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A Spot of Bother (2009)
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A Spot of Bother (2009)
Original name: Une petite zone de turbulences
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Retired Englishman George Hall's hypochondria worsens and takes its toll on his family.
Style: touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, witty, clever
Plot: parents and children, dysfunctional family, elderly, nothing goes right, disorder, gay, couples, infidelity, family problems, crumbling marriage, estrangement, dishonesty, unfulfillment, couple relations, lgbtq, lgbt teen, happy ending, obsession, family relations, male nudity, gay interest, bare chested male, gay relationship, chalet, golden years
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: france, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and touching films with plots about couples, family relations, couple relations, parents and children, family problems, infidelity and disorder mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like A Spot of Bother: I'm Staying (2003), Half-Sister (2013), Dead Tired (1994), The 3 L'il Pigs (2007), Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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I'm Staying (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A love triangle between a businessman, his wife, and a writer.
Style: witty, humorous, touching, semi serious, realistic
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: battle of the sexes, dysfunctional family, love triangle, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, dishonesty, couples, couple relations, crumbling marriage, breakup, family problems, infidelity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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Half-Sister (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Nénette discovers the identity of her father in a letter, she quickly goes off in search of him. But instead of finding her father, she is met by her half-brother, Paul. Paul, a bitter man who gave up his dream to take over his father’s ...
Style: humorous, touching, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: self discovery, mentally challenged, aging, disorder, family relations, life turned upside down, elderly, parents and children, family secret, misfit, siblings relations
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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100%
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Dead Tired (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc (Michel Blanc) is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around ...
Style: light, absurd, melancholic, talky, humorous ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, twins, self discovery, disorder, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, actor's life, satire, cinema, filmmaking, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: france, paris france
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37%
The 3 L'il Pigs (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: As their mother lies in a coma, two brothers discuss the advantages and disadvantages of adultery, under the nose of their virtuous elder, who tries in vain to discourage them.
Style: humorous, witty, light, captivating, sex comedy ...
Audience: preschool
Plot: infidelity, adultery, couples, sex addict, couple relations, sibling relationship, family relations, obsession, dishonesty, unfulfillment, hospital, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: quebec, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! (1977)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The film is the immediate continuation of Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, released the previous year. Having fortuitously discovered a photograph in which Marthe embraces someone unknown, clothed with a chequed jacket, Étienne Dorsay becomes ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, witty, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, midlife crisis, tennis, buddies, friends, love and romance, disorder, love affair, dishonesty, couple relations, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france
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Tyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place - The Play (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: One weekend, Aunt Bam's nephew-in-law Stewart is granted a court-ordered visitation with his children. Although his new, much-younger wife Mona is a bundle of nerves, Stewart seizes the opportunity to reconnect with his children, whom he loves ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: family relations, couples, family life, family problems, parents and children, disorder, strong female presence, couple relations, dysfunctional family, family gatherings, african american protagonist
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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35%
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Soof (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Soof is reaching 40 and has everything she ever wanted: three children, a small catering business, a sweet husband Kasper and a lovely home. Until she starts asking herself: 'is this all there is'?
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
Plot: infidelity, family problems, couples, dysfunctional family, family life, couple relations, dishonesty, disorder, cooking and food, parents and children, family relations, nothing goes right ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
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34%
Caruso, Zero for Conduct (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A movie directed by F.Nuti
Style: realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, touching
Plot: gang, family problems, youth, dishonesty, parents and children, family relations, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquency, infidelity, family in crisis, couples, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florence
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34%
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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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34%
Paris Follies (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Long married 50-somethings Brigitte and Xavier are prize cattle breeders in regional France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from home has thrown Brigitte’s world into flux, as she finds herself locked into routine. She keeps ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, romantic drama
Plot: couples, couple relations, self discovery, family relations, midlife crisis, dull life, disorder, husband wife relationship, infidelity, adultery, party, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, europe, france
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34%
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He's My Girl (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Dix ans après L'Homme est une femme comme les autres, Simon Eskenazy est devenu un grand interprète de musique traditionnelle juive. Il voit successivement débarquer sa mère envahissante, son ex-femme, son fils de 10 ans qu'il n'a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, clever ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, couples, family relations, transvestite, homosexual, parents and children, couple relations, society, musician's life, gender, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Comedy - Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, gender, lgbt, gay parent, couples, family problems, family relations, society, couple relations, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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34%
Happiness Is in the Field (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees, and an impossible wife and daughter. His only joy is sharing lunch with his friend Gerard. Then a TV show called "where are you?" ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever, offbeat ...
Plot: mistaken identity, missing person, twins, best friend, body swapping, life is a bitch, dishonesty, hidden identity, couple relations, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, buddies ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: europe, france, south of france
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34%
One Stays, the Other Leaves (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A story about two couples, longtime friends in which both husbands engage in long-term affairs and, as the title says, ultimately one remains with his wife and one makes a new life with another woman.
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, witty, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: introspection, love triangle, love affair, couples, crumbling marriage, fall in love, couple relations, dishonesty, infidelity, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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Looking for Hortense (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A wife pressures her husband to solicit work papers from his civil servant father.
Style: semi serious, realistic, talky, sincere, touching ...
Plot: gay, immigrant, family problems, crumbling marriage, estrangement, family life, family relations, couples, disorder, couple relations, unfulfillment, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Justine, struggles with commitment, listens to old David Bowie covers, and uses her employer’s private MRI machines to make “X-Ray Art” After a trail of boyfriends, Justine thinks she has found The One, a hunky shoe salesman, but her ...
Style: feel good, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental
Plot: self discovery, elderly, introspection, disorder, parents and children, family relations, life turned upside down, siblings relations, pregnancy, couples, humour, heart disease ...
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Duration: 80 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
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Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, brazil
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33%
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Daddy Cool (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The story about the age gap between a scientist father, Philipe Le Tallec, and his newly discovered teen aged daughter, Eglantine.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: family relations, parents and children, disorder, youth, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, estrangement, coming of age, scientist, daughter, social relations, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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33%
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Mariages! (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Ils ont 25 ans et se marient aujourd'hui.Ils ont 35 ans, se sont unis il y a dix ans et se déchirent aujourd'hui.Ils ont 45 ans, se sont déchirés il y a dix ans et tentent aujourd'hui de se réconcilier...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: family gatherings, midlife crisis, obsession, parents and children, love and romance, wooing, crumbling marriage, lifestyle, couples, lovers reunited, impossible love, infidelity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Imagine, if you will, a somewhat contented married woman finding out her husband's infidelity during the celebration of a birthday party. That is what happens to Marie-France, when her husband, Henri, pulls out panties from his pocket to be ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching
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Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After moving in with his beau, 30ish banker Jérémy (Arnaud Binard) decides to let the cat out of the bag, telling his unsuspecting parents, Guy (Bernard Le Coq) and Rosine (Charlotte de Turckheim), that he's gay. Though they've always ...
Style: semi serious, emotional, touching, realistic, humorous ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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The Ultimate Accessory (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The story of Aleksandra and Cyrille, a prominent, trendy, and very well-off Parisian couple, whose life is not quite the same after seven-year-old Alekseï from Russia suddenly pops up in their 100% cashmere, childless home. Aleksandra soon realises ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, light ...
Plot: family problems, couples, family relations, life turned upside down, couple relations, adoption, family in crisis, disorder, coming of age, celebrity culture, female nudity
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Place: france, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, witty, independent film ...
Plot: couples, disorder, couple relations, dishonesty, male female relationship, love, death, magic, infidelity, pharmacist, retirement home, bittersweet ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: france
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32%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A 30 ans, Bruno, rock-star has been, vit toujours aux crochets de sa petite amie. Les temps sont durs... surtout quand une ex ressurgit de nulle part pour lui apprendre qu'il est le père de Nancy, 13 ans, dont il n'a jamais soupçonné ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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French Fried Vacation 3 (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After the Club Med and skiing, what happened to the Bronzés 27 years later? Early response: the same, and worse.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, sexual
Plot: couple relations, friendship, friends, love and romance, gays and lesbians, infidelity, resort, couples, seaside, catastrophe, luxury hotel, lgbt ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: france, mediterranean sea, sardinia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching
Plot: self discovery, gay interest, life turned upside down, couples, infidelity, couple relations, disorder, lgbt, gender, gays and lesbians, siblings relations, sex scene ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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32%
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Copacabana (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Babou's daughter refuses to invite her mother to her wedding, prompting Babou to begin life anew.
Style: humorous, light, sincere, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: parents and children, family relations, family problems, estrangement, hopes, society, optimism, mother daughter relationship, couples, friendship, atmosphere, women ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe
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32%
Love Thy Neighbor (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Suburbanites Danny and Linda try to overcome their various differences and try to get along after his wife and her husband run off with each other.
Style: realistic, semi serious, offbeat, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: adultery, infidelity, suburbs, bittersweet, family relations, family problems, couples, suburban life, family life, love affair, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
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32%
All in Good Time (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: East is East writer Ayub Khan-Din returns with another funny, tender-hearted portrait of family strife. Based on his popular play Rafta, Rafta (itself inspired by Bill Naughtons 1960s classic All in Good Time), the film is set in Bolton where Atul ...
Style: humorous, feel good, touching, captivating, light ...
Plot: couple relations, family life, newlywed, family relations, parents and children, couples, family problems, urban
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Love is in the Air (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Couple Andrea and Giulia, an outwardly successful couple, are having problems in the bedroom. When Giulia invites Max, an old friend from high school, to stay in the family home with their teenage son, some new attitudes begin to form.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic, feel good ...
Plot: couples, infidelity, family relations, crumbling marriage, family problems, dishonesty, breakup, love and romance, sexual relations, amor, marriage crisis, midlife crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
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