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Guarding Tess (1994)
21K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle, widow of a former U.S. President, and close personal friend of the President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed. He wants off her detail. She is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands. Doug returns with no idea of how to continue dealing with her.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, light, semi serious, realistic, suspense, emotional, political, satirical, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, old woman, bodyguard, u.s. president, hostage, rescue, hospital, buried alive, chauffeur, secret service, telephone call, celebrity, anger, widow, limousine driver, secret service agent, farmhouse, president, first lady, saving a life, master and servant, secret agent, heartwarming, pursuit, loneliness ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
washington d.c., columbus ohio, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and clever films with plots about friendship, dialogue, mentor, storytelling, runaway, pornography and culture clash mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Guarding Tess: Being There (1979), Bruno (2000), Swing Vote (2008), Postcards from the Edge (1990), Dutch (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, funny, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Style:
black comedy, satirical, dark comedy, political, cynical ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
washington d.c., albania, persia, usa, middle east ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
san francisco, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
370K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
hilarious, road movie, funny, humorous, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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567
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, satirical, semi serious, thrilling, humorous ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, emotional, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
20%
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult classic, clever, independent film, philosophical, surreal ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
seattle
Similarity:
20%
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, light, melancholic, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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19%
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
semi serious, captivating, humorous, independent film
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Country: Italy, France, USA
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Story:
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Style:
sexy, humorous, semi serious, anthology, absurd ...
Audience:
date night
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Time:
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Place:
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