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It All Started by Chance (1993)
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Original name: Cominciò tutto per caso
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A middle class couple crisis. A love story between a young blue collar guy an a Philippine girl. The lives of four people get closer in nowadays Rome.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, realistic, melancholic, soap opera
Plot:
young lovers, urban, working class, everyday life, social realism, slice of life, empathy, bittersweet, social commentary, intimate, love, nanny, journalist, family relations, couples, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, satire, thirty something, prejudice, plumber, marriage, storytelling, voice over narration, song ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out romantic drama, emotional, melancholic and realistic films with plots about slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, urban, relationships, male female relationship and couples mostly in Romance, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like It All Started by Chance: The Bachelor's Swan Song (1989), A Mere Formality (2006), Mars & Venus (2007), Market Mahalakshmi (2024), Per tutta la vita (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Kenny and Maggie, lovers of long standing, have been scrimping and saving for their marriage. One day Maggie suspects that she is pregnant, and suggests an early wedding. Kenny is thunder struck as he has just lost his every cent in the stock market.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, realistic, tension, sentimental ...
Plot:
financial difficulty, young couple, domestic drama, conflict, wedding preparations and rituals, sacrifice, bittersweet, moral dilemma, unplanned pregnancy, intimate, working class, urban ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Marriage or not, that is the basic question! For Felix is marriage more like a game of roulette, but his wife Pola don't agree with him and wants a divorce. But getting the divorce isn't that easy.
Style:
semi serious, satirical, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
marriage, divorce, marital problem, male female relationship, family problems, family relations, satire, couples, relationships, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, gambler ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Ida and Mathias is a very "normal" couple. Her architect, he was a kind of production manager. They have two children, is still horny on each other. But life has set in: The kids interrupt the sex, she earns more than him, and the ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, thrilling, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
relationships, family life, marriage, married couple, couples, midlife crisis, family relations, male female relationship, crumbling marriage, marital crisis, marital problem, couple relations ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A young man pursues a relationship with an independent street vendor. Despite their differences, he tries various ways to convince her to marry him.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, realistic, heartfelt, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
relationships, street vendor, independent woman, wooing, working class, male protagonist, pursuit, marriage proposal, female empowerment, persuasion, urban, class differences ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four married couples find out their marriage is invalid because it was officiated by a fraudulent priest and have to decide what to do next.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, atmospheric, ironic, entertaining ...
Plot:
family relations, wedding, sex, remarry, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, marriage, relationships, marital crisis, double wedding, love affair, couples ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
This coming-of-age drama follows Saba, the happy-go-lucky protagonist, through the years leading up to his adulthood and highlighting events of friendship and romance along the way.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, sentimental
Plot:
grownups, coming of age, youth, relationships, adolescence, personal growth, friendship, heartbreak, self discovery, male protagonist, bittersweet, nostalgia ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Love Matteru dives headfirst into the vibrant complexities of modern romance, tackling the exhilarating challenges of seeking genuine connections in a world flooded with superficial interactions and instant gratification. The film follows dynamic ...
Style:
romantic drama, reflective, heartfelt, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
slow burn, intimate, young adult, bittersweet, wooing, urban, slice of life, social media, couples, thoughtful, healing, mature ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
MatchBox is a Malayalam movie starring Roshan Mathew and Vishak Nair in prominent roles. The movie is set in the suburbs of Kozhikode.
Style:
romantic, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
longing, unrequited love, bittersweet, everyday life, first love, coming of age, college life, realism, slice of life, young adult, small town, intimate ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Country: Denmark, Norway
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Copenhagen thirtysomethings Nikolaj and Julie struggle with marriage, baby and work, plus friends of varying maturity.
Style:
satirical, feel good, semi serious, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
friendship, relationships, family life, thirty something, parenthood, marriage, male female relationship, satire, family relations, lifestyle, husband wife relationship, parents and children ...
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In London, Dev, an overweight, genius chef who suffers with muscle spasms, meets Tara and love blossoms, but things take an interesting turn when he crosses paths with Maya.
Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, psychological, romantic drama ...
Plot:
love triangle, chef, love, love affair, love and romance, love interest, couple relations, lifestyle change, satire, couples, changing lives, relationships ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Sachin pursues romance but finds himself caught between two potential partners, leading to amusing complications.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, independent film, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
love triangle, young adult, problem, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love and romance, couple relations, love affair, love, relationship problems, satire ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this film, Louis Koo tries to woo a Beijing theater student (Cherry Ying), but he suffers from memory loss, and he keeps forgetting who she is.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
memory loss, couples, couple relations, young lovers, youth, love and romance, fall in love, disorder, true love, amnesia, forgetfulness, relationships ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
asia, beijing china, hong kong
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Rodolfo Guerra, father of three daughters, wakes up one morning and decides he will not go to work; he is tired of being mistreated by his wife. In that one day in which the family routine is broken, Rodolfo opens his eyes and realizes that he is a ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, captivating, semi serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
marriage, midlife crisis, satire, family life, family problems, family in crisis, family crisis, family relations, dysfunctional family, character study, family drama, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An unemployed astrophysicist finds a job of a docker at a grocery store, where he falls in love with a street-wise saleswoman in the produce department. But the groom runs away at the wedding reception.
Style:
romantic comedy, humorous, romantic, sincere, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wedding, satire, male female relationship, love, love and romance, life, happy ending, workplace, love triangle, saleswoman, workplace romance, city life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
moscow russia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Love is complicated.Finding love,is the most complicated of all..
Style:
exciting, light, humorous, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
couples, looking for love, love, love story, couple relations, female protagonist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, male female relationship, relationships, love affair, everyday life ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Reeling from her father's death, romantic disappointment and the ramifications of her uncle's gambling, Günfer meets a man who's not what he seems.
Style:
touching, melancholic, psychological, humorous, romantic ...
Plot:
young lovers, mourning, female protagonist, grief, family tragedy, love and romance, youth, fall in love, relationships, love affair, couples, love ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
This 50-minutes long TV production, Wiszniewski's only feature film, is the story of a young worker, who is given a flat by his union commission on condition that he gets married.
Style:
romantic drama
Plot:
worker, marriage, working class, union, blue collar, moral dilemma, social realism, young couple, conformity, compromise, bureaucracy, urban ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Croatia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Crossword about seven interconnected stories of love, friendship, affection, guns, Balkan, stupidity and people caught in the moment.
Style:
emotional, anthology, reflective, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
multiple perspectives, mature, bittersweet, slice of life, intimate, urban, social commentary, pop culture, violence, sex, dialogue driven, gun
Time:
2010s
Place:
balkan, serbia
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Saverio, a dentist, comes out as naive as usual while he falls in love with Alia, a russian immigrant he met in Rome. He must now deal with issues a guy like him would never have thought to come across.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, realistic, art house, romantic comedy
Plot:
love triangle, friendship, bittersweet, male protagonist, longing, relationships, ex lover, intimate, personal growth, russian immigrant, social realism, melancholy ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
If four couples meet at the same party, and a honey-sweet relationship begins between them, a surreal love out of nowhere... If every phase of the relationship is a situation comedy, where the sides get along well for a moment, only to quarrel the ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, sincere, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
love, love triangle, male female relationship, family relations, friendship, marriage, fall in love, love and romance, party, female nudity, couples, multiple storylines ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Diego, just a few weeks after his wedding with Julia, the perfect girlfriend, is forced by his father to remodel a hotel that he destroyed in his uncontrolled bachelor party. There he meets Lu, the hotel manager, a free, audacious and beautiful ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy, romantic drama ...
Plot:
love triangle, romantic triangle, couples, husband wife relationship, family problems, love interest, love and romance, love story, love, young lovers, male female relationship, relationship problems ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A deep pool of family secrets overruns its banks as two young lovers decide to tie the knot. But, sorting truth from deception leaves everyone gasping for breath.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, semi serious, emotional ...
Plot:
deception, satire, family drama, family secret, love interest, couples, con trick, love, secret, love and romance, relationships, couple relations ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Love story of a confirmed bachelor and a woman with three children and many troubles.
Style:
realistic, emotional, romantic comedy, humorous, melancholic
Plot:
children, relationships, companionship, widow, bachelor, single parent, personal growth, wooing, intimate, responsibility, everyday life, second chance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
armenia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The story of two opposite people, which begins in a St. Petersburg bar on Ribinstein Street. In search of true love, freedom-loving Ilona and the conservative teacher of Russian language and literature Artyom find themselves on one of the most ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, semi serious, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
open marriage, marriage, opposites attract, family life, couples, relationships, husband wife relationship, family relations, male female relationship, one night stand, marriage crisis, couple relations ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A single father is more occupied with his race horse than his daughter.
Style:
emotional
Plot:
horse race, single father, racehorse, family drama, family relations, everyday life, coming of age, small town life, life lesson, empathy, bittersweet, second chance ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
19-year old Ah Loong is in charge of a street stall selling pirated VCDs. Ah Loong is an incurable romantic with a unique hobby – he loves to read and write poetry. Quite content to carry on being the Romeo of the slums, Ah Loong's life takes ...
Style:
romantic drama, intercultural, melancholic, emotional
Plot:
interracial relations, young lovers, coming of age, poetry, youth, first love, teen romance, intimate, bittersweet, character study, poverty, identity ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Beijing is the place where dreams come true or at least that’s what a group of young and ambitious people from different parts are hoping for. Romance could be in their future but also heartbreak as well, leading them to question just where they ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, psychological, romantic, emotional ...
Plot:
relationships, breakup, urban, city life, ex lover, love affair, couples, couple relations, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, relationship problems, ex boyfriend, ex girlfriend ...
Place:
beijing china, china
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Naoko returns home with her young daughter, where her mother Masako runs the only beauty parlor in town. The local women go there to pass the time lamenting their bad luck with men and laughing over dirty jokes. Unbeknownst to them, Naoko has been ...
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
single mother, getting home, relationships, small town, mother and daughter, japanese woman, female protagonist, relationship problems, satire, social issues, male female relationship, social problems ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Celal, who dreams of achieving happiness as a ladies' man and charmer, soon gets into difficulties and suffers misfortune. Back when Celal was in a relationship, he was jealous of the life of a bachelor.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, funny, light, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
womanizer, happiness, couples, love, couple relations, love affair, love and romance, bachelor, relationships, male female relationship, heartbreak, jealousy ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
A story about a guy and a girl who decided to get married.They want to have their own place and live without parents. They search for apartment to live together because they can't live without each other, they're seriously falling in love, ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, lighthearted, teen comedy
Plot:
young love, adolescence, first love, coming of age, teenager, family conflict, teen romance, innocence, bittersweet, urban, high school life, generation gap ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
44%
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