Movies like Empties
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Empties (2007)
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Original name: Vratné lahve
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, sentimental, sincere, emotional, realistic, existential, independent film
Plot:
infidelity, dishonesty, hopes, friendship, friends, family relations, parents and children, couples, starting over, couple relations, supermarket, teacher, husband wife relationship, old age, erotic fantasy, church, self discovery, end of love, badass, senior citizen, bicycle, colleague, teachers and students, power relations, school ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, prague, europe, czech republic, russian, prague czech republic
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Most similar movies to Empties
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and touching films with plots about family relations, friendship, couples, friends, couple relations, parents and children and bittersweet mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like Empties: Kolya (1996), All Together (2011), The Elementary School (1991), Cleopatra (2003), The Dandelions (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Czech Republic Director Jan Sverák tells in this Oscar winning film the story of the disillusioned Prague man named Cellisten Louka, who after a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
adoption, communism, coming of age, nudity, friendship, musician, cellist, renaissance, lovers, single father, revolution, boy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1996
Place:
czech republic, eastern europe, prague, balkan, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternate to living in a retirement home; joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on the aging population.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
friendship, aging, couples, family relations, couple relations, elderly, parents and children, old age, truth, old people, friends, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very strict - but also ...
Style:
surreal, semi serious, realistic, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
renaissance, world war two, self discovery, communist, boy, pregnancy, elementary school, prostitute, unfaithfulness, substitute teacher, teacher, love letter ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1946, post world war two
Place:
eastern europe, europe, czech republic, prague, czechoslovakia ...
Similarity:
33%
674
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A retired teacher and a soap star leave their routines and the men in their lives behind and embark on a weekend trip.
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, fall in love, human nature, on the road, looking for love, introspection, best friend, hopes, parents and children, family business, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young girl is frustrated by her over-protective mom. At school, she meets another fearless little girl that is going to have a big influence on her.
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous
Plot:
friendship, best friend, family life, parents and children, friends, couples, couple relations, children, psychologist, doll, death of friend, school ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a mentally retarded young man, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered Otík works as an assistant truck driver with Mr. Pávek, his older colleague and practical-minded ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Plot:
husband and wife, village life, mental retardation, provincial life, working class, marital infidelity, married woman, cheating on husband, magic realism, summer, couple relations, society ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
balkan, czech republic, czechoslovakia, eastern europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment ...
Style:
humorous, touching, sentimental, witty, romantic ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, divorce, childhood, family relations, heart attack, self discovery, introspection, fall in love, amor, human nature, couple relations, old friend ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
latin america, spain, argentina, buenos aires argentina, italy ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A bittersweet comedy starring the great Vlastimil Brodský as Fanda, an old man who refuses to grow up. Despite pleas from his exasperated wife who wants him to make serious decisions about the future, Fanda ignores the nagging and spends his days ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
dark humor, elderly, young at heart, couple relations, aging, couples, family problems, husband wife relationship, prank, prankster, dealing with death, love and romance ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, czech republic, prague, central europe
Similarity:
24%
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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:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As single mom Grace juggles work, bills, and her affair with a married doctor, her daughter, Ansiedad, plots a shortcut to adulthood after finding inspiration in the coming-of-age stories she's reading for school.
Style:
touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, couple relations, teenage girl, teenage life, married man, coming of age, single parent, adolescence vs adulthood, couples, family relations, youth, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, usa, seattle
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Before it was a movie, it was a theatrical phenomenon! When Helen learns that her husband is leaving her for her best friend, the women in her family are ready with advice. Her devout mother preaches strength and forgiveness, while her parolee ...
Style:
semi serious, emotional, humorous, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
starting over, life turned upside down, hopes, dishonesty, couple relations, human spirit, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, breakup, estate, madea ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The old friends from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Mary and Rhoda, are reunited, only to discover that Mary has a daughter named Rose and Rhoda's daughter is named Meredith.
Style:
sitcom, talky, touching, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, looking for love, family life, homecoming, family problems, family relations, college, estrangement, couples, starting over, love and romance, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, france, paris france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A man in his thirties does not want to be like his father, but that seems to be unavoidable.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, light, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, introspection, parents and children, family problems, hopes, youth, lawyer, father son relationship, teacher, husband wife relationship, teenager, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Set in the 1970's, MIGHTY FINE is the story of Joe Fine (Chazz Palminteri) a charismatic, high-spirited man, who relocates his family--wife Stella (Andie MacDowell), a Holocaust survivor, daughters Nathalie (Jodelle Ferland) and Maddie (Rainey ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, light, heartfelt ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, family life, starting over, parents and children, couples, couple relations, hopes, family drama, father daughter relationship, character study, intimate, holocaust survivor ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Romain is 23 years old. He would like to be a writer, but for now, it is night porter in a hotel. His father is 62 years old. He retires and pretends to fuck. His roommate is 24 years old. He thinks only one thing: to seduce a girl, any and all ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, introspection, aging, past, night watchman, love, homecoming, death of grandmother, hopes, elderly, retirement ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Madrid, 1974. Six years have passed since Martin and his family have returned to Spain from Switzerland. A visit to their adopted country will bring complications.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, family relations, parents and children, culture clash, disorder, farce, homecoming, love affair, culture shock, identity, immigration, nostalgia ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
switzerland, madrid
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Welcome to adulthood! When two early-30s couples celebrate their last annual Halloween party in New York, they are confronted with sex, lies, and unspoken drama which tests their relationships and futures.
Style:
touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere
Plot:
couples, couple relations, infidelity, pregnancy, best friend, thirtysomething life, friends, introspection, crumbling marriage, divorce, adultery, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, witty, melancholic, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dysfunctional family, friendship, suburban life, couples, neighbor, parenthood, family relations, starting over, love and romance, couple relations, lifestyle, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa, michigan, detroit, california
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.
Style:
talky, realistic, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
divorce, friendship, bittersweet, skinny dipping, vacation, sadness, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, love and romance, introspection, human nature, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1981, 70s
Place:
usa, new england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Such an inconsequential event - the unfortunate purchase of a package of cling film - reveals the character and behavior of a small group of individuals caught up in the chaos of today's society. Though it creates arguments and inner ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, clever, offbeat
Plot:
friendship, lifestyle, crumbling marriage, human nature, couple relations, husband wife relationship, unfulfillment, couples, friends, cellist, paranoia, car accident ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two girls of different background, one a immigrant from Turkey and the other a girl that needs to get out of her fathers shadow both apply to the police academy were they become close friends.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
starting over, lifestyle, friendship, social differences, society, fish out of water, culture clash, officers and cadets, academy, family life, hopes, immigrant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, witty, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, eccentricity, dysfunctional family, obsession, family problems, friendship, intergenerational friendship, parenthood, redemption, honest, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
year 2006, 70s
Place:
scotland, england, united kingdom, edinburgh scotland, europe ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When her father, Giancarlo is transferred to Rome from the small country town of Montalto Di Castro, Caterina, a 12 years old girl, will discover her new classmates, a totally new world, an ambient extremely divided politically.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous
Plot:
youth, social differences, fish out of water, friendship, teenage life, politics, lifestyle, human nature, society, hopes, school, city life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
20%
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523
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Eddie returns to his home town on the south coast of New South Wales. Having left for the city without explanation a few years previously, he tries to pick up the pieces of his life and fit back in to the lives of those he left, including his ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, sincere, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
homecoming, small town, starting over, couples, family problems, hopes, prodigy, love and romance, eccentric family, parents and children, family life, weakness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of Piero, from when he was a kid to fatherhood, over the background of the town of Livorno, Tuscany, where the director Virzì was born.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, realistic, humorous, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth culture, coming of age, bittersweet, working class, teacher student relationship, dysfunctional family, factory worker, teenage love, oil refinery, blue collar, puberty, proletarian ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
tuscany, europe, italy
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Newlyweds Alex and Alice host a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the mountains. However, when an unexpected guest shows up, the group's facades begin to crumble.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, light, sincere ...
Plot:
divorce, newlyweds, couple relations, couples, bittersweet, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, friends, thirtysomething life, friendship, marriage, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the house as they agreed.
Plot:
summer, renaissance, family relations, melancholy, drinking, beer, father son relationship, friend, friendship, hopes, illness, hospital ...
Place:
eastern europe, balkan, czechoslovakia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, powerful ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, aging, mistaken identity, memory, old age, writer's life, couple relations, love and romance, couples, writers, senior citizen, grandson ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
20%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family life, family problems, convent school, nun, overweight, angel, prodigy ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After her husband John dies unexpectedly, Beth Macauley is unprepared for life without him. She is unemployed with no job skills and $60,000 in debt from on-going renovations to their house located in suburban Bingham. She doesn't know what to ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
widow, depression, bittersweet, crumbling marriage, family relations, feminist, middle school, male female relationship, age-gap relationship, career, starting over, lottery ...
Time:
80s
Place:
baltimore, usa
Similarity:
19%
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