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My Fellow Americans (1996)
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.
Style:
humorous, witty, political, light, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, funny, road movie, satirical ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, assassination, satire, unlikely friendships, betrayal, conspiracy theory, happy ending, disorder, odd couple, buddies, journalism, self discovery, head of state, republican, democrat, dishonesty, state affairs, goofy hero, cons and scams, white house, american politics, homeless, police investigation, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, west virginia, ohio
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, melancholic, realistic and funny films with plots about mentor, dialogue, storytelling, catastrophe, farce, adaptation and runaway mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Romance genres. Some movies like My Fellow Americans: Hopscotch (1980), The Distinguished Gentleman (1992), Head of State (2003), The Odd Couple II (1998), Getting Away with Murder (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
political, realistic, humorous, clever, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, greed, political corruption, cancer, redemption, lobbyist, dishonesty, rise to the top, human spirit, bribery, fighting the system, switching roles ...
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Place:
washington d.c., latin america, florida, usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam (Rock) as his replacement .
Style:
political, funny, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
politics, usa president, presidential election, farce, stereotypes, ambition, state affairs, republican, fish out of water, head of state, satire, brother brother relationship ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., chicago illinois, nashville tennessee
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51%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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road movie, feel good, humorous, visually appealing, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
friendship, road trip, marriage, couples, farce, divorce, destiny, fight scenes, catastrophe, fantasy world, culture clash, first contact ...
Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander, he takes it upon himself to rid the world of this man.
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humorous, witty, realistic, semi serious, stylized ...
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teens
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46%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
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Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. ...
Style:
epic, funny, road movie, feel good, parody ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
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Country: USA
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usa, california, las vegas, greenland
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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humorous, funny, light, parody, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
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45%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bill Mitchell is the philandering and distant President of the United States. Dave Kovic is a sweet-natured and caring Temp Agency operator, who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President. As such, when Mitchell wants to escape an ...
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feel good, political, touching, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c., california
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corruption in Washington. His stunt goes further than he expects when he actually wins the election, but a software engineer suspects that a computer glitch ...
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime ...
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humorous, funny, political, light, clever ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
political satire, politics, sarcasm, political campaign, corruption, friends, political conspiracy, parents and children, partners, road trip, political candidate, brothers ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
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Plot:
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Place:
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44%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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kids
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Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The escaped delinquent John W. Burns, Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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california, chicago illinois, usa
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38%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
light, feel good, humorous, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
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38%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A family wedding reignites the ancient feud between next-door neighbors and fishing buddies John and Max. Meanwhile, a sultry Italian divorcée opens a restaurant at the local bait shop, alarming the locals who worry she'll scare the fish away. ...
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humorous, funny, melancholic, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, california, new jersey, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Care-free Charlie (Walter Matthau) cons his widower brother-in-law Herb (Jack Lemmon) into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
washington d.c., new york, california, new hampshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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