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What About Bob? (1991)
78K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin tries to get him to leave; the trouble is, everyone loves Bob. As his oblivious patient makes himself at home, Dr. Marvin loses his professional composure and, before long, may be ready for the loony bin himself.
Style:
light, witty, not serious, psychological, entertaining, dark comedy, laugh out loud, clever, talky, scary ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
mental illness, vacation, mental patient, elevator, mother daughter relationship, phobia, therapist, psychiatrist, yuppie, therapy, obsession, sarcasm, family vacation, psychotherapist, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, goldfish, doctor patient relationship, surprise birthday party, mental breakdown, psychology, nothing goes right, disorder, goofy hero ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new hampshire, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and feel good films with plots about disorder, dialogue, storytelling, catastrophe, culture clash, mentor and farce mostly in Comedy, Family and Romance genres. Some movies like What About Bob?: The Great Outdoors (1988), Anger Management (2003), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Summer Rental (1985), Beyond Therapy (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 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
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, christmas special, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Time:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: South Africa, Botswana, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, talky ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 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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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 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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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, light, dark comedy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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64K
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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285K
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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167K
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Country: USA
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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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Similarity:
20%
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Country: USA
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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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20%
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 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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19%
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 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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Similarity:
19%
120K
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 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: USA
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Story:
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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: Spain
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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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
50%
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Country: Netherlands, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, funny, light ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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19%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, humorous, black comedy, light, absurd ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
19%
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, missouri, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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