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Run Fatboy Run (2007)
71K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, intense, not serious, romantic, romantic comedy, hilarious, witty, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
loser, love triangle, running, sarcasm, underdog, wedding, marathon, coach, bet, rivalry, runner, farce, racing, father son relationship, training, businessman, male nudity, redemption, passion, love, track and field, father, fitness, father and son, humour ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
london, europe, tower bridge london, england
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Most similar movies to Run Fatboy Run
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, realistic, humorous and funny films with plots about culture clash, dialogue, life philosophy, love and romance, mentor, catastrophe and storytelling mostly in Comedy, Romance and Sport genres. Some movies like Run Fatboy Run: Mr. Woodcock (2007), Kingpin (1996), The Hammer (2007), Guess Who (2005), The Wedding Ringer (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.
Style:
funny, humorous, teen, slapstick, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
teacher, vengeance, writers, transformation, single mother, uninhibited rivalry, haunted by the past, parents and children, teachers and students, rivalry, family relations, humiliation ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
Similarity:
100%
96K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naïve hit the ...
Style:
humorous, funny, feel good, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bowling, road trip, buddies, on the road, older woman younger man, dark humor, dumb, culture clash, mentor, sexy woman, fish out of water, success ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, nevada, usa, reno nevada
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Approaching forty, Ferro is unsatisfied with his life as a construction worker and part-time boxing instructor in Los Angeles, CA. After a successful bout with a young pro boxer, Ferro decides to don the gloves one last time. The movie recounts his ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sweet, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
underdog, olympics, mentor, ex athlete, athlete's life, contests and competitions, ambition, couples, friends, comeback, love affair, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, pasadena california, phoenix arizona, usa, california ...
Similarity:
100%
48K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The fiancé of an African-American woman who's met with skepticism and suspicion from her father when she takes him home for the all-important introduction. As the wedding approaches, Dad must come to terms with his future son-in-law.
Style:
humorous, romantic, funny, entertaining, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
interracial romance, interracial relations, interracial love, interracial couple, white male black female relationship, racism, wedding, meet the parents, couple relations, father daughter relationship, father dislikes daughter's boyfriend, parents and children ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa, new jersey, new york, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Doug Harris is a loveable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the girl of his dreams, Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan, owner and CEO of Best Man, Inc., a company ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
wedding, friendship, best man, love and romance, friends, disorder, marriage, bachelor party, bride and groom, relationships, buddies, male nudity ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Pressured by a greedy uncle (Brian Cox) and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker (Knoxville) resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics ...
Style:
funny, humorous, sexy, light, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mentally challenged, sarcasm, rivalry, friendship, love and romance, lie, track and field, gambling, pretense, down syndrome, olympics, jackass ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie ...
Style:
sexy, inspirational, cult classic, funny, rom com ...
Plot:
baseball, small town, love triangle, relationships, mentor, baseball coach, age difference, baseball player, manic pixie dream girl, sexual content, nudity, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa, north carolina, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Eddie, the 40-year-old confirmed bachelor finally says "I do" to the beautiful and sexy Lila. But during their honeymoon in Mexico, the woman of his dreams turns out to be a total nightmare, and the guy who could never pull the trigger ...
Style:
humorous, funny, sexy, romantic, not serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
wedding, honeymoon, dumb, twists and turns, sex, female nudity, sexual pleasure, woman urinating, newlyweds, infidelity, female pubic hair, true love ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
403K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything.
Style:
feel good, funny, romantic, humorous, light ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens ...
Plot:
life, life changing experience, lifestyle change, love and romance, character change, change of heart, philosophy, life philosophy, optimism, couples, motivational speaker, self esteem ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, north america, nebraska ...
Similarity:
100%
347K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, rom com, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
flirting, dating, love and romance, love story, looking for love, power of love, interracial romance, eligible bachelor, slick, wooing, love, destiny ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When he starts dating drop-dead gorgeous Molly, insecure airport security agent Kirk can't believe it. As his friends and family share their doubts about the relationship lasting, Kirk does everything he can to avoid losing Molly forever.
Style:
sex comedy, romantic comedy, romantic, rom com, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
sex, odd couple, opposites attract, couple relations, insecurity, sex scene, shyness, confidence, birthday party, dating, happy ending, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, new york, las vegas ...
Similarity:
100%
397K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant.
Style:
romantic, sexy, romantic comedy, rom com, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
pregnancy, one night stand, slacker, unplanned pregnancy, love and romance, casual sex, unwed pregnancy, parenthood, opposites attract, woman urinating, couple relations, stoner ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, who has no idea of their connection. Slowly the tale unfolds, ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, sweet, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
couples, friendship, relationships, best friend, love triangle, love and romance, fall in love, looking for love, infidelity, couple relations, comedy of errors, destiny ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
london, europe, england, minneapolis minnesota, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Phil Weston has been unathletic his entire life. In college he failed at every sport that he tried out for. It looks like his 10-year old son, Sam, is following in his footsteps. But with becoming the coach of The Soccers, an already successful ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, intense, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, family friendly, kids, girls' night
Plot:
soccer, football, obsession, youth, underdog, sport team, farce, family life, goofy hero, parents and children, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, sexy, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
wedding, best friend, love story, wedding preparations and rituals, women, unrequited love, love and romance, love triangle, friendship, male female friendship, amor, wedding planning ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york, madagascar, san francisco ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.
Style:
feel good, sweet, romantic, funny, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
love, love triangle, love and romance, love story, thirtysomething life, couples, looking for love, christmas, opposites attract, workplace romance, holiday, happy ending ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe, britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core – which is why, when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay, comedy of errors, cons and scams, impossible love, couples, firefighter, friendship, womanizer, insurance, pretending to be gay, hidden identity, buddies ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, canada
Similarity:
100%
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19K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law's advertising firm. Tom has to adjust to the demands of a very high-powered job, and he finds himself in an increasingly ...
Style:
humorous, intense, funny, rom com, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
couples, workplace, honest, goofy hero, farce, advertising, nothing goes right, uninhibited rivalry, cooking, fired from the job, girl, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 2006
Place:
ohio
Similarity:
100%
135K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
Style:
romantic, feel good, humorous, light, funny ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
best friends in love, teenager, christmas, love and romance, high school crush, true love, couples, fall in love, holiday, love, cheerleader, friends in love ...
Time:
year 2005, year 1995, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious ...
Style:
humorous, light, talky, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
college, father son relationship, fish out of water, cheerleader, farce, university, college life, youth, switching roles, school, businessman, sexual fantasy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1940, future
Place:
usa, wisconsin, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four Weddings And A Funeral is a British comedy about a British Man named Charles and an American Woman named Carrie who go through numerous weddings before they determine if they are right for one another.
Style:
romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, funeral, friendship, unrequited love, multiple storylines, wedding ceremony, love, love and romance, marriage, love story, hotel, divorce ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
england, scotland, london, united kingdom, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
157K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attractions grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.
Style:
feel good, funny, romantic, sweet, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
single parent, fall in love, love story, single father, vacation, coming of age, love and romance, children, opposites attract, youth, couples, family values ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
south africa, africa, hawaii, usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
304K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the grass courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin -- is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize ...
Style:
funny, feel good, hilarious, slapstick, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
golf, dumb, underdog, rivalry, anger, hockey, sarcasm, jealousy, grandmother grandson relationship, stupidity, hotshot, happy ending ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place:
usa, north america, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
To the Mat tells the story of a laid-back ex-wrestler (Ricky Schroder) who's trying to keep his family's down-and-out Southern wrestling school above water. When his mother hires an uptight Wall Street consultant from New York (Laura Bell ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, light, sincere ...
Plot:
family business, small town, wrestling, couples, family relations, opposites attract, workplace, disorder, professional wrestling, counselor, fall in love, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
131K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
destiny, fall in love, coincidence, serendipity, christmas, true love, love and romance, friendship, looking for love, fate, love, friends ...
Time:
year 2001, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A married man reaches the point where he questions everything: career, creativity and even his marriage. Hilarious complications and temptations arise when his wife invites her open-minded (and very sexy) yoga instructor to stay in the guest house ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, romantic, funny, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
husband wife relationship, love triangle, romantic relationship, love story, couples, love and romance, crumbling marriage, love, yoga, love affair, male female relationship, yoga instructor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he decides to invent his own twin-brother.
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, witty, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
farce, greed, adaptation, art, love triangle, switching roles, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, wooing, hidden identity, nothing goes right, screwball ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
miami
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter; are any worth saving? A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love; two high ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
valentine's day, love story, love and romance, couple relations, multiple storylines, couples, florist, fall in love, marriage proposal, gay athlete, infidelity, male nudity ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, southern california, california, usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two women plot revenge against the woman marrying their friend's ex-boyfriend.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, female friendship, bridesmaid, best friend, revenge, love triangle, love and romance, wedding planning, undercover, couples, family relations, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
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