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Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006)
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Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Shortly after graduating from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Geralyn Lucas lands her dream job working for 20/20. Lucas is then diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27 and has a dilemma - whether to have a lumpectomy or the potentially safer mastectomy.
Style: psychological, touching, serious, humorous, realistic
Plot: breast cancer, human spirit, introspection, chemotherapy, life is a bitch, terminal illness, moral dilemma, hopes, husband wife relationship, cancer, bare breasts, female protagonist, friends, unfulfillment, biopic, stripper, tattoo, twenty something, strip club, wig, lipstick, ultrasound, scar
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: new york
Keyword: challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and sincere films with plots about life is a bitch, unfulfillment, terminal illness, hopes, cancer, couples and family relations mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres. Some movies like Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy: Living Proof (2008), Five (2011), The Girl with Nine Wigs (2013), Terry (2005), 1 Message (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Living Proof (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Living Proof is a 2008 Lifetime Television movie, directed by Dan Ireland, starring Harry Connick, Jr. The film is based on the true life story of Dr. Dennis Slamon and the book HER-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast ...
Style: sincere, uplifting, emotional, touching, light ...
Plot: breast cancer, human spirit, doctor, ego clash, doctors and patients, hopes, terminal illness, medical, cancer, special needs, explorer, biopic ...
Time: 21st century
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Five (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people's lives.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional
Plot: terminal illness, coping, life is a bitch, women, destiny, human spirit, doctor, unfulfillment, newlyweds, strong female presence, death of mother, breast cancer
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
The Girl with Nine Wigs (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The true story of a young woman whose lust for life means she is determined to be so very much more than just another cancer patient.
Style: tragicomedy, realistic, humorous, touching, emotional ...
Plot: cancer, hospital, terminal illness, physical appearance, life & death, bittersweet, surgery, human spirit, society, illness, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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33%
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Terry (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: "Terry" tells the story of 21-year old amputee Terry Fox who attempted to run across Canada with only one leg. Unfortunately, he only made it to Thunder Bay, Ontario when he died, one month before his 23rd birthday yet his memories will ...
Style: uplifting, touching, realistic, sentimental, serious
Plot: running, marathon, cross country, terminal illness, human spirit, athlete's life, hopes, life is a bitch, disability, family relations, on the road, one legged man ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: newfoundland, canada
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29%
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1 Message (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Tells the story of Becca, a beautiful 28 year-old woman whose perfect life is brought to an abrupt halt after she accidentally discovers a lump in her breast.
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Plot: introspection, hopes, unfulfillment, self discovery, terminal illness, twists and turns, life is a bitch, dealing with death, strong female presence, cancer, female protagonist, christian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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28%
The End Is My Beginning (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When an extraordinary man who has lived through all is approaching his end, he decides to call his son to join him for the last time at his home in Tuscany. His intention is to share some valuable conversations about his life as a press ...
Style: touching, contemplative, realistic, talky, captivating ...
Plot: introspection, elderly, dealing with death, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, terminal illness, parents and children, family relations, biopic, writers, poet, son ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy
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28%
Two Against Time (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This film finds a mother and her teen daughter both being diagnosed with cancer. This discovery helps to overcome the longtime antagonistic relationship that the two have developed.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, captivating, humorous
Plot: cancer, family life, terminal illness, survival, family relations, parents and children, rebelliousness, dysfunctional family, couple relations, life is a bitch, single parent, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
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27%
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The C Word (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The C Word is an adaptation of Lisa Lynch's inspiring and candid book, based on her blog, about her battle with cancer.
Style: uplifting, sincere, touching, sentimental, serious ...
Plot: family relations, optimism, human spirit, life turned upside down, couple relations, life is a bitch, couples, terminal illness, journalism, hopes, cancer, blogger ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: spain
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26%
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Isn't It Delicious (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When Joan Weldon discovers she is dying of lung cancer, she sets out to reconcile her dysfunctional relationships with her three children, her husband, and along the way, her former best friend. The family's destructive ways are offset by messy ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sincere, humorous, touching ...
Plot: self discovery, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, family life, terminal illness, bittersweet, husband wife relationship, one night stand, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new england, usa
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25%
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Reach for Me (2008)
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, couples, elderly, terminal illness, unfulfillment, retirement home life, time, love, widower, old man, introspection ...
Time: 21st century
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25%
The Miracle of the Cards (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: "The Miracle of the Cards" is based on the true story of Marion Shergold and her son, Craig, an eight-year-old English boy who had a brain tumor. Several events convinced Marion that God was leading her to a cure for Craig and that the ...
Style: emotional, touching, realistic, serious
Plot: brain tumor, human spirit, child illness, terminal illness, christian, hopes, life is a bitch, disability, miraculous event, journalism, faith, child hero ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Breaking the Rules (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two friends take their dying buddy on one last road trip.
Style: feel good, sad, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: cancer, youth, friendship, partner, best friend, friends, life is a bitch, buddies, tragic hero, unfulfillment, hopes, self discovery ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: usa, california
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24%
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Sunshine (1973)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A young woman living in the woods with her husband, a struggling musician, and her daughter discover she has terminal cancer. She begins to tape-record a journal of the time she has left.
Style: sad, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot: cancer, terminal illness, biopic, woods, couples, family relations, family problems, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, love and romance, introspection, family in crisis ...
Time: 70s
Place: canada
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23%
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Infinity (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
Style: enigmatic, realistic, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot: mathematics, couples, world war two, love, scientist, life philosophy, storytelling, science, love and romance, catastrophe, death, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1996, 1920s
Place: new mexico, new york, new orleans, usa, albuquerque new mexico
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22%
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In the Heart (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Masha (37) is in an overwhelming relationship with Luuk, father of two and separated. Nothing seems to stand in their way until Luuk turns incurably ill, leaving Masha without status.
Style: touching, psychological, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: couple relations, tragic love, love and romance, parents and children, terminal illness, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, relationships, fighting illness, male female relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
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Silence Like Glass (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: True story of two diametrically opposed young women dealing with terminal illness.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot: friendship, couples, friends, artists and showbiz, forbidden love, dancer's life, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, society, love and romance, hopes, working class ...
Time: 80s
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An American Reunion (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The reality of life slams into the proverbial wall when a group of necessitous best friends and ex-lovers are reunited at a milestone reunion, igniting an already passionate and combustible past.
Style: captivating, touching, humorous, realistic, serious ...
Plot: friendship, best friend, homecoming, friends, couples, introspection, couple relations, old love, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, bittersweet, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Crossed Over (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on the book Crossed Over: A Murder/A Memoir by Beverly Lowry, Crossed Over tells the true story of a woman, Beverly Lowry, who after the tragic hit-and-run death of her teenage son, sinks into a deep depression. Lowry and her supportive ...
Style: psychological, serious, sincere, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot: obsession, family problems, hopes, human nature, life is a bitch, murder, estrangement, redemption, friendship, curses spells and rituals, death in the family, prisoner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, usa, texas
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22%
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Taking Back Our Town (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A true story about a concerned housewife, Pat Melancon, who tries to block Shintech, a massive Japanese petrochemical conglomerate, from building a plant in her toxic township already known as "cancer alley". Pat and a few newly recruited, ...
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, thought provoking
Plot: cancer, heroic mission, environmentalism, human spirit, fighting the system, terminal illness, social relations, society, hopes, obsessive quest, small town, church ...
Time: 21st century
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22%
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2 Become 1 (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Bingo leads a carefree city life that revolves around work, friends and dating. Her yuppie life is turned upside down one passionate night when her hot date Dr. V discovers a lump on her left breast.
Style: touching, realistic, psychological, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: human spirit, couples, hopes, love and romance, lifestyle, friendship, terminal illness, breast cancer, desperation, doctor, food industry, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
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21%
Matters of Life & Dating (2007)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Linda Dackman has been diagnosed with breast cancer, but this does not prevent she from seeing the positive side of life and continue their quest for Prince Charming.
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, witty ...
Plot: lifestyle, looking for love, couples, support group, physical appearance, singleness, breast cancer, dating, love and romance, friends, best friend, biopic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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21%
High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, period piece ...
Plot: gambling, gambler, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, rise and fall, life is a bitch, tragic hero, hopes, addiction, genius, loser ...
Place: las vegas
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20%
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Sequoia (2014)
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: humorous, touching, realistic, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: terminal illness, fall in love, death wish, bittersweet, family relations, obsession, illness, cancer, suicide, life is a bitch, love and romance, woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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20%
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Irene in Time (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A film about the complex relationships between fathers and daughters, and the potential lifelong consequences of those relationships.
Style: talky, serious, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: haunted by the past, looking for love, couples, family relations, couple relations, introspection, strong female presence, sexual content, parents and children, hopes, dating, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
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20%
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Lullaby (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum ...
Style: touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, sad
Plot: cancer, terminal illness, mercy killing, life is a bitch, estrangement, siblings relations, parents and children, family problems, estranged family member, death in the family, death, choice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, new york, los angeles
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20%
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome his homosexuality in 1950s Britain. This film follows his life and eventual death based on the many ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, period drama
Plot: performer's life, celebrity, under the surface, private vs public, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, hidden truth, depression, gay, biopic, diary, lgbt ...
Time: 50s, 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place: england
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19%
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Sal (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot: gay, lifestyle, introspection, ambition, actor's life, artists and showbiz, hopes, friendship, murder, celebrity, biopic, beat generation ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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19%
Decoding Annie Parker (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.
Style: touching, sincere, realistic, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: genetics, cancer, human spirit, coping, optimism, terminal illness, inventions and discoveries, couples, hopes, genetic engineering, adultery, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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19%
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To Find a Man (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A boarding-school girl (Pamela Sue Martin) comes home pregnant and asks the boy (Darren O'Connor) next door for help getting an abortion.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage pregnancy, friendship, family relations, family problems, boarding school, battles, couples, friends, youth, society, betrayal, love and romance ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: new york
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19%
The Least Among You (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Black college graduate Richard Kelly reluctantly accepts a plea bargain requiring him to spend two semesters at an all-white seminary after he's wrongly accused of crimes committed during the 1965 Watts riots. Facing bigotry on all sides, ...
Style: emotional, touching, uplifting, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: racism, college, rebellion, human spirit, against the odds, self discovery, life is a bitch, social relations, hopes, student life, clergy, society ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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19%
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