Movies like Hello Goodbye
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Hello Goodbye (2008)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Israel, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
French film icons Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant star in this romantic comedy about a Parisian couple in their fifties who share a comfortable life, a beautiful home, a posh country club and a midlife crisis. Following a dream vacation to Israel where Alain (Depardieu) explores his Jewish roots, Gisèle (Ardant) insists they change their life and move to Tel Aviv. While Gisèle, a Jewish convert, finds her new life inspiring; Alain fights to embrace Hebrew, Jewish tradition and a new circumcision. Will Alain and Gisèle learn whether Shalom represents Hello or Goodbye?
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, offbeat, realistic
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rabbi, culture clash, fish out of water, midlife crisis, society, nothing goes right, religions or cults, disorder, husband wife relationship, israeli, misfit, couples, unfulfillment, couple relations, immigrant, airplane, police officer, wedding, desert, marijuana, tennis, physician, hospital, cemetery, jealousy ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel, france, paris france, middle east, europe, jerusalem, tel aviv israel
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Most similar movies to Hello Goodbye
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about disorder, couples, society, couple relations, fish out of water, nothing goes right and family relations mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Hello Goodbye: Postmark Paradise (2000), Wedding Fever in Campobello (2009), Bachelor Days Are Over (2011), Boudu (2005), Would I Lie to You? 3 (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Dirty Shame is the only bar in the small town of Paradise, Michigan. A burnt out, chain-smoking fortyish bar maid is the only waitress at The Dirty Shame. A group of local red necks conspiring to bring a mail order bride to their Midwest town ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good, independent film ...
Plot:
fish out of water, friendship, starting over, society, couples, love and romance, couple relations, culture clash, immigrant, husband wife relationship, mail order bride, countryside ...
Time:
90s
Place:
michigan, ukraine, usa, kiev ukraine
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Jan decides to marry his girl-friend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father, who is an Italian.
Style:
humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
meet the parents, couple relations, fish out of water, culture clash, disorder, parents and children, silly humor, society, couples, misfit, migration, monkey ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, italy, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Arnaud nicknamed "Cui Cui" no longer knows which way to look. He is about to marry Anna but he is not sure he really loves her. To make matters worse, he falls in love during the stag party he has with his friends. And Léa, a nightclub ...
Style:
humorous, contemplative, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
family relations, introspection, buddies, couple relations, couples, disorder, nothing goes right, lifestyle, friendship, marriage, friends, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, witty, captivating, biting ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love triangle, fish out of water, couples, love and romance, infidelity, misfit, rich and poor, social differences, social relations, couple relations, disorder, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eddie, Dov, Yvan et les autres… Nos chaleureux amis ont migré du Sentier moribond à la banlieue florissante d’Aubervilliers… Là où les vieux entrepreneurs juifs ont laissé le terrain à de jeunes grossistes chinois courageux et ...
Style:
realistic, humorous
Plot:
nothing goes right, friendship, misfit, disorder, partner, fall in love, fish out of water, comedy of errors, society, love and romance, buddies, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, china, asia, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Willy Vander Brook, a world with Franco-Belgian roots, travels to Paris for an interview. He is welcomed by his childhood friend Serge, an ex pub operator, and his roommate Frank, a fierce supporter of the Walloon independence. When Willy discovers ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
cons and scams, hotel, hidden identity, culture clash, buddies, disorder, vengeance, society, misfit, partner, friends, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, belgium, europe, paris france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fifty years old, three years past of unemployment, benefits decreasing very quickly... Gerard is at the end of the rope when a position is offered him in Indonesia. To win the favor of his new employer, Gerard invites him to dinner at home. Fatal ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot:
boss and employee, disorder, guest, reception, entity, couples, nothing goes right, humour, mysterious character, hopes, power relations, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, indonesia, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Long married 50-somethings Brigitte and Xavier are prize cattle breeders in regional France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from home has thrown Brigitte’s world into flux, as she finds herself locked into routine. She keeps ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, romantic drama
Plot:
couples, couple relations, family relations, self discovery, dull life, midlife crisis, disorder, husband wife relationship, infidelity, adultery, party, married woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian workers led by an unforeseeable architect. In the mean time a former client decides he is in love ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, realistic
Plot:
nothing goes right, life turned upside down, fall in love, love and romance, disorder, couples, single parent, hotshot lawyer, family problems, immigrant, family in crisis, renovation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ibrahim returns to Tinne, along with his girlfriend, Jessica, but will the tiny village become their new home?
Style:
humorous, not serious, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
culture clash, homecoming, social differences, couple relations, couples, meet the parents, fish out of water, family relations, society, parents and children, wedding, culture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Once upon a time in 2012, three brothers lived happily. One day their mom fell into a coma. So Henri, Philippe, and Louis suddenly started wondering about the meaning of their lives and were swamped by a wave of existential doubts. An entirely new ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good ...
Plot:
family relations, infidelity, siblings relations, couples, disorder, dishonesty, life turned upside down, husband wife relationship, brother brother relationship, older man younger woman relationship, hospital, loss of mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, versailles
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A pair of bumbling French cops team up to take on the underworld.
Style:
feel good, realistic, not serious, humorous, exciting
Plot:
partner, odd couple, misfit, fish out of water, police investigation, disorder, buddies, heroic mission, law enforcement, fighting crime, partners against crime, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Franco Campanella, a former postal worker earning under €1,000 monthly, is devoted to his family but addicted to gambling. On his daughter Luisa’s wedding eve, he promises to save for expenses but, after being denied a loan, gambles away tens of ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, semi serious, realistic, light ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, nothing goes right, disorder, gambling, dishonesty, young lovers, youth, parents and children, dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, family problems ...
Place:
europe, italy, rome italy, napoli italy, naples italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
On a mission to loosen up, a miser's sets about buying a house in the country for his family.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
nothing goes right, family life, family problems, couples, couple relations, domestic disturbance, countryside, family in crisis, house, silly humor, disorder, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Cristina lives a peaceful life until her older brother Ciro, who has to attend a trial, asks to spend house arrests at Cristina’s home.
Style:
feel good, not serious, humorous, light, lighthearted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fish out of water, culture clash, hidden identity, life turned upside down, society, misfit, family life, couple relations, family relations, dishonesty, house arrest, sibling relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Joey Wellman, an American cartoonist from Cleveland now largely forgotten at home, visits France with his partner Lena to attend an exhibition in Paris about the comic strip (bande dessinée) which features his work. He also hopes to be reconciled ...
Style:
surreal, biting, semi serious, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
cartoonist, extramarital affair, satire, culture clash, performer's life, bittersweet, disorder, estrangement, family relations, lifestyle, society, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A comedy about generational conflict between two parents who do not want to grow old and a seventeen year old daughter who wants to become an adult. During a weekend with some friends in their country house in Tuscany, Marcello and Marina, relieved ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, feel good, not serious ...
Plot:
family relations, friendship, couples, family life, parents and children, countryside, disorder, friends, society, unfulfillment, midlife crisis, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, tuscany
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ariane and Hugo decide to exchange the lives they lead to escape from their routine, which after ten years of marriage, gives them the feeling of being hamsters in a wheel. She suddenly finds herself at the head of a construction equipment rental ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, light, witty ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
switching roles, battle of the sexes, nothing goes right, family relations, fish out of water, unsupportive spouse, disorder, family problems, dull life, parents and children, relationship vs career, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When Elena, a Russian immigrant studying in Miami and Carlos her Columbian boyfriend run out of legal options for staying in the U.S. the couple switch partners with Betty and Mike, an American couple who are also their best friends. All is well ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, green card, couple relations, mate swapping, switching roles, nothing goes right, immigrant, best friend, society, friendship, love and romance, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, miami
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, social satire, culture clash, workplace, workplace situations, couple relations, disorder, couples, postman, misunderstanding, everyday life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, milan italy, southern italy, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting: imagine that, a pig! An unclean animal judged impure not only by the ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, philosophical, biting ...
Plot:
disorder, society, culture clash, suicide, israeli, moving, judaism, mission, bicycle, injustice, nothing goes right, misfit ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, palestinian authority
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In Mexico City, Ricardo is a family man, pressed by responsibilities, when he finally lands a better job as creative director for an ad agency. But that's when his problems really begin: his boss is a martinet, and suddenly Ricardo finds ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
nothing goes right, midlife crisis, disorder, couples, life turned upside down, unfulfillment, sexual relations, relationship vs career, troubled marriage, erectile dysfunction, nudity, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Michael Caine, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Roger Moore all live on a quiet street in Surbiton and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards run their corner shop - who knew?
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
misfit, fish out of water, disorder, satire, lifestyle, culture clash, showbiz, social decay, buddies, society, unfulfillment, nothing goes right ...
Time:
60s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of Aleksandra and Cyrille, a prominent, trendy, and very well-off Parisian couple, whose life is not quite the same after seven-year-old Alekseï from Russia suddenly pops up in their 100% cashmere, childless home. Aleksandra soon realises ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspense, feel good ...
Plot:
adoption, family relations, couples, family problems, couple relations, family in crisis, disorder, life turned upside down, coming of age, parisian, child, parenthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Malaysia, Singapore
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Daniel and Tina are a couple who decides to get hitched. Daniel is an engineer working in Singapore, who comes from a humble Hokkien Malaysian family, while his wife-to-be Tina, comes from a well-to-do Cantonese Singaporean family. What follows the ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
marriage, nothing goes right, couple relations, culture clash, family relations, parents and children, meet the parents, disorder, wedding, social differences, society, couples ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
singapore, malaysia, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Georges, one morning, became uncontrollable despite himself. Something that has the donkey's voice in Shrek, can control his body.
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, light, unpredictable ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, split personality, goofy hero, love and romance, couple relations, misfit, mentally unstable, disorder, fish out of water, fall in love, possession, loss of control ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Cleveland. 1973. Marv, the owner of an old neighborhood Jewish deli, must stay open 24 hours to cater to a new generation of clientèle, but straight-laced neighborhood do-gooders want to close him down. Meanwhile inside, hippies, bikers and crusty ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
working class, love and romance, workplace, couples, boss and employee, power relations, culture clash, save the day, fish out of water, family relations, immigrant, nothing goes right ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Over this long hot summer, Claude and Isabelle get their marriage back on track, while Bibou and Simon, spend a memorable summer discovering the world of grown-ups.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
couples, village life, culture clash, social relations, society, children, countryside, coming of age, couple relations, summer vacation, teenage love, village ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place:
france, brittany
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Three young men (Jacques, Pierre and Michel) share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties. Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package to deliver, and asks him if he can leave ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
fish out of water, disorder, buddies, self discovery, grownups, parents and children, couples, adolescence vs adulthood, life turned upside down, babysitting, friends, singleness ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Raised to believe in performance and in the idea that all abilities must be optimized, Emma is a young, methodical woman who appears determined and relatively sure of herself. But two consecutive failures (real or imagined) lead her to believe that ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, captivating, light, sexual ...
Plot:
self discovery, sexual relations, love and romance, disorder, couples, fish out of water, power relations, battle of the sexes, misfit, obsessive quest, teaching the ways of the world, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
18%
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