Movies like On the Nose
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On the Nose (2001)
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Brendan is a janitor at a university who has a fondness for gambling, especially betting on horse races. However, he doesn't have much skill at it, and poorly considered bets have drained the bank account he'd set aside for his daughter's education. Brendan's wife has made Brendan promise to give up gambling, but when their daughter announces she's just been accepted to Trinity College in Ireland, Brendan has to come up with the tuition money, and fast. While doing his sweeping at work, Brendan makes a remarkable discovery - the preserved head of an aboriginal tribesman who, under proper conditions, can pick the winners in horse races.
Style:
touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, offbeat
Plot:
gambling, gangsters, family relations, disorder, workplace, workplace situations, university, introspection, moral dilemma, comedy of errors, dishonesty, criminal heroes, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, horse race, campus, money, college, female nudity, bet, irish, chase, professor, winning, gambler ...
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and realistic films with plots about disorder, family relations, love and romance, dishonesty, workplace, couples and cons and scams mostly in Comedy, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like On the Nose: A Nanny for Christmas (2010), Waltzing Anna (2006), The Pope Must Diet (1991), Life's a Breeze (2013), Man About Dog (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ally (Emmanuelle Vaugier) is a smart young career woman who needs a new job. Samantha (Cynthia Gibb) is a busy Beverly Hills advertising executive/mom whose too-well-mannered kids need some fun in their lives. And Danny Donner (Dean Cain) is the ...
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and the reappearance of his old lover.
Style:
humorous, not serious, witty, feel good, light ...
Plot:
priest, comedy of errors, clergy, mistaken identity, religions or cults, disorder, dishonesty, catholic church, atheism, cons and scams, society, switching roles ...
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Place:
italy, vatican, europe, rome italy
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90%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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feel good, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, family problems, track down, comedy of errors, life turned upside down, on the road, disorder, family life, humour, society, lifestyle ...
Time:
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Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three pedigree chumps learn that every underdog has its day in this freewheeling Irish comedy. In hock to the tune of £50,000 to a Belfast bookie and saddled with a dopey greyhound that wouldn't run if its backside was on fire, the likely lads ...
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humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, exciting ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman whose dog was taken by her landlord follows her life coach's instructions to make 12 wishes for a better future, and watches in surprise as each of those wishes comes true in this Christmas fantasy for the entire family. Laura was ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, life turned upside down, wish come true, fall in love, workplace, hopes, nothing goes right, disorder, best friends, down on your luck, love and romance, life is a bitch ...
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Place:
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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:
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74%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A week before Christmas, Paula finds herself struggling with bills and life with her blue-collar husband Gary and her two daughters. When Nick, her high school boyfriend returns to town, a wealthy art gallery owner, Paula wonders if she made the ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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357
Genre: Comedy
Country: Ireland
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Zonad (Simon Delaney) is from space…probably. Or so the Cassidy family assume when they discover an apparent alien in a shiny red space suit and helmet passed out on the living room floor beside the drinks cabinet. The Cassidys and the people of ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be a better husband and father with the time he has left.
Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous
Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Russia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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53%
Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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53%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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