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House of D (2004)
10K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her husband, the young boy is left to his own devices. When Tom develops a crush on schoolmate Melissa, Pappass feels abandoned and begins behaving erratically.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, light, period piece, intense, spiritual, cult classic, feel good, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, friendship, troublemaker, storytelling, haunted by the past, parents and children, teenage life, love and romance, mentally challenged, misfit, youth, first love, secret, woman urinating, woman peeing, teacher, death, hospital, runaway, mental illness, childhood, adolescence, suicide attempt, pun ...
Time:
70s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
new york, paris france, france, usa, europe, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and sentimental films with plots about coming of age, family relations, friendship, father son relationship, storytelling, runaway and husband wife relationship mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like House of D: The Farewell (2019), Monsieur Ibrahim (2003), Murmur of the Heart (1971), City Island (2009), Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Monsieur Ibrahim is a story about a young Jewish boy in Paris who meets an old Muslim Turkish grocery store owner. The film touches the themes of friendship and love as the old man is a father figure to the boy as he teaches him of the Koran. The ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, touching, emotional, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, europe, switzerland, middle east, turkey ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself between the urge to discover love and the ever-present, dominating affection of his mother.
Style:
sexy, touching, erotic, sentimental, controversial ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
incest, mother son incest, coming of age, sexual initiation, oedipus complex, mother son relationship, mother and son, self discovery, sex, exploring sexuality, sexuality, childhood ...
Time:
1950s, year 1954, 20th century, 50s, year 1971 ...
Place:
france, israel, europe, indochina, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections ...
Style:
feel good, sexy, emotional, independent film, witty ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, teenage boy, audition, eccentric family, character study, warden, deception, family life, family problems, prison, nothing goes right, family relations ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, bronx new york city, new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This film is a smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen. Esther Blueburger's quest ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, clever ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
youth, friendship, coming of age, misfit, family relations, eccentric family, switching roles, self discovery, high school life, teenage life, parents and children, fish out of water ...
Time:
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Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia, israel, new zealand
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A film based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, in which a young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ukraine, eastern europe, europe, odessa ukraine, berlin germany ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This Canadian made comedy/drama, set in Hamilton, Ontario in 1954, is a sweet and - at times - goofy story that becomes increasingly poignant as the minutes tick by.
It's the fictional tale of a wayward 9th grader, Ralph (Adam Butcher), who is ...
Style:
sincere, sentimental, realistic, spiritual, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
50s, 1950s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1954 ...
Place:
ireland, europe, boston, ontario canada, canada
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, ...
Style:
touching, feel good, emotional, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, indiana
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over ...
Style:
independent film, sentimental, clever, touching, comedy drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 1995, 90s, year 1990
Place:
new york, america, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, melancholic, talky ...
Plot:
coming of age, poverty, parenthood, dysfunctional family, urban, african american, black, child's point of view, family relations, school, parents and children, single parent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1973
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, tokyo, africa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, emotional, light, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, happy ending, religion, life philosophy, existentialism, boys' school, death in the family, teenage life, baseball, boy, friendship ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
philadelphia, usa, rome italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, dark comedy, teen, disturbing, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, adolescence, exploring sexuality, sexual awakening, family relations, sex, loss of virginity, teenage life, eccentric family, parents and children, social differences ...
Time:
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Place:
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21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, sad, emotional, compassionate, reflective ...
Plot:
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21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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21%
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Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Place:
california, new jersey, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
20%
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sixteen-year-old Dylan is dying of cancer. When a charitable organization offers to grant Dylan his final wish, the teen has a surprising request: to meet supermodel Nikki Sinclair. Much to his mother's dismay, Dylan, with the help of his best ...
Style:
emotional, sexy, tragicomedy, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
american football, last wish, model, teenage love, single parent, life is a bitch, fall in love, teenage life, follow your dream, youth, hallucination, male female relationship ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, teen, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cancer, adolescence, friendship, terminal illness, teenager, coming of age, dying, leukemia, friends, teenage boy, illness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
teen, independent film, entertaining, cynical, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenage life, youth, adolescence, bully, psychiatrist, therapy, misfit, bullying, girlfriend, high school, mental disorder ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, Denmark, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer ...
Style:
humorous, light, talky, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
politics, coming of age, cheerleader, male nudity, 17 year old, friendship, infidelity, self discovery, single parent, teenage love, best friend, introspection ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, year 1996, 90s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, milwaukee wisconsin, massachusetts, europe ...
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19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult classic, stylized, disturbing, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, seattle, massachusetts, california, new jersey
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, high school, debate, nothing goes right, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, misfit, contests and competitions, teacher, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey, usa, california
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, realistic, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
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Place:
texas, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
19%
113K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, inspirational, realistic, witty, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, happy ending, bullying, youth, teacher, drinking, neighbor, divorced parents, storytelling, character study, redemption ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, touching, emotional, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
adoption, terminal illness, self discovery, uncover truth, mother son relationship, introspection, hopes, family problems, parents and children, working class, family life, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
new york, usa, europe, england, liverpool
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, witty, sentimental, dark comedy, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, high school, addiction, youth, depression, debate, teenage life, lifestyle, self discovery, teenage crush, grownups ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, inspirational, witty, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
scotland, england, united kingdom, edinburgh scotland, europe ...
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19%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sweet, funny, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, usa, seattle, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all ...
Style:
dark comedy, clever, offbeat, black comedy, cult classic ...
Plot:
writers, transgender, lgbtq, single mother, dysfunctional family, wrestling, coming of age, passion, writer's life, lgbt, magic realism, female nudity ...
Time:
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Place:
bolivia, new york
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Like many adolescent boys, Roy Darpinian had the hots for movie divas, and one in particular was his wet dream as half of America's in the 1950s: Marilyn Monroe. The difference is, one summer holiday he actually decided to enlist his spineless ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, date night, kids
Plot:
hollywood, coming of age, friendship, on the road, obsession, childhood friend, road trip, teenage boy, small town, flashback, college student, skinny dipping ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1993, 60s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter, which he's promised to Gennaro and which Gennaro would like to ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, independent film, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
18%
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