Movies like Modern Romance
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Modern Romance (1981)
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, funny, disturbing, intense, realistic, semi serious, clever, witty, talky ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
obsession, love, character study, honest, love and romance, couples, self discovery, fall in love, breakup, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, hipster, hidden treasure, doomed romance, crazy love, hollywood, urban, nudity, female nudity, running, salesman, neurosis, filmmaking, diner, satire, argument ...
Time:
20th century, year 1981, 80s, 70s
Place:
usa
Keyword:
gangsters
Most similar movies to Modern Romance
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and witty films with plots about love and romance, couples, couple relations, fall in love, lifestyle, breakup and love mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Modern Romance: Forget Paris (1995), Annie Hall (1977), Real Life (1979), This Is Not a Film (2003), Lost in America (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, sweet, intense, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
basketball, referee, couple relations, family problems, couples, marriage, long distance relationship, women, breakup, american abroad, love, crisis ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
277K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the city of New York, comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Style:
romantic comedy, philosophical, romantic, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
comedian, relationships, love and romance, neurosis, marriage, divorce, loneliness, unlikely friendships, love story, dating, passion, friendship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1977, 60s
Place:
new york, los angeles, california, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Style:
mockumentary, satirical, funny, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, society, family relations, dark humor, lifestyle, family life, nothing goes right, disorder, fictional reality show, satire, husband wife relationship, showbiz ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
New Yorker Michael Connor attempts to find the woman who left him by making a film about her, hoping that someone (maybe you?) will recognize his ex and convince her to get back together with him. To help the viewer understand who he is and why his ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, talky, sentimental, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
filmmaking, breakup, couples, couple relations, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, obsession, artists and showbiz, urban, actress, reenactment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, witty, talky, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
road trip, on the road, self discovery, motor home, fired from the job, marriage, couples, fish out of water, nothing goes right, cross country trip, married couple, promotion ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1985
Place:
las vegas, arizona, nevada, new york, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Movies like Friends with Benefits
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
What happens when a screenwriter (Brooks) loses his edge, he turns to anyone he can for help... even if it's the mythical "Zeus's Daughter" (Stone). And he's willing to pay, albeit reluctantly, whatever price it takes to ...
Style:
satirical, light, funny, feel good, surprise ending ...
Plot:
hollywood, muse, screenwriter, writers, manipulation, writer's life, runaway, workplace, mentor, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A woman who gets paid to break people up is forced to become a matchmaker when some new competition muscles her out of the break-up business. Now, in order to save her company (and keep her high-priced wardrobe) she'll have to rely on her old ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
breakup, couples, love and romance, rivalry, fall in love, workplace, wooing, workplace situations, career change, teenager, win over, rules ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A modern reimagining of the classic romantic comedy, this contemporary version closely follows new love for two couples as they journey from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, talky, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
dating, black, love and romance, looking for love, friendship, battle of the sexes, couple relations, sexual relations, up and down relationship, thirtysomething life, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Young filmmakers trying to hawk a movie titled "Bradykillers" about a serial killer who goes after victims Marcia, Jan, and Cindy meet their screen idol, William Shatner. The two young men, who idolize him and in their fantasies have seen ...
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, independent film, talky ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, star trek, stereotypes, obsession, love and romance, dream, lifestyle, love triangle, bookstore, addiction, comic book, filmmaking ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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:
light, touching, humorous, romantic, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
pregnancy, marriage, women, self discovery, parent child relationship, couple relations, love, babies and infants, family drama, farce, parenthood, baby ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
Style:
humorous, talky, melancholic, light, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
loneliness, singleness, breakup, adaptation, starting over, couple relations, love and romance, looking for love, slutty attitude, affair, lonely, traffic jam ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. ...
Style:
romantic, funny, sentimental, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
long distance relationship, love, couples, intern, lovers apart, true love, love story, stereotypes, happy ending, sex, unlikely relationship, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, new york, usa, california, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. ...
Style:
talky, realistic, funny, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
journalism, journalist, media, unrequited love, workplace, slutty attitude, workplace romance, friendship, unlikely friendships, workaholic, reporter, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1987, 60s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young career woman Samantha 'Sam' Hoyt gets swept off her feet by Benjamin 'Ben' Rosen, who romances her better then anyone before, so she jumps at the offer of becoming his fiancée. If Ben thought a girls typical obsession with ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, feel good, semi serious, rom com
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, true love, rabbi, disorder, obsession, nothing goes right, love and romance, couples, culture clash, love triangle, breakup, love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Broke and alone on New Year's Eve, Wilson just wants to spend the rest of a very bad year in bed. But, when his best friend convinces him to post a personal ad, he meets a woman bent on finding the right guy to be with at midnight.
Style:
semi serious, independent film, romantic, mumblecore, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
new year, loneliness, love and romance, looking for love, human nature, lifestyle, holiday, passion, love, couples, sex talk, photography ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Johnny Rizzo, is about to trade his dream job in talk radio for some snooze-ville gig that'll pay enough to please his fiance. Enter Uncle Terry, a rascally womanizer set on turning a weekend in the Hamptons into an eye-opening fling for his ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, entertaining, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
job interview, love and romance, lifestyle, self discovery, male female relationship, new job, society, mentor, friendship, tennis player, beach, runner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This effects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel. Burt Reynolds is an attractive middle-aged man who suffers a crisis of confidence when ...
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
starting over, support group, dating, hopes, couple relations, love triangle, love affair, infidelity, thanksgiving, love, friendship, holiday ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place:
boston, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Hugo Pool is a quirky tale of a Los Angeles pool cleaner who falls in love with a young man dying of Lou Gerhig's Disease.
Style:
melancholic, semi serious, realistic, talky, humorous ...
Plot:
lifeguard, love, love story, dysfunctional family, fall in love, couple relations, couples, race against time, master and servant, lifestyle, gambling, addiction ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.
Style:
funny, feel good, romantic, satirical, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
hollywood, love triangle, breakup, couples, hotel, infidelity, divorce, showbiz, paparazzi, desire for fame, dishonesty, marriage crisis ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he hires a reporter to teach her how to appear more intelligent. ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, semi serious, witty, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
politics, farce, society, fall in love, love and romance, journalism, social differences, self discovery, teaching the ways of the world, couples, women, corruption ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Movies similar to Set It Up
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Wendell, a neurotic, aimless twentysomething, struggles to figure out which girl he really belongs with: Joanna, the best girl he's ever known, or Vicky, the worst. His friend, Dave, helps him sort through his thoughts as Wendell discovers not ...
Style:
humorous, mumblecore, semi serious, feel good, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love triangle, love affair, social worker, looking for love, self discovery, couples, wooing, lifestyle, battle of the sexes, fall in love, photographer, stand up comedian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, 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, melancholic, sweet, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love, best friend, roommate, destiny, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, happy ending, love story, brooklyn bridge, suicide attempt, looking for love, couples ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
filmmaking, couple relations, hidden identity, couples, lifestyle, love and romance, actor's life, frame up, fall in love, disorder, artists and showbiz, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia gets the best of him when he ...
Style:
independent film, talky, humorous, clever, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, obsession, love and romance, jealousy, substitute teacher, pop culture, infidelity, wooing, singleness, looking for love, comedy of errors, disorder ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, iowa, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife.
Gedorge Segal plays a divorce lawyer who is divorced himself after his wife (Susan Anspach) ...
Style:
romantic comedy, funny, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
divorce, marriage, lawyer, satire, law, infidelity, love triangle, female nudity, ex husband ex wife relationship, family problems, couples, obsession ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, venice, los angeles, europe, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Taylor is a man who has no problems with women. So confident is he that he accepts a challenge from his friends: he has to secure proposals of marriage from three women of their choice.
Style:
light, melancholic, talky, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
womanizer, infidelity, battle of the sexes, true love, love triangle, looking for sex, looking for love, unlikely couple, wooing, dishonesty, betrayal, love and romance ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Vivica A. Fox sizzles as a woman scorned who plans to get her man back by any means necessary. In this comedy about players and those who "get played." As corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith, Fox thinks she's ...
Style:
romantic, humorous, sexy, satirical, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
battle of the sexes, black, mentor, ambition, looking for love, cheating, contests and competitions, lifestyle, buddies, couple relations, guru, dating ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A suddenly single guy invites what he thinks is a perfect couple to move into his apartment, only to discover they quickly insert themselves into all aspects of his life.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, witty, realistic, romantic comedy
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
crumbling marriage, lifestyle, odd couple, love affair, breakup, roommate, thirtysomething life, singleness, looking for sex, love story, couples, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Best pals Jason and Daniel indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mikey is over, they gladly welcome him back into their circle. The three young men make a pact to ...
Style:
romantic, not serious, humorous, teen, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
love and romance, fall in love, three friends, couples, friendship, love story, friendship between men, relationships, couple relations, buddies, looking for sex, teenager ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once ...
Style:
light, suspense, melancholic, harsh, entertaining ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, friendship, movie business, rise to the top, desire for fame, rivalry, ambition, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, rich and poor, satire ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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