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Withnail & I (1987)
52K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.
Style:
black comedy, cult classic, offbeat, dark comedy, funny, art house, atmospheric, independent film, clever, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, homoerotic friendship, poverty, alcohol abuse, addiction, great dialogue, homosexuality, road trip, pub, drug, great ending, dark humor, countryside, melancholy, eccentricity, gay, cat, marijuana, dialogue, homosexual, lgbt, drunk, unemployed, cottage, cannabis ...
Time:
60s, year 1969, year 1987, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
england, london, britain, northern england, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, clever, semi serious and visually appealing films with plots about storytelling, dialogue, mentor, life philosophy, runaway, loneliness and friendship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Withnail & I: Naked (1993), The History Boys (2006), The Green Butchers (2003), Barfly (1987), The Trip (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 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:
england, britain, northern england, europe, yorkshire ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 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:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
addiction, alcohol abuse, alcoholism, bartender, drinking, poet, misfit, biopic, drinking alcohol, dark hero, mentally unstable, loser ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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60%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 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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Country: USA
Duration: 118 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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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, stylized, witty, surreal, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
hotel, art theft, mentor, mentor protege relationship, prison escape, murder, escapades, twists and turns, gunfight, painting, fictional country, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, year 2014, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, dark comedy, stylized, cynical, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
55K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Taiwan
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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Similarity:
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Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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101K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, pre world war two, year 2001 ...
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, surreal, compassionate, sincere ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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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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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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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: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult classic, clever, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 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, Germany, Japan, USA
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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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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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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:
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Country: UK
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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:
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216K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 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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Similarity:
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