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Play It Again, Sam (1972)
29K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A mild mannered film critic is dumped by his wife and his ego is crushed. His hero persona is the tough guy played by Humphrey Bogart in many of his movies and the apparition of Bogart begins showing up to give him advice. With the encouragement of his two married friends, he actually tries dating again, with less than satisfactory results, until he relaxes.
Style:
funny, parody, humorous, witty, talky, scary, sad, neurotic, sex comedy, existential ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
dating, nymphomaniac, love, infidelity, divorce, adultery, imaginary friend, farce, art, friendship, filmmaking, love triangle, best friend, workaholic, love and romance, bittersweet, psychology, loser, stage play, marriage, depression, hypochondriac, airport, supermarket, advice ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
san francisco, usa, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, talky, witty and clever films with plots about couples, love and romance, dialogue, mentor, couple relations, storytelling and runaway mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Play It Again, Sam: Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979), Zelig (1983), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
290K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the city of New York, comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Style:
philosophical, funny, romantic comedy, humorous, ironic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
comedian, breakup, neurosis, love and romance, relationships, dating, love story, passion, sarcasm, marriage, divorce, pessimism ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, 20th century, year 1977, 60s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, los angeles, california, usa ...
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153K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Style:
romantic, intellectual, visually stunning, humorous, meditative ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
dating, couples, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, love and romance, teenage girl, dachshund, lolita, sarcasm, relationships, divorce, 17 year old ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
46K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, ...
Style:
mockumentary, surreal, black and white, parody, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, celebrity, disappearance, missing person, character study, justice, artists and showbiz, therapy, celebrity culture, found footage, loneliness, philosophy ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
new york, germany, bronx new york city, paris france, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda ...
Style:
sexy, funny, surreal, talky, humorous ...
Plot:
adopted son, adoption, adoptive mother, sex spoof, adultery, loneliness, dysfunctional family, life philosophy, family relations, love and romance, couple relations, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, italy, ancient greece
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Centred around a weekend party at the home of inventor Andrew Hobbs and his wife Adrian, attended by randy doctor Maxwell Jordan, his nurse Dulcy, renowned philosopher Dr.Leopold Sturgis and his fiancée, this is a light comedy concerning their ...
Style:
sexy, sex comedy, talky, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
chess, summer, shakespeare, farce, infidelity, couples, lovers, older man younger woman relationship, marriage, love, male female relationship, professor ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, edwardian era, 70s
Place:
new york, new york state
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28%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, witty, light, stylized ...
Plot:
movie business, blindness and impaired vision, filmmaking, satire, dysfunctional family, justice, adultery, one more chance, showbiz, disorder, blind character, comedy of errors ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mudane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, sexy, surreal, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love story, movie star, magic realism, daydreamer, satire, writers, surrealism, imagination, unlikely couple, life turned upside down, fish out of water, real world ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1985, 1900s, year 1935
Place:
usa, new jersey, new york
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are drifting apart and are now being made aware of it. So while Jack and Sally try to go on and ...
Style:
talky, realistic, philosophical, melancholic, semi serious ...
Plot:
marriage, infidelity, relationships, midlife crisis, divorce, loneliness, marital separation, depression, breakup, character study, friendship, family problems ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda He has heard the phrase that life is like "anything else," but soon he finds that life with the unpredictable Amanda ...
Style:
melancholic, witty, semi serious, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
young lovers, mentor, dysfunctional family, writers, relationship problems, psychoanalysis, advice, couple relations, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, love and romance, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him ...
Style:
cult classic, talky, witty, humorous, cynical ...
Plot:
art, writers, relationships, satire, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, philosophy, eternal love, depression, prostitution ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. ...
Style:
black and white, funny, talky, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
screwball, showbiz, gangster, thanksgiving, comedy of errors, mafia, comedian, art, female protagonist, blacks and whites, artist, girlfriend ...
Time:
20th century, year 1984, 80s, 70s, 1920s ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set in 19th-century Russia, Allen is a cowardly serf drafted into the Napoleonic war, who would rather write poetry and obsess over his beautiful but pretentious cousin. Allen's cowardice serves him well when he hides in a cannon and is shot ...
Style:
parody, philosophical, surreal, intellectual, witty ...
Plot:
satire, war, philosophy, napoleonic wars, irreverent, nothing goes right, love and romance, disorder, fall in love, military, goofy hero, couple relations ...
Time:
year 1975, 1810s, 1800s, 19th century, 1930s ...
Place:
russia, ussr, st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps some with his wife Ellie, others with longtime friends Mona and her husband Griffin. Deciding which direction to take ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, light, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
infidelity, midlife crisis, farce, dysfunctional family, architect, relationship vs career, family problems, love affair, love triangle, looking for love, crumbling marriage, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
usa, new york, mississippi, paris france, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
Style:
sexy, light, romantic, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love, love story, destiny, couple relations, satire, family drama, beautiful scenery, family life, dysfunctional family, multiple storylines, infidelity, marriage proposal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996, 1930s
Place:
new york, paris france, venice, europe, italy ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This effects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel. Burt Reynolds is an attractive middle-aged man who suffers a crisis of confidence when ...
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
support group, starting over, dating, love affair, love triangle, infidelity, couple relations, hopes, thanksgiving, love, friendship, holiday ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place:
boston, usa, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Thirty-five years in the life of Max, his best friend Sal and a woman they both adore, Lyla. The trio stumble through mandatory but seemingly unfulfilling entanglements, at weddings, funerals, hospitals, eateries, divorce courts and the tool shed. A ...
Style:
surreal, witty, not serious, stylized, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, love and romance, friends, couples, couple relations, workplace, buddies, farce, fall in love, husband wife relationship, friendship between men, hipster ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Style:
funny, humorous, witty, clever, talky ...
Plot:
hotel, multiple storylines, tennis, sarcasm, farce, nylons, womanizer, custody, friendship, luxury hotel, couples, friends ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into ...
Style:
philosophical, romantic, funny, cynical, talky ...
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, suicide attempt, lifestyle change, eccentricity, polyamory, atheism, closeted homosexual, love and romance, storytelling, unlikely couple, character change ...
Time:
year 2009, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story of a young man disillusioned by love who meets a breathtaking young woman at a charity dinner by pretending to be a philanthropist. Turns out that she’s engaged to a guy who doesn’t like her going on dates. Challenged by the chase, and ...
Style:
romantic, witty, romantic comedy, humorous, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
romantic friendship, dating, in love, kick-butt women, love story, relationships, love, happy ending, friendship, sex in car, storytelling, dialogue ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Style:
philosophical, black and white, cult classic, postmodern, talky ...
Plot:
satire, artist, existentialism, weekend, filmmaking, discussion, alien, nostalgia, argument, childhood memory, price of fame, flashback ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man with a "doormat" personality tries standing up for himself for a change in this comedy. Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman (Michael Showalter) is what he calls a "Baxter": the kind of calm, unexciting fellow who ...
Style:
humorous, stylized, feel good, touching, witty ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
wedding, love triangle, friendship, accountant, couples, love and romance, couple relations, looking for love, event planner, love, cupid, office ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new york, connecticut, usa, brooklyn new york city, cincinnati ohio ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Mike Vecchio and Susan Henderson are preparing for their upcoming wedding. However, they seem to be the only two people at the wedding that are happy. Mike's brother Richie and his wife Joan are going through a divorce, which is upsetting his ...
Style:
funny, independent film, realistic, semi serious, cynical ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
wedding, young lovers, catholic, adultery, family relations, dysfunctional family, friends, couples, lifestyle, dishonesty, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfill a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends.
Style:
humorous, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
divorce, blind date, professor, friendship, alimony, couples, ex husband ex wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, matchmaking, subway, nurse, sewer ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, california
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, sweet, light, intense ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
referee, basketball, restaurant, flashback, american abroad, dysfunctional marriage, marriage proposal, marital separation, marital reconciliation, husband wife relationship, love, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, usa, new york, los angeles ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. ...
Style:
romantic, funny, sentimental, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
long distance relationship, couples, intern, love, lovers apart, true love, male nudity, love story, sex, power of love, stereotypes, happy ending ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, new york, usa, california, vancouver
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, intense, funny, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
obsession, love, honest, character study, love and romance, couples, self discovery, breakup, fall in love, doomed romance, crazy love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1981, 80s, 70s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak out to meet her, he realizes ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, sexy, intense, light ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
obsession, infidelity, adultery, love triangle, sexy woman, love and romance, goofy hero, female nudity, bare breasts, midlife crisis, cheating, voyeurism ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, los angeles, california, san diego california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA, Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and ...
Style:
romantic, light, sincere, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
adultery, adulterous husband, troubled marriage, failed marriage, love triangle, love and romance, marital problem, romantic relationship, crumbling marriage, family relations, adulteress, marital infidelity ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
basque country, spain
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in Music. One seems a bit distracted, and that was before he meets her. A strange woman seems to have devoted her life to confusing and embarrassing him. At the same time a ...
Style:
hilarious, funny, romantic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hotel, car chase, screwball, love story, chase, judge, destiny, manic pixie dream girl, farce, mistaken identity, love triangle, eternal love ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972, prehistoric times, 1930s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents ...
Style:
anthology, talky, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
artist, luxury hotel, obsession, art, hotel, young heroes, jealousy, family relations, gallery, youth, city life, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
new york, greece, usa, athens greece, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
23%
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