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Raising Helen (2004)
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Raising Helen (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies. But suddenly her free-spirited life gets turned upside down when she must chose between the life she's always loved, and the new loves of her life!
Style: romantic, sentimental, feel good, touching, entertaining, funny, sweet, cute, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, kids
Plot: adoption, happy ending, custody, orphan, couple relations, parents and children, couples, fashion, love, teenage girl, parenthood, opposites attract, children, family bonds, fish out of water, family relations, love and romance, life turned upside down, society, family problems, disorder, fashion show, relationships, destiny, dysfunctional family ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century, contemporary
Place: new york, usa, san francisco, new jersey
Keyword: oldies, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic, feel good, realistic and humorous films with plots about love, love and romance, couples, family relations, girl, love story and fall in love mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Raising Helen: Uptown Girls (2003), No Reservations (2007), Change of Plans (2011), Bride Wars (2009), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Uptown Girls (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray, the oft ignored daughter of a music executive she learns what it means to be an adult while ...
Style: romantic, touching, feel good, sweet, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: nanny, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, girl, teenage girl, friends, family relations, self discovery, initially antagonists, lifestyle, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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No Reservations (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined ...
Style: feel good, romantic, sentimental, sweet, uplifting ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: cooking, restaurant, chef, love, love story, cooking and food, opposites attract, fall in love, initially antagonists, guardian, love and romance, food ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: new york, italy, usa, manhattan new york city
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100%
Change of Plans (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Sally and Jason Danville's life are turned upside down when a tragic accident suddenly names them the caretakers of four young children.
Style: humorous, sincere, captivating, light, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: custody, adoption, parents and children, life turned upside down, couple relations, disorder, family life, couples, youth, orphan, girl, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
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Bride Wars (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
Style: romantic, feel good, humorous, funny, romantic comedy ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: wedding, wedding preparations and rituals, women, couple relations, friendship, couples, fiancee, wedding ceremony, rivalry, female friendship, love and romance, wedding planning ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man ...
Style: romantic, feel good, light, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, teen drama ...
Plot: love, love story, fall in love, battle of the sexes, love and romance, couples, unlikely couple, bet, couple relations, relationships, dating, journalist ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, madison square garden manhattan new york city
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100%
Dan in Real Life (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Advice columnist, Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love ...
Style: romantic, touching, humorous, feel good, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: single father, parenthood, love triangle, fall in love, love story, relationships, love and romance, love, widower, father daughter relationship, wedding, single parent ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: rhode island, new jersey, new york, usa, new england
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100%
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The Switch (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant. Seven years later, she reunites with her best friend, who has been living with a secret: he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own.
Style: romantic, humorous, feel good, cute, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: pregnancy, male female friendship, best friend, couples, best friends in love, love story, parenthood, single parent, unfulfilled love, childbirth, father son relationship, lifestyle ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, michigan
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100%
Life as We Know It (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly ...
Style: touching, romantic, entertaining, rom com, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: adoption, baby, initially antagonists, parenthood, unlikely couple, love story, love and romance, opposites attract, godparent, orphan, babies and infants, enemies to lovers ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Sex and the City (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her.
Style: light, romantic, witty, romantic comedy, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: fashion, women, love and romance, couple relations, lifestyle, city life, best friend, friendship, friends, couples, urban, sexual relations ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
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Friends with Kids (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide to have a child together without becoming a couple. By becoming "time-share" parents, they reason, they can experience the joys of ...
Style: romantic, sweet, realistic, clever, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, toddlers
Plot: friendship, best friends in love, sex, relationships, love and romance, best friend, relationship problems, breast feeding, pregnancy, parenthood, love story, happy ending ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, vermont
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100%
 5.6
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Runaway Bride (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Ike Graham, New York columnist, writes his text always at the last minute. This time, a drunken man in his favourite bar tells Ike about Maggie Carpenter, a woman who always flees from her grooms in the last possible moment. Ike, who does not have ...
Style: romantic, light, feel good, rom com, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, family outing, date night ...
Plot: wedding, small town, fiance fiancee relationship, love and romance, journalist, battle of the sexes, unlikely couple, reporter, fear of commitment, stereotypes, breakup, canceled wedding ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, maryland
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100%
Four Christmases (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is ...
Style: humorous, funny, feel good, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: christmas, holiday, dysfunctional family, family relations, couple relations, in-laws, family bonds, brothers, marriage, family drama, love, christmas season ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
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100%
The Nanny Diaries (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Style: romantic, sentimental, sweet, emotional, cute ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens
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Place: new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, usa, connecticut ...
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It's Complicated (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out her ...
Style: feel good, realistic, light, romantic, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: couples, marriage, ex husband, couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, dating, love triangle, old love, family relations, divorced parents, love affair, love and romance ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
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80%
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For Keeps? (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Darcy, editor at her highschool paper, and her long-term boyfriend Stan are in their last months of school and already have found places in good colleges. Recently they started to sleep with each other and, surprise, surprise, Darcy gets pregnant. ...
Style: sentimental, melancholic, romantic, sweet, light ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
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100%
The Family Stone (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.
Style: sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, cancer, holiday, family drama, terminal illness, secret, brother sister relationship, dysfunctional family, love, family values, christmas season, snow ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut
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100%
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his ...
Style: feel good, light, funny, romantic, cute ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, family outing, date night
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Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
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Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Connie Doyle is eighteen and pregnant her boyfriend has kicked her out. She accidentaly ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife Patricia who is pregnant. The train wrecks and she wakes up in the hosptial to find out that ...
Style: touching, romantic, sweet, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
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Place: boston, usa, massachusetts
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100%
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27 Dresses (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
Style: romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama ...
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Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, rhode island, manhattan new york city, usa
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100%
The Back-up Plan (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how ...
Style: romantic, light, romantic comedy, sweet, feel good ...
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Fools Rush In (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a designer from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build. Alex is a straight-laced WASP-ish type who, while enjoying a night on the ...
Style: entertaining, humorous, touching, sentimental, romantic comedy ...
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Time: 90s, year 1997
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Jersey Girl (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his ...
Style: romantic, sweet, feel good, sentimental, touching ...
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Time: year 2004, 2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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The Family Man (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his ...
Style: feel good, touching, inspirational, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, date night, chick flick, teens
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Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 80s, 2000s ...
Place: new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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100%
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their ...
Style: romantic, feel good, funny, romantic comedy, teen ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: fashion, fashion industry, women, journalism, city life, strong female character, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, journalist, career woman, designer, relationship vs career ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
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P.S. I Love You (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Style: touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, sad ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
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Time: year 2007, 21st century
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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play ...
Style: feel good, touching, light, sweet, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: soccer, football, culture clash, friendship, hinduism, wedding, feminism, immigrant, tradition, stereotypes, coach, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, hamburg germany, germany
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100%
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Last Holiday (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.
Style: feel good, touching, sentimental, inspirational, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: holiday, terminal illness, vacation, hotel, female protagonist, cooking, human nature, food, love and romance, black woman, restaurant, snow ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, europe, indiana, czech republic, central europe ...
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Chinese Puzzle (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.
Style: touching, humorous, feel good, romantic, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: date night
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100%
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Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an English ...
Style: feel good, touching, funny, hilarious, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: cross dressing, divorce, nanny, comedy of errors, children, kids and family, transvestite, gender, family relations, custody battle, single father, gender disguise ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, bay area, california, usa
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100%
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