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Syrup (2013)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A slacker hatches a million-dollar idea. But, in order to see it through, he has to learn to trust his attractive corporate counterpart. Based on Max Barry's novel.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, independent film, funny, light, romantic, heartbreaking, family comedy, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
boss and employee, entrepreneurship, workplace, betrayal, dishonesty, workplace situations, power relations, inventions and discoveries, marketing, advertising, passion, passionate love, advertising agency, fall in love, coming of age, love, lesbian, election, satire, profanity, sexual content, college graduate, suicide, celebrity, elevator ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and feel good films with plots about love and romance, fall in love, love, couples, workplace, love story and mentor mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Syrup: The Joneses (2009), Cocktail (1988), Outsourced (2006), Falling Up (2009), Lay the Favorite (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors.
Style:
satirical, teen, romantic, melancholic, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
advertising, materialism, envy, marketing, closeted homosexual, suburban life, dysfunctional family, destiny, satire, stereotypes, manipulation, unhappy marriage ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
georgia, usa
Similarity:
100%
98K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style. Brian ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, rom com, romantic comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, manly, girls' night ...
Plot:
bartender, love, love and romance, ambition, wedding, one night stand, rise to the top, buddies, love affair, business, food, yuppie ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
jamaica, new york, manhattan new york city, usa, caribbean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman heads to India to train his replacement.
Style:
humorous, realistic, romantic, light, talky ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
workplace, self discovery, arts and culture, human nature, travel, boss, office, fish out of water, call center, boss and employee, love and romance, corporate world ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, seattle, asia, bombay india, san francisco
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents.
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
opposites attract, student life, buddies, rich and poor, workplace situations, love and romance, workplace, boss and employee, concierge, teenager, in love, doorman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
gambling, gambler, bet, prodigy, unlikely partners, partner, career change, cons and scams, dishonesty, nudity, casino, gambling addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, nevada, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
New York concierge Doug Ireland wants to go into business for himself and refurbish a hotel on Roosevelt Island, N.Y., but he needs an investor. With a few weeks left before his option on the site runs out, Doug agrees to help wealthy Christian ...
Style:
entertaining, talky, romantic, rom com, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
hotel, concierge, betrayal, mistress, happy ending, deception, couple relations, love and romance, couples, disorder, rise to the top, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, future, 80s
Place:
new york, europe, ireland, usa, north america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news ...
Style:
rom com, light, romantic, feel good, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
workaholic, journalism, hotshot, work ethic, media, showbiz, female protagonist, satire, life philosophy, reporter, journalist, coworker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For Walter, a young man endearingly known as "Putzel," life literally doesn't go beyond his neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Walter's dreams of taking over his family's smoked fish emporium are disrupted by ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, semi serious, captivating, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
nothing goes right, self discovery, rivalry, family business, store, family relations, workplace, disorder, dishonesty, workplace intrigue, escapades, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots of money. She has a company car. She has a nice fat ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, clever
Plot:
public health, corporate crime, introspection, love affair, society, rise and fall, boss and employee, obsession, dishonesty, workplace, couples, workplace situations ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Celeste and Jesse met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in their friends’ minds as the perfect couple – she, a high-powered businesswoman and budding ...
Style:
sentimental, rom com, humorous, emotional, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couples, friendship, divorce, love story, happy ending, breakup, passion, dysfunctional family, honest, best friend, love, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, san francisco, california, new jersey
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, sweet, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love and romance, friendship, couple relations, infidelity, writers, book, love, happy ending, crumbling marriage, teacher, passion, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2007, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, england
Similarity:
25%
28K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.
Style:
romantic, sweet, sincere, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
high school reunion, destiny, coming of age, relationships, friends, nerd, unlikely friendships, happy ending, love, love story, buddies, avenger ...
Time:
future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Things couldn't be going better for Harry and Grace, a young New York City couple in love, until Grace's mother turns Harry's world upside down.
Style:
humorous, touching, semi serious, tense, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
disorder, couples, fall in love, couple relations, wooing, love and romance, dishonesty, family relations, parents and children, love, male female relationship, graduate student ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.
Style:
humorous, romantic, semi serious, sex comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
teenager, lifeguard, friendship, coming of age, college, workplace situations, workplace, love and romance, summer, party, beach, cousin ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Edward Kaminsky, an aging ad man, wants a golden parachute from his agency; he must first land the Opel auto contract. Rosa, a youth with wealthy parents, wants to establish herself as an artist. The clumsy and enthusiastic Viktor, not quite honest, ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, witty, humorous, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
marketing, advertising, rise to the top, love and romance, boss and employee, dishonesty, workplace, workplace situations, student life, job interview, campaign, career ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Maggie, an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, rom com, sweet, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
love, sex, love story, couple relations, womanizer, parkinson's disease, sexual relations, casual sex, sex scene, nudity, destiny, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, 20th century, year 1996, 90s ...
Place:
usa, pittsburgh, chicago, new jersey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
Style:
romantic, light, romantic comedy, witty, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
fall in love, destiny, baseball, baseball player, love story, sarcasm, twists and turns, life philosophy, love triangle, writers, shopping, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new jersey
Similarity:
25%
174K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Style:
romantic, funny, sentimental, independent film, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, summer job, friendship, coming of age, amusement park, workplace, college, marijuana, first sexual experience, youth, misfit, young adult ...
Time:
year 2009, year 1987, 2000s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, boston, new york ...
Similarity:
25%
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117K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant. Seven years later, she reunites with her best friend, who has been living with a secret: he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own.
Style:
romantic, rom com, romantic comedy, humorous, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, kids
Plot:
pregnancy, male female friendship, best friend, best friends in love, couples, love story, destiny, father son relationship, parenthood, single parent, unfulfilled love, childbirth ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, michigan, new jersey
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, mumblecore ...
Plot:
autism, disability, autistic, job seeking, looking for love, self discovery, family problems, power relations, family relations, workplace situations, dysfunctional family, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.
Style:
sincere, humorous, touching, feel good, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
self discovery, fall in love, lifestyle, adulthood, workplace, social misfits, misfit, shyness, workplace romance, self involved, singleness, love ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A woman who is robbed on her way to catch the 1:30 train to Boston is left stranded in New York City. She meets a man who helps her during the course of the night and the two form a romance.
Style:
romantic, touching, sweet, rom com, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love and romance, love, chance meeting, hopes, stranger, passion, husband wife relationship, jazz musician, life philosophy, love story, honest, nothing goes right ...
Time:
year 2014, y2k, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, boston
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The film follows Grace, a young woman whose irresponsible mother blows her college fund on her younger sister's beauty pageant campaign.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic, indie film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, summer job, fall in love, teenage love, marijuana, friendship, teenage life, ambition, family problems, parents and children, youth, drug dealing ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bitter ad executive who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.
Style:
funny, satirical, black comedy, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
advertising, marketing, advertising agency, advertising executive, mental institution, insanity, female psychiatrist, sanitarium, group therapy, fired from the job, mental patient, mental disorder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Social satire based on the best-seller by Adele Lang humorously chronicles the life of Katya Livingston, a self-centered, obnoxious and conceited 28-year-old ad sales exec who won't let anything or anyone stand in her way in getting to the top ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, sentimental
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
socialite, love, workplace romance, boss and employee, gay friend, true love, manipulative woman, party, unlikely couple, rise to the top, looking for love, lifestyle ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A guy (Jesse Bradford) has his life planned out, until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman (Elisha Cuthbert).
Style:
romantic, light, rom com, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love and romance, chance meeting, young lovers, manic pixie dream girl, small town life, couple relations, unlikely couple, opposites attract, lifestyle, fall in love, love, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
During their travels from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally Will debate whether or not sex ruins a perfect relationship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.
Style:
feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
male female friendship, friendship, fall in love, autumn, love and romance, love, love story, unlikely couple, initially antagonists, best friends in love, friends, life philosophy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, 70s, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, chicago, seattle, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new ...
Style:
feel good, sexy, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
workplace, advertising, business, father daughter relationship, boss, father son relationship, unlikely friendships, love and romance, couple relations, love affair, rivalry, new job ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, los angeles ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A twentysomething office drone struggles between freedom and responsibility in this independent comedy-drama. Sanjay is a man in his mid-'20s who has come to the conclusion his life is stuck in neutral. Sanjay hates his job and doesn't ...
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
introspection, rise to the top, boss and employee, nothing goes right, fighting the system, workplace, twentysomething life, sexual content, workplace situations, dull life, unfulfillment, showbiz ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, new york
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Determined to learn about her boyfriend's past relationships, Stacy -- who works for a talk show -- becomes a bona fide snoop. With her colleague, Barb, Stacy gets the names of Derek's ex-lovers and interviews them, supposedly for an ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, light, cynical, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
gynecologist, betrayal by friend, infidelity, couple relations, betrayal, obsession, stereotypes, women, mentor, life philosophy, workplace situations, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
new jersey, new york
Similarity:
24%
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