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The Aquatic Effect (2016)
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The Aquatic Effect (2016)
Original name: L'effet aquatique
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Iceland
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Samir, a lanky crane operator in Montreuil, falls madly for Agathe. As master swimmer at the pool Thorez he decides to take swimming lessons with her. But the lie does not last three lessons - Agathe hate liars. Chosen to represent the Seine-Saint-Denis, Agathe flies to Iceland for the 10th Congress of the International Masters Swimming. Samir has no choice but to fly in turn also.
Plot: swimming, lifeguard, lie, love, atmosphere, female nudity, memory loss, hospital, male nudity, bare breasts, amnesia, swimming pool, casual sex, male female relationship, locked in, congress, electrocution, male objectification, awkward situation, goose, caught in a lie, female objectification, nudity, bare chested male, male pubic hair ...
Time: 2010s
Place: reykjavik iceland, france, iceland

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Most similar movies to The Aquatic Effect

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and captivating films with plots about female nudity, male nudity, nudity, bare breasts, bare chested male, pubic hair and female full frontal nudity mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Aquatic Effect: Queen of Montreuil (2012), Other People's Children (2022), Lulu in the Nude (2013), Things to Do Before You're 30 (2005), Seven Freckles (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Queen of Montreuil (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: It's early summer and Agathe is back in France, at home in Montreuil. She has to get over her husband's death and return to her work as a film director. The unexpected arrival at her house of a couple of Icelanders, a sea lion and a ...
Style: psychological, semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic ...
Plot: life turned upside down, homecoming, starting over, self discovery, disorder, uninvited guest, hopes, bittersweet, widow, death of husband, neighbor, seaport ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Other People's Children (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Rachel loves her life, her students, her friends, her ex, her guitar lessons. When she falls in love with Ali, she grows close to his 4-year-old daughter, Leila. She tucks her in, looks after her, and loves her like a mother... which she isn’t. ...
Plot: nudity, little girl, gynecologist, woman, female pubic hair, sex scene, pharmacy, swimming pool, student, teacher student relationship, horse, horse riding ...
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Lulu in the Nude (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After a job interview gone wrong, Lulu sets sail leaving her husband and three children behind. But being an adventurer is easier said than done.
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience: girls' night
Plot: hotel, friends, self discovery, introspection, family problems, friendship, strong female presence, on the road, superhero, female pubic hair, nudity, life changing ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Things to Do Before You're 30 (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A smart, sexy and poignantly accurate comedy drama about a group of twenty-something friends desperately resisting the inevitable - adulthood and responsibility.
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, indie film ...
Plot: friendship, love and romance, sport team, buddies, youth, escape from reality, male bonding, friendship between men, football, infidelity, friends, gender ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Seven Freckles (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Teens in a holiday-camp. First love, first sex, first self-made theatre performance of "Romeo and Julliet" - quite interesting to have a look at the east-German youth in the seventies.
Style: erotic
Plot: teenage sex, coming of age, summer camp, first love, love, stage play, adolescence, young love, young lovers, dancing, dog, lake ...
Place: east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Camille Rewinds (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Camille was only sixteen and still in high school when she fell in love with Eric, another student. They later married and a child and were happy for a while. But now twenty-five years have passed and Eric leaves her for a younger woman. Bitter and ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, feel good
Audience: date night
Plot: time travel, high school, teacher student relationship, teenage love, youth, couples, family relations, teenage life, parents and children, one more chance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, female protagonist ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 2000s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Grand Central (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Austria
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young unemployed man finds work at a nuclear power plant and begins an illicit affair with the fiancée of one of his senior workmates.
Style: atmospheric, tense, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: love affair, male nudity, danger, radioactivity, infidelity, fall in love, workplace situations, workplace, nuclear power plant, bare chested male, contamination, nude women ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Love Affair(s) (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Vacations in the French countryside. Daphne, three months pregnant, finds herself alone to welcome Maxime, her boyfriend François’ cousin. François had to leave in a hurry for Paris to cover for a sick colleague. For four days, while waiting ...
Style: captivating, romantic
Plot: tourism, pregnant woman, love, romantic relationship, in love, love and romance, love affair, relationships, male female relationship, fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story ...
Time: 2010s
Place: south of france, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Where the Grass Is Greener (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A romantic comedy about an unemployed young woman from East Germany who ends up taking a summer job in the Swiss Alps and has to contend with stubborn cows, an amorous dairyman and illegal workers from the Balkans after a German passport...
Plot: love, male nudity, male pubic hair, female nudity, sex scene, female full frontal nudity, pubic hair, overalls, bathing
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
2 Nights Till Morning (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Lithuania
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Caroline, a French architect in Vilnius, Lithuania, on business, has to spend an extra night in the city due to a delayed work meeting. At the bar of her hotel she meets Jaakko, a Finnish DJ who is in Vilnius for a gig. Caroline lets him understand ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, sexy
Plot: one night stand, infidelity, female nudity, older woman younger man relationship, hotel room, male female relationship, hugging, unlikely couple, love, swimming, bare chested male, bare butt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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101 Reykjavík (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Iceland, Denmark, France, Norway, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing the net while living off unemployment checks. A girl is interested in him, but he stands back from commitment. His mother's Spanish ...
Style: atmospheric, dark comedy, black comedy, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lesbian, porn, lgbt, nude, love triangle, character study, family problems, love affair, eccentric family, life turned upside down, infidelity, female nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: reykjavik iceland, iceland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Bloom of Yesterday (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Austria, Germany, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: An almost romantic comedy on the edge: Holocaust researcher Toto is having a major life crisis. Just when things at home and work could not get worse, he unwantedly gets a new assistent assigned to himself. Zazie is french, jewish, slightly ...
Style: crying
Plot: holocaust, addiction, love, jujitsu, punched in the face, angry, cat, mental illness, topless woman, bare breasts, male objectification, masturbation ...
Time: 2010s
Place: germany, vienna
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Tulipany (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The story of male friendship, vitality and the joy of living, even after turning 60 years old. When one of the three friends is taken to hospital, the others are there for him.
Plot: male pubic hair, male nudity, bare chested male, bare breasts, female nudity, polish, friend, lie, friendship, father son relationship, hospital, love ...
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Virus of Fear (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A swim instructor dealing with a child terrified of the water is accused of inappropriate behavior -- but the stories offered don't line up, leaving parents suspicious and doubtful.
Plot: gay, swimming, male nudity, false accusation, bare butt, bare chested male, nudity, male pubic hair, public nudity, gay slur, swimming pool, facebook ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Thirst Street (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Gina, an American flight attendant, falls in with a Parisian bartender on a layover only to find herself tangled in a web of deception, delusion and unrequited amour fou.
Style: visually stunning, psychosexual thriller, mumblecore
Plot: photography, nudity, bare chested male, voice over narration, party, phone ringing, doctor, sex scene, hospital, waitress, male nudity, love ...
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Ana, My Love (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Romania, Germany, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Toma and Ana meet as students in the literature faculty, and quickly fall in love. But, because of Ana's mental illness, their relationship slowly collapses.
Style: captivating, romantic, erotic drama
Audience: adult
Plot: panic attack, real sex, love, psychotherapy, pregnancy, parents daughter relationship, bare butt, couples, relationships, love and romance, relationship vs career, male female relationship ...
Place: romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Reckless (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Rebellious footballer Johnny, falls for cheerleader Tracy. They come from opposite backgrounds; she's from a comfortable well off family, he is poor and broken. Tracy already has a boyfriend but he acts like a jerk, so Johnny has to win ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, surprise ending, eighties
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: cheerleader, sexy woman, american football, motorcycle, teenager, lovers on the run, biker, erotica, high school, sleaze, bike, love ...
Time: 80s
Place: pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Love, etc. (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A triangle: love, obsession, and choice. Pierre, a ladies' man who has little cash and no fixed residence, describes his best friend Benoît as the world's oldest 32-year-old. The shy, well-employed Benoît's life changes when he ...
Style: romantic, talky, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: wedding, infidelity, love triangle, friendship, couples, friends, unemployment, urban, unfulfilled love, looking for love, city life, twentysomething life ...
Time: 90s
Place: english channel
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Gaspard at the Wedding (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After keeping a careful distance for many years, 25-year-old Gaspard must renew contact with his family when his father remarries. Accompanied by Laura, an eccentric young woman who agrees to pretend she's his girlfriend at the wedding, he ...
Style: visually appealing, entertaining, light, atmospheric, humorous ...
Plot: zoo, wedding, dysfunctional family, marriage, tiger, family relations, chance meeting, family business, dog, train, promiscuity, giraffe ...
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Sadsacks In the Boarding School (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 1978, France. Young recruits are secretly digging an underground tunnel to get to the boarding school for girls, located in front of their barracks. Sexual girls are digging a tunnel towards...
Plot: tunnel, barracks, girls' boarding school, army captain, soldier, male objectification, male nudity, school, female pubic hair, bare chested male, bare butt, male pubic hair ...
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35%
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Lover (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Marie lives with Antoine, but while he is away she meets Paul, a filmmaker visiting from Canada.
Plot: polyamory, male nudity, female nudity, sex scene, male pubic hair, pubic hair, sex on floor, female full frontal nudity
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Low Profile (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A disillusioned police detective, used as a scapegoat by his corrupted superior, fights back by becoming a competent criminal.
Style: detective
Plot: male pubic hair, nudity, bare chested male, drug dealer, gang, police, male nudity, rape, pistol, bowling, attempted rape, sex scene ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Visitor (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Cibrâil, a young policeman, is living happily with his girlfriend in Berlin. He is well integrated in society despite his Turkish background. One day his girlfriend's cousin comes to stay and Cibrâil's life is turned upside down.
Style: lgbt cinema, sexy, suspense, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: gay interest, gay relationship, sexual attraction, gay lead character, male nudity, gay, lgbt, cousin cousin relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male pubic hair, nudity, police officer ...
Place: germany, berlin germany, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Age of Summer (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A determined teenage boy struggles to find acceptance within the Jr. Lifeguards of Hermosa Beach while juggling relationships and challenges in the summer of 1986.
Style: entertaining, feel good, captivating, light, teen ...
Plot: lifeguard, surfing, coming of age, sea, teenage boy, summer, best friend, first love, teenage girl, friendship between boys, co worker co worker relationship, teamwork ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Erotic Stories (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A set of nine stories whose central theme is eroticism. The different directors of the film deal from philosophical aspects to others that are almost pornographic, but always with a common denominator: sensuality. Segments: 1- Small Planet, 2 - The ...
Style: anthology
Plot: bare breasts, female nudity, bare butt, children, lesbian sex, eroticism, sex, erotica, female masturbation, fiancee, male nudity, female pubic hair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Bare Necessity (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Pierre Perdrix has been enjoying an enchanted though restless existence since the enigmatic Juliette Webb burst into his life. a stranger who landed in his family's unique world like a meteorite, and who by her presence alone will force this ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, humorous
Plot: nudist, nudism, relationships, lifestyle change, love affair, family relations, changing lives, male female relationship, couple relations, love interest, family problems, lifestyle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Ice Mother (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After her husband's death, Hana lives on alone in the family villa. Her two sons visit her with their families, but these visits frequently end in quarrels. When Hana meets Brona, a hardy fellow, inured to winter swimming, a new world opens ...
Style: realistic, captivating, humorous, serious, funny ...
Plot: swimming, lifestyle change, strong female character, estranged son, mother in law daughter in law relationship, brother brother relationship, family tradition, competition, widow, family relations, couple relations, changing lives ...
Place: prague
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Deep End (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 15-year-old Mike takes a job at the local swimming baths, where he becomes obsessed with an attractive young woman, Susan, who works there as an attendant. Although Susan has a fiancé, Mike does his best to sabotage the relationship, to the extent ...
Style: psychosexual thriller, offbeat, controversial, artsy, serious ...
Audience: teen fantasy
Plot: coming of age, male nudity, swimming, unrequited love, female orgasm, male pubic hair, surrealism, teenage boy, obsession, love, swing, erotica ...
Time: year 1970, 20th century, 60s
Place: london, eastern europe, england, europe, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.5
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Romaine (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: First Adventure: Romaine goes on vacation by herself. Second Adventure: Romaine dones internships. Third Adventure: Romaine loses her memory ... Three stories of a girl without friends, without hope, without desire.
Plot: girl, sleepwalking, female nudity, beach, holiday, male nudity, swimming pool, shared shower, female full frontal nudity, shower, bra, group shower
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A Jewish man and a jewish woman meet and while attracted to each other find that their worlds are very different. She is the archetypical Jewish-American-Princess, very emotionally involved with her parents world and the world they have created for ...
Style: independent film, humorous, witty, sexual, funny ...
Audience: date night
Plot: wedding, hotel, satire, couples, guilt, librarian, trippy, family relations, engagement, class differences, jewish wedding, father son relationship ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: new york, columbus ohio, tahiti, usa, ohio ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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