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Swing Vote (2008)
20K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In a remarkable turn of events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote.
Style:
humorous, political, touching, light, intense, semi serious, tear jerker, entertaining, satirical, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, election, presidential election, single father, small town, u.s. president, president, american football, political campaign, satire, idealism, parents and children, state affairs, media, campaign, working class, american politics, honest, morality, politician, drinking, cheerleader, youth, shooting, childhood love ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico, mexico, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and clever films with plots about mentor, dialogue, runaway, storytelling, corruption, catastrophe and adaptation mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Swing Vote: Primary Colors (1998), Our Brand Is Crisis (2015), Guarding Tess (1994), Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1979), The Obama Effect (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the ...
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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political, parody, funny, twist ending, absurd ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 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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26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
russia, moscow russia
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26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 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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26%
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 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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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
politics, usa president, president, satire, presidential election, farce, stereotypes, black, hip hop, state affairs, ambition, republican ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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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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Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 118 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: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
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: USA
Duration: 130 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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
satirical, political, humorous, witty, thought provoking ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 353 min.
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Story:
In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a ...
Style:
mockumentary, political, biting, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 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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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, emotional, light, period piece, intense ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, self discovery, friendship, troublemaker, storytelling, haunted by the past, parents and children, teenage life, mentally challenged, love and romance, misfit, youth ...
Time:
70s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
new york, paris france, france, europe, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, touching, emotional, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
new york, usa, europe, england, liverpool
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, political, romantic, light, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
small town, president, couples, politics, campaign, secret service, political campaign, moose, mayor, marriage proposal, adaptation, dating ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa, new england, las vegas
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19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, intense, sweet, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 70s, 90s, y2k, year 1999
Place:
usa, rhode island, connecticut, arizona, new england ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
weed, marijuana, self discovery, medical student, wilderness, family relations, loneliness, fish out of water, addiction, stoner, eccentric family, disorder ...
Time:
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Place:
california, northern california, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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