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Multiple Sarcasms (2010)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter, Elizabeth. But slowly it dawns on him that he is not really happy. Gabriel decides that he wants to write a play about the sorry state of his life. He quits his job, gets a pushy literary agent friend to represent him and starts writing. Although his marriage ends in a divorce, the play is success and although his life is different than it was, he is happier.
Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, contemplative, touching, offbeat, serious, gloomy
Plot:
family life, midlife crisis, self discovery, family relations, introspection, writer's life, couple relations, couples, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, playwright, crumbling marriage, society, parents and children, hopes, job, father daughter relationship, daughter, sarcasm
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, touching and semi serious films with plots about family relations, couples, parents and children, unfulfillment, love and romance, couple relations and family problems mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Multiple Sarcasms: Cinemanovels (2013), Swingtown (2008), Sunday (1997), Illusion (2004), An Unmarried Woman (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The estranged daughter (Lauren Lee Smith) of a recently deceased filmmaker gains a new understanding of her father when she offers to create a retrospective of his work.
Style:
touching, sentimental, realistic, humorous, contemplative ...
Plot:
self discovery, parents and children, family relations, filmmaking, father, unfulfillment, estrangement, love, funeral, lost girl, artists and showbiz, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 547 min.
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Story:
This period and relationship drama takes viewers back to the 1970s for a look at suburban households testing the murky waters of sexual revolution following swingers throughout open marriages, "key parties" and other swingers extravaganzas.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, stylized, sexual ...
Plot:
swinger, mate swapping, wife swapping, swinger couple, sexually liberated, couples, open marriage, extramarital affair, marriage, neighbor, suburbs, couple relations ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a ...
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Plot:
diner, homeless, self discovery, hobo, tramp, society, couple relations, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, dishonesty, love and romance, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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28%
519
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A once-powerful, but now ailing movie director nears the end of his life. As he awaits death, he slips into a "dream" and is shown three "snippets" of the movie of his son's life. At first suspicious, then curious, and ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, touching, emotional, spiritual ...
Plot:
filmmaking, introspection, self discovery, a vision, aging, family relations, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment, father and son, love, friendship, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
Style:
sentimental, psychological, touching, humorous, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
female nudity, divorce, sex scene, marital separation, midlife crisis, breakup, voyeur, feminist, self discovery, betrayal, couple relations, fall in love ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A film about the complex relationships between fathers and daughters, and the potential lifelong consequences of those relationships.
Style:
talky, psychological, realistic, serious, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
haunted by the past, couples, family relations, looking for love, introspection, couple relations, strong female presence, sexual content, parents and children, hopes, dating, lesbian ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After hitting the road a man encounters characters that make him realize the importance of family.
Style:
touching, realistic, captivating, road movie, humorous ...
Plot:
family in crisis, midlife crisis, starting over, self discovery, obsessive quest, introspection, human nature, society, couple relations, love and romance, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In Momma's Man an adult decides to escape the pressures of life and return to his old bedroom at his parents' house. An odd premise, but executed with skill and tenderness.
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, mumblecore, sincere ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, family problems, introspection, love and romance, family relations, family life, eccentric family, unfulfillment, parents and children, pregnancy, relationship problems, living together ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The reality of life slams into the proverbial wall when a group of necessitous best friends and ex-lovers are reunited at a milestone reunion, igniting an already passionate and combustible past.
Style:
captivating, touching, humorous, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, best friend, homecoming, friends, old love, couples, introspection, couple relations, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, bittersweet, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The complex relationship between a wealthy French woman and her best friend a, gay black American, is thrown into turmoil when her estranged daughter comes to visit them with her new husband for the weekend in upstate New York. Through a series of ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, sentimental, sexy ...
Plot:
wedding, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, parents and children, homecoming, family gatherings, family relations, unfulfillment, family life, couples, estrangement, gay african american ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When things get tough for offbeat Carys Reitman, she does what any emotionally isolated, modern girl would do - she goes to strangers' funerals...
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
funeral, estrangement, introspection, fall in love, family relations, parents and children, love story, couples, self discovery, friendship, society, girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
357
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Though approaching his eighties, Max Kohn shows no signs of slowing down. He pursues his love life - both real and imagined - with youthful vigor, thereby risking his relationship to Reisel, the woman he loves but neglects. LOVE COMES LATELY is a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
love and romance, couples, friendship, couple relations, youth, society, introspection, looking for love, unfulfillment, writer's life, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a tradition in Brooklyn for over 65 years. Manned by an eccentric crew and serving the best seafood in the state
Style:
emotional, humorous, captivating, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
family business, save the day, family relations, working class, family problems, restaurant, society, siblings relations, family in crisis, bank, parents and children, estrangement ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, psychological, contemplative, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, introspection, filmmaking, unfulfillment, hollywood, artists and showbiz, society, art, relationships, profanity, losing-it hero, cause and meaning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The old friends from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Mary and Rhoda, are reunited, only to discover that Mary has a daughter named Rose and Rhoda's daughter is named Meredith.
Style:
sitcom, talky, touching, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, looking for love, family life, homecoming, family problems, family relations, college, estrangement, couples, starting over, love and romance, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, france, paris france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
For years, Doug Collins has been wading through a routine unsatisfying job and an increasingly miserable relationship. After his girlfriend moves out, Doug pushes himself to live a more fulfilling life starting with a trek to the summit of Mt. ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
couple relations, breakup, starting over, follow your dream, unfulfillment, couples, buddies, hopes, self discovery, personal growth, character study, mountain ...
Time:
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Place:
tanzania, usa, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, light, heartfelt ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, family life, starting over, parents and children, couples, couple relations, hopes, family drama, father daughter relationship, character study, intimate, holocaust survivor ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Pompous and self-absorbed Kyle, is unhappily stuck in his life, longing to relive the success of his first novel. His not-so-desirable life rapidly unravels forcing him to return home to his wildly eccentric family with his tail between his legs. ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, love and romance, couples, terminal illness, wooing, family relations, writer's life, couple relations, eccentric family, estrangement, unfulfillment, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, homecoming, hopes, family problems, couples, family relations, love and romance, estrangement, family life, eccentric family, parents and children, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Film version of the Neil Simon play has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York's Plaza Hotel with Walter Matthau in a triple role. In the first, Karen Nash tries to get her inattentive husband Sam's attention to spruce ...
Style:
anthology, witty, clever, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
wedding, multiple storylines, luxury hotel, adultery, marriage, hotel, bittersweet, couples, family problems, family relations, midlife crisis, honeymoon ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california, new jersey
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, contemplative, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, self discovery, journey, introspection, mysterious character, on the road, lifestyle, family relations, long distance relationship, love and romance, lgbt, phone sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Empty Nest tells the story of a couple who have to struggle to find themselves after their children grow up and move out. It starts out as a fairly simple story of a couple but becomes complicated by a series of events that may or may not be ...
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
couples, couple relations, parents and children, midlife crisis, elderly, college, artists and showbiz, family relations, leaving home, love and romance, family problems, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, argentina
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, independent film, gloomy
Plot:
introspection, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, estrangement, mental illness, human nature, family problems, couples, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Rob Lawson's perpetual quest for success is interrupted when his estranged daughter shows up pregnant, challenging him to be a father before he becomes a grandfather.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, estrangement, family problems, couples, parents and children, river, pregnancy, unfulfillment, self discovery, moral dilemma, dysfunctional family, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.
Style:
mumblecore, realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, midlife crisis, artists and showbiz, introspection, actor's life, unfulfillment, aspiring actress, beach house, nude women, global warming, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, malibu california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Caucasian mother threw him out. It's an awkward time for his father to move in as Ray just proposed to his Caucasian girlfriend - who ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
interracial relations, identity crisis, couple relations, audition, moral dilemma, actor's life, parents and children, family reunited, couples, family relations, society, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, pakistan
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
desert, addiction, family relations, hopes, working class, eccentric family, dysfunctional family, couple relations, love and romance, self discovery, drug dealing, small town ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A film about food, memory, language and caskets, BLUE DINER tells the story of a Puerto Rican mother and her daughter who struggle to explain how the daughter mysteriously loses her ability to speak Spanish, her first language.
Style:
psychological, touching, sincere, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
love triangle, starting over, self discovery, estrangement, hopes, forbidden love, social decay, relationship vs career, betrayal, society, parents and children, pregnancy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Mike and Lisa separate, their children suffer quietly in the middle of the annual Mummer's Parade.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, family relations, family life, family in crisis, parents and children, family problems, society, divorce, parents separation, young lovers, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Will is a rising star in New York City architecture, managing a tough project and negotiating to join an important firm. He rarely smiles. His wife Catherine is on the rise as well, as the social engine of his success. They have a son, about eight. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, romantic, captivating
Plot:
father son relationship, divorce, troubled marriage, marital strife, family relations, family problems, couples, introspection, parents and children, family life, estrangement, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
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