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The Moderns (1988)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He becomes involved in a plot by wealthy art patroness Nathalie de Ville to forge three paintings. This leads to several run-ins with American rubber magnate Bertram Stone, who happens to be married to Hart's ex-wife Rachel.
Style:
clever, humorous, surreal, expressionism, realistic, semi serious, independent film, light, romantic, philosophical ...
Plot:
art, sensuality, artist, painter, writers, painting, forgery, collector, love, drinking, glamour, world war one, expatriate, nude photography, alcohol abuse, love and romance, intrigue, couples, love affair, lifestyle, actor's life, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, performer's life, couple relations ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1930s, 20s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, new york, canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and clever films with plots about couples, love and romance, couple relations, sex, artists and showbiz, infidelity and husband wife relationship mostly in Romance, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Moderns: Choose Me (1984), The Bohemian Life (1992), An Almost Perfect Affair (1979), Welcome to L.A. (1976), Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talkback radio relationships counseller, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.
Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, France, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe, finland
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
From the back cover: Oscar winner Keith Carradine ("Nashville," "The Duelists") stars in this sparkling romantic comedy about two unlikely lovers who find each other amid the glitz, glamour and frenzy of the Cannes Film Festival. ...
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realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, sexual ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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55%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 154 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe, italy, tokyo
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
Style:
cult classic, clever, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london
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47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a scholar, is haunted by an overwhelming desire to understand the mystery of sex, he decides to conduct an investigation. With two beautiful assistants joining the case, the stakes are raised.
Style:
sexy, talky, captivating, humorous, psychological ...
Plot:
sex, making love, sexuality, dark humor, sexual relations, looking for sex, lifestyle, destructive relationship, sex scene, female nudity, erotica, voyeur ...
Time:
year 2001, year 1929, 1920s
Place:
europe, france, paris france
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
jealous husband, love story, female nudity, brutality, lifestyle, dishonesty, actor's life, couple relations, journalism, couples, relationship vs career, sex ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, london, europe, england ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Teacher Sara has always played by the rules and has never thought of herself as one who's attracted to the "bad boy" type. That all changes when tattoo artist Virgil takes part in a classroom show-and-tell session and Sara reluctantly ...
Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, san francisco, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
38%
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, french riviera, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 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:
england, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Audience:
date night
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, harsh, semi serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe, brittany, tokyo ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
holland, europe, usa, new york
Similarity:
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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.
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Style:
romantic comedy, funny, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, venice, los angeles, europe, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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girls' night, date night, chick flick
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
couples, male pubic hair, hotel, dancing, prison, theft, performer's life, dishonesty, lifestyle, couple relations, womanizer, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
1920s, year 1981
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After his last girlfriend slept with his last roommate, Reno Rizzolla moves to L.A. with his new girlfriend... and chaos ensues when the debt on the house forces him to get roommates.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, scenic, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Place:
usa, dallas texas, texas
Similarity:
30%
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