Movies like The Importance of Being Earnest
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The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, witty, melancholic, romantic, stylized, realistic, semi serious, clever ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
false identity, mistaken identity, love story, twists and turns, happy ending, friendship, couples, social differences, comedy of errors, comedy of manners, disorder, love, farce, fall in love, relationships, country estate, catastrophe, women, betrayal, wine, justice, destiny, corruption, runaway, royal family ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 18th century, edwardian era, 1930s, 1920s, 1890s ...
Place:
england, london, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out light, romantic, clever and witty films with plots about dialogue, adaptation, catastrophe, culture clash, runaway, mentor and love and romance mostly in Romance, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Importance of Being Earnest: Mansfield Park (1999), An Ideal Husband (1999), Love & Friendship (2016), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Emma (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
This fun and sexy comedy tells a timelessly entertaining story where wealthy, secret passions and mischievous women put love to the test.. When a spirited young woman, Fanny Price, is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich ...
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england, london, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an ...
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love and romance, couples, politics, high society, husband wife relationship, love story, unlikely friendships, dishonesty, blackmail, society, dandy, corruption ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s, 18th century, 90s
Place:
england, london
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men, handsome Reginald DeCourcy and ...
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england, ireland, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
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Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own ...
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romantic, affectionate, light, sweet, entertaining ...
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girls' night, date night, family outing, teens, chick flick
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fall in love, looking for love, matchmaker, love and romance, friendship, couples, social differences, society, matchmaking, countryside, male female friendship, estate ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their "mountain" is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation. The film is based on a story heard by ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 327 min.
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Jane Austen's classic novel about the prejudice that occurred between the 19th century classes and the pride which would keep lovers apart.
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romantic, stylized, atmospheric, witty, sweet ...
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england, london, europe, britain
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy. Based on the Oscar ...
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stylized, light, semi serious, witty, clever ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
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Emma Woodhouse seems to be perfectly content, a loving father whom she cares for, friends, and a home. But Emma has a terrible habit - matchmaking. She cannot resist finding suitors for her friends, most of all Harriet Smith. Emma is desperate for ...
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girls' night, date night
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19th century, regency period, 1920s, 1930s, 18th century ...
Place:
england, london
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Shakespeare's comedy about two couples in love with the wrong partners, and how they are finally brought together rightly, thanks in part to the bungling work of Puck. It is completely in the language of the Bard, with Pfeiffer as the Fairy ...
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date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
magic, shakespeare, love story, mistaken identity, love, friendship, fairy, adaptation, farce, curses spells and rituals, fall in love, young lovers ...
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.
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feel good, light, romantic, sweet, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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london, new york, europe, italy
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
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Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and ...
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twins, divorce, summer camp, mischievous children, lookalikes, single parent, child's point of view, father daughter relationship, twins separated at birth, children, disney, butler ...
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg
Duration: 100 min.
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Hysteria is a romantic comedy with an accomplished cast led by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones and Rupert Everett, that tells an untold tale of discovery - the surprising story of the birth of the electro-mechanical ...
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romantic, sexy, humorous, talky, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
hospital, hysteria, masturbation, court, doctor, unconventional method, ex prostitute, female sexuality, sexual dysfunction, inventions and discoveries, women, happy ending ...
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19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1880s, 50s ...
Place:
england, london, east end london, europe, san francisco
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.
Style:
humorous, feel good, stylized, light, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
cross dressing, shakespeare, twins, mistaken identity, love triangle, comedy of errors, beach, disguise, sea disaster, couples, disorder, fall in love ...
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london, england, cornwall
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
Style:
entertaining, light, romantic, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
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sicily, california, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, Ireland, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 97 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
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Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene Lenormand, sneak into Paris, then Lenormand will reveal himself and Napoleon will regain his throne. Things don't go at all well; first, the ...
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21%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
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london
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21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
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Duration: 97 min.
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Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.
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Country: France, Italy, UK, USA
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Story:
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england, europe, britain
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Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancée, Vera, is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
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