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Mistress America (2015)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes. MISTRESS AMERICA is a comedy about dream-chasing, score-settling, makeshift families, and cat-stealing.
Style:
humorous, depressing, heartbreaking, melancholic, witty, stylized, semi serious, realistic, light, clever ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, writers, betrayal, follow your dream, prank, eccentric family, hopes, family relations, disorder, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, catastrophe, teenager, gangsters, relationships, dark humor, women, loneliness, depression, obsession, art, female friendship, sisters, adultery ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, california, usa, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out talky, realistic, melancholic and semi serious films with plots about dialogue, storytelling, loneliness, relationships, life philosophy, mentor and runaway mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Mistress America: Frances Ha (2012), While We're Young (2014), Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Damsels in Distress (2011), The Squid and the Whale (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
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mumblecore, feel good, realistic, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
love, relationships, female friendship, dancer, coming of age, bittersweet, loneliness, friendship, melancholy, female protagonist, dancing, self discovery ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, paris france, new jersey, france ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.
Style:
psychological, witty, ironic, humorous, clever ...
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hipster, older woman younger man relationship, friendship, marriage, coming of age, midlife crisis, couples, introspection, baby, writers, husband wife relationship, childless couple ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie, his pal Eddie, and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous ...
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road movie, art house, atmospheric, stylized, thought provoking ...
Plot:
immigrants, road trip, existentialism, coming of age, melancholy, culture clash, friendship, self discovery, alienation, partners, immigration, loneliness ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s, 20th century
Place:
florida, new york, new jersey, tokyo, hungary ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy Heather. They welcome transfer student Lily into their group which seeks to help severely depressed ...
Style:
talky, romantic, sexy, thought provoking, satirical ...
Plot:
college, depression, eccentricity, loneliness, relationships, best friends, college life, self discovery, female friendship, social relations, love and romance, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, usa, new england
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style:
talky, sincere, thought provoking, depressing, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
divorce, coming of age, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, infidelity, teacher student relationship, adultery, marriage, teenager, crumbling marriage, childhood, adolescence ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
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28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After a breakup with her boyfriend, a young woman moves in with her older brother, his wife, and their 2-year-old son.
Style:
touching, sexy, ironic, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
christmas, family relations, eccentric family, character study, introspection, siblings relations, writers, disorder, adolescence vs adulthood, couple relations, friendship, female friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, illinois
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28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed ...
Style:
talky, cynical, depressing, stylized, melancholic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, wedding, nude, complex characters, family relations, jealousy, secrets, greed, character study, confession, family problems, family gatherings ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, long island, vermont, harvard university
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27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.
Style:
talky, realistic, witty, bleak, stylized ...
Plot:
life & death, college, friendship, bittersweet, bullying, brutality, catastrophe, working class, british, character study, multiple storylines, loneliness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
london, new jersey, tokyo, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to ...
Style:
talky, humorous, depressing, melancholic, semi serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, college, friendship, slacker, graduation, solitude, buddies, lifestyle, twentysomething life, campus, student, roommate ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new jersey, new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.
Style:
sad, realistic, atmospheric, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town, coming of age, suicide, orphan, self discovery, friendship, bdsm, eccentricity, crime gone awry, childhood, moral ambiguity, complex characters ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Julia Sweeney tells the viewers the monologue about the hard time in her life when her brother fought with cancer and she was also diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
Style:
talky, touching, humorous, witty, cerebral ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dark humor, cancer, obsession, parenthood, dysfunctional family, depression, redemption, relationships, mentor, existentialism, life, honest ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, tokyo, los angeles, usa
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27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with ...
Style:
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Plot:
alcohol abuse, drugs, suburbs, drug addiction, addiction, small town, self discovery, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, alcoholic, transformation, loner ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
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27%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother's assistant.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, new york, new jersey, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Plot:
car, business, bittersweet, marketing, friendship, revenge, adultery, car accident, obsession, runaway, relationships, redemption ...
Time:
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Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection with the car-owner and with himself as well.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over ...
Style:
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Plot:
writers, multiple storylines, melancholy, smoking, friendship, redemption, photographer, dark humor, summer, philosophy, gangsters, father son relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A girl from Yazoo City, Mississippi pins all her hopes on winning the local beauty pageant.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, talky, semi serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
dysfunctional family, small town, underdog, contests and competitions, love and romance, human nature, youth, family problems, couples, cons and scams, looking for love, parents and children ...
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80s
Place:
mississippi, new york, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.
Style:
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Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solondz's film Happiness (1998).
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Country: USA, Germany
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Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's long- ...
Style:
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Plot:
small town, father son relationship, redemption, justice, self discovery, family relations, parents and children, elderly, aging, retirement, generation gap, family reunited ...
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Place:
new york, new jersey, new york state, usa, hawaii
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25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
new york
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25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, paranoia, dreams, gangsters, existentialism, fantasy world, homosexuality, justice, life philosophy, lone hero, first contact, culture clash ...
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Place:
new york, los angeles, california, usa, manhattan new york city
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25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.
Style:
talky, realistic, sentimental, touching, witty ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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25%
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