Movies like Eating
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Eating (1990)
308
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
At a spacious house in Los Angeles, Helene is turning 40-years old and her friends whom include French filmmaker Martine, house guest Sophie, and Lydia throw her a party. But also there is Kate a friend turning 30, and Sadie a Hollywood film agent turning 50. So, all of Helene's, Kate's, and Sadie's friends arrive for the party where Martine films the events with her movie camera and the shocking secrets revealed by Helene's mother Whitney, and her younger sister Nancy whom confide in their interviews about their obsession with food, and their roles in life.
Style:
clever, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, offbeat, contemplative
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
food, restaurant, friendship, friends, feminism, love and romance, couples, nightlife, strong female presence, lifestyle, gender, artists and showbiz, thirtysomething life, female nudity, bulimia, filmmaker, birthday party, female bonding, all female cast, eating disorder, reunion, swimming pool, interview, nudity (topless - notable), topless
Time:
80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and talky films with plots about couples, love and romance, friends, lifestyle, friendship, couple relations and thirtysomething life mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Eating: Highball (1997), Seven Days of Grace (2006), The Lather Effect (2006), Patti Rocks (1988), Echo Park (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A newly-married couple tries to build their social life.
Style:
talky, cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
nightlife, friendship, looking for love, celebrity culture, teenage love, twentysomething life, singleness, looking for sex, thirtysomething life, new year, friends, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four women - a blonde, a hippie, a lesbian and a barmaid - are looking for love, money and success. When one inherits an Italian restaurant from her father, they see this as a chance to fulfil their dreams. Then the restaurant is in danger of ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, light ...
Plot:
couples, lifestyle, best friends, love and romance, singleness, down on your luck, friends, gays and lesbians, actor's life, gender, artists and showbiz, restaurant ...
Time:
21st century
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83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On the eve of selling her mother's house, a thirty-something housewife wakes up to a hangover surrounded by her best friends from high school...
Style:
talky, semi serious, humorous, realistic
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
friends, friendship, couple relations, love and romance, couples, looking for love, introspection, singleness, lifestyle, hopes, unfulfillment, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
It's Christmas time in the twin cities. Billy's working a lot of overtime, running barges on the Mississippi. He calls his friend Eddie, whom he hasn't seen in six months, and asks a favor: to drive with him to see his pregnant ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, talky, clever, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
pregnancy, on the road, gender, buddies, battle of the sexes, love and romance, friendship, infidelity, family relations, friends, couples, girlfriend ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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697
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
stripper, dream, actor's life, single parent, couples, family relations, thirtysomething life, friends, love and romance, crumbling marriage, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, austria, california, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever
Plot:
friends, friendship, love and romance, partners, odd couple, lifestyle, self discovery, couples, disorder, infidelity, dishonesty, nothing goes right ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest aren't about to stop up-and-coming actress Maggie Chase (Tanna Frederick) from the two things she craves the most: real fame and true love. With more "Google points" than her ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, talky, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
actor's life, showbiz, bittersweet, paparazzi, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, alcohol abuse, love triangle, unstoppable, couples, lifestyle, rising to stardom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
892
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.
Style:
talky, sincere, humorous, mumblecore, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
looking for love, lifestyle, friendship, youth, introspection, computers and web, couple relations, human nature, love and romance, misfit, twentysomething life, sexual relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A narrative about six friends in college.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, talky, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wedding, friendship, betrayal, youth, coming of age, lifestyle, human nature, love and romance, couples, friends, battles, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or otherwise getting into the artistic community.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, talky, humorous, clever ...
Plot:
restaurant, food, writers, interracial relations, alcohol abuse, couples, society, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, love and romance, lifestyle, writer's life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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669
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Chris Martin has a problem: his impending marriage. Like any other man about to enter into the holy vows of matrimony, Chris has begun to second guess himself. Is married life what he really wants? While his bride-to-be takes care of the wedding ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, sexual, humorous ...
Plot:
bittersweet, wedding, friends, couples, thirtysomething life, family relations, introspection, moral dilemma, love and romance, chase, buddies, friendship ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
'Every day is another day closer to the day I'll never have to do this again.' Five women, one restaurant, one night, one birthday, one breakdown. Then the phone rings. A famous actor is coming for dinner. I Really Hate My Job is the ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, talky, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
sexy woman, workplace, waitress, friendship, love and romance, introspection, aging, midlife crisis, workplace romance, female nudity, restaurant, couple relations ...
Place:
england, london, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Icelandic drama about two remote road-workers.
Style:
humorous, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, workplace, friends, workplace situations, buddies, couples, bittersweet, painting
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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, psychological, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
haunted by the past, couples, family relations, looking for love, introspection, couple relations, strong female presence, sexual content, parents and children, hopes, dating, lesbian ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Jennifer's thirtieth birthday party is supposed to be a special day. But what starts out as a day of celebration quickly spirals into a most ill-fated day Jennifer wishes she could forget, in this ensemble comedy set entirely in a kitchen.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, talky, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
birthday, family relations, disorder, nothing goes right, food, dishonesty, siblings relations, friendship, infidelity, restaurant, beer, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A fanciful battle of the sexes ensues when the relationships of the staff and patrons of a quirky London café are unexpectedly turned upside down by sudden revelations of terribly embarrassing secrets having to do with their sexual misadventures.
Style:
talky, feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
drug abuse, battle of the sexes, friendship, workplace situations, looking for love, lifestyle, love and romance, twentysomething life, couples, disorder, family relations, couple relations ...
Place:
europe, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An ex soixante- huitard is forced to look back at his past .His kids look at him like an old soldier from a very distant war.His banker called him urgently.His last script idea is refused.He remembers meeting his wife in Sarajevo during the war.Most ...
Style:
clever, realistic, talky, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, aging, dealing with death, filmmaking, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, postmodernism, female nudity, female full frontal nudity
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
This controversial work, created and performed by Eve Ensler, debuted off-off-Broadway in 1996 and soon rode a wave of national acclaim. Now, the intimacy of Ensler's original show has been lovingly brought to the screen. Capturing her unique ...
Style:
thought provoking, semi serious, humorous, clever, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
sexual dysfunction, society, introspection, gender, couples, battle of the sexes, feminism, artists and showbiz, satire, performer's life, sexual relations, suspense ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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471
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Lovelife is a 1997 romantic comedy film written and directed by Jon Harmon Feldman. The ensemble cast includes Matt Letscher, Sherilyn Fenn, Saffron Burrows, Carla Gugino, Bruce Davison, Jon Tenney and Peter Krause. Lovelife was nominated for a ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, talky, sentimental, clever ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
low self esteem, older man younger woman relationship, professor, writers, love, friendship, breakup, love triangle, older woman younger man relationship, unfulfilled love, small town life, twentysomething life ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she'll use Millie, an aging French star. But, Rick, a big producer, needs Millie for a small part in a fall ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, talky, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
betrayal, actor's life, friendship, couple relations, rise to the top, crumbling marriage, desire for fame, lifestyle, ambition, love and romance, couples, filmmaking ...
Place:
cannes, riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Motherhood is a comedy written and directed by Katherine Dieckmann, and stars Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver. Shot on location in New York’s West Village, focuses on the dilemmas of motherhood, such as marriage, work, and self, ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
best friends, friendship, family life, lifestyle, couple relations, family relations, friends, couples, disorder, parents and children, mother, strong female presence ...
Place:
usa, new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story takes place in LA, in the house of four housemates, three women, MJ, Frankie and Amanda, and an homosexual, Banks. MJ is the kind of girl to whom money means everything and to whom others mean almost nothing. Frankie is a social worker and ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual ...
Plot:
coming of age, neighbor, sex, friends, couples, self discovery, gays and lesbians, love and romance, gender, twentysomething life, friendship, female nudity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Gooische Vrouwen (Vipers Nest) is based on a very popular Dutch TV series and can be described as a Dutch variation of Sex and the City and Desperate Housewives. The film tells the story of four girlfriends who live in the bourgeois area ‘t Gooi, ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lifestyle, dishonesty, friendship, love and romance, couple relations, social relations, couples, family relations, unfulfillment, love affair, family problems, suspense ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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308
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The century is coming to an end, and New York City is freaking out. "1999" takes place at a New Year's Eve party on December 31, 1999. As a group of neurotic characters gather at a Greenwich Village apartment, everyone struggles to ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, sexual, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
couples, thirtysomething life, friends, partners, young lovers, gays and lesbians, artists and showbiz, youth, lifestyle, love and romance, misfit partners, love affair ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, clever, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
love triangle, couple relations, couples, looking for love, infidelity, love affair, thirtysomething life, workplace romance, sexual relations, dancer's life, love and romance, twentysomething life ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Such an inconsequential event - the unfortunate purchase of a package of cling film - reveals the character and behavior of a small group of individuals caught up in the chaos of today's society. Though it creates arguments and inner ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, clever, offbeat
Plot:
friendship, lifestyle, couple relations, human nature, crumbling marriage, husband wife relationship, unfulfillment, friends, couples, psychiatrist, cellist, suicide ...
Time:
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Place:
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32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A successful architect, Sakti (Tora Sudiro), is uncertain about his sexuality, but when he meets magnetic and gay Nino (Surya Saputra), he realizes he prefers men. When Meimei (Cut Mini Theo), one of Sakti's closest female friends, reveals ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sexy, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, friends, love and romance, couple relations, parents and children, thirtysomething life, family relations, couples, gender, misfit, lifestyle, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
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Place:
indonesia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Five seemingly unrelated people decide to take huge risks in their personal lives in an effort to find happiness.
Style:
semi serious, talky, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
starting over, lifestyle, human nature, family relations, couples, golden years, city life, introspection, single parent, crumbling marriage, love and romance, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
501
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A script fell to Isabel by chance. In reading it you realize it's the same story of the romance she had with the film director Mario Fabra, author of the script. Isabel decides appointment with Mario, who was not seen again, but at the moment ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, realistic, biting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, lovers reunited, love and romance, rise to the top, ambition, lifestyle, ego clash, showbiz, filmmaking, youth, actor's life, school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Religion, alcohol and politics are three things best avoided at holidays - but it's something this group of friends haven't learned. In this dark comedy, six friends have reunited for what may be their last holiday together.
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, sexy, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, christmas, estrangement, dark humor, love and romance, youth, buddies, college, holiday, gay, thirtysomething life, friends ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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