Movies like The Closet 2001
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The Closet (2001)
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Original name: Le Placard
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, witty, melancholic, talky, semi serious, clever, sexy, tricky ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, pretending to be gay, workplace, friendship, workplace intrigue, dishonesty, parents and children, discrimination, hidden identity, gender, disorder, comedy of errors, cons and scams, workplace situations, gay slur, satire, lgbt, lgbtq, catastrophe, distopia, depression, obsession, politics, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, clever and melancholic films with plots about storytelling, dialogue, runaway, catastrophe, culture clash, mentor and brutality mostly in Comedy, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Closet: The Dinner Game (1998), The Valet (2006), Ruby & Quentin (2003), Birds of a Feather (1978), My Best Friend (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Each week, Pierre and his friends organize what is called as "un dîner de cons". Everyone brings the dumbest guy he could find as a guest. Pierre thinks his champ -François Pignon- will steal the show.
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france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by inventing a preposterous lie. He uses the presence of a passerby in the photo to claim to his wife ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, witty, sweet ...
Audience:
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Plot:
comedy of errors, farce, supermodel, pretense, nothing goes right, dishonesty, paparazzi, unfulfilled love, adultery, infidelity, french, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
french, prison, prison escape, unlikely partners, buddies, on the run, odd couple, buddy, runaway, bank robbery, friendship, mentor ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
france, paris france, argentina, poland, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. They try conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the transvestite club downstairs when the fiancée and her ...
Style:
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Audience:
chick flick
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gay, male to female cross dressing, father son relationship, farce, lgbtq, transvestism, gay parent, visitor, visit, comedy of manners, gay couple, gay slur ...
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france, saint tropez, french riviera, cote d'azur, provence ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Catherine refuses to believe that her business partner, the unlikeable François, has a best friend, so she challenges him to set up an introduction. Scrambling to find someone willing to pose as his best pal, François enlists the services of a ...
Style:
touching, stylized, feel good, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
friendship, taxi driver, business, betrayal, best friends, farce, auction, risk, introspection, teaching the ways of the world, bet, money problems ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe, new jersey
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, clever
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
odd couple, dishonesty, disappearance, family conflict, cons and scams, teenage life, partners, nothing goes right, buddies, disorder, crime investigation, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, nice france
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe - dressed as a woman - hoping to be picked up. But Albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as ...
Style:
funny, sexy, surreal, feel good, visually appealing ...
Plot:
transvestism, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, farce, spy, transsexual, mentor, women, british, natural disaster, multiple storylines ...
Time:
70s
Place:
saint tropez, italy, europe, riviera, sicily ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents.
Style:
humorous, funny, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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90s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie (Scotti) decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the ...
Style:
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Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, gay interest, mistaken identity, lgbtq, unlikely friendships, friendship, farce, odd couple, male nudity, fight scenes ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Der Bewegte Mann is a German comedy about a heterosexual man, Axel, who is thrown out of his girlfriends home for cheating and ends up moving in with a gay man. Axel learns the advantages of living with gay men even though they are attracted to him ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, humorous, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, homosexual, lgbt, farce, friendship, infidelity, nude, male nudity, loneliness, fantasy world, sexualized violence, irreverent ...
Time:
90s
Place:
germany, tokyo, berlin germany, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A mixed group of individuals - lesbian, gays, and heterosexuals who all frequent a local bar struggle to accept each others lifestyles. However when the two gays are attacked and fight back and ultimately rape one of their attackers, the group ...
Style:
touching, sexy, melancholic, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, new jersey, middle east, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Thinking he's competing in Los Angeles' hot Platinum Scissors contest, Scottish hairstylist Crawford (Craig Ferguson) leaves Glasgow with a film crew to capture the event. When he learns he's a mere audience member, Crawford must find ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A housewife takes over her husband's umbrella business after his illness.
Style:
humorous, funny, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
workplace, farce, power relations, obnoxious boss, adultery, twists and turns, character study, mayor, workplace situations, social differences, society, boss and employee ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1952, year 1978 ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Antoine is a maitre d' in a Paris brasserie, Chez Jean, and is so full of being of service to others that he can't say 'no'. Late for dinner with his girlfriend, Christine, he takes a shortcut home through the park but finds a ...
Style:
romantic, compassionate, light, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love triangle, farce, suicide attempt, fall in love, love, mentor, nothing goes right, love and romance, couple relations, rescue, infidelity, restaurant ...
Place:
france, paris france, new jersey, europe, brittany ...
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32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Ireland, France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.
Style:
humorous, feel good, touching, visually appealing, affectionate ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
irish, small town, friendship, countryside, friends, gambling, death, greed, luck, lottery winner, conspiracy, loneliness ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s
Place:
ireland, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available ...
Style:
talky, clever, witty, feel good, sexy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, shakespeare, theater, actor, idealism, tragedy, prejudice, love story, mentor, love, loneliness, segregation ...
Time:
90s, 1930s
Place:
london, england, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: France, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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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.
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jeffery, a young gay man in New York, decides that sex is too much and decided to become celibate. He immediately meets the man of his dreams and must decide whether or not love is worth the danger of a boyfriend dying.
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Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Profane, vulgar and obscenely funny, Louis C.K. insists on telling the truth, whether you like it or not! Join the Emmy Award-winning stand-up comic and TV star (Lucky Louie) as he shares his thoughts on the stuff everyone thinks about -- male ...
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Time:
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