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Period of Adjustment (1962)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
George Haverstick, a Korean war veteran, hastily marries Isabel, whom he met in hospital while he was recovering from a nervous condition. To Isabel's horror, they drive to Florida on their honeymoon in an old hearse. They spend much of the time quarreling, and then, on Christmas eve, they visit George's war buddy, Ralph Baltz. However Ralph's wife Dorothea has just walked out on him, taking their child. Each couple then observes the marital difficulties of the other couple
Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, retro
Plot:
christmas, korean war, friendship, couples, friends, love and romance, adult virgin, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, couple relations, dog, wedding, alcohol abuse, male virgin, veteran, drunkenness, motel, young love, neurosis, honeymoon, police station, impotence, affection, nurse, marriage ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
usa, tennessee
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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 couples, friends, friendship, couple relations, love and romance, unfulfillment and crumbling marriage mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Period of Adjustment: Hello Lonesome (2010), Face the Music (1993), Bastards of Young (2013), Newlyweds (2011), The Flats (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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74%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Newlyweds Alex and Alice host a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the mountains. However, when an unexpected guest shows up, the group's facades begin to crumble.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
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59%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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45%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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