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Roselyne and the Lions (1989)
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Roselyne and the Lions (1989)
Original name: Roselyne et les lions
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Thierry drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo where he meets Roselyne, who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he loses his job, the young lovers journey across France finding odd jobs at several circuses. In Germany, they fall under the tutelage of ageing big cat trainer, Klint, and while they are closer to realising their dreams, they find that their success drivers them part.
Style: touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, contemplative
Plot: circus, tiger, love and romance, dangerous animal, fall in love, couples, love affair, infidelity, family problems, animal life, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, unsupportive spouse, couple relations, cat, motorcycle, wild animal, lion, zoo, job seeking, panic attack, young man, danger, twenty something, misogyny ...
Time: 80s
Place: france, munich germany

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about couples, love and romance, couple relations, infidelity, love affair, unfulfillment and family relations mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Roselyne and the Lions: I'm Staying (2003), One Stays, the Other Leaves (2005), Gaby Baby Doll (2014), Our Precious Children (2003), Watermelon (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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I'm Staying (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A love triangle between a businessman, his wife, and a writer.
Style: witty, humorous, touching, semi serious, realistic
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: battle of the sexes, dysfunctional family, love triangle, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, dishonesty, couples, couple relations, crumbling marriage, breakup, family problems, infidelity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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One Stays, the Other Leaves (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A story about two couples, longtime friends in which both husbands engage in long-term affairs and, as the title says, ultimately one remains with his wife and one makes a new life with another woman.
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Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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Gaby Baby Doll (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Gaby cannot stay alone ; she's afraid of the dark ,of everything .When her boyfriend leaves her (he wants to have sex with her and she gets on his nerves,because she only needs a protector),she's completely on her own .She's afraid of ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic
Audience: date night
Plot: couple relations, couples, fall in love, countryside, isolation, lone wolves, love and romance, confined, female nudity
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Our Precious Children (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: 30 ans, l'âge des responsabilités... Martin s'apprête à partir en vacances avec sa femme Ariane et sa fille Cerise, 4 mois... C'est alors qu'il croise Constance, son ex, son amour de jeunesse, elle-même flanquée de deux ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Watermelon (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A tangled web of deciet pitches three lovers together with the added proposition of a baby.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching
Plot: pregnancy, couples, couple relations, love and romance, family problems, family in crisis, infidelity, hopes, breeding, heterosexuality, female nudity
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
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All Night Long (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. After he suggests to his teenage son Freddie that he stop having an affair with suburban housewife Cheryl Gibbons, who is a distant cousin, Cheryl ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: infidelity, midlife crisis, love affair, nightlife, human nature, love and romance, couples, lifestyle, unsupportive spouse, unfulfillment, jealousy, adultery ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Party (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Le Boum is the story of a 13-year-old French girl dealing with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.
Style: emotional, sentimental, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: fall in love, couple relations, crumbling marriage, puberty, teenage love, family problems, love, love and romance, first love, teenage life, friends, youth ...
Time: 80s, year 1980, 20th century, 70s
Place: france, paris france, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Manual of Love (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
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Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Every Other Week (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Pontus is divorced and has custody of his children every other week while living life as a bachelor the rest of the time. His older brother, Jens, is married since 20 years and has three children. When Jens' marriage collapses, he moves in with ...
Style: semi serious, touching, emotional, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
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Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Lovesickness (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 81 min.
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Heartbeat (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The beautiful and talented Adrian is a writer for one of America's most popular TV soap operas. She is also pregnant, and when she refuses to abort her baby, Adrian's selfish husband deserts her. It falls to one of the soap opera's ...
Style: sentimental, realistic, touching, humorous, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
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Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Housekeeper (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: sentimental, harsh, semi serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot: self discovery, infidelity, midlife crisis, housekeeper, father daughter relationship, human nature, love affair, beach volleyball, fall in love, couple relations, starting over, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s
Place: france, paris france, europe, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Merry Widow (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
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Viper's Nest (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
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Country: France
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48%
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The Bridge (1999)
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Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, gloomy, emotional, semi autobiographical
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Time: year 1999, 60s, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
A Good Marriage (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
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Place: france, paris france, europe, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Country: France
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Story: Two seemingly happily married French couples are forced to contend with a number of issues.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, erotic, sensitive ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Just a Kiss (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat, clever ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
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Time: year 2002
Place: usa, new york
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44%
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: realistic, humorous, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
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Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, georgia
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43%
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Paradise (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 105 min.
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Mariages! (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Finding Joy (2013)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Style: psychological, realistic, serious, sincere
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: humorous, semi serious, sincere, feel good, touching ...
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37%
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Mademoiselle (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
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37%
The Mystery of Happiness (2014)
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Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, talky
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Girl on a Bicycle (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 101 min.
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Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Frenchmen 3 (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Alex, Antoine and Manu meet Jean, a loner who ignores the pleasures of friendship. Little by little, they learn to know each other, to appreciate each other. Jean is moved by the complicity and affection that fuels the relationship with his new ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, witty, realistic, light ...
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Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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