Movies like Smile 1975

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Smile (1975)
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Smile (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital difficulties and Bob's son is up to some mischief. Could this year's pageant be in jeopardy?
Style: dark comedy, humorous, realistic, biting, satirical, funny, mockumentary, cult classic, clever, offbeat ...
Plot: female nudity, showbiz, choreographer, youth, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, couples, self discovery, teenage life, social differences, society, suburbs, mischievous children, contests and competitions, strong female presence, introspection, lifestyle, suburban life, small town, social relations, disorder, small town life, couple relations, satire ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: california, usa
Keyword: americana

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, witty and semi serious films with plots about couples, disorder, satire, family relations, lifestyle, love and romance and society mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Smile: Real Life (1979), LolliLove (2004), American Cowslip (2009), Hollywood Palms (2001), Waiting for Guffman (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Real Life (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Style: mockumentary, satirical, funny, humorous, witty ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, society, family relations, dark humor, lifestyle, family life, nothing goes right, disorder, fictional reality show, satire, husband wife relationship, showbiz ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona, usa
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LolliLove (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: A hip, misguided Southern California couple decide to make a difference in the lives of the homeless by giving them lollipops with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.
Style: mockumentary, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: social differences, social relations, rich and poor, nothing goes right, society, homelessness, charity, satire, homeless, couples
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
American Cowslip (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with his garden. This dark comedy follows the last days of Ethan's life as he struggles to find ...
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot: redneck, friends, contests and competitions, life is a bitch, drug abuse, ambition, siblings relations, buddies, couples, dark humor, addiction, eccentric man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Hollywood Palms (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Set entirely in the Hollywood Palms apartment building and its yard, this movie shows how people there live and interact with each other.
Style: humorous, witty, semi serious, biting, realistic
Audience: date night
Plot: dark humor, betrayal, introspection, lifestyle, buddies, human nature, friendship, showbiz, hollywood, murder, partner, thirtysomething life ...
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Corky St. Clair is a director, actor and dancer in Blaine, Missouri. When it comes time to celebrate Blaine's 150th anniversary, Corky resolves to bring down the house in Broadway style in this hilarious mockumentary from the people who brought ...
Style: mockumentary, funny, parody, independent film, witty ...
Plot: satire, backstage, small town, improv, city council, theater, coming of age, chinese restaurant, alien contact, travel agent, dentist, director ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place: missouri, usa, north america, florida
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44%
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Stella Street (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Michael Caine, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson and Roger Moore all live on a quiet street in Surbiton and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards run their corner shop - who knew?
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, clever ...
Plot: misfit, fish out of water, disorder, satire, lifestyle, social decay, culture clash, showbiz, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, society, buddies ...
Time: 60s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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43%
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The Love Guide (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A comedy about a woman who saves her chicken farm and her family by agreeing to be the subject of a "reality show" with a celebrity Hollywood weight loss expert. Both women change and discover the true meaning of success (Imdb.com)
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: lifestyle, farm, manipulation, life turned upside down, ambition, family problems, disorder, couples, culture clash, family in crisis, society, family business ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Sherman's Way (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An eccentric Olympic has-been who prefers leisure to work, finds himself stuck with a rigid pre-law Yale student with no time for wasting time. Between skinny-dipping and stealing cars, this odd-couple learn from each other that balance is the key ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, touching ...
Plot: disorder, couples, friends, unlikely couple, introspection, lifestyle, nothing goes right, odd couple, youth, small town, eccentric family, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, california, los angeles
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42%
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Boudu (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: humorous, semi serious, witty, captivating, offbeat ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love triangle, fish out of water, disorder, social relations, couples, misfit, couple relations, social differences, love and romance, rich and poor, infidelity, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france
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42%
Sweet Liberty (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors want to re-stage battles, and he becomes very ...
Style: melancholic, humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: culture clash, crime gone awry, couple relations, love and romance, artists and showbiz, showbiz, fish out of water, actor's life, young lovers, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: usa, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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The End (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
Style: dark comedy, funny, black comedy, humorous, slapstick ...
Plot: terminal illness, dark humor, suicide attempt, buddy, euthanasia, mental patient, suicidal thoughts, silly humor, society, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 1978, 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Dealin' with Idiots (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Faced with the absurd competitiveness surrounding his son's youth league baseball team, Max Morris, a famous comedian, decides to get to know the colorful parents and coaches of the team better in an attempt to find the inspiration for his next ...
Style: witty, humorous, realistic, not serious, funny ...
Plot: family relations, baseball, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, social relations, ambition, writer's life, parents and children, baseball team, satire, father son relationship, mother son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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My New Gun (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Debbie and Gerald's lives drastically change after they get a gun. Their mysterious neighbor, Skippy, becomes an important and transforming figure in their lives.
Style: independent film, semi serious, offbeat, humorous, witty ...
Plot: satire, hot and sexy, strong female lead, neighbor, infidelity, suburbs, profanity, family problems, dishonesty, unsupportive spouse, suburban life, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.
Style: humorous, semi serious, clever, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot: unemployment, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, couple relations, down on your luck, unfulfillment, odd couple, family problems, husband wife relationship, fired from the job, brother brother relationship, neighbor ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The original 70's TV family is now placed in the 1990's, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
Style: humorous, parody, satirical, funny, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: house, family relations, fighting the system, fish out of water, save the day, parents and children, satire, disorder, rivalry, siblings relations, high school, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Most of the townsfolk, particularly those on the school PTA, think she is a little too liberal so they're making things tough for her and her daughter. So she runs for the ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, biting, clever ...
Plot: revenge, hillbilly, feminist, child, milf, high school, small town, fighting the system, prank, school, breakup, alcohol abuse ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century
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40%
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Cold Turkey (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill ...
Style: parody, realistic, semi serious, witty, offbeat ...
Plot: church, clergy, drug, satire, small town, addiction, silly humor, disorder, social relations, lifestyle, media, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: iowa, usa
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40%
The Living Wake (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: “The Living Wake” is a dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew, has one day to live. He has enlisted his best and only friend, Mills Joquin, to take him around on a bicycle powered ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, sentimental ...
Plot: nothing goes right, friends, odd couple, lifestyle, dark humor, partner, performer's life, misfit partners, hopes, daydreamer, social relations, last wish ...
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Blue in the Face (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he ...
Style: independent film, talky, witty, colorful, mumblecore ...
Plot: smoking, culture clash, friendship, screwball, rock, tobacco, family relations, couples, social relations, friends, parents and children, social differences ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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39%
Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: All hilarity breaks loose in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy when three generations of Fiedlers collide in a crazy family reunion. As they prepare for the biggest Bar Mitzvah on the block, they begin to see that they're much more alike ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, realistic ...
Plot: rabbi, social differences, eccentric family, lifestyle, couples, family gatherings, family life, estrangement, parents and children, youth, coming of age, judaism ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: california, usa, new mexico, los angeles
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39%
The Cult of Sincerity (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A New York hipster sets out on a a quest to create the most sincere T-shirt ever.
Style: semi serious, realistic, talky, cynical, humorous ...
Plot: friends, self discovery, society, friendship, dull life, lifestyle, ambition, youth, twentysomething life, farce, unfulfillment, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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39%
Good Intentions (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Meet Etta Milford. Loving Wife. Doting Mother. Armed Robber. Etta's husband constantly blows their money on make-shift inventions. When she decides to secretly take "investment" matters into her own hands - things quickly go awry! ...
Style: not serious, feel good, uplifting, realistic, indie film ...
Plot: couple relations, crime gone awry, couples, small town, hidden identity, family life, lifestyle, disorder, parents and children, small town life, eccentric family, strong female presence ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
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38%
The Dog Problem (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the film, Solo is a down-on-his-luck writer who is encouraged by his psychiatrist to get a dog. Solo meets his love interest, who he assumes to be a dog owner when meeting her at a dog play park, but dog problems stand in their way.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, clever, independent film ...
Plot: therapy, dog, disorder, down on your luck, self discovery, writer's life, couples, friendship, pets, nothing goes right, stripper, mixed martial arts ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV ...
Style: funny, talky, humorous, witty, laugh out loud ...
Plot: aging, old age, vaudeville, senior citizen, actor, spy, stage play, grudge, comedian, showbiz, couples, friends ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city
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38%
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My Life as Liz (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: My Life as Liz is a mockumentary style American television series that centers on the life of Liz Lee, a misfit high-school senior living in small town Texas. The series debuted on MTV on January 18, 2010. The first season finale aired on March 8, ...
Style: semi serious, witty, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, social relations, youth, friendship, best friend, family relations, society, teenage life, parents and children, high school life, power relations, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa, new york
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38%
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Closing Escrow (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three quirky families seeking to buy their next home collide when trying to purchase the same property. The bidding war tests the limits of their marriages and the resolve of their agents.
Style: mockumentary, humorous, cynical, light, feel good ...
Plot: uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, eccentric family, social relations, family relations, ambition, satire, real estate, couples, marriage, estate, found footage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Oh, What a Night (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: During the summer of 1955, seventeen-year-old Eric Hansen embarks on a journey in his new town, a journey which will change his life forever.
Style: semi serious, humorous, emotional, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man, small town, adolescence vs adulthood, older woman younger man sex, best friend, love and romance, eccentric family, teenage love, society, family problems, misfit ...
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Polyester (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A suburban housewife's world falls apart when her pornographer husband admits he's serially unfaithful to her, her daughter gets pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot: misfit, dysfunctional family, abortion, alcoholism, loser, satire, lgbtq, transvestite, playboy, camp, freak, fetish ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Chain (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
Style: independent film, biting, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: relocation, house, couples, family relations, love and romance, society, social differences, property, moving
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Comic Book Villains (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When word hits the street that a nearby elderly gentleman has a cache of old, rare, and very valuable mint condition comic books, rival comic book shop owners Raymond McGillicuddy (Donal Logue) and Norman Link (Michael Rapaport) both set out to be ...
Style: humorous, stylized, dark comedy, cynical, clever ...
Plot: small town, internet, dark humor, dishonesty, comic book, satire, friendship, rivals, feud, old woman, male female relationship, death ...
Time: y2k
Place: barcelona
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37%
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