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Breaking Upwards (2009)
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
'Breaking Upwards' explores a young, real-life New York couple who, four years in and battling codependency, decide to intricately strategize their own break up. Based on an actual experiment devised by director/actor Daryl Wein and actress Zoe Lister-Jones, the film loosely interprets a year in their lives exploring alternatives to monogamy, and the madness that ensues. An uncensored look at young love, lust, and the pangs of codependency, 'Breaking Upwards' follows its characters as they navigate each others' emotions across the city they love. It begs the question: is it ever possible to grow apart together?
Style:
sincere, mumblecore, romantic, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, romantic comedy, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, hopes, young lovers, romantic relationship, love and romance, looking for love, breakup, lifestyle, couple relations, introspection, crumbling marriage, battle of the sexes, relationships, male female relationship, free love, husband wife relationship, polyamory, love affair, unfulfilled love, love story, open relationship, polygamy, youth, urban, city life ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, romantic and humorous films with plots about love and romance, couple relations, couples, male female relationship, love affair, relationships and romantic relationship mostly in Romance, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Breaking Upwards: The Guy in the Grave Next Door (2002), London Paris New York (2012), I Hate Valentine's Day (2009), Love in Space (2011), Bridal Fever (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 93 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: 94 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: India
Duration: 100 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:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 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:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 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:
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25%
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, romantic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, witty, touching, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, captivating, light, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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24%
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Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 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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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Duration: 87 min.
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Plot:
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Story:
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Country: India
Duration: 156 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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TV show
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:
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Similarity:
21%
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Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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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: USA
Duration: 119 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:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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19%
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 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: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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