Movies like Irish Jam
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Irish Jam (2006)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Upon discovering that their town is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to prevent the buy-out. They hold a poetry contest with a tempting grand prize -- the deed to their local pub. But what could happen when a duplicitous American rapper emerges as the best poet around?
Style:
humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
friendship, culture clash, cons and scams, rise to the top, contests and competitions, on the run, disorder, village, love triangle, family relations, fall in love, ambition, buddies, dishonesty, poetry, escapades, save the day, pub, fish out of water, friends, misfit, parents and children, love and romance, gender bending, village life ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
ireland, los angeles, usa, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about friends, disorder, buddies, friendship, society, family relations and partners mostly in Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Irish Jam: Mobsters and Mormons (2005), The Yank (2014), Next Friday (2000), Kissing Cousins (2008), Mystics (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mafia family from New Jersey is placed in the witness relocation program to an all-Mormon community in Utah.
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humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
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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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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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funny, humorous, feel good, light, not serious ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cousin cousin relationship, fall in love, unlikely couple, disorder, cons and scams, family relations, looking for love, friendship, society, incest, forbidden love, comedy of errors ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
elderly, cons and scams, buddies, partners, nothing goes right, golden years, dark humor, scam, seance, senior citizen, gangsters, con artists ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Willy Vander Brook, a world with Franco-Belgian roots, travels to Paris for an interview. He is welcomed by his childhood friend Serge, an ex pub operator, and his roommate Frank, a fierce supporter of the Walloon independence. When Willy discovers ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
cons and scams, hidden identity, buddies, culture clash, vengeance, society, disorder, hotel, misfit, misfit partners, dishonesty, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, belgium, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run-down Baptist church mistakes him and his best friend Junior for replacement ministers, he grabs at ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Irish bachelors take out an ad in the Miami Herald, looking for love.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, sex comedy
Plot:
village, small town, couples, couple relations, isolation, family relations, battle of the sexes, village life, small town life, love, male female relationship, friendship between men ...
Time:
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Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Phillip (Phillips) and Geoffrey (Sampson) are two Aussie larrikins, whose lives centre around running the un-official "Sons and Surf" website...
Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
save the day, friends, partners, lifestyle, nothing goes right, escapades, odd couple, misfit, unemployment, cons and scams, party, friendship ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Jan decides to marry his girl-friend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father, who is an Italian.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
meet the parents, couple relations, fish out of water, culture clash, disorder, silly humor, parents and children, village, couples, society, misfit, migration ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Cristina lives a peaceful life until her older brother Ciro, who has to attend a trial, asks to spend house arrests at Cristina’s home.
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, light, realistic
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Sam and Matt flee their small mid-western town for New York City, where hot girls roam the streets! After months of trying to pick up ladies and failing miserably, they come up with the idea to hold a fake audition to meet chicks. Hilarity ensues ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With one more day of parole left, J.T. vows to play by the book. But when he finds out his mom will lose their home unless they come up with a serious amount of money, J.T. takes a chance by entering a lowrider contest that violates his parole.
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Plot:
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Country: Ireland, UK
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Story:
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Country: UK, Greece
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, realistic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Three families compete for a camping spot during a busy Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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