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Gloss (2007)
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Original name: Глянец
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A pretty, young girl from a coal-mining town comes to Moscow with dreams of becoming a supermodel in this satirical look at the fashion industry.
Style:
psychological, light, touching, feel good, humorous, suspense, art house, rom com
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
fashion show, fashion model, dream, determination, poverty, satire, fired from the job, matchmaking, fashion, fashion industry, rich, twins, wealth, fiancee, girl, magazine, mining town, rejection, town, seamstress, fashion designer, twin, fired from a job
Place:
moscow russia, russia, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, captivating and feel good films with plots about satire, fashion, relationships, women, urban, life philosophy and nude mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Gloss: Two Days (2011), Paris or Perish (2013), Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966), Vekh Baraatan Challiyan (2017), 7 Days (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A two days from the life of Pyotr Drozdov, a highly ranked official from Moscow, which he spends with young museum employee Masha.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
writer's life, love and romance, fall in love, artists and showbiz, writers, love at first sight, summer, psychology, hung over, librarian, fiance fiancee relationship, museum ...
Time:
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Place:
russia, soviet union, europe, ussr
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Maya is living the ultimate fashionistas dream: she is working as a stylist for one of the French trend setters, in the capital of haute-couture: Paris. One of the IT girls of fashion, shes following her dreams until one night, when her life takes ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, sweet, inspirational ...
Plot:
fashion, fashion designer, immigrant, hopes, escapades, rise to the top, life turned upside down, misfit, getting home, childhood home, stereotypes, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, morocco
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67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In this excoriating satire of the fashion industry, Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model in Paris, on the runway at the big shows where magazine editor Ms. Maxwell is the reigning opinion maker. The ridiculous passes for ...
Style:
surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
fashion, model, counterculture, fashion industry, satire, fashion model, designer, hippie, lust, swing, modernism, art ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Punjabi bus conductor falls in love with a Haryanvi girl, and then the comedy sets up when these different cultures get mingled up for marriage.
Style:
thrilling, semi serious, satirical, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
punjabi, marriage, male female relationship, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, love story, culture clash, satire, love interest, small town, matchmaking ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
As if their pre-arranged date, organized by their traditional Indian parents, wasn’t uncomfortable enough, Ravi and Rita are forced to shelter in place together as COVID-19’s reach intensifies. Hopefully for their sake, opposites do indeed ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
dating, quarantine, social problems, satire, intimate, arranged marriage, opposites attract, wooing, chemistry, single, slice of life, young adult ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A man takes revenge on his sister by hiring her as his personal assistant.
Style:
humorous, light, psychological, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
gay lead character, sibling relationship, employer employee relationship, new job, student, fired from the job, personal assistant, boss, adultery, jealousy, manipulation, infidelity ...
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into ...
Style:
sexy, witty, entertaining, humorous, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
women, infidelity, betrayal, divorce, friendship, transformation, fashion, fashion show, lesbian, woman in labor, female friendship, cheating ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, connecticut, san francisco
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An amoral man manhandles his wife and falls into the claws of a wheeler dealer.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, light, feel good ...
Plot:
corruption, wedding, couple relations, family life, estrangement, family relations, single parent, family in crisis, marriage, family drama, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Max falls into the hands of a "happy" horoscope, which he must follow for 30 days, performing all its insane orders to obtain previously unavailable beauty and success. But one day Max's horoscope is replaced...
Style:
feel good, funny, sincere, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
horoscope, couple relations, misfit, fall in love, rise to the top, new love, chance meeting, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, astrology, luck, lifestyle, escapades ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.
Style:
clever, stylized, realistic, captivating, cynical ...
Plot:
fashion, obsession, model, rise and fall, rags to riches, lifestyle, rising to stardom, rise to the top, desire for fame, showbiz, celebrity culture, fame ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, canada, europe, france, montreal ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A struggling rickshaw driver’s life takes a rollicking turn when he comes upon an expensive camera and decides to make a film with his fellow villagers.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, funny, dramatic, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
village, driver, rickshaw, filmmaking, drought, dream, optimism, hopes, heartwarming, resilience, rural setting, cinema ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two middle-aged male friends are travelling together by car and expressing their thoughts and emotions connected with women.
Style:
light, funny, feel good, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
road trip, relationships, sexual humor, satire, humour, sex talk, friends, battle of the sexes, conversation, nightmare, car, night ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The historical drama set during the Second World War centres on three people whose paths cross: a Russian aristocratic emigrant and member of the French resistance, a French collaborator and a high-ranking German SS officer.
Style:
psychological, rough, touching, black and white, philosophical
Plot:
concentration camp, prison, world war two, nazi collaborator, interrogation, nazi, holocaust, dictator, collaboration, occupied france, nobleman, ss officer ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1942
Place:
germany, soviet union, french riviera
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Satyapratapan and Kuruvila are chronic bachelors. SP's sister Sandhya lives as a paying guest in their neighbourhood. Problems begin when Mukesh and Harishree Ashokan join Mammootty and Rambha joins Sandhya.
Style:
thrilling, semi serious, captivating, psychological, light hearted ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
male protagonist, neighbor neighbor relationship, family problems, bachelor, satire, family life, lifestyle, life, neighbor, relationship problems, roommate, friendship ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
india
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A single woman runs a rent-a-cat service to provide companions for lonely people.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, sincere, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
pets, introspection, cat, loneliness, summer, asian, small business, japanese woman, disorder, life turned upside down, singleness, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
And in The Morning They Woke Up
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, black comedy
Plot:
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Place:
russia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three people live in a cottage near Moscow: Steven, the owner of the house, an American millionaire of Russian origin; Egor, a young postgraduate doctor and Dasha, Stephen's next nurse. Steven, trying to get rid of everyday boredom, turns ...
Style:
touching, light, cynical, melancholic, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
initially antagonists, manipulation, unlikely couple, psychological manipulation, terminal illness, life is a bitch, hopes, male female relationship, nursing, unhappy ending, transformation, life philosophy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, disturbing, semi serious, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, life, smoking, businessman, threat, satire, urban, escalation, danger, advertising, corporate world, boss ...
Time:
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Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Greece, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A coming-of-old-age story of an eccentric Tailor who doesn't quit fit into the world and has isolated himself into the attic of the family's tailoring shop. On the verge of losing everything, he finally gets triggered: with a wondrously ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, satirical
Plot:
fashion designer, bank, sewing, bankruptcy, fashion, social problems, relationships, satire, problem, job, seamstress, financial crisis ...
Place:
europe, greece, athens greece
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Lisa is a young designer from Paris. She is starting to work as an independent designer and she wants to make a fashion show. A friend of her, a girl named Hêlin persuades Lisa to make the show in Diyarbakir, telling her that in there you can find ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
fashion show, fashion model, fashion, fashion designer, model, fashion industry, couple relations, life is a bitch, jealousy, tragic love, jealous man, infidelity ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a salon refuses to hire her because of her plump figure, irrepressible hair stylist Kathi plots revenge by opening her own beauty parlor next door. But when she faces a cash-flow problem, Kathi resorts to some creative means of raising capital.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
beauty salon, follow your dream, physical appearance, family relations, lifestyle, fashion, power relations, boss and employee, workplace, anthropology, monkey, workplace situations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
46%
810
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Octave Parango, the former concept creator/editor of 99 francs has become a model scout in Moscow. This cynical hedonist leads a very pleasant life in the arms of young Russian models and in the private jets of his oligarch friends... until the day ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, cynical, dark comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
media, satire, modeling, model, empire fashion, talent agent, workplace intrigue, scandal, haute couture, fashion, scout, employment agency ...
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy ...
Style:
humorous, witty, satirical, sad, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
satire, unsuccessful, filmmaking, female nudity, father daughter relationship, slice of life, nude women, bare breasts, parent child relationship, family relations, young heroes, single parent ...
Time:
year 1994, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, australia
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers.
Style:
ironic, sentimental, humorous, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
adaptation, artist, couples, society, self discovery, lifestyle, bittersweet, love, ambition, loneliness, fashion, art ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, tokyo
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Anatoli Yefremovich Novoseltsev works in a ratings company, whose director is an unattractive and bossy woman. An old friend of his, Yuri Grigorievich Samokhvalov, who gets appointed assistant director, wants to make Novoseltsev the manager but ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
workplace romance, fall in love, love affair, strong female lead, unlikely couple, relationship vs career, boss and employee, office, love and romance, urban, workplace, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Doris simply wanted to open a refined, stylish coffee shop in a bohemian Taipei neighborhood, but when she's stuck with a load of useless gifts from the opening celebration, her younger sister Josie turns the café into a burgeoning bartering ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, disturbing, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
coffee shop, slice of life, cafe owner, satire, lifestyle, dream, business, female protagonist, dreaming, businesswoman, follow your dream, community ...
Place:
taipei
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast.
Style:
melancholic, road movie, stylized, talky, light ...
Plot:
adultery, dominant woman, runaway, love affair, dishonesty, couples, fall in love, sex, bittersweet, farm, poverty, wedding ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brazil, northeast brazil, latin america
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A girl from Yazoo City, Mississippi pins all her hopes on winning the local beauty pageant.
Style:
witty, humorous, talky, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, small town, underdog, seamstress, love and romance, human nature, contests and competitions, youth, fall in love, family problems, couples, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, new york
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An aspiring model, Cynthia, becomes the focus of a documentary when she is chosen as the face for the world's biggest fashion designer, Claudio. Cynthia accidentally overdoses and with deadlines looming they decide to use her corpse to continue ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic, mockumentary ...
Plot:
dishonesty, dark humor, cons and scams, fashion industry, satire, photographer, corpse, death, drug overdose, naked female corpse, nudity, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bunch of funny and romantic stories from the life of a military base in Russia.
Style:
feel good, satirical, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love, satire, couple relations, relationships, love affair, male female relationship, military life, military officer, military, ghost, russian soldier, love triangle ...
Similarity:
45%
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