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The Humbling (2014)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace with her.
Style:
tragicomedy, semi serious, humorous, realistic, psychological, clever, contemplative, independent film, dark comedy, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, impossible love, female professor, dark humor, veterinarian, suicide attempt, psychiatrist patient relationship, stage play, actor, aging, life turned upside down, love and romance, love affair, actor's life, artists and showbiz, husband wife relationship, delusion, charisma, desperation, self pity, group therapy, spoken inner thoughts, relationships, art, age difference ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, connecticut, new england, new york, manhattan new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, talky and clever films with plots about friendship, love and romance, infidelity, restaurant, couples, kiss and mother daughter relationship mostly in Romance, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Humbling: Venus (2006), The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009), The Oranges (2011), Barry Munday (2010), 5 to 7 (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
london
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90%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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87%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, infidelity, dysfunctional family, fall in love, love and romance, family problems, friends, life turned upside down, family life, disorder, age difference, age-gap relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Barry Munday, a libido-driven wage slave who spends all his time either ogling, fantasizing about or trying to pick up women, wakes up in hospital after a freak attack only to find that his testicles have been removed.
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young writer begins an affair with an older woman from France whose open marriage to a diplomat dictates that they can meet only between the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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touching, realistic, independent film, captivating, romantic comedy ...
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date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
fall in love, unfaithful wife, adultery, love affair, love and romance, couple relations, cheating on husband, extramarital affair, polyamory, relationships, older woman younger man sex, older younger relationship ...
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usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, north carolina
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84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
writers, stepmother, relationships, marriage, divorce, hotel, friendship, marxism, blended family, narcissist, character study, eccentricity ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, quebec, brooklyn new york city, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Style:
sexy, sincere, suspenseful, enigmatic, erotic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, obsession, teacher student sex, male teacher female student affair, couples, infidelity, love and romance, male female relationship, hospital, love story, hedonism ...
Time:
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Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, emotional, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
young lovers, infidelity, unlikely couple, life turned upside down, love affair, couples, disorder, love and romance, dishonesty, lifestyle, friendship, breakup ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
sweet, sentimental, romantic, melancholic, funny ...
Audience:
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Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, paris france, manhattan new york city ...
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82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, talky, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe, yorkshire, england
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82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
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Country: UK, France
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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81%
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Country: Canada, USA, Hungary, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Audience:
girls' night
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Place:
england, london, europe, west end london, canada ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
81%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
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Place:
usa, california, england
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, boston, new jersey
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Bahrain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Audience:
date night
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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talky, clever, independent film, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, touching, romantic comedy, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
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mental illness, love, family drama, bipolar disorder, depression, adaptation, character study, social misfits, supportive parent, father son relationship, male female friendship, mental patient ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, rom com, semi serious, sentimental, light ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
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Time:
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Place:
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79%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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humorous, witty, erotic, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
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Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, fall in love, breakup, unlikely couple, opposites attract, eccentric family, newlyweds, family problems, love affair, therapy, male female relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
79%
97K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sad, visually appealing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new york, seattle
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother, Erica. Left in the care of ...
Style:
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Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
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year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
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Similarity:
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