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Protocol (1984)
6K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sweet, unsophisticated Sunny is working as a cocktail waitress. She saves a visiting dignitary and as a reward she gets a top-office job in the Washington beehive. She has to fight against a devious protocol officer but with her charms, she saves the day when she gets involved in an arms deal with an Arab country
Style:
political, light, happy, lighthearted, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
satire, assassin, blonde, conspiracy, celebrity, scandal, press conference, fish out of water, nightclub, coup d'etat, self discovery, media, female protagonist, ambassador, small town, waitress, farce, naivete, politics, desert, party, deception, father daughter relationship, revolution, reporter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, oregon, washington d.c., usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about disorder, satire, culture clash, farce, fish out of water, brutality and dishonesty mostly in Comedy, Romance and War genres. Some movies like Protocol: Head of State (2003), Private Benjamin (1980), Dick (1999), B*A*P*S (1997), The Yank (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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63%
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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teens, girls' night
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
culture clash, family relations, friends, love and romance, buddies, parents and children, fall in love, fish out of water, personal growth, heartwarming, self discovery, satire ...
Time:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy
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58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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57%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he hires a reporter to teach her how to appear more intelligent. ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, semi serious, witty, talky ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
politics, fall in love, farce, society, love and romance, journalism, social differences, self discovery, teaching the ways of the world, couples, women, corruption ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night, teens
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, light, humorous, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: Turkey
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
53%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Australia, USA
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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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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Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, romantic
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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