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The Discoverers (2012)
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The Discoverers (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career and reconnecting with his kids. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes missing on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek, Lewis is forced to make a family detour. The Birch family find themselves on a journey of discovery and connection as they make their own passage west.
Style: road movie, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, touching, realistic, independent film, whimsical
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, self discovery, parents and children, family problems, siblings relations, love, bittersweet, highway travel, road trip, on the road, chicago illinois, road
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, chicago

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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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Half-Sister (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Nénette discovers the identity of her father in a letter, she quickly goes off in search of him. But instead of finding her father, she is met by her half-brother, Paul. Paul, a bitter man who gave up his dream to take over his father’s ...
Style: humorous, touching, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: self discovery, mentally challenged, aging, disorder, family relations, life turned upside down, elderly, parents and children, family secret, misfit, siblings relations
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Cleaver Family Reunion (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Members of a dysfunctional family settle their differences after a series of misadventures during their summer reunion
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, siblings relations, parents and children, eccentric family, family problems, nothing goes right, disorder, african american, black, family relations, silly humor, family gatherings ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, texas
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87%
Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place - The Play (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: One weekend, Aunt Bam's nephew-in-law Stewart is granted a court-ordered visitation with his children. Although his new, much-younger wife Mona is a bundle of nerves, Stewart seizes the opportunity to reconnect with his children, whom he loves ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: family relations, couples, family life, family problems, parents and children, disorder, strong female presence, couple relations, dysfunctional family, family gatherings, african american protagonist
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Place: usa
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Last Weekend (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: family problems, eccentric family, parents and children, siblings relations, dark humor, family gatherings, gay, friendship, dysfunctional family, lgbtq, lgbt, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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The Quitter (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When a failed baseball player's ex-girlfriend moves back to the neighborhood with her seven-year-old daughter, he realizes he carries more regrets than how he handled his baseball career.
Style: sincere, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating ...
Plot: parents and children, family relations, single parent, homecoming, unfulfillment, love, basketball player, career, baseball
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Madea's Big Happy Family The Play (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Shirley has important news for her family, but she has five grown children with different lifestyles and finds it difficult to get them and the kids all together. So in steps Madea, the Matriarch General, to put the family's life in perspective ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot: family life, eccentric family, family problems, parents and children, family gatherings, madea, profanity, strong female presence, suburbs, terminal illness, siblings relations, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
My Uncle Rafael (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Cultures collide when an old Armenian man stars in a new reality show
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, not serious ...
Plot: television producer, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, culture clash, media, elderly, silly humor, couples, friendship, hollywood, disorder ...
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All in Good Time (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: East is East writer Ayub Khan-Din returns with another funny, tender-hearted portrait of family strife. Based on his popular play Rafta, Rafta (itself inspired by Bill Naughtons 1960s classic All in Good Time), the film is set in Bolton where Atul ...
Style: humorous, feel good, touching, captivating, light ...
Plot: couple relations, family life, newlywed, family relations, parents and children, couples, family problems, urban
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
A Song For Mama (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: With their beloved mother only a few days to live, her children decide to give her a surprising parting gift: bring Dave, a lifelong fan, to her bedside in the Ardennes. But even though everyone adores her, brothers, sister and brother-in-law are ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, offbeat
Plot: family relations, kidnapping, escapades, dysfunctional family, on the road, last wish, family problems, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, confined, disorder, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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70%
4 Wedding Planners (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Romantic comedy taking a lighthearted look at a wedding planning business run by a Honolulu mom and three daughters from three different dads. Triple-divorcee Miriam is having her own lack of luck in love, her eldest daughter Lily heads home after ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, sincere, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: wedding, love and romance, family business, looking for love, family relations, couples, homecoming, parents and children, fall in love, friendship, strong female presence, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Happy Birthday, Harris Malden (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Harris Malden wears his insecurity on his face in a curious disguise for everyone to see. No one in the neighborhood, not even his best friend Paul or his brother Melvin, has the heart to tell him how ridiculous he looks with the thick black line ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: birthday, friendship, family relations, friends, society, lifestyle, physical appearance, misfit, party, love, couples, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia
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65%
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
Style: cult classic, semi serious, realistic, touching, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: family relations, coming of age, dating, dysfunctional family, divorce, family drama, road trip, estrangement, vacation, hitchhiking, camping, swimming ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: usa, hawaii
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65%
A Dinner for Them to Meet (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Actor Sandro Lanza is experiencing the most painful moment of his existence. After a suicide attempt, his three daughters, scattered throughout Europe, each with a different mother, come to his side. The sisters meet to decide what to do with their ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, realistic ...
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Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 60 min.
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The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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Genre: Comedy
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Style: semi serious, humorous, psychological, captivating, light ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Comedy
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Country: USA
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Talent Given Us (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Brooklyn Lobster (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good ...
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49%
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