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August Fools (2013)
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Original name: Mieletön elokuu
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Norway, Czech Republic
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and Elsa's old lover comes to town to perform at a "peace and friendship festival", her well-organised life is jolted out of balance.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, melancholic, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
missing person, cold war, love, musician, demonstration, capitalism, socialism, political activism, youth culture, hotel, fall in love, helsinki, finland, police officer, jazz, poet, jazz musician, trap, fortune telling, elevator, boat, communism, photograph, fortune teller, communist, emigrant ...
Time:
60s, year 1962, 1960s
Place:
helsinki finland, finland, prague, czechoslovakia, prague czechoslovakia, prague czech republic
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, sentimental and touching films with plots about love, fall in love, love and romance, friendship, couples, society and family relations mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like August Fools: Moscow on the Hudson (1984), The Elusive Summer of '68 (1984), 3 Seasons in Hell (2009), The Man Without a Past (2002), Dreamfactory (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, cult classic, retro ...
Plot:
cold war, jazz, circus, immigrant, culture clash, friendship, kgb, fall in love, refugee, shopping, paranoia, immigration ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, russia, usa, moscow russia, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
For the young man who lives in Serbian province town, the maturing coincides with the turbulent political events of the year 1968.
Style:
parody, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
fall in love, coming of age, cold war, summer, domineering father, skinny dipping, grandfather grandson relationship, traumatic childhood, family relations, revolution, teenage life, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 1968, year 1984, 60s, 20th century
Place:
former yugoslavia, prague, balkan, europe, serbia ...
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82%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A 19 year old nonconformist poet living in 1947 Czechoslovakia is blind to the Communist behemoth looking over him, and instead lives a bohemian life with sexually liberated girls.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, freeze frame, intellectual ...
Plot:
writers, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, employer employee relationship, student, teenage boy, friendship between men, communism, male objectification, writer's life, love and romance, society, youth ...
Time:
1940s, year 1949, year 1948, year 1947
Place:
prague, central europe
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Germany, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The second part of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland" trilogy, the film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. Unable to remember his name or anything from his past life, he cannot get a job ...
Style:
satirical, black comedy, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
amnesia, poverty, generosity, memory loss, friendship, couple relations, hopes, presumed dead, robbery, eccentricity, starting over, family relations ...
Time:
90s, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
estonia, europe, north korea, helsinki finland, finland
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A romantic drama set in 1961 that follows a young studio extra's ambitious efforts to reunite with the French girl he loves after being separated by the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Style:
sweet, romantic, touching, romantic drama, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
friendship, cold war, hopes, love, love and romance, fall in love, couple relations, society, separation, berlin wall, young love, longing ...
Time:
60s
Place:
west berlin west germany, east berlin
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An affectionate and refreshing East/West-Germany comedy about a boy who’s mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell and when she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happen (since she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, breathtaking, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
berlin wall, coma, politics, capitalism, childhood, idealism, german reunification, society, amnesia, cold war, culture clash, communism ...
Time:
year 2003, year 1989, year 1990, year 2004, 2000s ...
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic, germany, berlin germany, soviet union ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two people: Igor, an ex-athlete aimlessly living and chasing rubles to get drunk and Vera, an ugly duck librarian, try to find their luck by planning to fall in love with each other based on "psychological conditioning".
Style:
romantic, sincere, sentimental, humorous, touching
Audience:
girls' night, date night, family outing, chick flick
Plot:
dating show, love, loneliness, drunkenness, chance meeting, happy ending, perseverance, fall in love, society, librarian, loser, drinking ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The factories, pubs, clubs, hotels and streets of 1980s Liverpool form the backdrop for this tale of love, friendship, sex and a letter to the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev. Two Liverpool lasses, Teresa and Elaine meet two Russian sailors, Sergei ...
Style:
comedy drama, retro, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
cold war, one night stand, unemployment, iron curtain, love, letter, impossible love, sailor, working class, cold war era, hopes, state affairs ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
russia, england, liverpool, soviet union, europe ...
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Some teenagers are ambitiously setting up a famous Jon Fosse-play. They hire a well known actor to be their mentor, unaware that he's going through a life crisis. Their new mentor chooses Vegard, promising footballer and local douchebag, to ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, romantic, humorous
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, fall in love, theatre group, actor, friendship, teenage protagonist, stage play, ambition, teenage boy, coming of age, personal growth, school bully ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After her husband's death, Hana lives on alone in the family villa. Her two sons visit her with their families, but these visits frequently end in quarrels. When Hana meets Brona, a hardy fellow, inured to winter swimming, a new world opens ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
swimming, lifestyle change, strong female character, mother in law daughter in law relationship, brother brother relationship, family tradition, estranged son, competition, widow, family relations, changing lives, romantic friendship ...
Place:
prague
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mervi is a gay girl living in the hipster quarters of Helsinki. She has been together with Kata for a year, and now they are encouraged by the circumstances to come out from closet. When they do, Mervi realises that she is not the only one in her ...
Style:
melancholic, romantic, sexy, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
lgbtq, lgbt, lesbian, lesbian interest, lesbian couple, lesbian relationship, love and romance, gay love, love affair, young lovers, friendship, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, helsinki finland
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a co-worker, an affair and much more.
Style:
art house, dark comedy, contemplative, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
dating, love letter, revolution, nordic, chaos, hopes, friendship, helsinki, finland, salesman, unfulfillment, redemption, love and romance ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
europe, helsinki finland, estonia, finland
Similarity:
52%
206
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Finland, Luxembourg, Slovakia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Once a hugely popular clown trio, Oskar, Max, and Viktor are now living very different lives. The intense fight that ended their friendship has left them on bad terms for over 40 years. Max is battling colon cancer, Viktor's wife is losing a ...
Style:
melancholic, captivating, sentimental, humorous
Plot:
clown, old friend, actor, rivalry, comedian, grudge, feud, friendship, circus, female nudity, male nudity, defector ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
czech republic, europe, central europe, prague
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A shy maths graduate takes a holiday in Dinard before starting his first job. He hopes his sort-of girlfriend will join him, but soon strikes up a friendship with another girl working in town. She in turn introduces him to a further young lady who ...
Style:
sexy, art house, cute, sexual, anthology ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love, friendship, summer, beach volleyball, crazy love, glamour, fall in love, graduation, teenager, young man, meaning of life, vacation ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, year 1995
Place:
france, brittany, europe, english channel
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Tom learns that he has terminal brain cancer, he decides to find a replacement husband for his wife and a father to his daughter, before it is too late. Unbeknownst to his wife Valentine, Tom sets up an on-line dating profile for her, and ...
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
love, daughter, cancer, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, fall in love, parents and children, terminal illness, dating, cooking, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.
Style:
dark comedy, neo noir, black and white, surprise ending, avant garde ...
Plot:
shakespeare, corporation, factory, chess, business, industrialist, satire, hamlet, tragic love, skyscraper, literary, helsinki, finland ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, europe, finland
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story set in Germany in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens
Plot:
stasi, love triangle, youth, rebellion, infidelity, berlin wall, against the rules, couples, couple relations, lifestyle, dishonesty, self discovery ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1961
Place:
german democratic republic, germany, europe, east germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Romantic comedy about two young men, their relationship and their relationship with their mothers.
Style:
homoerotic, erotic, captivating, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, gay relationship, gay romance, male homosexuality, gay affair, gay lead character, gay couple, gay youth, gay son, father son relationship, gay sex ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
amsterdam, netherlands
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a one-night stand results in pregnancy, a musician and a young girl try to resolve the issue together.
Style:
psychological, offbeat, depressing, retro, black and white ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
abortion, pregnancy, unwed pregnancy, musician, jazz, love, unwanted pregnancy, young lovers, marriage, bachelor, catholic, illegal abortion ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
lower east side manhattan new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
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:
sweet, romantic, touching, feel good, uplifting ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
wedding, musician, husband wife relationship, love, friendship, marriage, love and romance, hopes, couples, music, love affair, youth ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Through the course of their lives, a man and his first love are repeatedly separated from each other because of circumstances out of their control.
Style:
romantic, emotional, realistic, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
love story, wedding, first love, wedding invitation, friendship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, relationships, male female relationship, ex couple relations, love and romance, couples, love affair ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2005, 2010s, year 2017 ...
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, asia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A working woman, mother a three children, realizes that, when her youngest one is about to go to Canada to continue her education, she will end up out of her most precious goal, being a mother..
Style:
sentimental, sincere, melancholic, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
love, high school student, sex, mother daughter relationship, family relations, parents and children, fall in love, love and romance, hopes, runaway, friendship, youth ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
When nostalgia makes her rethink the sale of her family cottage, a woman cajoles her husband and loved ones into one last getaway.
Style:
crying
Plot:
woods, rural setting, breakup, man with glasses, evil woman, strong female lead, old man, missing person, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, gas station, drunkenness, bear ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Steve + Sky is a story about two struggling teenagers who are trying to find their own place in the world. He is a small-time crook recently released from prison and she is a prostitute craving some love and affection. They find each other in an ...
Style:
serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot:
love and romance, life is a bitch, love affair, fall in love, misfit, drug dealing, criminal heroes, pimp, prostitute, social misfits, lifestyle, society ...
Time:
year 2004
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Finland, Germany
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. But their reveries are interrupted by the arrival of garrulous Russian Klaudia and Estonian Tatiana - who are clearly ...
Style:
road movie, black and white, realistic, semi serious, offbeat ...
Plot:
on the road, hitchhiker, nordic, summer, social satire, misfit, relationships, road trip, buddies, misfit partners, social misfits, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 1994, 20th century, 90s, 60s
Place:
europe, finland
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A young man struggles for closure after the death of his parents.
Style:
sincere, touching, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
dark humor, friendship, gay interest, group of friends, buddies, friends, bittersweet, haunted by the past, twentysomething life, unfulfillment, dealing with death, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A Sicilian woman is dishonored by her lover, then goes to London with a pistol intending to murder him.
Style:
sexy, road movie, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
woman with a gun, lgbt, sexual content, vengeance, fall in love, society, love and romance, sex addict, couples, village, countryside, vigilante justice ...
Time:
60s
Place:
sicily, italy, london, england, europe ...
Similarity:
38%
145
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Film by Risto Jarva.
Style:
romantic drama, period piece, melancholic
Plot:
model, love triangle, relationships, jealousy, infidelity, affair, fashion industry, female protagonist, city life, magazine editor, moral ambiguity, temptation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
helsinki finland, finland
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two people run from the pain of their broken past. When they discover each other, they find themselves at a crossroad where the only thing that stands between them and a second chance is each other.
Style:
semi serious, sincere, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
fall in love, starting over, breakup, friendship, couples, infidelity, estrangement, love and romance, hopes, women of color, black, relationships ...
Time:
future
Place:
san francisco, los angeles
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A three-way love affair in the Rome of the early seventies. Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often go to communist rallies, and enjoy the filthy beach of Ostia. Will the hostile ...
Style:
tragicomedy, biting, realistic, semi serious, offbeat ...
Plot:
love triangle, tragic romance, doomed romance, hairy chested man, psychic, man kills a woman, murder, jealous man, worker, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, older woman younger man relationship, psychiatric patient ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
37%
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