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Magic Men (2014)
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Original name: הבן של אלוהים
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An elderly Israeli Jew of Greek origins was sent to Greece to represent his town in a town twinning ceremony, however he went instead to search for his friend from the childhood, who saved him from the Holocaust. In meantime he formed a special relationship with young Greek woman, and dealt with the broken relationship with his devout Hasidic son.
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious
Plot:
parent child relationship, family relations, parents and children, family problems, holocaust survivor, escapades, elderly, aging, estrangement, bittersweet, quibbling, religions or cults, father, father son relationship, holocaust, on the road, dedication event, journey, golden years
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
middle east, greece, palestine
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and touching films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, bittersweet, dysfunctional family, unfulfillment and elderly mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Magic Men: The Talent Given Us (2004), Capturing Dad (2012), A Short History of Decay (2014), Cinemanovels (2013), The Syrian Bride (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A retired New York City couple drive across country to reconnect with their reclusive son, joined by their two unmarried daughters.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, witty ...
Plot:
eccentric family, on the road, family relations, elderly, family in crisis, cross country, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, friend, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new york, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Part-time worker Hazuki lives with her younger sister, high school student Koharu, and their mother Sawa. One day they receive word that their estranged father is on his deathbed, so Sawa asks Hazuki and Koharu to visit him and take one last photo ...
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
dark humor, family relations, youth, parents and children, siblings relations, father, absent father, father son relationship, travel, family problems, family reunited, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A failed Brooklyn writer, Nathan Fisher, visits his ailing parents in Florida. His mother has Alzheimer's and his father has recently had a stroke and his girlfriend has recently broken up with him.
Style:
emotional, realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
aging, bittersweet, family relations, siblings relations, mental illness, dark humor, introspection, parents and children, unfulfillment, unsuccessful, elderly, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
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:
canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel, France, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
wedding, politics, occupation, ethnic, border, hijab, wedding ceremony, arranged marriage, nationalism, culture clash, love and romance, reconciliation ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
middle east, syria, israel, palestine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Grandfather's wife unexpectedly leaves him for another man and this sparks a series of events. His son and grandson arrive from abroad and set of for a journey to find a woman dear to each of them.
Style:
humorous, emotional, road movie, captivating, light ...
Plot:
family relations, aging, on the road, parents and children, family problems, musician's life, father son relationship, musician, teenager, father son reunion, husband wife relationship, road trip ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
26%
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:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternate to living in a retirement home; joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on the aging population.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
friendship, aging, couples, family relations, couple relations, elderly, parents and children, old age, truth, old people, friends, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Joy Levine lives in an old apartment that, in complete contrast to her, is shabby and worn-out on the outside while well-kept and filled with joy on the inside. Her life changes when she auditions for a TV show called "Gotta Be Happy". To ...
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
optimism, parents and children, family relations, family life, misfit, family problems, dysfunctional family, physical appearance, fictional reality show, family drama, forgiveness, family secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
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: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, France, Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Seeking shelter from the trials and tribulations of city life, Hugi has built a quiet existence for himself in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere. Here, he passes his days jogging, attending AA meetings and taking Portuguese lessons online. But ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
village life, elderly, parents and children, social relations, family relations, teachers and students, power relations, aging, estrangement, isolation, alcoholism, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The five daughters of a famous actor, all from different mothers and different nationalities, get together on the 10th anniversary of his death for a celebration of his career.
Style:
touching, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
haunted by the past, family relations, parents and children, ego clash, family life, rivalry, family problems, strong female presence, family gatherings, estate, estrangement, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Deneuve plays sassy grandmother Cathy who takes to the road after being betrayed by her lover and learning her business is on the verge of bankruptcy on the same day. During a weeklong odyssey across France, she spends time with a grandson she ...
Style:
road movie, touching, humorous, semi serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
strong female lead, strong female character, elderly, on the road, parents and children, mother daughter conflict, countryside, aging, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, older woman younger man relationship, senior citizen ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, brittany
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
Four stories, all related to fatherhood, are presented: A father tries to stimulate his son by bringing him to his workplace with disastrous consequences. Richard Brunn and his wife, who run a design hotel, suffer a strained relationship as his ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, clever, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
group therapy, suicide attempt, family relations, family problems, human nature, parents and children, dark humor, disability, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, bittersweet, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When Joan Weldon discovers she is dying of lung cancer, she sets out to reconcile her dysfunctional relationships with her three children, her husband, and along the way, her former best friend. The family's destructive ways are offset by messy ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
self discovery, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, terminal illness, family life, bittersweet, one night stand, husband wife relationship, cancer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new england
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mathieu Roy's L’Autre maison is an intimate and powerful family drama featuring three generations of great Quebec Actors. Marcel Sabourin plays Henri Bernard, an 86 year-old man with a failing grip on reality. His sons, a jet setting middle ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, family problems, dysfunctional family, aging, family relations, estrangement, memory loss, parents and children, elderly, father son relationship, love, brothers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
20%
310
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A black comedy about a reformed womanizer who struggles to keep his family together.
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, life turned upside down, adolescence vs adulthood, couples, family problems, disorder, parents and children, manhood, youth, dysfunctional family, dark humor, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye. Instead, they find themselves trapped — together — for two weeks.
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, sentimental, tear jerker ...
Plot:
introspection, family life, eccentric family, estrangement, family problems, single parent, homecoming, parents and children, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, dying, grief ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
usa, north carolina
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A Mexican family, wanting to grant their Grandmother her last wish, embarks on a make believe trip to a small town in Italy ... in Mexico!
Style:
touching, emotional, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, couple relations, homecoming, travel, bittersweet, unfulfillment, love and romance, elderly, couples, mental illness, memory loss, journey ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, italy
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Leo Spivak is drifting through life without a compass. His father is aging fast, his teenage daughter is rebelling, his protégé is after his job and his wife is losing her patience. A twist of fate and some bizarre wisdom from a "freelance ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, clergy, family life, dull life, family problems, society, aging, human nature, juvenile delinquency, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The life of the owners of Circus Esperança, Puro Sangue e Pangaré, father and son, who plays two clowns. At a certain point, Pangaré starts showing tiredness and sadness for being an unhappy clown.
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious, road movie ...
Plot:
circus, self discovery, clown, introspection, follow your dream, identity crisis, family relations, on the road, parents and children, escapades, countryside, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The youngest son of a legendary Hollywood producer, a Robert Evans type, accepts a bribe from his father to document his death.
Style:
semi serious, cynical, touching, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, eccentric family, family problems, lifestyle, love and romance, parents and children, hollywood, narcissism, brother brother relationship, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, corpse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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674
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A retired teacher and a soap star leave their routines and the men in their lives behind and embark on a weekend trip.
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, fall in love, human nature, on the road, looking for love, introspection, best friend, hopes, parents and children, family business, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Fathers & Sons is a comedic exploration of a group of men and their relationships with their fathers. A middle-aged Jewish man meets his father for the first time at the funeral of his mother. A south-Asian accountant introduces his white fiance ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, parents and children, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, death in the family, siblings relations, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, father and son, relationship problems, family reunited ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York City. During these ...
Style:
mumblecore, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
youth, nothing goes right, dark humor, children, divorce, disorder, parents and children, bittersweet, family relations, thirtysomething life, family problems, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A drama about a family's effort to save their antique restoration business.
Style:
psychological, realistic, gloomy, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
family problems, family business, family relations, parents and children, workplace, disagreement, aging, unfulfillment, loss of partner, store, estrangement, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Annie (Bette White) wants to disperse her husband's ashes at a locale in California that they had named Annie's Point. Annie needs a bypass immediately and she wants to send out the ashes on her 50th wedding anniversary.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching, realistic
Plot:
elderly, escapades, family relations, last wish, parents and children, on the road, rescue, road trip, trip, summer, aging, cross country ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, las vegas
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A family with five kids in the 80s get into a crisis when twin brothers fall in love with the same girl.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family relations, twins, coming of age, love triangle, parents and children, family in crisis, teenage love, family problems, fall in love, small town, friendship, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A busy executive (Ted Danson) learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him (Jack Lemmon) than ever before. Estranged from his own son (Ethan ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, inspirational, feel good, uplifting ...
Plot:
father son relationship, hospital, family bonds, aging, family drama, doctor, parents and children, hopes, family life, terminal illness, dysfunctional family, redemption ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, san francisco, california
Similarity:
19%
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