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The Farewell Party (2014)
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Original name: מיתה טובה
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of friends at a Jerusalem retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend. When rumors of the machine begin to spread, more and more people ask for their help, and the friends are faced with an emotional dilemma
Style:
touching, emotional, tragicomedy, semi serious, existential, dark comedy, humorous, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
Plot:
retirement home, gay couple, elderly, israeli, dilemma, friendship, death wish, dark humor, life is a bitch, dealing with death, husband wife relationship, mercy killing, inventor, dementia, suicide attempt, old age, existentialism, death, bisexuality, gay interest, love, lgbt, obsession, friends, euthanasia ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel, jerusalem
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, touching and semi serious films with plots about friendship, love and romance, couples, love, nude, friends and family relations mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Farewell Party: A Matter of Size (2009), Changing Hearts (2002), Beside Still Waters (2013), Sequoia (2014), All Together (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up of dieting and the dieting club they belong to. When Herzl (155 kilos), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant in ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
sumo, friendship, israeli, physical appearance, ambition, self discovery, buddies, job seeking, couple relations, athlete and trainer, family relations, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestine
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Based on Daniel Wright's award-winning play "Colored Eggs", is a drama/comedy about life, loss and love among an eccentric group of characters whose lives intersect under less than ideal circumstances.
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, love, looking for love, couple relations, best friend, terminal illness, dealing with death, hopes, girl, hospital, cancer, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, southern usa
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A young man struggles for closure after the death of his parents.
Style:
sincere, touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
dark humor, friendship, gay interest, group of friends, buddies, friends, bittersweet, haunted by the past, twentysomething life, unfulfillment, dealing with death, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
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91%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young man meets a 23-year-old cancer patient on the way to the park and disrupts her plan to commit suicide.
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, independent film, sentimental ...
Plot:
terminal illness, bittersweet, fall in love, cancer, death wish, suicide, family relations, life & death, mortality, national park, character study, family conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternate to living in a retirement home; joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on the aging population.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
friendship, aging, couples, family relations, couple relations, elderly, parents and children, old age, truth, old people, friends, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A gay New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.
Style:
art house, humorous, captivating, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay sex, lgbt, writers, gay lead character, male nudity, gay love, lgbtq, beach, marijuana, gay couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, usa, mediterranean sea, palestine, middle east ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three twenty-something couples, one gay, one lesbian, and one straight, travel to a beach house to enjoy the last days of summer, but what should be a fun and carefree weekend becomes an exploration of what it takes to sustain a healthy relationship.
Style:
psychological, unusual plot structure, humorous, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, lesbian, lgbtq, couples, couple relations, lgbtqi, love and romance, friendship, love, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Set in a small Polish town, "Louder Than Bombs" tells the coming-of-age story of Marcin, a 21-year-old with a penchant for James Dean and The Smiths. After the death of his father, Marcin must contend with the funeral arrangements while ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, dark comedy ...
Plot:
family relations, youth, love and romance, friendship, friends, dealing with death, twentysomething life, parents and children, provincial life, sex, death, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, poland
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A bittersweet comedy starring the great Vlastimil Brodský as Fanda, an old man who refuses to grow up. Despite pleas from his exasperated wife who wants him to make serious decisions about the future, Fanda ignores the nagging and spends his days ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
dark humor, elderly, young at heart, couple relations, aging, couples, family problems, husband wife relationship, prank, prankster, dealing with death, love and romance ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, czech republic, prague, central europe
Similarity:
55%
763
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After a bull is killed in a bullfight, its body parts are transported across Spain, France, Italy and Belgium. The bull's parts fall into the wide variety of people, including: an Italian actress selling the bones in a supermarket promotion, a ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
innocence lost, dark humor, obsession, friendship, tragic love, dealing with death, destructive relationship, life is a bitch, human nature, redemption, babies and infants, social misfits ...
Place:
spain, italy, belgium, europe, france ...
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A bittersweet comedy with dogma star Paprika Steen in the strong leading role.
Style:
semi serious, emotional, touching, humorous, realistic
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, infidelity, terminal illness, teenage life, family problems, estrangement, family crisis, husband wife relationship, dying, teenage rebellion, grandfather granddaughter relationship, unfaithful husband ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Old and bitter, Alvin just wants some peace and quiet in his last days. His wish, however, is not granted when a young, vibrant and ironically full of life Kevin becomes Alvin's hospice roommate. Through this "odd couple" ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
aging, retirement home, elderly, couples, terminal illness, unfulfillment, retirement home life, time, love, widower, old man, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Ibrahim falls in love with Alexander, a blond, blue eyed German criminal and show wrestler who is straight - an impossible friendship that surpasses the both of them.
Style:
sexy, touching, humorous, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
gay, gay friend, gay slur, gay son, friendship, love, reconciliation, gay relationship, gay interest, gay romance, lgbt, gay lead character ...
Time:
2000s, year 2014
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A gathering of friends. A gift of love. A celebration of life.
Style:
sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, aids, lgbt, glbt, friendship, hiv, terminal illness, suicide, gay interest, death, deaf, male nudity ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jacob is a young man used to getting everything he wants. For several years, he has been living in a happy homosexual partnership with Jørgen, and one night Jacob decides to pop the big question to Jørgen. Jørgen happily accepts Jacobs marriage ...
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay teenager, gay relationship, gay couple, gay, fall in love, infidelity, lgbt, family relations, friendship, marriage proposal, love triangle, pregnancy ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Passions re-ignite and secrets revealed when a graphic designer reconnects with the great, lost love of his life for a weekend tryst at a house in the desert near Joshua Tree.
Style:
lgbt cinema, humorous, sincere, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
gay, gay subtext, gay interest, lgbtq, gay couple, unrequited love, gay lead character, gay marriage, infidelity, youth, gay love, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, mojave desert
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Roseanna is dying of a heart condition, and all she wants is to be buried next to her daughter, in a cemetery that is getting full fast. The cemetery can't expand because Capestro, the man who owns the land next to the cemetery, won't ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, sweet, romantic, melancholic ...
Plot:
death, family relations, family problems, death in the family, couple relations, couples, eccentric family, love and romance, life is a bitch, dealing with death, released from prison, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, france
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After a job interview gone wrong, Lulu sets sail leaving her husband and three children behind. But being an adventurer is easier said than done.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
hotel, friends, introspection, self discovery, family problems, friendship, strong female presence, on the road, skinny dipping, superhero, female pubic hair, nudity ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tali and Ori are a young Israeli couple. After attending their best friends' wedding, which ended in disaster, they have a big fight, which leads to Ori proposing. But there is trouble in paradise when Ori's conservative father meets Tali, ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wedding, family relations, meet the parents, couple relations, friends, parents and children, buddies, disorder, love, nothing goes right, friendship, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Balding advertising executive Mr. Baum spends more time on a new ad campaign for purple sunglasses than he does with his own family. But suddenly he is forced to reexamine his life after a doctor tells him that he has an 'aggressive' brain ...
Style:
dark comedy, contemplative, semi serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
satire, dull life, family relations, dark humor, dealing with death, race against time, introspection, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, terminal illness, family life, doctor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
middle east, israel
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1971
Place:
california, san francisco, bay area, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Unassuming and single thirty-three year old Tillie Shlain is at that phase of her life of being known as a soon to be spinster if she doesn't marry soon. She isn't looking forward to meeting the latest in a long string of blind dates, his ...
Style:
romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious, talky, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay interest, dating, mood swing, leukemia, hospital, marriage, nurse, death of son, breakup, friendship, profanity, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, India, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.
Style:
sweet, sentimental, romantic, bad ending, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
hotel, elderly lovers, elderly, wedding, middle aged woman, twists and turns, love story, aging, mistaken identity, mentor, culture clash, honest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, london
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks. Alberto is a gregarious joker - and chain smoker - who has a strong effect on the impressionable ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, buddies, hopes, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, hospital, storytelling, unsuccessful, dealing with death, control, stage actress ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman, Quartet is a high-drama comedy about temperamental divas and old grudges, passion and pride, romance and Rigoletto. At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, touching, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
elderly, opera, retirement home, retired, reconciliation, concert, old age, musician, retirement, divorced couple, friendship, music ...
Time:
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Place:
england, paris france
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Gregory invites seven friends to spend the summer at his large, secluded 19th-century home in upstate New York. The seven are: Bobby, Gregory's "significant other," who is blind but who loves to explore the home's garden using ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, touching, sentimental, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
gay, male nudity, gay interest, aids, nudity, male pubic hair, gay couple, hiv, glbt, friendship between men, swimming, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new york state, usa, england
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Rising, rather autobiographical novelist Giph has a hot girlfriend, doctor and model Samarinde. His crude, domineering and progressive mother Ria's suffering an incurable decease in which she suffers from paraplegia. Her inevitably ensuing ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, erotic, contemplative
Plot:
young lovers, unwanted pregnancy, family relations, life is a bitch, adolescence vs adulthood, mercy killing, terminal illness, couples, lifestyle, love and romance, unfulfillment, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, holland, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
arranged marriage, israeli, culture clash, forbidden love, social differences, fall in love, love and romance, family problems, couples, parents and children, family life, self discovery ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 70s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, tokyo
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, sentimental, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
elderly lovers, relationships, friendship, life, aging, solitude, depression, dating, weed, lone hero, drinking, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mo, a practicing Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.
Style:
humorous, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
gay muslim, lgbt, gay interest, male nudity, muslim, gay love, lgbtq, gay relationship, gay couple, society, gays and lesbians, homosexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
34%
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