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Doors of Glory (2001)
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Original name: Les portes de la gloire
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young man joins a team of experimented door-to-door salesmen, who teach him how to sell an expensive encyclopedia to modest homes that have no use for it.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, clever, offbeat, talky
Plot:
rise to the top, fish out of water, workplace, misfit, on the road, family relations, boss and employee, small town, disorder, salesman, artificial intelligence, profanity, adoption, small town life, suicide, swimming pool, car accident, russian roulette, door to door salesman, leadership, young
Time:
year 2001, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and offbeat films with plots about disorder, family relations, misfit, workplace, society, couples and boss and employee mostly in Comedy, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Doors of Glory: Homeland (2013), Hippocrates (2014), Kingdom (2007), Two Worlds (2007), The Italian (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Morocco, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for the ITV network. It was created by Simon Wheeler and stars Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and ...
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clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
small town life, small town, boss and employee, siblings relations, lawyer, family relations, hotshot lawyer, apprentice, legal investigation, patronizing, workplace, courtroom drama ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, fast paced, dramatic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic
Plot:
hidden identity, disorder, society, workplace, dishonesty, couple relations, dealer, meet the parents, culture clash, parents and children, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
introspection, rise to the top, boss and employee, nothing goes right, fighting the system, workplace, twentysomething life, sexual content, workplace situations, dull life, unfulfillment, showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
canada, new york
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
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27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, captivating, atmospheric, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
rivalry, family business, boss and employee, workplace, family relations, workplace intrigue, disorder, society, fish out of water, salesman, save the day, workplace situations ...
Time:
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25%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rikky (Nina Landis) and her brother Pete (Stephen Kearney) struggle to keep their lives from spinning out of control in small town Australia.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, offbeat, humorous
Plot:
nudity, social relations, family relations, journalism, prodigy, rebelliousness, misfit, youth, vengeance, village, homecoming, desert ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia
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25%
2K
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Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Coco is a French comedy released in 2009 and produced by Gad Elmaleh. This is the first embodiment of the actor, adapted from a sketch in the show La Vie Normale. Coco talks about organizing a Bar Mitzvah.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, light hearted ...
Plot:
rise to the top, ambition, hopes, life turned upside down, society, redemption, disorder, self made man, bar mitzvah, jewish culture, adaptation, identity ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During his journey to Jerusalem young James learns the meaning of being Israeli.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, contemplative, clever ...
Plot:
wisdom of life, culture clash, friendship, fish out of water, immigrant, society, social differences, racism, teaching the ways of the world, misfit, boss and employee, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
offbeat, psychological, realistic, semi serious, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia, USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Here and There (Serbian: Tamo i ovde) is a Serbian film which was premiered at the Belgrade Film Festival FEST 2009. Here and There follows two interconnected stories on two different continents. Robert (Thornton), a depressed New Yorker, tries to ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, clever, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
immigrant, lifestyle, life is a bitch, misfit, fish out of water, family relations, eviction, disorder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, culture clash, emigration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, balkan, new york, serbia, europe ...
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23%
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Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
partner, hitman, factory worker, unemployment, disorder, nothing goes right, rivalry, assassination attempt, obnoxious boss, satire, danger, workplace ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, offbeat
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
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Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, clever, offbeat
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, witty, captivating, biting ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
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Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot:
boss and employee, disorder, guest, reception, entity, couples, nothing goes right, humour, mysterious character, hopes, power relations, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, indonesia, europe
Similarity:
21%
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Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, provence
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, humorous, talky, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
filmmaking, couples, siblings relations, disorder, actor's life, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, midlife crisis, couple relations, brother brother relationship, actor, movie actor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental
Plot:
elderly, introspection, self discovery, disorder, parents and children, family relations, life turned upside down, pregnancy, siblings relations, heart disease, humour, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france, middle east
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After he's fired from his job -- by his mother, no less -- Bob Funk agrees to quit drinking, see a therapist, and eventually report to a new boss, who might just be the woman of his dreams.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
20%
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Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a salon refuses to hire her because of her plump figure, irrepressible hair stylist Kathi plots revenge by opening her own beauty parlor next door. But when she faces a cash-flow problem, Kathi resorts to some creative means of raising capital.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
beauty salon, follow your dream, physical appearance, family relations, lifestyle, fashion, power relations, boss and employee, workplace, anthropology, monkey, workplace situations ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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896
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
parents and children, midlife crisis, self discovery, introspection, media, disorder, radio announcer, advice, long lost relative, radio, abandonment, mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
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:
australia, sydney australia, balkan, georgia, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
on the road, disorder, drug abuse, road trip, self discovery, friendship, male nudity, nudity, indifference, coming of age, car thief, friends ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
belgium, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, witty ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new york, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
There is something strange - some would even say abnormal - about the Malaussène family. But if you take a closer look, no one could be happier than this cheerfully chaotic family, even though their mother is usually off on one romantic adventure ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, realistic, family comedy ...
Plot:
scapegoat, life turned upside down, disorder, family relations, chases and races, chase, on the run, eccentric family, mistaken identity, family drama, whodunit, satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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