Movies like Chance of a Lifetime
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Chance of a Lifetime (1998)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Irreverent freelance investigative reporter Tom Maguire hits rock bottom when bigot editor in chief Ivan refuses to print his pieces anymore and his bad back most be operated, but his health insurance just expired. Sympathetic editor Irene Dunbar, feeling guilty she didn't save his job, volunteers for a fake marriage so he can use her insurance. The 'happy couple' in now constantly beleaguered by her mother and an insurance inspector, while each has his own affairs, but the co-habitation also seems to generate meaningful affection.
Plot:
fake marriage, jealousy, dinner, cheating, crutches, shower, syringe, fraud, female director
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and sexy films with plots about cheating, jealousy, couples, infidelity, love and romance, couple relations and friendship mostly in Romance, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Chance of a Lifetime: Skin Deep (1989), Julia Has Two Lovers (1990), Sag einfach ja! (2002), Go Crazy Go Mad (2018), Making Mr. Right (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer's block, Zach slips in and out of casual relationships and one-night stands, while his drinking ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, funny, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
divorce, womanizer, midlife crisis, male nudity, lust, love story, redemption, police investigation, couple relations, breakup, depression, reconciliation ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Julia gets a call to a wrong number, but stays on the phone with the man on the other end for the entire day.
Plot:
female nudity, male nudity, shower
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93%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Vera and Hans have been happy for 15 years - only the marriage certificate is still missing. Vera's mother wants to help the couple on the jumps and proposes them to the local radio station as "the perfect couple of the week". This ...
Plot:
infidelity, jealousy, dinner, gift, in laws, bed, underwear, falling, drinking alcohol
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82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Bryn and Eckland escape the stress of a small apartment in the big city to rejuvenate their relationship, only to realize a relationship without walls will make you go crazy. This all-improvised-dialogue feature shot in 5 days, aims to reset the bar ...
Plot:
engagement, love, cheating, dysfunctional relationship, improv
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Eddie, a poor street conman, has his 'guess in which briefcase' trick ruined by Manhattan lifestyle magazine deputy editor Hallie Galloway. Due to a bet with her boss, she must transform Eddie into a dashingly eligible bachelor for a ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
love and romance, cons and scams, eligible bachelor, power relations, fall in love, couples, dishonesty, smuggling, party, transformation, theft, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The beautiful and talented Adrian is a writer for one of America's most popular TV soap operas. She is also pregnant, and when she refuses to abort her baby, Adrian's selfish husband deserts her. It falls to one of the soap opera's ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, humorous, serious
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
love triangle, pregnancy, family relations, relationship vs career, crumbling marriage, forbidden love, unfulfillment, producer, passion, love, divorce, friendship ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
658
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
A seriocomic feature about a playwright who feeds off his stubborn attraction to the wrong type of guy. When he attracts the attention of a newspaper columnist who will champion his work, success seems guaranteed until he meets her boyfriend.
Style:
queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbt, fall in love, sex, flirting, journalist, confession, party, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, jazz, gay romance, actor ...
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57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In San Francisco, Kira has a day job at a warehouse, writes jokes for her sister (who does stand-up back East), wants to perform her own material, hangs out with best friend Sydney (who writes food reviews), and sleeps once with every woman she can. ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, food, restaurant, lgbt, female impersonator, truck, tea, wine, dancer, lesbian sex, flashback ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Danny, a commercial editor and documentary filmmaker attempts to finish his film, a study on relationship while navigating the relationships in his own life. Will he continue to chase the unattainable Theresa a hippy new age dancer(Caitlin ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, funny, light
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friend, love interest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, love affair, filmmaking, jealousy, promise, obsession, happy ending, rivalry, society ...
Place:
manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When an accident causes a woman to lose her memory, her husband Jack does everything in his power to keep her from remembering that they are total opposites and that their marriage is doomed. Now Jack is hoping for a second chance, and a little ...
Style:
captivating, sweet, entertaining, disturbing
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, divorce, amnesia, unhappy marriage, love affair, winter, marriage crisis, male female relationship, love, happy ending, change of luck, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In contemporary Prague a young musician is obsessed by jealousy for his beautiful girlfriend Klara. He engages a private detective to spy on Klara but this starts an uncontrollable series of accidents, misunderstandings and traps culminating in an ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
A bored couple cheat on each other a whole bunch.
Style:
erotic
Plot:
aviation, adultery, sexploitation, relationship problems, cheating, marriage, neighbor, female nudity, erotica, sex, pilot, suburbs ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
106
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Four funny flawed fierce females discover what they don't know: about themselves, their families and Western Civilization.
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
With the holidays approaching, a young party planner arranges a special Christmas party for a New York toy store. When a powerful corporation threatens to shut her down, she decides to follow her heart, moving forward with the party plans and ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, light, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five friends receive invitations to an underground sex party. However, to qualify for attendance each invitee must submit revealing photos as a "screening" process." As the party draws near, issues of monogamy, weight & ...
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, erotic, sexy ...
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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815
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Eight twenty-somethings gather together to celebrate the birthday of a mutual friend. Before the evening concludes, relationships are tested, hearts are broken and passions are renewed.
Style:
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Plot:
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39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, talky, sexy ...
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Overachieving actress, Rebecca (Moore), must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad, Tom (Duchovny). While Rebecca's slacker brother, Tobey (Billy Crudup), can't seem to commit to his aspiring-novelist girlfriend, ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The relationship between two mismatched people who try to move past their baggage to make their love work.
Style:
romantic, sweet, light, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When journalist Julia goes back home to find inspiration, she discovers her childhood friend has built a giant snow maze which prompts her to find her way to true love.
Style:
light, touching, tear jerker, romantic
Plot:
christmas, winter, friends, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic relationship, brother sister relationship, parents daughter relationship, female journalist, sisterhood, small town, jealousy, snow ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
crumbling marriage, breakup, opposites attract, unsupportive spouse, infidelity, uninhibited rivalry, verbal byplay, relationships, family problems, introspection, rivalry, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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teens, girls' night, date night
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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mumblecore, sexy, emotional, thought provoking, stylized ...
Plot:
loneliness, stereotypes, life philosophy, twists and turns, love and romance, couple relations, uninhibited rivalry, looking for love, mother son relationship, bittersweet, divorce, depression ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This adult comedy follows six characters, three men and three women from a cross-section of social groups, as they play sexual power games. When an affair fires up between 2 of the married characters, it sparks a chain of consequences for all of ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual ...
Audience:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
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Plot:
infidelity, friendship, crumbling marriage, introspection, couple relations, couples, family problems, dishonesty, battle of the sexes, human nature, intrigue, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
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Place:
colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
Style:
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Audience:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 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:
greece, mediterranean sea, europe
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31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, sweet, realistic, clever, entertaining ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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30%
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