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Grumpier Old Men (1995)
31K
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. But she's less interested in seafood than she is in cooking up a hot time with Max.
Style:
funny, melancholic, hilarious, suspense, feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, buddy comedy, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, wedding, prank, fishing, old age, fish, loneliness, old man, rivalry, vengeance, love, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, breakup, husband wife relationship, death of father, old woman, reconciliation, feud, neighbor neighbor relationship, fiance fiancee relationship, odd couple, parents and children, single parent ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 1990s
Place:
minnesota
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic and semi serious films with plots about catastrophe, mentor, culture clash, dialogue, storytelling, adaptation and runaway mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Grumpier Old Men: The Odd Couple (1968), Out to Sea (1997), The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996), The Bachelor (1999), Cousins (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
thanksgiving, senior citizen, snow, old age, chess, feud, wedding, ice fishing, love triangle, winter, christmas, friendship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1978, 1930s
Place:
minnesota, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
Style:
entertaining, rom com, touching, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, kids, girls' night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
dog, mistaken identity, model, photographer, female protagonist, low self esteem, love story, happy ending, radio, friendship, love, blonde ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to ...
Style:
clever, romantic, romantic comedy, smart, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
wedding, inheritance, happy ending, true love, marriage proposal, love, greed, dating, wedding planning, farce, fall in love, marriage ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two couples go to a mutual friends wedding, and end up swapping partners.
Style:
sexy, humorous, romantic, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, wedding, infidelity, love affair, extramarital affair, love story, adultery, family drama, happy ending, family relations, fall in love, love ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
seattle, california
Similarity:
100%
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, humorous, slapstick, semi serious, not serious ...
Plot:
road trip, on the road, wedding, friendship, sheriff, old man, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, argument, airplane, anger, friendship between men ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, florida, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.
Style:
sentimental, light, sweet, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
closeted homosexual, loneliness, dating, best friend, support group, stereotypes, neighbor, single parent, parent child relationship, looking for love, unfulfilled love, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 60s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
Style:
rom com, touching, sweet, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
pregnancy, marriage, babies and infants, women, self discovery, parent child relationship, couple relations, love, husband and wife, baby born, family drama, farce ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he decides to invent his own twin-brother.
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, witty, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
farce, greed, adaptation, art, love triangle, switching roles, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, wooing, hidden identity, nothing goes right, screwball ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
miami
Similarity:
100%
25K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who ...
Style:
satirical, harsh, clever, sentimental, melancholic ...
Plot:
air disaster, mistaken identity, happy ending, chase, satire, corruption, rescue, dishonesty, escapades, petty criminal, custody battle, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, illinois, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty ...
Style:
touching, cult classic, talky, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
death, dysfunctional family, family relations, women, minefield, family gatherings, grandparent grandchild relationship, love and romance, human nature, single parent, family problems, couples ...
Time:
80s, year 1996, 90s
Place:
texas, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster named Waltzer is after her, ...
Style:
romantic comedy, rom com, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, date night, teens ...
Plot:
single father, school, treehouse, prostitute, sex worker, boy, father son relationship, matchmaking, intergenerational friendship, prostitution, kids and family, gangster ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
columbus ohio
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%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy. Michael Keaton and Geena Davis are speechwriters for competing political campaigns. Witty and amusing for the political junkies amongst us.
Style:
sweet, romantic, entertaining, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
insomnia, politics, hotel, fall in love, campaign, battle of the sexes, opposites attract, rivalry, election, political campaign, politician, bear cub ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
new mexico, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
With varying degrees of success, recently divorced friends Dave, Vic and Donny are trying to move on with their lives. Vic feels vilified by his ex-wife's parents, while Donny has a shaky bond with his teen daughter, Emma. Dave, meanwhile, has ...
Style:
humorous, sad, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, children, radio, dating, grief, fall in love, trauma, in love, family relations, family problems, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Arthur (Dudley Moore), that irrepressible drunk, tries to sober up -- and get a job -- in this sequel to the 1981 smash hit. Meanwhile, the father of the girl Arthur stood up at the altar in the first film is conniving to trick the hapless boozer ...
Style:
slapstick, romantic, humorous, sincere, hilarious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
adoption, alcoholic, vengeance, love affair, revenge, alcoholism, butler, video arcade, christmas, riches to rags, ghost, baby ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since first grade, now married to his cheating co-worker.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
friendship, loneliness, advertising executive, crime gone awry, relationships, drinking, destiny, looking for love, midlife crisis, best friend, obsessive quest, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., seattle, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, offbeat, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
farce, house fire, jealousy, arsonist, teenage crush, silly humor, store, unfulfillment, social differences, odd couple, opposites attract, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A comedy about a couple who cannot conceive a baby
Style:
intense, melancholic, touching, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
pregnancy, infertility, women, secrets, dialogue, family relations, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, workplace romance, minefield, couples, workplace ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Joe and Lucy are roommates and best friends. Lucy, whose love life is embarrassingly dull, convinces Joe, who is infatuated with a neighbor he's never met, that if they don't have stable romances within a month, they must jump off the ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, sweet, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love, best friend, suicide attempt, destiny, roommate, happy ending, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, love story, brooklyn bridge, looking for love, couples ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never met Bill and neither have his incredulous friends. So when Tom foolishly agrees to give ...
Style:
black comedy, romantic, humorous, semi serious, rom com ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
mistaken identity, nothing goes right, dark humor, friendship, loneliness, youth, love triangle, adolescence vs adulthood, self discovery, comedy of errors, milf, high school ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
new york, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
divorce, blind date, professor, friendship, alimony, couples, ex husband ex wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, matchmaking, subway, nurse, sewer ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a strange message from an unknown source. The message is coded. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, surprise ending, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, computer, undercover, disappearance, conspiracy, computer cracker, race against time, on the run, deception, assassin ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. ...
Style:
talky, humorous, feel good, not serious, witty ...
Plot:
friendship, aging, life philosophy, partner, odd couple, elderly, retiring, couples, apartment building, father daughter relationship, african american, lie ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story follows the misadventures of a New York City beautician who is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, romantic comedy, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
culture clash, opposites attract, dictatorship, female protagonist, couples, single parent, nanny, couple relations, fish out of water, love and romance, society, dictator ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, funny, rom com, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, friendship, love story, best friends in love, love and romance, best friend, destiny, male female friendship, love triangle, canceled wedding, wedding planning, friends in love ...
Time:
year 2008, year 1998, 90s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
Similarity:
18%
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 ...
Style:
humorous, witty, talky, cynical, black and white ...
Plot:
american football, lawyer, surveillance, insurance fraud, crooked lawyer, lawsuit, insurance, friendship, hospital, cons and scams, odd couple, workplace ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place:
cleveland ohio, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
17%
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