Movies like The Discoverers
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The Discoverers (2012)
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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, whimsical
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, self discovery, parents and children, family problems, siblings relations, love, bittersweet, highway travel, on the road, road trip, road
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and captivating films with plots about family relations, family problems, parents and children, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, family life and couples mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Discoverers: Isn't It Delicious (2013), Cleaver Family Reunion (2013), Last Weekend (2014), The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012), In Memory of My Father (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, sincere
Plot:
self discovery, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, terminal illness, family life, bittersweet, one night stand, husband wife relationship, cancer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new england
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95%
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, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family problems, nothing goes right, parents and children, siblings relations, eccentric family, disorder, african american, silly humor, family relations, family gatherings, black cast ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, texas
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88%
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, sentimental, realistic, emotional
Plot:
family relations, couples, family life, family problems, disorder, parents and children, strong female presence, dysfunctional family, couple relations, family gatherings, african american protagonist
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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, humorous, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
family problems, siblings relations, eccentric family, parents and children, family gatherings, dark humor, gay, friendship, dysfunctional family, lgbtq, lgbt, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Two brothers compete in their own private 25-event Olympics.
Style:
semi serious, sincere, realistic, humorous, mumblecore ...
Plot:
rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, farce, contests and competitions, siblings relations, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, family life, family relations, family problems, brother brother relationship, olympics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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:
eccentric family, family life, family gatherings, family problems, parents and children, strong female presence, suburbs, family relations, unfulfillment, siblings relations, terminal illness, african american protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The youngest son of a legendary Hollywood producer, a Robert Evans type, accepts a bribe from his father to document his death.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, touching, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
family relations, eccentric family, lifestyle, love and romance, family problems, parents and children, hollywood, brother brother relationship, narcissism, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, corpse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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:
tv show, television producer, family relations, family problems, culture clash, dysfunctional family, media, elderly, silly humor, friendship, couples, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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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, semi serious ...
Plot:
birthday, friendship, family relations, friends, lifestyle, society, physical appearance, misfit, party, couples, love, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
253
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Quitters tells the story of the Raymans, a wealthy Jewish family that's falling apart. The son, Clark, is a bright and curious high schooler with a talent for manipulation. As his mother May enters treatment for a pill addiction, and he and his ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, family life, youth, parents and children, life turned upside down, social relations, disorder, high school life, innocence lost, coming of age ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Starlings is a British comedy-drama written by Steve Edge and Matt King who also play the roles of Fergie and Uncle Loz. It is one of the few new television comedy series that has been commissioned and aired on Sky1.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
family life, couples, family relations, dysfunctional family, couple relations, family problems, parents and children, elderly man, grandfather
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Happy Family is an NBC sitcom that debuted in fall of 2003.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, captivating, feel good, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, leaving home, family life, family problems, suburbs, dentist, grownups, college dropout, dysfunctional family, children, dysfunctional character
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.
Style:
humorous, realistic, touching, semi serious, offbeat
Plot:
homecoming, hopes, couples, dysfunctional family, family problems, family life, eccentric family, couple relations, family relations, estrangement, parents and children, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Keith Bennets mother passed away a year ago, and he feels like he has moved on with his life, until one morning his mothers jewelry shows up on Keiths bathroom sink. The same jewelry she was buried in. Keith tells his wife Karen, about the jewelry ...
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, family relations, crumbling marriage, family problems, bittersweet, death in the family, psychiatrist, mother son relationship, humour, unfulfillment, family in crisis, dealing with death ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
JR has broken up with her professor. She enlists her nervous and obnoxious younger brother Colin to take a short road trip in order to help move out her belongings. They bicker and fight, with one another and pretty much anybody they encounter, ...
Style:
cynical, witty, realistic, humorous, mumblecore ...
Plot:
sex with brother, siblings relations, brother sister incest, on the road, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, family relations, quibbling, sex with sister, incest, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After an accident, Pierre, a sixty years old grumpy man, ends up stuck on an hospital bed with a cast. While Pierre dreams of silence and solitude with his strong character, the whole world seems to invite himself to his hospital bed. Powerless, he ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, psychological, light, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, introspection, hospital, family relations, aging, hopes, estrangement, elderly, siblings relations, injury
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
152
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Upon returning to Los Angeles to attend his father's funeral, Damon (Alexander) soon learns that in order to claim his share of the family inheritance he must work alongside his brother, Mookie (Kain) — a former drug-dealer who had previously ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good
Plot:
gas station, college, family relations, family business, dealing with death, odd couple, brother brother relationship, siblings relations, drug dealing, black cast, black, garage
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The film centers on three brothers who, upon learning they only have a few days left to live, set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes. Hopper and Simmons are playing the brothers' father and uncle, respectively, while Caan is one of the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, realistic ...
Plot:
last wish, family relations, parents and children, ex athlete, family problems, self discovery, introspection, friendship, terminal illness, society, death, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a tradition in Brooklyn for over 65 years. Manned by an eccentric crew and serving the best seafood in the state
Style:
humorous, emotional, captivating, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Plot:
family business, save the day, family relations, family problems, restaurant, working class, society, estrangement, siblings relations, family in crisis, bank, parents and children ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A presumed-dead man's current wife and former wives squabble over his funeral arrangements.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, realistic ...
Plot:
funeral, womanizer, divorce, family relations, father daughter relationship, marriage, wife, couple relations, parents and children, death, daughter, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
family relations, coming of age, divorce, dysfunctional family, breaking the fourth wall, estrangement, hitchhiking, vacation, experiment, lie, escape, large family ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
parents and children, family life, family problems, couples, couple relations, dysfunctional family, family relations, marriage, black romance, black woman, lifestyle, humour ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Léo, un vieux père de famille ancien représentant de commerce, est prêt à tout pour retrouver l'affection de ses trois fils, David, Max et Simon. Il va même jusqu'à invoquer une maladie et une intervention chirurgicale pour les ...
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semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching, entertaining ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family problems, family life, family gatherings, eccentric family, unemployment, fake illness, father son relationship, father son reunion, kids and family ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Minor leaguer Carlton Garret takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legendary baseball player Kyle Garret when Carlton’s mother becomes sick. Once reunited, Carlton struggles to deal with the series of misadventures ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
father son relationship, baseball, road trip, family relations, fiancee, father son reunion, parents and children, on the road, estranged son, dysfunctional family, nothing goes right, disorder ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Tom Murphy, a middle-aged Irish-American man from Cleveland, travels to Ireland for his best friend’s wedding and to find the perfect woman.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good
Plot:
friends, family relations, culture clash, love and romance, buddies, parents and children, fall in love, disorder, bar fight
Time:
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Place:
ireland, ohio, usa, cleveland ohio, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Do We Eat? is the story of the "world's fastest Passover seder" gone horribly awry. It's about an old school dad (Michael Lerner) who's as tough on his sons as his father (Jack Klugman) is on him. On this night, ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, food, parents and children, ecstasy, couple relations, youth, prank, nothing goes right, eccentric family, family life, family problems ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Zack (Haas) is a young, divorced father who starts to develop romantic feelings towards his friend Rebecca (Zima), whom he refers to as "Crazy Eyes". He spends a lot of time at a bar run by his best friend Dan Drake (Busey) and hanging out ...
Style:
humorous, touching, captivating, feel good, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bickering siblings are reunited at their Texas home as their father lies on his deathbed in this black comedy.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, realistic, biting ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, siblings relations, life is a bitch, family problems, betrayal, dark humor, eccentric family, parents and children, family life, estate, terminal illness, last will and testament ...
Time:
80s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is upended by the arrivals of their respective sisters.
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, family relations, couples, love and romance, city life, siblings relations, friendship, society, dysfunctional family, love, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, MRS RATCLIFFE'S REVOLUTION, is the tale of a family from Bingley in Yorkshire, who defect to East Germany. Here they find a nightmare of rationing, censorship and the most spied upon people in history rather than the ...
Style:
touching, feel good, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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