Movies like L.A. Superheroes

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L.A. Superheroes (2013)
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L.A. Superheroes (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Helena, a beautiful immigrant actress/model, way too old for modeling and too old for acting without credits finally lands a big job but overseas. Out of desperation and advice of her LA friends she commits a federal fraud to get her traveling documents. To escape jail time she gives out names. In this comedic/dramatic piece as she is still wondering where her career is going she needs to watch over her back wondering if she is going to end up getting whacked by the people she ratted out.
Style: funny, light, captivating, entertaining
Plot: betrayal, immigration, modeling, fraud, con artists, career, life is a bitch, desperation, lifestyle, fake identity, career change, passport, arrest, green card, cheating, female director
Place: los angeles

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, entertaining, light and humorous films with plots about lifestyle, family relations, humour, relationships, society, satire and female nudity mostly in Comedy, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like L.A. Superheroes: Back to the Goode Life (2019), We Accept Miracles (2015), For Here or to Go? (2015), Life in Overtime (2018), Friendsgiving (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Back to the Goode Life (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Francesca Goode is a successful New York banker who goes from being a Boss to being Broke overnight after the feds freeze all her assets when she's wrongfully blamed for unethical banking practices. She's forced to give up her hard-earned, ...
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Plot: getting home, coping, self discovery, introspection, changing lives, lifestyle change, humour, lifestyle, homecoming, banker, career
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We Accept Miracles (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
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For Here or to Go? (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An aspiring Indian tech entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley finds himself unexpectedly battling the bizarre American immigration system to keep his dream alive or prepare to return home forever.
Style: entertaining, captivating, humorous
Plot: immigration, entrepreneurship, cultural difference, immigrant, social differences, ambitious man, coping, businessman, direction and purpose, lifestyle, blind ambition, ambition ...
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Life in Overtime (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: After decades of single-minded dedication to his work, a worker with an elite career course at a major bank is transferred or rather relegated to a subsidiary company, where he finds himself at a loos as he reaches retirement age.
Style: funny, entertaining, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
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Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: An author (Brinke Stevens) cures her struggle with writer's block by making up funny short stories about random people she sees in public.
Style: light, captivating, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
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Friendsgiving (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Newly-divorced actress Molly, her recently-dumped lesbian best friend Abby and Molly’s mother Helen host a dysfunctional, comical and chaotic Thanksgiving dinner for their motley crew of close friends and strange acquaintances.
Style: entertaining, captivating, humorous, light, funny ...
Plot: thanksgiving, friend, mother daughter relationship, relationships, large family, family relations, holiday, celebration, humour, male female relationship, women, gay ...
Place: los angeles, california
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Lovely by Surprise (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Lovely by Surprise follows the journey of novelist Marian Walker as she attempts to finish her first novel. Facing the age-old problem of writer’s block, Marian seeks advice from a mentor and ex-lover. His seemingly innocent advice to kill the ...
Style: light, captivating, entertaining
Plot: writers, creative block, relationships, travel, crisis, father daughter relationship, hot dog, car salesman
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 105 min.
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Style: captivating, light, funny, entertaining
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My Best Friend's Famous (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After Sean Reilly, an earnest, self-deprecating, NY to LA transplant learns his slothful, less talented best friend gets a starring role on a hit TV show, he must battle his own insecurities and jealousy as well as the egocentric, spray-tanned male ...
Style: funny, light, entertaining, captivating, humorous
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A football star loses all of his and his relatives money in a Ponzi scheme and becomes a father with three different women, all at the same time. The Ponzi scheme forces them to all live under one roof, and he has to pull off an elaborate caper in ...
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Duration: 84 min.
Story: Under the guise of a journalist, Campbell has a chance to get to know her biological father for the first time – without him ever knowing who she really is. As she spends time with him and his family, as well as with the town’s record keeper, ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, sincere, light, dramatic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
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Style: feel good, light, sincere, entertaining, captivating ...
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Style: light, funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Style: funny, light, captivating, fun
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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Style: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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