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A Man Called Ove (2015)
 7.7
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A Man Called Ove (2015)
Original name: En man som heter Ove
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Despite grumpy 59 year-old Ove being deposed as president of his condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally back into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.
Style: touching, ironic, emotional, feel good, scenic, non-linear, social, compassionate, funny, philosophical ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: unlikely friendships, suicide attempt, love, aging, swedish, mentor, life & death, pregnant woman, friendship, cancer, destiny, adaptation, elderly man, dark humor, loneliness, disability, neighbor neighbor relationship, old age, elderly, nordic, husband wife relationship, competition, flash forward, suicidal thoughts, flashback ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, year 2014
Place: spain, scandinavia, eastern europe
Keyword: sweden, dutch, french

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, feel good and crying films with plots about kiss, love, friendship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, hospital and family relations mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like A Man Called Ove: Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013), The Leisure Seeker (2017), Another Round (2020), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Mr. Church (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Man Called Otto (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A cranky retired man strikes up an unlikely friendship with his boisterous new neighbors. A remake of the 2015 Swedish film.
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, touching, realistic ...
Audience: adult
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Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh
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Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Belgium, USA, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The film centres on a retired, widowed professor living in Paris who develops a special relationship with a younger French woman.
Style: romantic, sentimental, touching, heartbreaking, sad ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: elderly, loneliness, estrangement, free spirited, character study, suicide attempt, friendship, odd couple, death of wife, respect, dancer, optimism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, brussels, belgium, europe
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The Leisure Seeker (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.
Style: road movie, tense, captivating, melancholic, sad ...
Audience: adult
Plot: elderly couple, alzheimer's disease, aunt niece relationship, old couple, dementia, road trip, sex scene, memory loss, male female relationship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, sibling rivalry, travel ...
Time: year 2017, year 2016, year 1993, 90s
Place: florida, massachusetts, pennsylvania, south carolina, detroit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Another Round (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.
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Audience: adult
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose ...
Style: feel good, touching, uplifting, inspirational, sentimental ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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Style: sad, compassionate, sentimental, melancholic, emotional ...
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Duration: 123 min.
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100%
 7.3
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Duration: 124 min.
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Plot: aging, composer, screenwriter, father daughter relationship, hotel, life & death, sex scene, husband wife relationship, existentialism, spa, art, orchestra ...
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Duration: 102 min.
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Audience: family outing
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Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
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Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night
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Time: 1950s, 50s, 2010s, year 2015, 1900s ...
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Style: feel good, inspirational, light, sweet, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, teens, girls' night
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30%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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Style: feel good, romantic, sentimental, sweet, uplifting ...
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30%
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Country: USA, China, Brazil, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Time: 80s, year 2006, 2000s, year 1985
Place: england, united kingdom, britain, europe, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
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Style: feel good, touching, sweet, sentimental, inspirational ...
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Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1997
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, maryland, baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
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Style: independent film, psychological, meditative, surreal, sincere ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: anthology, stylized, talky, romantic, emotional ...
Audience: date night
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