, family problems, eccentric family, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection with the car-owner and with himself as well.
Style:
road movie, ironic, melancholic, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
road trip, coming of age, self discovery, teenage life, parents and children, love and romance, introspection, human nature, lifestyle, obsessive quest, boy, friendship ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s
Place:
oregon, new orleans, california, new jersey, reno nevada
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Julia Sweeney tells the viewers the monologue about the hard time in her life when her brother fought with cancer and she was also diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
Style:
talky, humorous, witty, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cancer, dark humor, couples, family problems, family relations, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, ego clash, love and romance, human nature, couple relations, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, tokyo
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A teenage girl plots to keep her parents' marriage together, erroneously thinking they're considering divorce.
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, youth, couple relations, best friend, lifestyle, love and romance, babies and infants, coming of age, family problems, teenage life, siblings relations, crumbling marriage ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, mumblecore, ironic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
christmas, family relations, housewife, eccentric family, character study, introspection, siblings relations, writers, disorder, couple relations, adolescence vs adulthood, friendship ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, stylized, sentimental ...
Plot:
comedian, showbiz, actor's life, ambition, aging, desire for fame, family life, talent agent, rise and fall, rise to the top, judaism, fame ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, new jersey
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, clever, humorous
Plot:
friends, friendship, partner, love and romance, lifestyle, self discovery, odd couple, disorder, couples, infidelity, nothing goes right, dishonesty ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mysterious power failure in a small mountain town coincides with the disappearance of one of its most eccentric young residents. Mystery piles upon mystery as his family and friends search for him, fail, and ultimately try to forget about him, an ...
Style:
stylized, surreal, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
small town, social relations, friendship, best friend, family relations, disorder, friends, family life, missing person, nothing goes right, dark humor, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere
Plot:
couples, couple relations, infidelity, pregnancy, best friend, thirtysomething life, friends, introspection, crumbling marriage, divorce, adultery, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
buddies, friendship, couples, family relations, couple relations, fall in love, lifestyle, society, love and romance, parents and children, unsupportive parent, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, india
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young shut-in takes an imaginary road trip inside his apartment, based on mementos and memories of a European trek from years before.
Style:
surreal, captivating, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
odd couple, friendship, isolation, friends, partner, haunted by the past, wilderness, on the road, buddies, introspection, escapades, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, poland
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Karen Cooper wants to domineer her family and believes she's its pillar. In fact she does everything wrong. Thus she messes up all their lives and futures, rather then help her loved-ones.
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, emotional, entertaining ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, parents and children, lifestyle, family relations, teenage life, family problems, wooing, youth, love and romance, adolescence vs adulthood, single parent, pregnancy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Filmed entirely on location in East Hampton, Long Island, "Last Summer in the Hamptons" concerns a large theatrical family spending the last weekend of their summer together at the decades-old family retreat which economic circumstances ...
Style:
independent film, talky, clever, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, brother sister relationship, matriarchy, playwright, theatre director, family relations, estate, death in the family, family home, theatrical troupe, theatre play, theatre group ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, long island, california
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two down on their luck childhood friends struggle to figure out their lives. Ray a drummer in a rock and roll band, and Owen an aspiring film maker spend most of their time working menial jobs and drinking. When Owen's fiancé Lynn breaks off ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, atmospheric, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, coming of age, introspection, friends, buddies, hidden identity, youth, disorder, couple relations, alcohol abuse, male friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, kansas
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Motherhood is a comedy written and directed by Katherine Dieckmann, and stars Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver. Shot on location in New York’s West Village, focuses on the dilemmas of motherhood, such as marriage, work, and self, ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
best friend, family life, friendship, disorder, family relations, friends, couples, lifestyle, couple relations, parents and children, mother, blog ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom, distant brother, and stoic dad. But when Billy starts to act out, everything ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, clever ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, dark humor, dysfunctional family, childhood trauma, family life, family problems, haunted by the past, teenage life, parents and children, social relations, teenage boy ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
usa, new england
Similarity:
29%
760
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
stripper, single parent, actor's life, couples, friends, thirtysomething life, family relations, human nature, love and romance, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
los angeles, austria, europe, california, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternate to living in a retirement home; joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on the aging population.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
friendship, aging, couples, family relations, couple relations, elderly, parents and children, old age, truth, old people, friends, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
29%
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