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What a Wonderful Family! (2016)
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What a Wonderful Family! (2016)
Original name: 家族はつらいよ
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A husband (Isao Hashizume) and wife (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.
Style: satirical, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, detective
Plot: divorce, marriage, husband wife relationship, satire, marital crisis, elderly couple, relationships, birthday, family relations, humour, male female relationship, crumbling marriage, marital problem, married couple, marriage crisis, eccentric family, remarry, asian, doctor, moving, son in law, asian woman, daughter in law, nurse, eel ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, feel good, entertaining and satirical films with plots about family relations, satire, husband wife relationship, relationships, male female relationship, family problems and marital problem mostly in Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like What a Wonderful Family!: Potato Potahto (2017), F2: Fun and Frustration (2019), Kids Are Back (2020), French Cuisine (2015), The Fool (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, semi serious, satirical, captivating
Plot: slice of life, kids and family, parents and children, family relations, satire, lifestyle, grandparents, family life, asian
Place: japan
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Potato Potahto (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Ghana
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A divorced couple who decide to share equal space in their ex-matrimonial home soon realize that the ingenious idea is easier said than done. Bent on flexing their egos and scoring points, the two implore various hilarious tactics that soon inflames ...
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F2: Fun and Frustration (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story: After Venky, Varun also gets married thinking he can keep the wife in control but both of them gets frustrated with the marital life which generates fun.
Style: semi serious, light, humorous, funny, feel good ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, marriage crisis, marital problem, family relations, marital crisis, male female relationship, love affair, troubled marriage, love story, married couple, romantic relationship, escapades ...
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Kids Are Back (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Catherine and Yann, happily married for many years, should have spent the year travelling abroad. But since he sold his business, Yann has been too busy with his bonsai trees and keeps postponing the big trip. Things go from bad to worse when their ...
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So Normal 2: The Craziest Night Ever (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 75 min.
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The Fool (2019)
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Duration: 86 min.
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Duration: 92 min.
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