Movies like The Sale of Paradise

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The Sale of Paradise (2012)
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The Sale of Paradise (2012)
Original name: La venta del paraĆ­so
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Many immigrants, when they arrived in Spain, thought they had found paradise, soon thwarted all their dreams of prosperity. Many of them then decided to return to their land, but not so simple. In a pension match various immigrants end up discovering that deportation is the only way to return to his country.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, surreal, light, offbeat
Plot: friendship, misfit, social misfits, friends, hotel, society, social relations, haunted by the past, immigrant, love, widower, exile, migration, transvestite, paradise, sale, immigrants
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: madrid, spain, mexico

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and touching films with plots about friends, society, friendship, misfit, social misfits, love and romance and immigrant mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Sale of Paradise: Funny Bunny (2015), Defying Gravity (2008), I Don't Have Many Friends (2014), Julian Po (1997), Chinese Take-Away (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Funny Bunny (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Gene spends his days canvassing about childhood obesity. One day he canvasses Titty, an emotionally-arrested 19-year-old who has successfully sued his own father to win back a large inheritance and gotten himself disowned in the process. Gene ...
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Plot: friends, love triangle, social misfits, friendship, rabbit, bicycle, pig, woman slaps man, knife
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Defying Gravity (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Cassandra, a mute runaway girl, takes refuge in the cemetery in which her mother is laid to rest. She is watched over by Jorge, the cemetery caretaker, an illegal alien who is committed to the restoration of a classic '60 cadillac hearse. Shore ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
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I Don't Have Many Friends (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Second year high school student Kodaka Hasegawa has transferred to his new school about a month ago, but he still hasn't made any friends. Kodaka Hasegawa was born from a Japanese father and a British mother. Because of his appearance, people ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, friends, society, youth, teenage love, social misfits, physical appearance, self discovery, love and romance, social relations, teenage life, high school life
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Julian Po (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is there to kill himself.
Style: offbeat, realistic, semi serious, psychological, talky ...
Plot: small town, existentialism, suburbs, friends, social relations, dark humor, human nature, society, clergy, misfit, dealing with death, friendship ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A comedy that chronicles a chance encounter between Robert and a Chinese named Jun who wanders lost through the city of Buenos Aires in search of his uncle after being assaulted by a taxi driver and his henchmen.
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, social ...
Plot: collector, friendship, odd couple, communication problem, society, immigrant, language barrier, cow, falklands war, fast food, refugee, migration ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america
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Crossing Borders (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Spain 1960, the dawn of the country's economic development. Industrial "reorganization" means that many workers have lost their jobs and are forced to emigrate. Martin is one of them. Martin, his wife Pilar and their son Pablito live ...
Style: realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: emigration, culture clash, family problems, society, social relations, workplace, politics, family relations, working class, unemployment, job seeking, immigrant ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: spain, switzerland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
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Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: birthday, friendship, family relations, friends, society, lifestyle, physical appearance, misfit, party, love, couples, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Saudade (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 167 min.
Story: A film that explores the true meaning of a word by medical professionals, feelings of real people and the images that represent the word to the filmmaker. The viewer will get into a journey through true stories and feelings, chasing the true meaning ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, light, captivating ...
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Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 127 min.
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Style: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, sincere
Plot: bullying, midlife crisis, misogyny, misfit, haunted by the past, adulthood, meeting, friendship, human nature, friends, multiple storylines, classmate ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 91 min.
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Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, contemplative, biting ...
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60%
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Chubby (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Chubby is the nickname of Kevin, a 12 years old kid already weights 100 kilos (220.46 lb). If he keeps devours fries, pastries and ice cream everyday, he's gonna have heart attack sooner or later unless he decides to change his diet to turn ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic
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⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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American Chai (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, touching, realistic
Plot: college, culture clash, follow your dream, lifestyle, teenage life, parents and children, youth, society, friendship, misfit, hopes, nothing goes right ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 98 min.
Story: A group of friends and family reunite at the fancy new holiday home of a woman who is about to turn 40.
Style: humorous, cynical, semi serious, light, touching ...
Plot: parents and children, family relations, friends, disorder, friendship, discussion, lottery, life turned upside down, advocate, helicopter, actress, money ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 102 min.
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Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, humorous
Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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46%
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Country: Spain
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Comedy
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45%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Style: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Frenchmen 3 (2013)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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