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Splitting Heirs (1993)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stolen the woman after whom he lusts.
Style:
humorous, funny, light, absurd, semi serious, sexy, feel good, captivating, entertaining, scary ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
farce, lawyer, british, indians, inheritance, nothing goes right, disorder, switching roles, comedy of errors, dishonesty, mistaken identity, nude, catastrophe, gangsters, incest, assassin, death, murder, camp, suspense, weapons, lone hero, fantasy world, destiny, brutality ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 60s, 1960s, 1990s
Place:
england, london, ireland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, funny, realistic and clever films with plots about chase, adaptation, mentor, farce, destiny, dialogue and brutality mostly in Comedy, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Splitting Heirs: My Blue Heaven (1990), Trial and Error (1997), Nuns on the Run (1990), Screwed (2000), Amos & Andrew (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Duration: 89 min.
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Duration: 81 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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