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Day for Night (1973)
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Original name: La Nuit américaine
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Style:
sexy, tense, humorous, atmospheric, romantic, intense, sentimental, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, art, nervous breakdown, satire, adaptation, director, actor's life, nothing goes right, workplace, artists and showbiz, workplace situations, love and romance, lifestyle, film industry, doomed romance, actor, movie business, love, hotel, filmmaker, behind the scenes, time travel, women, circus, cinema ...
Time:
20th century, future, year 1973, 70s, 18th century
Place:
france, europe, riviera, french riviera, nice france
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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 love and romance, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, showbiz, filmmaking, actor and couples mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Day for Night: Beware of a Holy Whore (1971), The Man Who Loved Women (1977), Living in Oblivion (1995), Irma Vep (1996), The State of Things (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tensions between members of a film crew build while they wait for the arrival of the director and star to arrive on location.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
italy, europe
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by himself while writing an autobiographical novel.
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, sex comedy, controversial ...
Plot:
sex addict, sensuality, making love, sex scene, dating, forbidden love, nudity, bachelor, female nudity, writers, relationships, nude girl ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in ...
Style:
surreal, independent film, humorous, funny, talky ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actor, nothing goes right, filmmaker, satire, character study, artists and showbiz, showbiz, friends, lifestyle, actor's life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Chinese movie actress, in France to star in a remake of "Les Vampires", finds petty intrigues and clashing egos on the set.
Style:
art house, stylized, clever, witty, mind bending ...
Plot:
filmmaking, cat burglar, latex, nervous breakdown, satire, movie actress, actress playing herself, female nudity, culture clash, hotel, paranoia, kung fu ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, los angeles, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, Portugal, France, Spain, Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956) . The producer is nowhere to be found and director Munro attempts to find him in hopes of being able to finish ...
Style:
black and white, contemplative, spiritual, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, children, art, chaos, film industry, film producer, spirituality, showbiz, nuclear holocaust, disorder, nothing goes right, chases and races ...
Time:
year 1982, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, germany, portugal, usa, europe
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100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sad, breathtaking, period piece ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
poet, poetry, writers, love, friendship, communism, island, postman, bicycle, art, letter, amor ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1994, 90s, future ...
Place:
italy, sicily, corsica, chile, naples italy ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
infidelity, divorce, pregnancy, culture clash, couple relations, love and romance, human nature, couples, relationships, dysfunctional couple, music teacher, marriage ...
Time:
20th century, year 1970, 70s, 60s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A travelling theater group has so much action going on behind-the-scenes it almost ruins the performances.
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, witty, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
iowa, new york, miami, cleveland ohio, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Beginning with "The 400 Blows," director Francois Truffaut made a series of films about the impetuous Antoine Doinel, in which this is the last. Antoine is now 30, working as a proofreader and getting divorced from his his wife. It being ...
Style:
art house, semi serious, realistic, psychological, clever ...
Plot:
bookstore, love, female nudity, childhood memory, new love, book, nude girl, cemetery, infidelity, grownups, adultery, nudity ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place:
france, montmartre paris, paris france, europe, south of france
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Claire is a young woman who leads a somewhat formatted life. Pierre is an improviser, but not an actor. Brief encounter, brief romance, doomed or not, who can say? When things like that happen, you act on the spur of the moment.
Style:
sexy, touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, love and romance, love affair, lovers reunited, opposites attract, couples, disorder, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, unfulfillment, husband wife relationship, one night stand ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, ...
Style:
romantic comedy, humorous, art house, anthology, detective ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, montmartre paris, europe, tokyo
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, sweet, artsy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, actor, movie star, love and romance, showbiz, actress, fame, actor's life, movie studio, film industry, art ...
Time:
1920s, 2010s, year 2011, 1930s, 1900s ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, iran
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 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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23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 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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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, witty, talky, cynical, parody ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
neglected wife, love triangle, flight attendant, adultery, doomed romance, airport, infidelity, love, marriage, mistress, transformation, swing ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, lisbon portugal, europe
Similarity:
21%
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Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, europe
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21%
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Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
adultery, love, love affair, filmmaking, lieutenant, infidelity, destructive relationship, society, social differences, love story, doomed romance, love triangle ...
Time:
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Place:
england, britain, france, europe, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Hollywood Film unit invades a small Vermont town leading to wholesale abandonment of values and virtue. A smart, warm and funny movie - and not just for movie buffs. Tagline: When a film crew came to Waterford, Vermont - They Shot First And Asked ...
Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
small town, filmmaking, satire, hollywood, showbiz, seduction, actor, greed, movie business, lifestyle, love and romance, small town life ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, touching, feel good, rom com, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
couples, fame, love and romance, power of love, social differences, opposites attract, paparazzi, dating, male female relationship, ordinary person, love story, true love ...
Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, seattle
Similarity:
20%
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, satirical, romantic, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A gorgeous teen, Jill, resides in Switzerland with her mother and harbors feelings for the handsome Fabio, an older man who is married to one of her friends. Growing restless, Jill moves to Paris to pursue ballet, but instead finds success and fame ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
europe, paris france, france
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20%
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Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, sensual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Audience:
girls' night, date night
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Time:
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Place:
holland, europe, usa, new york
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
19%
591
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African American roles and waiting for his big break in a legitimate production. Until this time comes, he works at his mother's boyfriend's gas ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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