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The Sale of Paradise (2012)
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Original name: La venta del paraíso
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 humorous, semi serious, realistic and touching films with plots about friends, friendship, society, misfit, social relations, social misfits and small town mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Sale of Paradise: Happy 140 (2015), Crossing Borders (2006), Defying Gravity (2008), Julian Po (1997), Chinese Take-Away (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
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, disorder, friends, friendship, discussion, lottery, life turned upside down, holiday, advocate, helicopter, actress ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, canary islands
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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:
touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
emigration, culture clash, working class, family problems, family relations, social relations, society, politics, workplace, immigrant, unemployment, job seeking ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
spain, switzerland
Similarity:
100%
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
Plot:
teenage life, friendship, on the run, youth, misfit, society, social misfits, family problems, dysfunctional family, mute or deaf, dealing with death, college dropout ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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, psychological, realistic, semi serious, talky ...
Plot:
small town, suburbs, existentialism, dealing with death, society, clergy, misfit, human nature, friendship, on the road, small town life, dark humor ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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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, immigrant, society, loner, language barrier, cow, falklands war, melancholy, dark humor ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Harris Malden wears his insecurity on his face in a curious disguise for everyone to see. No one in the neighborhood, not even his best friend Paul or his brother Melvin, has the heart to tell him how ridiculous he looks with the thick black line ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
birthday, friendship, friends, family relations, society, lifestyle, misfit, physical appearance, party, love, couples, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, offbeat, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, love triangle, friends, social misfits, rabbit, misfit, male friendship, character study, outsider, bittersweet, animal rights, social commentary ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, friends, society, youth, teenage love, physical appearance, social misfits, self discovery, social relations, love and romance, teenage life, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Three former classmates reunite for their 30-year high school reunion.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, sincere, feel good
Plot:
bullying, misogyny, midlife crisis, friendship, haunted by the past, adulthood, meeting, misfit, social relations, life is a bitch, human nature, multiple storylines ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
119
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:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
hip hop, misfit, social misfits, cause and meaning, friendship, rap, hip hop culture, japanese culture, friends, pop culture, musician's life, humour ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During his journey to Jerusalem young James learns the meaning of being Israeli.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, contemplative, clever ...
Plot:
wisdom of life, culture clash, friendship, fish out of water, immigrant, society, social differences, racism, teaching the ways of the world, misfit, boss and employee, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Jilted in Madrid, a bewildered Englishman must learn to live and love again - the Spanish way.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fish out of water, culture clash, life turned upside down, misfit, disorder, society, love and romance, social relations, self discovery, relationships, heartbreak, personal growth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, madrid
Similarity:
100%
187
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:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, bittersweet, youth, physical appearance, friends, teaching the ways of the world, power relations, misfit, obesity, weight loss, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film deals with an Indian American student who wanted to pursue his love of music over the more 'typical' academic endeavors of Indian Americans (e.g., medicine, engineering, law, and business).
Style:
witty, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
college, culture clash, lifestyle, follow your dream, parents and children, friendship, teenage life, society, nothing goes right, misfit, youth, hopes ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two girls of different background, one a immigrant from Turkey and the other a girl that needs to get out of her fathers shadow both apply to the police academy were they become close friends.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
starting over, lifestyle, friendship, social differences, society, fish out of water, culture clash, officers and cadets, academy, family life, hopes, immigrant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Ramon is on the verge of many adolescent discoveries -- and the confusion that goes along with them. Shy and awkward, he's moved from town to town throughout his childhood and believes that life is about winning and losing. ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, youth, friendship, first love, teenage life, idealism, society, snitch, teachers and students, high school, parents and children, clergy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Six men, one woman (and her brother) come together with one goal - to make the play. It would be probably another common story that this theater group is composed of anti-heroes who float lost in time and space, in a town where it seems that the sun ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, funny ...
Plot:
theater, showbiz, cowboy, stage play, culture clash, small town, homecoming, society, rivalry, rules and policies, artists and showbiz, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A comedy centered on eight men in their 40s, all with identity crises.
Style:
humorous, cynical, psychological, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, family relations, buddies, friends, unfulfillment, society, latina, friendship, machismo, party, elevator, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Patricia, a woman from Dominican Republic, needs a home and an economic security that her illegal status in Madrid does not provide her. Milady, twenty, born in Havana and dying to travel the world. Marirosi has a job, a home, and the most complete ...
Style:
intercultural, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
Audience:
date night
Plot:
migration, young lovers, immigration, feminist, exile, immigrant, couple relations, society, love and romance, human nature, gender, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A pair of women leave their small town and dud boyfriends behind for fun in Madrid.
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
hopes, lifestyle, follow your dream, friendship, city life, on the road, friends, couples, tough heroes, society, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, madrid
Similarity:
100%
948
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A rotten egg lobbed with spazmo aim at the spotless surface of the silver screen, FROWNLAND centers on social misfit and self-labeled "troll from under the bridge" Keith Sontag (Dore Mann). When he's not trying to sell coupons ...
Style:
mumblecore, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
friends, misfit, buddies, society, fall in love, social misfits, love and romance, lifestyle, city life, suburbs, insecurity, mental breakdown ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Russendisko is the story of Wladimir, Andrej and Mischa. Three young Russian friends, who move from Moscow to Berlin in a lucky wave of emigration right after the fall of the Berlin wall. They take their chance looking for a better life and find ...
Style:
humorous, touching, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot:
immigrant, friendship, society, misfit, intrigue, rivalry, berlin wall, monkey, migration, stasi, love and romance, friends ...
Time:
year 1990, 21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, russia, central europe, ussr
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In New York City in 1980, Dexter Mitchell plays half-willing big brother to his neighbors, a trio of exchange students from the People's Republic of China.
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, non-linear ...
Plot:
looking for love, culture clash, fish out of water, love and romance, fall in love, disorder, lifestyle, misfit, society, buddies, social differences, nightlife ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The mysterious arrival of a foreigner to a small village in a Mediterranean island, awake the sudden interest from a diverse group of residents, who will appear unexpectedly in the stranger's life, believing that he's going to reopen an ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, light
Plot:
social relations, language barrier, redemption, family relations, village life, young man, liberation, fatherhood, stranger, faith, irishman, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the beautiful area of Paris, Maria and José Ribeiro lived for almost thirty years on the ground floor of a Haussmann building, in their dear little lodge.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, intercultural ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, concierge, family problems, homecoming, family life, disorder, couples, couple relations, society, getting home, friendship, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
portugal, paris france, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 12 min.
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Story:
The real lives of five friends affect their play in a live-action role-playing game... and vice versa.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, touching, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
role playing, friends, rivalry, society, buddies, computers and web, obsession, contests and competitions, twentysomething life, social misfits, misfit, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, montreal
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After moving to a small rural town, uptight Joel Bixby, is invited by an agreeable new acquaintance to join a group of townsmen who meet in a ramshackle room at the edge of town. Normally a loner, Joel finds himself enamored by boisterous fast-food ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, small town, social relations, buddies, small town life, social misfits, friends, misfit, loneliness, male bonding, healing, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
100%
741
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Morocco, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Farid, a young 26-year-old Frenchman, must travel to Algeria to save his father's house. While discovering this country in which he had never before set foot, he succumbs to the charms of a host of astonishing characters whose humour and ...
Style:
realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, reflective ...
Plot:
self discovery, fish out of water, immigrant, win over, society, disorder, personal growth, homeland, identity, culture clash, diaspora, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
france, africa, algeria
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A multi-layered, touching comedy about a group of friends whose relationships - in the face of life adversities - are exposed to more than one test. Filip risks his face and career for the whim of a crazy collector of Jadźka buttons. The sedate ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, heartfelt ...
Plot:
friendship, love, old friend, relationships, friends, coping, relationship problems, society, group of friends, social relations, lifestyle, social problems ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The engaging story of an over-the-hill professional wrestler who's afraid of conflict in real life, but agrees to face "The Darkness" in the ring in an attempt to regain his former glory in the eyes of his one remaining fan - an eight ...
Style:
humorous, independent film, captivating, light, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions, ambition, friendship, hopes, wrestler, redemption, professional wrestling, society, wrestling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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