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The Money Pit (1986)
66K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buys what looks like the home of their dreams – only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything – including the kitchen sink – disappears into the 'Money Pit'.
Style:
realistic, hilarious, light, entertaining, slapstick, romantic, feel good, laugh out loud, sweet, mysterious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
home renovation, buying a house, screwball, love story, nothing goes right, couple relations, farce, writers, culture clash, adaptation, greed, life philosophy, chaos, family in crisis, crumbling marriage, domestic disturbance, danger, unfulfillment, house, new house, cynicism, estate, marriage, wedding, renovation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, rio de janeiro
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, feel good and light films with plots about disorder, farce, culture clash, catastrophe, storytelling, mentor and dialogue mostly in Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Money Pit: Police Academy (1984), Mousehunt (1997), Red Lips (2011), Duplex (2003), Bachelor Party (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, slapstick, parody ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
police academy, police, farce, officers and cadets, chase, dumb, cadet, misfit, recruit, justice, bully, police officer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 1950s
Place:
usa, israel, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
64K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to rid the house of it's single, stubborn ...
Style:
humorous, funny, feel good, light, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
mouse, nothing goes right, animal, family relations, inheritance, exterminator, house, hospital, emaciation, factory, auction, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
80%
414
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In Mexico City, Ricardo is a family man, pressed by responsibilities, when he finally lands a better job as creative director for an ad agency. But that's when his problems really begin: his boss is a martinet, and suddenly Ricardo finds ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
nothing goes right, midlife crisis, disorder, couples, life turned upside down, unfulfillment, sexual relations, relationship vs career, troubled marriage, erectile dysfunction, nudity, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, parody, stylized, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couple relations, dark humor, twists and turns, cons and scams, neighbor neighbor relationship, writers, old woman, parrot, young lovers, thanksgiving, chocolate, fire ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
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50%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This outrageously funny look at one man's final moments of bachelorhood stars Tom Hanks as Rick, reluctant recipient of a bachelor bash given by a group of friends who view partying as their full-time religion. Rick's worried fiancée, ...
Style:
sexy, sex comedy, humorous, funny, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
wedding, party, bachelor party, group of friends, hotel room, fiance fiancee relationship, sex, farce, police raid, lust, prostitute, nude ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, israel
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Chevy Chase stars as Andy Farmer, a sportswriter who moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth (Madolyn Smith) to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, ...
Style:
hilarious, rom com, humorous, slapstick, social ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
small town, fish out of water, writers, husband wife relationship, aspiring writer, farce, christmas, chase, breakup, divorce, fishing, plagiarism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vermont, new york, san francisco
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
baseball, rags to riches, baseball player, millionaire, farce, hotel, inheritance, lawyer, childhood, photographer, black, heir ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ...
Style:
light, funny, hilarious, cult classic, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
stupidity, kidnapping, dog, private detective, human animal relationship, dumb, bird, owner dog relationship, human dog relationship, goofy hero, investigation, pets ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
miami, usa, florida, new jersey, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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189K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns (with some exciting new additions) for more summertime laughs. Lenny (Adam Sandler) has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are ...
Style:
humorous, hilarious, funny, feel good, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
friendship, stupidity, adulthood, friends, party, sexual attraction, family relations, unlikely friendships, midlife crisis, parenthood, buddy, ex classmate ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, not serious, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
split personality, stupidity, breast feeding, road trip, computer, sarcasm, dissociative identity disorder, dumb, alter ego, gross out humor, on the road, excrement ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, 20th century, 90s, year 1982 ...
Place:
rhode island, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want to enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon find, however, that paradise comes at a price: ...
Style:
funny, sexy, humorous, romantic comedy, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
resort, couple relations, marriage, couples, couples therapy, friends, divorce, disorder, island, friendship, marital problem, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
tahiti, chicago, hawaii
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of a couple, Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview.
Style:
humorous, feel good, realistic, light, lighthearted ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
nothing goes right, renewed love, job seeking, happy ending, family problems, disorder, midlife crisis, fish out of water, justice, fish, hotel, marriage ...
Time:
70s, year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, boston, ohio, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, laugh out loud, retro, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
women, chase, love triangle, partner, vengeance, farce, buddy, spy, virus, lgbtq, on the road, fake death ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico
Similarity:
50%
206
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In this off-kilter comedy, a woman comes to terms with her husband's strange secret: a compulsive desire to cut off his arms.
Style:
humorous, not serious, psychological, light, dark comedy ...
Plot:
couple relations, couples, dark humor, farce, human nature, unfulfillment, family problems, crumbling marriage, destruction, obsessive quest, mistaken identity, suburbs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa, Botswana, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot ...
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, talky ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
culture clash, desert, adventurer, farce, danger, nothing goes right, goofy hero, rescue, disorder, friendship, fish out of water, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
africa, south africa, persia, new york
Similarity:
45%
15K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers ...
Style:
funny, feel good, satirical, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, youth, mentor, fish out of water, family problems, rich and poor, social differences, millionaire, toys, spoiled brat, life philosophy, twists and turns ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Style:
humorous, light, realistic, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
mistaken identity, prison, baseball, cons and scams, dalmatian, female nudity, swimming pool, stolen identity, lone hero, fish out of water, disorder, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
california, malibu california, chicago, los angeles
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Larry Abbot, speaker in the radio horror shows of Manhattan Mystery Theater wants to marry. For the marriage he takes his fiancée home to the castle where he grew up among his eccentric relatives. His uncle decides that he needs to be cured from a ...
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, absurd, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, dysfunctional family, farce, radio, dialogue, couples, family relations, nothing goes right, love and romance, disorder, family problems ...
Time:
80s, 1930s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When Elena, a Russian immigrant studying in Miami and Carlos her Columbian boyfriend run out of legal options for staying in the U.S. the couple switch partners with Betty and Mike, an American couple who are also their best friends. All is well ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, green card, couple relations, mate swapping, switching roles, nothing goes right, immigrant, best friend, society, friendship, love and romance, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, miami
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Henry (Streisand) is a woman who would do anything for her husband Pete-- including borrow money so he has a chance of making his dreams come true. But now there's the loan sharks to deal with...
Style:
hilarious, semi serious, realistic, feel good, witty ...
Plot:
money, loan shark, race against time, couple relations, nothing goes right, prostitute, love and romance, fall in love, dishonesty, family relations, couples, screwball ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A middle-aged produce salesman finds his love of opera and singing reawakened when his childhood love returns to town.
Style:
psychological, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
date night
Plot:
family problems, couples, screwball, lovers reunited, working class, love affair, couple relations, hopes, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, love and romance, large family ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive, he seeks help from his ex, Glenda. She is a public defender remarried to a prosecutor, and we get a houseful of hijinks.
Style:
humorous, witty, sweet, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
farce, bank robbery, love triangle, couple relations, dog, bank teller, dishonesty, disorder, on the run, nothing goes right, love and romance, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
california, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As his luck goes, he is caught with neither money nor his ID and is deported to Mexico - without ...
Style:
humorous, parody, funny, entertaining, talky ...
Plot:
culture clash, immigrant, mistaken identity, deportation, weed, farce, adaptation, lone hero, twists and turns, fish out of water, dishonesty, misfit ...
Time:
80s
Place:
mexico, los angeles, latin america, tijuana mexico, california
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Yearning for an evening without their kids, some friends plan a night out. But to do this, their husbands need to watch the kids. What can go wrong?
Style:
sweet, humorous, cute, melancholic, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
christian, pastor, parenthood, nothing goes right, parents and children, family relations, couples, comedy of errors, best friend, parent child relationship, youth, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, talky, intense ...
Plot:
pimp, friendship, prostitution, sex club, elevator, thanksgiving, christmas, extortion, fiance fiancee relationship, anger, neighbor, argument ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four college buddies find themselves on the adventure of their lives, when on the morning after a Las Vegas bachelor party, they end up stranded deep in Mexico penniless, being chased, falling in love, and fighting to make it back across the border ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, feel good, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wedding, nothing goes right, hung over, buddies, on the road, escapades, race against time, disorder, road trip, bachelor party, party, comedy of errors ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, las vegas, usa, latin america
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Felix Ungar has just broken up with his wife. Despondent, he goes to kill himself but is saved by his friend Oscar Madison. With nowhere else to go, Felix is urged by Oscar to move in with him, at least for a while. The only problem is that Felix is ...
Style:
funny, atmospheric, hilarious, feel good, clever ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
friendship between men, friendship, buddies, roommate, argument, group of friends, depression, roommate roommate relationship, friends who live together, bromance, divorce, breakup ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, tokyo, seattle
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A comedy about a woman who saves her chicken farm and her family by agreeing to be the subject of a "reality show" with a celebrity Hollywood weight loss expert. Both women change and discover the true meaning of success (Imdb.com)
Style:
semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
family in crisis, lifestyle, farm, manipulation, life turned upside down, ambition, family problems, disorder, couples, culture clash, society, family business ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Suburbanites Danny and Linda try to overcome their various differences and try to get along after his wife and her husband run off with each other.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental, offbeat ...
Plot:
adultery, suburbs, infidelity, bittersweet, family relations, family problems, couples, family life, suburban life, love affair, love and romance, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, witty, dark comedy, funny ...
Plot:
unemployment, insomnia, midlife crisis, down on your luck, crumbling marriage, couple relations, family problems, odd couple, unfulfillment, husband wife relationship, fired from the job, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
43%
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