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The Alumni Chapter (2011)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
What happens when you graduate from college, only to find that jobs are practically nonexistent and your best friends aren't what they seem? Four old friends reunite after college graduation. The conversation quickly turns sour, and a series of flashbacks expose the bitter truth.
Style:
humorous, contemplative, captivating, atmospheric, independent film, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy
Plot:
friendship, college, introspection, adolescence vs adulthood, unfulfillment, estrangement, society, friends, best friend, diner, lifestyle, haunted by the past, bittersweet, hopes, twentysomething life, dull life, boarding school, preparatory school, reunion, best friends, chicago illinois
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and captivating films with plots about friends, friendship, youth, reunion, best friend, lifestyle and love and romance mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Alumni Chapter: The Lather Effect (2006), Hollidaysburg (2014), The Big Ask (2013), New York City Serenade (2007), Growing Up and Other Lies (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
friends, friendship, love and romance, couple relations, couples, looking for love, introspection, unfulfillment, adolescence vs adulthood, unfulfilled love, hopes, singleness ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After living for years as a struggling artist in New York City, Jake is calling it quits and returning home to Ohio. On his last day in the city, he persuades his three oldest friends – Billy, Rocks and Gunderson – to help him retrace their ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Just as the business which Steve helped create, American Lightsticks, is on the brink of collapse, a huge 'deal' suddenly materializes, and he and his partners are sure that their lives have changed forever. A true-to-life comedy inspired ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
636
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
massachusetts, usa
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28%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
26%
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
26%
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, realistic, tragicomedy, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, independent film ...
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, realistic
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
self discovery, high school life, youth, teenage life, unfulfillment, society, couples, friendship, high school, social misfits, love and romance, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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