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Joni's Promise (2005)
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Original name: Janji Joni
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A film delivery man promises a beautiful young woman to deliver a film reel on time to a movie theater. But the the whole city seems to conspire against him.
Style:
road movie, black comedy, dark comedy, romantic comedy, indonesian, neo screwball comedy
Plot:
passion, movie business, dedication, commitment, gay, heist, thief, artist, musician, police, food, life, motorcycle, pregnancy, ambulance, hospital, theft, taxi driver, cinema, theater, baby, chase, city, robbery, debt collector ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
indonesia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and road movie films with plots about love, love and romance, hospital, family relations, friendship, cigarette smoking and restaurant mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Joni's Promise: Quickie Express (2007), The Gathering (2003), Entropy (1999), Ali Topan (2023), The Opposite of Sex (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A guy become a gigolo in pizza-deliveryman disguise.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, friends, love and romance, couple relations, parents and children, family relations, couples, thirtysomething life, gays and lesbians, misfit, gender ...
Time:
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Place:
indonesia, asia
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55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Ali Topan who is a hooligan with a motorbike who always roams the streets. His motivation that needs money for his life makes him ready to do work without much talk. Until he works as a private detective, journalist until he is ready to solve cases.
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Plot:
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Duration: 105 min.
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his ...
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Time:
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Place:
mexico, las vegas, america, los angeles, nevada ...
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Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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35%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, therapeutic, romantic comedy, independent film, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, lgbtq, wedding, dating, women's prison, best friend, lesbian, coming of age, bride and groom, wedding ceremony, black bra, nightclub ...
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Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Episodic drama from Taiwan. Was nominated for nine awards at the Golden Horse Film Festival.
Style:
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Plot:
prostitute, toilet humor, car theft, hijacking, thief, psychoanalysis, chaos, assassination, night, traffic, teenager, traffic jam ...
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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29%
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After a "white lie" which spirals out of control, a neurotic, naive and musically gifted Muslim cleric's eldest son must follow through with an arranged marriage, except he is madly in love with an Australian born-Lebanese girl.
Style:
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Audience:
date night, chick flick
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Style:
sweet, touching, sentimental, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, romantic, teen, entertaining, indonesian
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
love, high school, poetry, teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, love and romance, love triangle, male female relationship, moral dilemma, love story, romantic relationship ...
Place:
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25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie
Plot:
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Place:
hamburg germany, northern germany, russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic comedy, humorous, realistic, captivating, light ...
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girls' night
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Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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Story:
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Style:
road movie, offbeat, comedy drama, dark comedy, indie film
Plot:
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Time:
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24%
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