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Touch (1997)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Juvenal, a presumed miracle worker, appears on the scene Bill Hill attempts to exploit him but his plans go astray with the untimely intervention of August Murray and the developing relationship between Juvenal and Lynn Faulkner.
Style:
cynical, light, realistic, witty, semi serious, clever, humorous, talky, sex comedy, offbeat ...
Plot:
abusive husband, solitude, love and romance, hopes, religions or cults, satire, love, moral ambiguity, religion, magic, investigation, miraculous event, dark humor, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, anti war, supernatural ability, journalism, society, media, rehabilitation, working class, clergy, cons and scams, con artists ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and witty films with plots about love and romance, couples, love, nude, storytelling, mentor and dialogue mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Touch: Leap of Faith (1992), Commandments (1997), Get Well Soon (2001), One Too Many Mornings (2010), The New Age (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracles' with the help of his friend and manager, Jane, and their entourage. One of their ...
Style:
melancholic, light, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
religion, redemption, character study, loneliness, dishonesty, cons and scams, small town life, con men, shipwreck, con artists, faith, miraculous event ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
kansas, usa, texas
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Seth Warner has reached the end of his rope. Ever since his wife died two years earlier, his world has been in turmoil. He is despondent, his career has fallen apart, even his house has been destroyed. There seems to be nothing left for him to live ...
Style:
humorous, black comedy, dark comedy, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot:
writers, infidelity, satire, redemption, dog, religion, thunderstorm, love and romance, losing-it hero, dishonesty, couple relations, nothing goes right ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, hawaii, california
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After having a nervous breakdown, a popular talk-show host confronts his ex-girlfriend who is dating a cross-dresser.
Style:
talky, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
disorder, media, fish out of water, gender, lifestyle, true love, nervous breakdown, male to female cross dressing, male nudity, bare chested male, talk show, crossdresser ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fischer can't remember the last time he woke up without a hangover. He lives in a church: a real one. Where people baptize, marry, pray and die. It's an ideal situation for a young guy with no aspirations: if he locks up the church, he can ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, mumblecore, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
wedding, church, self discovery, friendship, redemption, odd couple, buddies, addiction, coming of age, alcoholism, vandalism, religion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find ...
Style:
independent film, satirical, disturbing, melancholic, meditative ...
Plot:
dark humor, suicide, satire, adaptation, crumbling marriage, society, self discovery, filmmaking, love and romance, couple relations, starting over, rise and fall ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Rand is a computer animator, who has created an artificial intelligence creature designed to interact with children and teach them responsibility. When his prototype is forced into practice at a school, Rand encounters Sarah, a teacher he was ...
Style:
emotional, humorous, independent film, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
love, fall in love, science, stereotypes, technology, loneliness, destiny, looking for love, love affair, pets, passion, scientist ...
Time:
future, year 2003
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Young filmmakers trying to hawk a movie titled "Bradykillers" about a serial killer who goes after victims Marcia, Jan, and Cindy meet their screen idol, William Shatner. The two young men, who idolize him and in their fantasies have seen ...
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, independent film, talky ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, star trek, stereotypes, obsession, love and romance, lifestyle, love triangle, dream, bookstore, addiction, comic book, dating ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jane White's only ambition is to appear on a popular talk show.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, witty, independent film ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, obsessive quest, family relations, mentally unstable, parents and children, female protagonist, transvestism, couples, media, mentally challenged, serial killer, love and romance ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A movie about a young honors student-turned-anarchist, Puck, and his group of anarchist friends living peacefully in a Dallas commune until a nihilist, Johnny Black, appears with The Anarchist Cookbook and completely destroys their way of life.
Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, philosophical, semi serious ...
Plot:
anarchist, anarchism, fighting the system, teenage life, dark humor, society, youth, fall in love, friendship, anarchy, profanity, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austin texas, texas, usa
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
From his prison cell, young Alan Musgrave (Roddy McDowell) relates his experiences of the previous year dedicated to fulfilling every whim of beautiful and self-absorbed high school senior Barbara Ann Greene played by Tuesday Weld.
Style:
dark comedy, period piece, sexual, black comedy, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
high school, unrequited love, high school student, satire, sorority, beach, bare chested male, attempted murder, implied incest, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, love ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Deals with the lives of the three Irish Catholic McMullen brothers from Long Island, New York, over three months, as they grapple with basic ideas and values — love, sex, marriage, religion and family — in the 1990s. Directed, written, produced ...
Style:
independent film, talky, realistic, touching, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
true love, love, irish catholic, friendship, temptation, guilt, marriage, loss of father, abusive father, bad father, high school, bromance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, ireland, long island, usa, boston ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The tale of a young girl fresh off the bus from Iowa, who falls in love with a sexy and promising young actor, though their relationship threatens to complicate her own obsessive goal of becoming a famous actress. The film perfectly captures the ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, emotional, psychological, sex comedy ...
Plot:
hollywood, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, fall in love, showbiz, filmmaking, fish out of water, actor, audition, producer, disorder, couples ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, iowa
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who ...
Style:
satirical, harsh, clever, sentimental, melancholic ...
Plot:
air disaster, mistaken identity, happy ending, chase, satire, corruption, rescue, dishonesty, escapades, petty criminal, custody battle, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, illinois, chicago
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight, and attracting the interest of a down and out reporter.
Style:
cynical, stylized, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
politics, wall street, dark humor, satire, redemption, interracial relations, society, courtroom, justice, media, finance, legal action ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Lillian is a 21-year-old drifter engaged to a philandering loser and locked in her room with a strange man. She lives next to a failed violinist who won't stop playing his instrument. He lives next to a New Age fanatic who's into colonic ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, semi serious, realistic, surreal ...
Plot:
motel, erotica, love, porn, couples, love and romance, going straight, misfit, prostitute, destructive relationship, showbiz, addiction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jimmy (Matt D'Elia) finds out his best friend and roommate (Fletcher) is leaving, he sees this as a betrayal of their perfect way of life. Over the course of a night full of drinks, drugs and women, the two men engage in a classic battle ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, life turned upside down, buddies, terminal illness, male pubic hair, male nudity, naked man, profanity, disorder, nudity, sexual content, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Eva Dandridge is a very uptight young woman who constantly meddles in the affairs of her sisters and their husbands. Her in-laws, who are tired of Eva interfering in their lives, decide to set her up with someone so she can leave them alone. They ...
Style:
feel good, teen, light, funny, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
sisters, couple relations, family relations, black, love and romance, verbal byplay, shakespeare, hip hop, conspiracy, sister sister relationship, dating, african american ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, chicago, san francisco
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An aspiring writer from New York visits his girlfriend's eccentric family in Georgia.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
culture clash, family relations, love affair, eccentric family, fish out of water, opposites attract, family problems, couples, breakup, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Time:
90s
Place:
georgia, new york, los angeles, usa, california ...
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, cult classic, captivating, light ...
Plot:
filmmaking, screenwriter, mistress, money, showbiz, hollywood, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Wes is awakened in the middle of the night by an unexpected phone call. It’s Alison, the girl who could have been, who is flying home to Tokyo in the morning and wants to come by for a night of reminiscing before she goes.
Style:
sincere, semi serious, talky, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, unfulfillment, introspection, destiny, hopes, male female relationship, tourist, travel, first love, human relationship, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, tokyo, montreal
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Reverend Robert Gibbs is a young, hip pastor who temporarily takes over the helm of a Fundamentalist Baptist church while his predecessor Reverend Matthews recovers from a stroke. While trying to impress Reverend Matthews, Gibbs has to win the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, christian film, spiritual ...
Plot:
church, going straight, introspection, downfall, society, fall in love, rivalry, dishonesty, clergy, hopes, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
45%
851
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two friends travel from town to town taking jobs as dishwashers until they both find love and must choose separate paths.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sex comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
surfing, love, young lovers, surf, battle of the sexes, fall in love, friendship, introspection, buddies, youth, lifestyle, wooing ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfriends who are serving time at the nearby state prison.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
Plot:
prison, female bonding, prisoner, desert, social relations, friends, small town, friendship, small town life, on the road, working class, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, beverly hills
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy about a mysterious love letter that turns a sleepy New England town upside down.
Style:
sexy, semi serious, humorous, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
small town, mistaken identity, love, misunderstanding, comedy of errors, looking for love, writers, lgbt, older woman younger man relationship, fall in love, male female relationship, unfulfilled love ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
usa, new england, england
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, humorous, touching, funny ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love story, rabbi, love triangle, priest, love, catholicism, friendship, judaism, women, unrequited love, jewish culture, religion ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be small, it's neither as quiet nor as safe as it's expected to be.
Style:
sexy, sexual, political, grindhouse, sex comedy ...
Plot:
sex, female nudity, bare breasts, seduction, nudity, small town, revolution, village life, political unrest, village, small town life, politics ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Grand romantic gestures need not apply in this comedic tale of star-crossed young love. Instead, freshman Brian Kieslowski displays endless reserves of bumbling awkwardness as he goes home with a girl for the first time... and then learns that he ...
Style:
humorous, emotional, captivating, light, romantic ...
Plot:
youth, young lovers, pregnancy, couples, adolescence vs adulthood, life turned upside down, disorder, relationships, college freshman, fall in love, family relations, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A disgruntled music critic travels cross-country with her inheritance -- a Jack Russell Terrier named Binky.
Style:
humorous, captivating, sentimental, light, realistic ...
Plot:
on the road, couples, dog, travel, love, irony, critic, society, pet dog, friendship, love and romance, doubt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
110K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, surreal, humorous, ironic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
journalism, journalist, newspaper, cockfight, writers, alcoholism, profanity, satire, adaptation, eccentricity, gangster, addiction ...
Time:
60s, year 1960, year 2011, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
puerto rico, caribbean, latin america, new jersey
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a ...
Style:
entertaining, emotional, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
battle of the sexes, journalism, opposites attract, dating, couple relations, workplace, couples, media, unlikely couple, destiny, women, love ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
39%
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