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This Is 40 (2012)
159K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.
Style:
funny, emotional, humorous, melancholic, intense, romantic comedy, touching, realistic, talky, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, 40 year old, relationships, husband wife relationship, family drama, family bonds, depression, midlife crisis, life philosophy, family life, love and romance, couples, adulthood, marital problem, couple relations, high maintenance, financial problem, birthday, parents and children, sex, bromance, husband and wife, aging, marriage, women ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 70s, year 1974, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, california, new jersey
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 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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100%
109K
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
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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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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100%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, san francisco, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: France, USA, Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Similarity:
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145K
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, funny, humorous, sentimental, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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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Place:
california, san francisco, los angeles, bay area, usa ...
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Similarity:
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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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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 124 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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Place:
usa, california, new york
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100%
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
usa, los angeles, california, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, touching, melancholic, intense, compassionate ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Richard Cooper is a married man and father of two who is just plain bored with married life. Not getting any sex from his wife, he resorts to ogling random women on the street to the point he takes lunch late to look at them. When old crush Nikki ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, california, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, funny, romantic, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
147K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, sexy, funny, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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