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Upperdog (2009)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As young children, half-siblings Axel and Yanne are adopted to Norway. They are separated on arrival, he to material wealth on Oslo's west side, she to an average family on the east side. In contrast to her younger brother, Yanne remembers their journey to Norway, but she has no idea where he might be now.
Style:
humorous, emotional, semi serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
family relations, adoption, human nature, society, siblings relations, friends, social differences, ex soldier, disorder, refugee, war trauma, immigrant, love, soldier, class society, siblings, spoiled brat, urban, hopes, dog, hunting, female nudity, journalist, restaurant, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and captivating films with plots about family relations, society, friendship, siblings relations, parents and children, friends and immigrant mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like Upperdog: Age of Panic (2013), Am I Beautiful? (1998), Brooklyn Lobster (2005), Happy 140 (2015), The New Country (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
May 6, 2012. Cable news reporter Laetitia is covering the French presidential elections, while Vincent, her ex-husband, demands to see their two young daughters. It's a manic Sunday in Paris: two agitated girls, a frazzled babysitter, a needy ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, emotional, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
politics, child custody, family relations, parents and children, state affairs, election, journalist, ex husband ex wife relationship, love, rivalry, society, urban ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 117 min.
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, emotional
Plot:
love, female nudity, love of one's life, nudity, family problems, couples, family relations, unfulfillment, dishonesty, society, couple relations, human nature ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
spain, munich germany, europe, germany
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94%
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:
emotional, humorous, captivating, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
family business, save the day, family relations, working class, family problems, restaurant, society, siblings relations, family in crisis, bank, parents and children, estrangement ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A group of friends and family reunite at the fancy new holiday home of a woman who is about to turn 40.
Style:
humorous, cynical, semi serious, light, touching ...
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, disorder, friends, friendship, discussion, lottery, life turned upside down, holiday, advocate, helicopter, actress ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, canary islands
Similarity:
91%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 232 min.
Story:
A 15 year old Somalian boy meets a 40 year old Iranian man on a refugee camp in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. With the threat of deportation hanging over them they decide to the take their faiths in their own hands and together they go on a ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, captivating, tense, road movie ...
Plot:
refugee, friendship, teenager, on the run, human nature, obsessive quest, discrimination, working class, on the road, african, estrangement, misfit ...
Time:
90s
Place:
somalia, europe
Similarity:
89%
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, sincere, light, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, family relations, love and romance, couples, siblings relations, city life, society, friendship, dysfunctional family, wedding, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A group of crotchety codgers attempt to revive the punk-rock band they all played in 17 years earlier in "Punk Is Not Dead".
Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, contemplative, sincere ...
Plot:
counterculture, music band, dark humor, friends, society, disorder, punk, rivalry, club, punk rock, rock, punk band ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
macedonia, former yugoslavia, serbia, europe, bosnia
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he meets freakish street musician Vera, and a bittersweet romance unfolds...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police, existential crisis, escape, new love, street riots, love and romance, politics, dealing with death, buddies, fall in love, human nature, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany, europe, germany
Similarity:
88%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed, El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose migrant-worker mother has been summarily deported from Israel. The film is a touching ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, humorous, sweet, sentimental ...
Plot:
getting home, deportation, communication problem, hopes, family relations, stewardess, interracial relations, society, journey, israeli, love, judaism ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Adapted from a series of short stories by Norwegian author Levi Henriksen, Bent Hamers Home for Christmas weaves together the lives of people struggling to find their way home on a Christmas Eve, beneath the colors of the Northern Lights. The plot ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, emotional, non-linear ...
Plot:
christmas, hopes, friendship, small town, unfulfillment, human nature, loneliness, multiple storylines, lost love, christmas season, xmas, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
former yugoslavia, europe
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two girls of different background, one a immigrant from Turkey and the other a girl that needs to get out of her fathers shadow both apply to the police academy were they become close friends.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
starting over, lifestyle, friendship, social differences, society, fish out of water, culture clash, officers and cadets, academy, family life, hopes, immigrant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Jordan, Qatar, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A bride-to-be is forced to reevaluate her life when she reunites with her family in Jordan and finds herself confronted with the aftermath of her parents’ divorce.
Style:
captivating, humorous, realistic, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
wedding planning, culture clash, family problems, couples, introspection, parents and children, doubt, divorced parents, siblings, woman, refugee, marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
jordan, middle east
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
AN ORDINARY FAMILY is a humorous drama about one family, two brothers and a really big problem. Thomas Biederman is blindsided when his estranged brother, Seth, shows up unannounced to the annual family vacation… with his boyfriend.
Style:
humorous, emotional, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
gay, estrangement, family relations, family problems, family gatherings, gender, society, family vacation, brother brother relationship, brother brother conflict, friendship, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When her father, Giancarlo is transferred to Rome from the small country town of Montalto Di Castro, Caterina, a 12 years old girl, will discover her new classmates, a totally new world, an ambient extremely divided politically.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous
Plot:
youth, social differences, fish out of water, friendship, teenage life, politics, lifestyle, human nature, society, hopes, school, city life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Out of Nature is a journey inside Martins head. A family father in his 30s living in a small town of Norway. He feels alienated in his own life and longs to get away. Away from his job, away from his family, into the woods, up to the mountains. ...
Style:
semi serious, existential, psychological, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
lake, masturbation, hiking, mountain, skinny dipping, imagination, self discovery, introspection, nature, midlife crisis, male pubic hair, erection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Comedy - This entry in director Jean-Claude La Marre's Pastor Jones series sees the beleaguered clergyman coping with a gap in the church budget. When he can't make a payment on one of the church's loans, the pastor fears he may have ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, sincere, inspirational ...
Plot:
friendship, ambition, music band, rescue, clergy, society, family relations, hopes, family problems, contests and competitions, collision, church ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, sincere, light ...
Plot:
immigrant, parents and children, looking for love, couples, aging, society, family relations, couple relations, buddies, wooing, love, fast food ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After living 45 years in Germany, the Turkish Hüseyin Yilmaz, seventy, announces to his family that he has bought a house in Turkey and they should return to make the necessary reforms. The idea is unwelcome and causes very heated discussions. In ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, sincere, intercultural ...
Plot:
immigrant, language barrier, travel, family life, society, social differences, culture clash, parents and children, migration, family gatherings, family reunited, black ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
germany, indiana, europe, turkey
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Nigeria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
GONE TOO FAR follows two estranged teenage brothers over the course of a single day as they meet for the first time, and struggle to accept each other for who they are. Yemi can't wait for his big brother to join him on the estate in Peckham - ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
immigrant, racism, society, youth, family relations, social differences, teenage love, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship, urban, working class, black ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, indiana, london, africa
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A 35-year-old woman fakes being pregnant to fit in with her friends.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, dishonesty, best friend, life turned upside down, disorder, lie, society, friends, thirtysomething life, parents and children, pregnancy, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
85%
352
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Adeline's Chinese housekeeper suddenly disappears, leaving behind a little boy who doesn't speak a word of French. Helped by her sister, she takes care of the child and proceeds to locate the mother.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, realistic, touching, uplifting
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
immigrant, deportation, society, family relations, siblings relations, redemption, youth, escapades, getting home, hopes, coming of age, dealing with death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
They are both alone. They need each other but, at the same time, they despise each other. Siblings Marcos and Susana are unable to heal the old wounds festering within them after the death of their mother. When Susana sells their mother's flat, ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, sincere, realistic, entertaining ...
Plot:
ego clash, introspection, family relations, hopes, family problems, starting over, dishonesty, rivalry, intrigue, death in the family, brother sister relationship, family conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, uruguay, latin america
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Life smiles at Dino Fabrizzi,a cool forty-two-year old Italian. Not only is he the most successful salesman at The Maserati dealership in Nice but he has had a steady (and hot) relationship with Hélène,his girlfriend, who is beginning to ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic
Plot:
hidden identity, disorder, society, workplace, dishonesty, couple relations, dealer, meet the parents, culture clash, parents and children, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A story about a couple from the bottom of the social ladder, about smuggling refugees across borders and other 'suspect' things- it is, first and foremost, an attempt to tell a story about the worst in people, wherever they may be coming ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, clever
Plot:
unemployment, couples, rivalry, human nature, society, social misfits, social differences, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, illegal immigration, down on your luck, female nudity, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
slovenia, europe, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interruptions.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, emotional, light, captivating ...
Plot:
friends, deadline, actor's life, artists and showbiz, ambition, family relations, house, disorder, farm, actor, writers, post traumatic stress disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, new york state
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A man, after having abandoned his family to live in a monastery, goes back into the world after 17 years.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, emotional, realistic, clever
Plot:
woman urinating, escape from reality, dysfunctional family, leaving home, social decay, church, monastery, society, family problems, family life, clergy, woman peeing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Coco is a French comedy released in 2009 and produced by Gad Elmaleh. This is the first embodiment of the actor, adapted from a sketch in the show La Vie Normale. Coco talks about organizing a Bar Mitzvah.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, light hearted ...
Plot:
rise to the top, ambition, hopes, life turned upside down, society, redemption, disorder, self made man, bar mitzvah, jewish culture, adaptation, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
82%
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:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, last wish, family problems, ex athlete, introspection, self discovery, friendship, terminal illness, society, death, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, UK, France, Germany, Greece
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This tale takes place in a bar. The Spanish Alonso and his blind mother run this place. Bay, who is Alonso's friend live here too. This story tells something about Alonso and Bay and the "American Dream".
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
immigration, american dream, family relations, friendship, friends, family problems, estrangement, unemployment, parents and children, death in the family, rich and poor, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
former yugoslavia, montenegro, new york, serbia, europe ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An ambitious painter on the verge of a big break confronts his moral decay when his idealist, hell-raising, younger sister comes to stay with him in New York City for the summer.
Style:
mumblecore, humorous, contemplative, emotional, light ...
Plot:
follow your dream, introspection, youth, battle of the sexes, lifestyle, human nature, couples, family relations, relationship vs career, college, coming of age, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
81%
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