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This Is Not a Film (2003)
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This Is Not a Film (2003)
Original name: This is Not a Film
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: New Yorker Michael Connor attempts to find the woman who left him by making a film about her, hoping that someone (maybe you?) will recognize his ex and convince her to get back together with him. To help the viewer understand who he is and why his girlfriend left, Michael opts to re-enact his failed relationship for the camera. He hires an actress to portray his ex-girlfriend, and during the process of filming she quickly and mercilessly points out all of his mistakes, blunders and inadequacies as a boyfriend. "This Is Not a Film" is a romantic comedy about making mistakes and recognizing them in the most painful way possible--by making them over and over again.
Style: sentimental, realistic, talky, semi serious, humorous, witty, independent film, offbeat
Audience: date night
Plot: filmmaking, breakup, love and romance, couples, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, obsession, urban, artists and showbiz, actress, talking to the camera, reenactment, romance
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, new york

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and independent film films with plots about couples, love and romance, couple relations, lifestyle, fall in love, breakup and love mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like This Is Not a Film: Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire (1999), Forget Paris (1995), Pipe Dream (2002), See You in September (2010), Nearlyweds (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two brothers share a house in LA's Fairfax district: Tony's a feckless actor, Chris is an accountant. Both are in relationships on rocky ground. As these emotions swirl, Tony meets his US Postal Service letter carrier, a single mom named ...
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Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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100%
 6.5
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Forget Paris (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: sentimental, humorous, sweet, intense, light ...
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Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: paris france, france, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
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Pipe Dream (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
See You in September (2010)
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Duration: 90 min.
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Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, cute
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 93 min.
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Duration: 85 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 4.8
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.2
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Country: USA
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Ten Days Without Love (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.3
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Country: USA, France, UK
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Time: year 2003, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.2
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Never Again (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 4.3
 137
Mona (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Style: semi serious, humorous, emotional, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: date night
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Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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