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Bagdad Cafe (1987)
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Bagdad Cafe (1987)
Original name: Out of Rosenheim
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A surreal comedy depicting a diverse cast of characters and the changes they undergo as the German tourist Jasmin interacts with each of them at a remote truck stop in the middle of the Mojave desert.
Style: touching, surreal, emotional, meditative, humorous, semi serious, realistic, road movie, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot: desert, friendship, character study, motel, transformation, magic realism, food, life philosophy, restaurant, starting over, gas station, wilderness, tourist, social relations, fish out of water, dialogue, great ending, magic, female protagonist, female friendship, lgbt, feminism, hotel, journey, feminist ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: utah, nevada, las vegas, germany, california
Keyword: german, americana

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and touching films with plots about friends, friendship, couples, love and romance, misfit, society and couple relations mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Bagdad Cafe: Local Hero (1983), Kamome Diner (2006), Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989), Sugarbaby (1985), The Girl from Paris (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Local Hero (1983)
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Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
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Time: 20th century, year 1983, 80s
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Kamome Diner (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
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Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. When the local shopkeepers no longer take her bad checks or bad credit cards, she's reduced to stealing from one family member to buy presents for others. It's ...
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Time: year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place: arkansas
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Sugarbaby (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 86 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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28%
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