Movies like The Pallbearer
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The Pallbearer (1996)
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never met Bill and neither have his incredulous friends. So when Tom foolishly agrees to give the eulogy at Bill's funeral, it sets him on a collision course with Ruth -- who is revealed to be Bill's oversexed mother -- and Julie DeMarco, the longtime crush Tom hasn't seen since they were teens.
Style:
melancholic, romantic, humorous, semi serious, sexy, light, clever, feel good, unusual plot structure, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
mistaken identity, friendship, loneliness, youth, love triangle, adolescence vs adulthood, nothing goes right, self discovery, comedy of errors, dark humor, high school, funeral, existentialism, age difference, catastrophe, teenager, gangsters, twists and turns, natural disaster, relationships, violence, writers, death, betrayal, lone hero ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, new jersey, new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, romantic and feel good films with plots about fantasy world, dialogue, storytelling, first contact, runaway, catastrophe and mentor mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like The Pallbearer: Three to Tango (1999), A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995), Breakin' All the Rules (2004), Sprung (1997), If Lucy Fell (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete for the design of a cultural center. The tycoon mistakenly believes that Oscar is gay and has him spy on his mistress Amy. Oscar goes along with it and ...
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Time:
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Place:
chicago illinois, usa, egypt
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try ...
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Time:
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Place:
london
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34%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Inspired by his fiancée (who dumped him), a man publishes a break-up handbook for men, becoming a bestselling author in the process.
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humorous, entertaining, melancholic, romantic, stylized ...
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Time:
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Place:
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32%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her into bed the same evening. When Adina finds out that she's been fooled, she becomes ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Joe and Lucy are roommates and best friends. Lucy, whose love life is embarrassingly dull, convinces Joe, who is infatuated with a neighbor he's never met, that if they don't have stable romances within a month, they must jump off the ...
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sentimental, humorous, romantic, melancholic, sweet ...
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Plot:
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28%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, legal, small town, fish out of water, legal action, nothing goes right, goofy hero, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, cons and scams, court ...
Time:
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Place:
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28%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Christopher is an ambitious college freshman, striving to become a writer. Through a computer fault he's assigned the same room as Alex, a real party freak and... a girl! He's annoyed and tries to get a different room as soon as possible, ...
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28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy about a mysterious love letter that turns a sleepy New England town upside down.
Style:
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date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
england, usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A man suspects his girlfriend of being unfaithful. So he sends her a letter, but than finds out that he was wrong. He has 24 hours to stop the package, prevent a disaster, and fall in love. The only problem is the delivery man will not stop until ...
Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The story of a 25 year old virgin girl, looking for the right boyfriend, not realizing that "the one" has been next to her for many years.
Style:
sexy, sexual, witty, harsh, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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24%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Arthur (Dudley Moore), that irrepressible drunk, tries to sober up -- and get a job -- in this sequel to the 1981 smash hit. Meanwhile, the father of the girl Arthur stood up at the altar in the first film is conniving to trick the hapless boozer ...
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24%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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24%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Duration: 118 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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