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On a Clear Day (2005)
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On a Clear Day (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For the first time in his life, he is without a job or a sense of direction, and he's too proud to ask for guidance. His best mates - rascally Danny, timid Norman and cynical Eddie - are there for him, but Frank still feels desperately alone. An offhand remark from Danny inspires Frank to challenge himself. Already contemplating the state of his relationships with loving wife Joan and all-but-estranged son Rob, Frank is determined to shore up his own self-confidence. He will attempt the near impossible - swimming the English Channel.
Style: feel good, touching, humorous, emotional, stylized, realistic, compassionate, semi serious, crying, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: friendship, working class, swimming, self discovery, family relations, life philosophy, character study, hopes, down on your luck, couple relations, parents and children, love and romance, underdog, estrangement, human nature, obsessive quest, life, bittersweet, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, love, death, hospital, prejudice, drinking ...
Time: year 2005, contemporary
Place: scotland, english channel, glasgow scotland, europe, france, britain
Keyword: reading, irish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and touching films with plots about friendship, family relations, couples, love and romance, friend, drink and kiss mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like On a Clear Day: Girls' Night (1998), Lovely & Amazing (2001), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), Mad About Mambo (2000), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Girls' Night (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000 she's got from her secret lover with Dawn to fulfil her dream - a visit to Las Vegas. They buy two ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot: holiday, hospital, gambling, bingo, marriage, terminal illness, bittersweet, strong female presence, best friend, friends, family relations, couples ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas, usa
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100%
Lovely & Amazing (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Self-esteem and insecurity are at the heart of this comedy about the relationship between a mother and her three confused daughters.
Style: humorous, touching, erotic, realistic, talky ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: sister sister relationship, lifestyle, love affair, love, older woman younger man relationship, society, parents and children, coma, cigarette smoking, women, nudity, bittersweet ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, UK, Sweden, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, touching, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: suicide attempt, depression, redemption, love triangle, mental illness, suicide, fall in love, family relations, human nature, hopes, dark humor, parents and children ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Mad About Mambo (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: High school student tries to improve soccer skills by practicing dance and falls for his dance partner.
Style: feel good, semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: couples, lifestyle, dancer's life, fall in love, cheerleader, society, hopes, working class, football, dance, soccer, love triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
Style: feel good, emotional, light, sweet, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: friendship, teacher, optimism, homeless, looking for love, character study, elementary school, working class, social worker, roommate, love and romance, goodhearted ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: london, europe, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose ...
Style: feel good, touching, uplifting, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: hotel, elderly, aging, self discovery, goodhearted, old age, introspection, loneliness, marital problem, choice, life changing experience, retirement home ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, delhi, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Go Now (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in love and move in together. Soon after, Nick exhibits signs of serious illness. As his body slowly succumbs to multiple sclerosis, he experiences a ...
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: multiple sclerosis, football, disability, working class, storytelling, soccer, aids, love, friendship, infidelity, family relations, male nudity ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her daughter by the delinquent Jimmy, who flew the coop years ago and hasn't been heard from since. ...
Style: humorous, melancholic, entertaining, sweet, intense ...
Plot: family drama, honest, dysfunctional family, love, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, starting over, parents and children, family life, couples, human nature, couple relations, siblings relations ...
Time: year 2002
Place: england, europe, glasgow scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Touch and Go (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An ice hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother. A romantic plot ensues, as well as a confrontation with ...
Style: humorous, emotional, sentimental, sincere, light ...
Plot: hockey, friendship, love, celebrity, couples, athlete's life, ambition, single parent, athlete, hockey player, youth, threat ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Dear Frankie (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, ...
Style: heartbreaking, sweet, realistic, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: single parent, coming of age, disability, family drama, friendship, father son relationship, boy, stranger, passion, letter, youth, bittersweet ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: scotland, europe, glasgow scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Starter for 10 (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching "University Challenge," a ...
Style: feel good, witty, sweet, melancholic, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: university, coming of age, college, politics, social differences, unlikely friendships, happy ending, love triangle, student, buddies, youth, love and romance ...
Time: 80s, year 2006, 2000s, year 1985
Place: england, united kingdom, britain, europe, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Blue Juice (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: JC is the hero of the Cornish surfing community. Staring thirty hard in the face, he fears that the wave that has carried him through a prolonged adolescence is heading for the rocks as his girlfriend pressures him for commitment and his friends ...
Style: humorous, feel good, realistic, entertaining, light ...
Audience: date night
Plot: surfing, friendship, coming of age, surf, lifestyle, best friend, drug dealing, buddies, fish out of water, boat, surfer, love ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, england, london, cornwall
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
Style: feel good, humorous, romantic, sweet, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: love and romance, literature, friendship, infidelity, book, writers, crumbling marriage, couple relations, family relations, love, loneliness, multiple storylines ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
It Runs in the Family (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
Style: light, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: boys' night, teen drama
Plot: dysfunctional family, gangster, courage, brutality, eccentric family, redemption, human nature, aging, couples, money, lawyer, marriage ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
24 7: Twenty Four Seven (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and ...
Style: black and white, realistic, bleak, independent film, serious ...
Plot: boxing, friendship, working class, violence, poverty, subculture, stoner, teenager, idealism, cigarette smoking, youth gang, friends ...
Time: 80s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: england, europe, wales, cornwall
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Eleven Men Out (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Iceland, Finland, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The star player of Icelands top football team causes a stir when he admits to being gay to his team mates and then goes on a journey to discover himself (with the help of the local press). He soon finds himself on the bench for most of his teams ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: gay athlete, gay, football, soccer, lgbt, ambition, athlete's life, life turned upside down, rivalry, buddies, social relations, journalism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iceland, reykjavik iceland, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Two Family House (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Buddy Visalo (Michael Rispoli) is a factory worker, a frustrated crooner who once had a shot at the big time. Buddy's dreams of greatness have been reduced to an endless series of failed moneymaking schemes. His latest is buying a two-family ...
Style: touching, sincere, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: working class, friendship, culture clash, love and romance, society, life is a bitch, couple relations, couples, down on your luck, pregnancy, love, ambition ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Oyster Farmer (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A love story about a young man who runs away up an isolated Australian river and gets a job with eighth generation oyster famers.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot: fall in love, food, love affair, fish out of water, love triangle, couple relations, lovers on the run, society, love and romance, unlikely criminals, human nature, working class ...
Place: australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Saint Ralph (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This Canadian made comedy/drama, set in Hamilton, Ontario in 1954, is a sweet and - at times - goofy story that becomes increasingly poignant as the minutes tick by. It's the fictional tale of a wayward 9th grader, Ralph (Adam Butcher), who is ...
Style: emotional, sincere, sentimental, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: friendship, coming of age, adolescence, religion, fighting the system, running, human spirit, ambition, goodhearted, teachers and students, underdog, youth ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1954
Place: ontario canada, ireland, europe, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
A Matter of Size (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up of dieting and the dieting club they belong to. When Herzl (155 kilos), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant in ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: sumo, israeli, self discovery, ambition, buddies, physical appearance, couple relations, athlete and trainer, job seeking, friendship, couples, support group ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, palestine
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: England, 1932. Today is Dolly Thatcham's wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances that accompany such gatherings. Trouble soon appears in the shape of Joseph, Dolly's lover ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: wedding, lovers reunited, bride and groom, unrequited love, under the surface, love and romance, introspection, family problems, parents and children, love triangle, ex lover, marriage ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1932
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 7.3
 14K
Summer Storm (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. They look forward to the upcoming summer camp and the crew competition. Then the ...
Style: touching, emotional, sexual, light, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, gay teenager, coming of age, gay love, summer camp, gay sex, erotica, self discovery, homosexuality, teenage love ...
Time: 2000s
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany, bavaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 7.0
 21K
Russian Dolls (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.
Style: romantic, humorous, feel good, sentimental, witty ...
Audience: family outing, date night, teens
Plot: friendship, lesbian, male nudity, writers, relationships, looking for love, love triangle, lifestyle, understanding, writer's life, old love, culture clash ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, london, england, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Music from Another Room (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny, a young man who grew up believing he was destined to marry the girl he helped deliver as a five year old boy when his neighbor went into emergency labor. Twenty-five ...
Style: touching, sentimental, sweet, light, semi serious ...
Plot: single father, family relations, parents and children, american football, love and romance, destiny, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, family drama, life philosophy, marriage, blindness ...
Time: 90s
Place: russia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Driving Lessons (2006)
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, witty, feel good, realistic, touching ...
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, eccentricity, obsession, family problems, friendship, parenthood, honest, redemption, parents and children, intergenerational friendship, family relations ...
Time: year 2006
Place: england, scotland, united kingdom, edinburgh scotland, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Monday Morning (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A story told quietly of Vincent a welder at a large and seemingly toxic plant along the Rhône, living in a village with his sons, wife, and mother, saying little to each other.
Style: humorous, psychological, sincere, captivating, road movie ...
Plot: midlife crisis, factory, friendship, working class, human nature, lifestyle, couple relations, social differences, crumbling marriage, parents and children, painting, alienation ...
Time: year 2002
Place: venice, europe, italy, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Cape of Good Hope (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Mark Bamford's thought-provoking comedy explores the ever-present friction between class, race and faith in modern-day South Africa, tracing the intersection of multiple lives. A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sincere, touching, contemplative ...
Plot: interracial relations, pregnancy, love affair, love triangle, couples, family problems, hopes, single parent, society, couple relations, dishonesty, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south africa, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Cleopatra (2003)
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, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: fall in love, self discovery, friendship, human nature, on the road, introspection, looking for love, best friend, family business, parents and children, hopes, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 6.5
 856
My Life on Ice (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Etienne is crazy about ice skating and videoing his daily life with a digital camera. He records his mother, friends, and geography teacher. Initially his intention is to setup a date between his mother and his teacher, however, he starts to realize ...
Style: serious, sentimental, realistic, sexy, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, gay teenager, friendship, teachers and students, lgbt, obsession, high school, couples, lifestyle, human nature, self discovery, contests and competitions ...
Place: france, normandy, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Introducing the Dwights (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The shy son of an aging comedienne tries to find a balance between his demanding home life, his new girlfriend, and his mother's second chance at fame.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good ...
Plot: single parent, disability, family relations, family life, parents and children, eccentric family, youth, divorced parents, sexual relations, siblings relations, mentally challenged, misfit ...
Time: year 2007
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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