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This Crazy Heart (2017)
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Original name: Dieses bescheuerte Herz
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When 30-ish rich kid Lenny has to take care of 15-year-old David, who’s suffering from heart disease, it’s the beginning of a wild adventure. Lenny fearlessly breaks all the rules to fulfill his young friend’s every wish.
Style:
sincere, uplifting, feel good, touching, thought provoking
Plot:
heart disease, nouveau riche, ambulance, father son relationship, male friendship, birthday, teenage boy, father son conflict, hospital, friendship between men, punishment, friendship, striptease, elevator, shopping, shopping mall, limousine, panic, bucket list, anguish, 16 year old, recording studio, encounter, worried mother, adolescent boy ...
Place:
berlin germany, munich germany, germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, touching, realistic and feel good films with plots about friendship, father son relationship, monkey, friendship between men, friends, family relations and male friendship mostly in Drama, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like This Crazy Heart: The Intouchables (2011), Fly Me Away (2021), Heavy Girls (2012), The Most Beautiful Day (2016), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: France, Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Sven lives with his mother Edeltraut, who is suffering from dementia. He shares his entire life, the apartment, even the bed with her. During the day he works at a bank. While he is at work, Daniel comes to the apartment to look after Edeltraut. He ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Place:
germany, berlin germany
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The quirky, overambitious pianist Andi (33) and the more laid back and relaxed Benno (36) have just one thing in common: They will both die soon. So the two of them decide after some trouble at the hospice, to have the most awesome day before its ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, teen, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A girl reaches the age of nine and is supposed to act as a grown woman according to her family. A girl participates in a bike race against the will of her husband. An elderly woman decides she wants to buy all the things she always wanted but could ...
Style:
touching, stylized, talky, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot:
feminism, culture clash, against the odds, injustice, feminist, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, society, women, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, bicycle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, japan, paris france
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, italy
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The Hamburg friends Walter, Ricco and Floyd take each day as it comes between the estates of tower blocks and fast food restaurants. All three are in their early twenties and are dreaming of another life when Floyd suddenly takes a job on a ...
Style:
independent film, road movie, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
hamburg germany, germany, singapore, europe
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Best friends Toni and Paul decide to relinquish all of their belongings for 100 days, whereby they receive one of their items back on each day. During this challenge the two realize, that the only thing they cannot be without is their friendship. A ...
Style:
inspirational, captivating, semi serious, satirical, sincere ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, berlin germany, central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, road movie, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, france, paris france, berlin germany
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Quotas for women, parking spaces for women, online shopping, small talk and gossip. Software developer Erol, porta-potty rep Lars, and commercial pilot Helmut are licking the wounds of their masculinity – a female-free zone is what’s needed! In ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.
Style:
feel good, serious, realistic, controversial, humorous ...
Plot:
power of media, society, starting over, media, misfit, unemployment, assassination, media satire, hacker, irresponsible, social misfits, redemption ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Following a huge misunderstanding, two friends always decide to tackle everything to make up for lost time.
Style:
tragicomedy, thought provoking, sentimental, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
JB suffers from a heart malformation .He falsifies his medical file ,so that he can enter a top athlete training center.
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Tock, heir to a long line of comedians has a problem. He is not funny. Constantly upstage by his younger sister, he falls in love with a dermatologist who incidentally is the only one who finds him funny.
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, light, non-linear ...
Plot:
friendship, love triangle, lifestyle, love and romance, disorder, friendship between men, loneliness, public nudity, male nudity, gay, monkey, car race ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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16K
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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43%
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Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, europe, central europe, berlin germany
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Country: Italy
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
clever, sincere, talky, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
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