Movies like Whisky Galore

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Whisky Galore (2016)
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Whisky Galore (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisky runs out. When cargo ship the SS Cabinet Minister runs aground the shrewd islanders run rings around the buffoonish English Home Guard commander Captain Waggett and conspire to hide away cases of the precious amber nectar.
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining
Plot: world war two, island, life, wartime, society, absurd humor, lifestyle, social relations, remote island, drinking alcohol, exodus, scenery, sinking ship, coast, bagpipes, telephone operator
Place: scotland, fictional island

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, captivating, entertaining and light films with plots about society, lifestyle, love and romance, love, couples, friendship and social relations mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Whisky Galore: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Life Is a Wonderful Thing (2010), Second Honeymoon (2001), Christmas in the Caribbean (2022), Lost in Love (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
Style: touching, light, romantic, humorous, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: love affair, love and romance, social differences, friendship, actress, high society, farce, couples, actor's life, lifestyle, love triangle, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 1930s, year 1939, year 2008, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place: england, london, britain, europe
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Life Is a Wonderful Thing (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A policeman who spies on the lives of others, an important banker married to a housewife who poses as a noblewoman. A precarious young masseuse and an electrician madly in love. Very different lives that end up intertwining. But also extremely ...
Style: funny, entertaining, feel good, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: life, support, lifestyle, stalking, humour, romantic relationship, social relations, police officer, relationships, male female relationship, couple relations, society ...
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We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Comedy drama about the beginnings of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's writing partnership and their struggles to get Dad's Army on the screen in 1968.
Style: sitcom, light, feel good, entertaining, funny ...
Plot: world war two, soldier, military life, military, american soldier, humour, society, wartime, social relations
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Shy of Normal: Tales of New Life Experiences (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: An author (Brinke Stevens) cures her struggle with writer's block by making up funny short stories about random people she sees in public.
Style: light, captivating, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, social relations, lifestyle, society, relationships, humour, family relations, lesbian, love, friend, barefoot
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Second Honeymoon (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A couple, secretly on the verge of announcing plans to divorce, reluctantly depart for a second honeymoon after their family surprises them with a tropical trip as a gift for their 20th wedding anniversary.
Style: captivating, semi serious, entertaining, humorous
Plot: troubled marriage, stranded, reconciliation, vacation, island, family relations, family gatherings, wild boar, tropical island, husband wife relationship, stranded on an island
Place: caribbean
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46%
Christmas in the Caribbean (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A hopeless romantic is jilted at the altar. Not to let her Christmas in the Caribbean honeymoon go to waste, Rachel and her two bridesmaids jet off to the islands, where love blossoms and she has to make a life choice.
Style: humorous, entertaining, sincere, feel good, funny ...
Plot: holiday, christmas, island, couples, woman, love, love affair, couple relations, male female relationship, love and romance, vacation, female protagonist ...
Place: caribbean
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45%
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Lost in Love (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Greece
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A modern day treasure hunt for a mystical relic that turns into a love story for all time.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love, friendship, escapades, fall in love, couples, disorder, island, rivalry, excavation, spirituality, diving, artifact ...
Time: 21st century
Place: greece, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Tea & Sangria (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Jilted in Madrid, a bewildered Englishman must learn to live and love again - the Spanish way.
Style: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: date night
Plot: life turned upside down, culture clash, fish out of water, love and romance, society, misfit, disorder, social relations, love
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Miss Sixty (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Now that we’re all living longer and “40 is the new 30,” why can’t 60 be the new 40? That’s what Louise and Frans think when they embark on bold new life adventures. Louise is a molecular biologist who decides to make a withdrawal from the ...
Style: disturbing, humorous, captivating
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
A Business Affair (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain, USA, Romania
Duration: 102 min.
Story: This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Alec Bolton, a noted author, who discourages her when she wants to write a novel. Later she is swept off her feet by Alecs publisher, Vanni Corso, and ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, captivating, thought provoking, entertaining ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: The steady boyfriend. The one who got away. The charming rock star. Who will Cami choose? In this interactive rom-com, her love life is in your hands.
Style: entertaining, humorous, romantic, funny, exciting ...
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Rich in Love 2 (2023)
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44%
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his dreams.
Style: ironic, tragicomedy, captivating, romantic, social ...
Plot: society, fall in love, family relations, dishonesty, hidden identity, couples, power relations, disorder, love and romance, snobbism, parents and children, woman ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: usa, england, europe, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Plus Nine Boys (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
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43%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Country: Turkey
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Style: funny, light, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Tug (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
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Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, feel good ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Dad's Army (2016)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
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Story: A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
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The Wedding Pact (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
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Style: funny, entertaining, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
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Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
I Love My Dad (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: psychological, satirical, captivating, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: father son relationship, father and son, estranged father, father, family problems, father son estrangement, relationship problems, family relations, eccentric family, absent father, lifestyle, satire ...
Place: maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 198 min.
TV show
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Style: romantic, funny, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot: sexual fantasy, porn industry, life, woman, lifestyle, social issues, sexy woman, changing lives, social problems, family relations, porn star, adult filmmaking ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Cooking with Love (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Optimistic and cheerful TV producer, Kelly, doesn’t have time for love. Bad boy celebrity chef, Stephen, doesn’t have time for anything besides cooking. Fun with a side of love ensues as Kelly and Stephen are paired on a children's cooking ...
Style: light, entertaining, humorous, sincere, captivating
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Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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