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Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A day in the life of two film-school students trying to find love and another house-mate.
Style:
melancholic, satirical, humorous, semi serious, clever, realistic, talky, entertaining, independent film, offbeat ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love triangle, university, college, fall in love, lifestyle, college life, youth, sexual relations, couple relations, lgbt, lgbtq, roommate, love, friendship, asexual, woman, campus, incest, cafe, pop culture, housemates, lesbian, school, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 1990s
Place:
melbourne, australia, ireland
Keyword:
jewish, latin, movie poster, melbourne australia, russian, dreams, australian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and witty films with plots about couples, love and romance, lifestyle, friendship, looking for love, couple relations and gays and lesbians mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Love and Other Catastrophes: Strange Planet (1999), Burning Annie (2004), Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998), Puccini for Beginners (2006), Freshman Orientation (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Alice, Judy and Sally are three Australian roommates who are unlucky in love. Over the course of a year, they endure numerous personal ups and downs. Meanwhile, Ewan, Joel and Neil are friends and coworkers with similar problems, and gradually their ...
Style:
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Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
infidelity, friends, roommate, marriage, pregnancy, friendship, unfaithfulness, coitus, divorce, dating, one night stand, marital problem ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
australia, oceania, sydney australia
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story of a college student with an "Annie Hall" addiction trying to make his new relationship work.
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semi serious, sentimental, witty, humorous, independent film ...
Audience:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Billy, a struggling young gay photographer (who likes Polaroids), tired of being the "other man", falls in love with Gabriel, a waiter and aspiring musician who is probably straight but possibly gay or at least curious. Billy tries to get ...
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light, semi serious, humorous, erotic, witty ...
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chick flick
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gay, lgbt, hollywood, relationships, stereotypes, artists and showbiz, fall in love, lgbtq, lifestyle, celebrity culture, gender, gay interest ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa, indiana, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When her inability to commit leads to a breakup with her girlfriend, opera-loving writer Allegra winds up in the bed of amiable professor Philip. He is so smitten with Allegra that he dumps his lover, Grace (Justin Kirk), and convinces Allegra to ...
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realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, clever ...
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girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A typical Midwestern 18 year-old freshman at a large state university eager to delve into the college party life, instead discovers that school is not the beer-driven, sexual fantasy of his imagination. Determined to do anything to obtain the girl ...
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humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, sex comedy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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los angeles
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45%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, loneliness, drinking, gay, cat, friends, couples, family relations, fall in love, gays and lesbians, love and romance, human nature ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Small town waitress Eve Stuckley is stuck. She has spent years pining for testosterone saturate local hunk Jeff Sweeney and yearns to escape from the Hog-Chow Diner she runs. Just when Eve finally decides to pursue her man, drop dead gorgeous Linda ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
cheerleader, lgbt, high school, psychopath, friendship, student life, singleness, looking for love, adolescence vs adulthood, anniversary, twentysomething life, high school life ...
Time:
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Place:
chicago, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
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90s
Place:
australia
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, date night
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
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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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