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Unemployed (2008)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jamal and Dex are two hapless out of work actors who come to terms with reality when they realize they've been pursuing their dreams for over ten years and still haven't booked a single speaking role. When the two run out of cash and face eviction from their small apartment, they hit the pavement in search of a job. With no job experience, no skill set and little ambition, the audience gets a front row seat to this hilarious journey in which these two bad-luck prone losers can't seem to catch a break.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, slasher, realistic, independent film
Plot:
nothing goes right, follow your dream, fish out of water, against the odds, love and romance, couples, unemployment, looking for love, actor's life, disorder, buddies, unlikely couple, teaching the ways of the world, vampire, airplane, friends, drug dealing, partner, drug abuse, artists and showbiz, hollywood, filmmaking, wrestler, ambition, apartment
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and captivating films with plots about disorder, friends, buddies, love and romance, couples, artists and showbiz and nothing goes right mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Unemployed: I Married Who? (2012), Premium (2006), Most Promising Young Actress (2000), These Old Broads (2001), The Kid & I (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Straight-laced Jordan (Martin) is about to marry Peter (Snedeker), a clean-cut ambitious attorney. Before she walks down the aisle, Jordan and her best friends, Claire (Adrienne Frantz) and Jessica (Daphnee Duplaix), head to Vegas for a bachelorette ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
eligible bachelor, unlikely couple, wedding planning, actor's life, couples, celebrity culture, showbiz, disorder, love and romance, life turned upside down, bachelorette party, wedding ...
Time:
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Place:
las vegas, usa, san diego california
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100%
591
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African American roles and waiting for his big break in a legitimate production. Until this time comes, he works at his mother's boyfriend's gas ...
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date night
Plot:
wedding, love triangle, follow your dream, couples, ambition, showbiz, race against time, filmmaking, nothing goes right, black, hip hop, blaxploitation ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Yvon Rance, a born hairdresser and an elegant middle-aged man with a perfect toupee, reigns in his native Brittany over a clientèle of little old ladies. But his main reason for living, his masterpiece, is Laetitia, his only daughter, whom he has ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic
Plot:
ambition, follow your dream, actor's life, desire for fame, life turned upside down, youth, artists and showbiz, overnight success, parents and children, beauty salon, father daughter relationship, hairdresser ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, france, brittany, paris france
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three broke men try to become rich by finding rich women.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, true love, social differences, hidden identity, disorder, wooing, dishonesty, unemployment, couple relations, eccentric family, unlikely couple, cons and scams ...
Time:
90s
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28%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, biting ...
Plot:
showbiz, lifestyle, actor's life, ambition, against the odds, rise and fall, aging, love affair, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, farce, hollywood ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Aaron Roman (Gores) is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father (Mantegna) grants Aaron his wish for his 18th birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.
Style:
realistic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny ...
Plot:
hollywood, friendship, partner, disability, nothing goes right, friends, teenage life, wish come true, good versus evil, artists and showbiz, odd couple, youth ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hollywood hopeful Tom Murphy and his posse are pinning their dreams of success on having Tom’s famous girlfriend star in their first feature. That is, until she dumps him. Now the plan is to steal a case of government-issued marijuana, return it ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, disorder, showbiz, crime gone awry, mute or deaf, couples, hollywood, buddies, stash, nothing goes right, friendship, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When Elena, a Russian immigrant studying in Miami and Carlos her Columbian boyfriend run out of legal options for staying in the U.S. the couple switch partners with Betty and Mike, an American couple who are also their best friends. All is well ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, green card, couple relations, mate swapping, switching roles, nothing goes right, immigrant, best friend, society, friendship, love and romance, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, miami
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Sam and Matt flee their small mid-western town for New York City, where hot girls roam the streets! After months of trying to pick up ladies and failing miserably, they come up with the idea to hold a fake audition to meet chicks. Hilarity ensues ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
audition, friends, fall in love, artists and showbiz, cons and scams, looking for sex, fish out of water, broadway, looking for love, inspiration, big city, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An Amish man comes to Hollywood to be a missionary, and gets cast as Satan on a nighttime soap opera.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, ambition, society, lifestyle, actor, missionary, nightclub, fame, tv star, faith ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After losing another job, two idiots embark on an adventure of mythic proportion: to acquire "Feed Bags," the discontinued entire-meal-in-a-bag, to impress their two equally dim-witted dates. When the only convenience store in town that ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, best friend, buddies, friends, disorder, society, misfit, drug dealing, social misfits, heist, unemployment, partner ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
heist, on the run, disorder, buddies, nothing goes right, cons and scams, down on your luck, stolen money, rivalry, danger, escapades, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
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Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
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Story:
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Style:
parody, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
summer, looking for love, friends, couples, fall in love, disorder, society, youth, love, nordic, buddies, love and romance ...
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Place:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
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23%
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cousin cousin relationship, disorder, unlikely couple, fall in love, cons and scams, family relations, looking for love, society, friendship, incest, comedy of errors, forbidden love ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nothing goes right, friends, hometown, couples, buddies, silly humor, disorder, bachelor party, santa claus, high school reunion, couple relations, bare butt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, indiana
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Set entirely in the Hollywood Palms apartment building and its yard, this movie shows how people there live and interact with each other.
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, biting, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
dark humor, betrayal, human nature, lifestyle, buddies, introspection, friendship, showbiz, murder, hollywood, young lovers, partner ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, cynical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
unemployment, estrangement, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, dark humor, buddies, lifestyle, society, friendship, down on your luck, disorder, fictional reality ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
seattle, los angeles, europe, italy, usa ...
Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, buddies, showbiz, hollywood, partner, writer's life, desire for fame, rivalry, love, youth, screenwriter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sex comedy, captivating
Plot:
beach, high school student, nothing goes right, satire, teenage love, teenage life, best friend, buddies, youth, young lovers, love and romance, looking for love ...
Time:
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Place:
maryland
Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, captivating, light hearted ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fish out of water, celebrity culture, rising to stardom, goofy hero, farce, ambition, misfit, buddies, lifestyle, filmmaking, hollywood, computers and web ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Arnaud nicknamed "Cui Cui" no longer knows which way to look. He is about to marry Anna but he is not sure he really loves her. To make matters worse, he falls in love during the stag party he has with his friends. And Léa, a nightclub ...
Style:
humorous, contemplative, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Nobody likes to be made a fool of, especially no the mafia. So, when it comes to light that a number of men from The Mob in New York have fallen for a Russian mail-order bride, who has blatantly ripped each of them off, their boss is not impressed. ...
Style:
talky, humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
gangster, cons and scams, dishonesty, buddies, partner, disorder, couples, fish out of water, russian mafia, mobster, mail order bride, friends ...
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
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694
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
biker, gang, nothing goes right, buddies, motorcycle chase, on the road, disorder, drug dealing, countryside, bike, biker gang, rocker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, light, sincere ...
Plot:
desire for fame, artists and showbiz, showbiz, hollywood, once in a lifetime opportunity, couples, ambition, unlikely couple, fame, love, american dream, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, semi serious, humorous, captivating, sexual ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
sexual relations, female friendship, nightclub, best friend, love and romance, social differences, hollywood, follow your dream, transsexual, friends, couples, gender ...
Time:
20th century, year 1990, 80s, year 1987, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, arizona
Similarity:
20%
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
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