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Unexpected Journey (2017)
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Unexpected Journey (2017)
Original name: Saattokeikka
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Lasse is an old racist who has lives in an apartment block filled with a selection of refugees and immigrants. Kamal is a 16-year old boy who's fed up in his life in Finland, and dreams of moving to Nairobi to live with his father. Only problem is that he doesn't have the money to buy the ticket.
Style: road movie, humorous, psychological, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative
Plot: road trip, racism, senior citizen, teenager, parent child relationship, father son relationship, loneliness, wedding, homosexual, old age, elderly, gay wedding, 17 year old, wedding party, gay son, immigrant family, couples, love, youth, family relations, love and romance, society, lgbt, gay slur, racial prejudice ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: finland

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, unusual plot structure, psychological and light films with plots about love and romance, family relations, friendship, love, youth, society and couples mostly in Comedy, Drama and Music genres. Some movies like Unexpected Journey: Bad Seeds (2016), Looking: The Movie (2016), Chicken Girls: The Movie (2018), Lady Luck (2017), The Interpreter (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Bad Seeds (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
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Looking: The Movie (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: contemplative, psychological, feel good, unusual plot structure, light ...
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Chicken Girls: The Movie (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: With a new principal in town and the Spring Fling in jeopardy, Rhyme and the Chicken Girls must band together to save the dance.
Style: light, entertaining, contemplative, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, teenager, escapades, youth, friends, dishonesty, dancing, society, parents and children, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Lady Luck (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Through their individual trials and turbulence, three strangers are drawn together under one roof.
Style: psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, light, humorous ...
Plot: friendship, redemption, love, relationship problems, love and romance, couples, family relations, strong female presence, man in underwear, oral sex, male objectification, faith ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Interpreter (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria
Duration: 113 min.
Story: 80-year-old Ali Ungar comes across a book by a former SS officer describing his wartime activities in Slovakia. He realises his parents were executed by him. He sets out to take revenge but finds instead his 70-year-old son, Georg, a retired ...
Style: road movie, contemplative, melancholic, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: road trip, old man, father son relationship, translator, wedding party, womanizer, senior citizen, father daughter relationship, elderly, criminal, elderly man, war crime ...
Time: 2010s
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Mario on Tour (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Argentina
Story: Mario has all it takes to succeed in the music business but he didn't make it. Now he earns a living out of singing cover songs by the popular Argentine singer "Sandro" in bachelorhood parties, weddings or birthdays celebrations, ...
Style: road movie, unusual plot structure, light, contemplative, feel good ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Manuel goes back to his hometown for his parents’ wedding anniversary, but he actually wants to ask money to move to Denmark with his boyfriend. Last time he saw his family, he came out of the closet. Since then, their relationship became tense. ...
Style: touching, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
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Real Love (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: unusual plot structure, feel good, light, psychological, humorous ...
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Time: 21st century
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Unlike Father, Unlike Son (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A macho dad learns to accept the real identity of his gay son before it gets too late.
Style: light, captivating, entertaining, psychological, humorous ...
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Time: 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 64 min.
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Style: sexy, unusual plot structure, contemplative, captivating, queer cinema
Audience: teens, teen drama
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Grown Ups (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Sweden
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Every year, Albert buys his daughter an initiatory journey to a European country. For her 17th birthday he chooses a trip to Sweden to look for a Viking's treasure. When they arrive in the rented house, it is occupied by Anika and Christine, ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: psychological, touching, tense, humorous, contemplative ...
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Time: 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A jobless gay actor is offered the dream role of a lifetime in a feature film, but he must play an elderly drag. He will be forced to overcome his fears and prejudices to understand better himself and the others.
Style: sexy, psychological, captivating, sincere, contemplative ...
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Duration: 87 min.
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Duration: 103 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Duration: 83 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 105 min.
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Style: feel good, entertaining, humorous, captivating, unusual plot structure
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Rolling Family (2004)
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