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Permission (2017)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A woman on the brink of a marriage proposal is told by a friend that she should date other men before spending the rest of her life with her boyfriend.
Style:
lgbt cinema, homoerotic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, humorous, romantic, surprise ending, romantic comedy, sex comedy ...
Plot:
gay relationship, sex scene, open relationship, infidelity, male objectification, orgasm, marriage proposal, sexual promiscuity, monogamy, open marriage, jealousy, male nudity, sexual frustration, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, marriage, secret, gay, brother sister relationship, erotica, dancer, new house, business partner, unfaithfulness, women ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, naples italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The separation of a long married couple goes awry when they fall for each other again.
Style:
sensual, captivating, sincere, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, rom com, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign pianist.
Style:
tense, bleak, enigmatic, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay love, gay romance, homosexuality, gay interest, gay best friend, painter, best friend, male male relationship, gay lead character ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, beirut lebanon, lebanon
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. ...
Style:
sexy, feel good, sex comedy, funny, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
breakup, vacation, love and romance, resort, sex scene, sarcasm, rock star, nothing goes right, surfing, one night stand, friendship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of pro ...
Style:
homoerotic, captivating, dramatic, exciting, entertaining ...
Plot:
tennis, love triangle, tennis player, bromance, threesome, rivalry, sauna, teenage boy, homoerotic friendship, sports injury, homoeroticism, bisexual man ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2019, year 2011, year 2007 ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, canada, ohio, indiana, england ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Faced with sudden doubts about her marriage, a young New York mother teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband.
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, light, sentimental ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, marriage, playboy, infidelity, affair, businessman, suspicion of adultery, lesbian, husband wife relationship, love, adultery, flirting ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, canada, paris france, london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two high school enemies, uber-jock Harry and out-and-proud Sam, are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend's engagement party on Valentine's Day. Things take a turn when Sam learns Harry has come out.
Style:
feel good, lgbt cinema, psychological, gaming, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, gay, lgbtq, gay lead character, couples, youth, road trip, teenager, gay interest, young adult, gay romance, gay relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
missouri
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, sexy, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
divorce, womanizer, infidelity, marriage, love and romance, happy ending, love story, dating, relationships, flirting, mentor, family drama ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A thrice-divorced radio DJ meets the woman of his dreams but can he convince her of the truth of his feelings? An exploration of love, adapted from the novel by Pulitzer prize winning author Carol Shields.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, emotional, sex comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
true love, fall in love, breakup, thirty something, looking for love, love and romance, lifestyle, love affair, tragic love, couples, love at first sight, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A look at the life of an aging insult comic.
Style:
captivating, melancholic, light, romantic comedy, romantic ...
Plot:
comedian, aging, insult, stand up comedy, comeback, comedy club, brother brother relationship, jail, casanova, lesbian daughter, fish, dating ...
Time:
year 1985
Place:
somalia, alabama, texas, london, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This movie follows a mother who falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time. Mother Nature messes with their fates.
Style:
cute, humorous, feel good, sentimental, light ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, mother daughter relationship, couple relations, age difference, divorce, single mother, family relations, parents and children, love affair, fall in love, writers, generation gap ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles, california, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sarah Huttinger's return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her – and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers – as she uncovers secrets that suggest ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, semi serious, sentimental, light ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, love affair, love story, relationships, young lovers, dysfunctional family, bridesmaid, infidelity, life is a bitch, love and romance, youth, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2005, 90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1997
Place:
california, usa, san francisco, pasadena california, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After she quits her lucrative job, Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her relationships with her successful and wealthy friends.
Style:
sexy, witty, melancholic, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Argentina, Brazil, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Matias and Jeronimo know each other since childhood. Their friendship takes a new turn during the holiday before starting high school when they both experience their sexual awakening.
Style:
lgbt cinema, captivating, light, sincere, cute ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
argentina
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, independent film, captivating, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay teenager, gay relationship, gay couple, gay, fall in love, infidelity, lgbt, family relations, friendship, marriage proposal, love triangle, pregnancy ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles, Nikki is homeless, car-less and closing in on 30, but he's amoral, good-looking, and adept in the sack, moving from one wealthy woman of 35 or 40 to another, a kept boy-toy. His newest gig, with Samantha, an attorney whose house ...
Style:
sexy, sex comedy, erotic, teen, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
womanizer, battle of the sexes, sex, fall in love, seduction, in love, love and romance, gigolo, infidelity, party, relationships, sex scene ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009
Place:
california, los angeles, new york, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, witty, sentimental, humorous, sexual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay teenager, gay, gay sex, true love, friendship, infidelity, lifestyle, opposites attract, womanizer, youth, unlikely couple, looking for love ...
Place:
new york, virginia, usa
Similarity:
30%
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
lgbt, gay relationship, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, sex, sex scene, gay sex, handsome man, gay couple, bare chested male, gay romance ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
santa monica california, usa, california, paris france, boston ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, teen, sex comedy, clever, light ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
womanizer, sex, relationships, infidelity, couples, friendship, obsession, friends to lovers, dating, friends, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, france, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, clever, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, gay interest, gay marriage, lgbtq, couples, gay club, nothing goes right, love and romance, lgbt, gay bashing, gay son ...
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Place:
greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york, usa, new jersey, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In New York, a struggling actress and a successful writer sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives.
Style:
melancholic, surreal, lyrical, romantic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love affair, marriage, writer's life, depression, artists and showbiz, wife, bittersweet, marital problem, breakup, memory, aspiring writer, living together ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2009, year 2013, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
usa, ohio, new jersey, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the turmoil it's going through. ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, serious, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay sex, sex, male nudity, gay love, gay, lgbtq, forbidden love, israeli, gay interest, lgbt, gay soldier ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, tel aviv israel, palestine, idaho ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Barry Munday, a libido-driven wage slave who spends all his time either ogling, fantasizing about or trying to pick up women, wakes up in hospital after a freak attack only to find that his testicles have been removed.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, offbeat, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
castration, family relations, pregnancy, doctor, self discovery, eccentric family, meet the parents, couples, disorder, fatherhood, male female relationship, childbirth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
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:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Maggie 's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But one daughter and three years later, Maggie is out of love and ...
Style:
romantic, melancholic, talky, stylized, sentimental ...
Plot:
writers, stepmother, relationships, marriage, divorce, hotel, friendship, marxism, blended family, narcissist, character study, eccentricity ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, quebec, brooklyn new york city, california
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28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Style:
romantic, sexy, sexual, philosophical, artsy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
artist, polyamory, love triangle, art, bohemian life, love and romance, women, love affair, painter, love, love story, couples ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
barcelona, europe, spain, catalonia, new york
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Style:
sexy, humorous, talky, surreal, semi serious ...
Plot:
sleepwalking, mental disorder, love and romance, lifestyle, couples, adolescence vs adulthood, adulthood, loser, marriage, mental illness, sleeping, road trip ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, pennsylvania, maryland ...
Similarity:
27%
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