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The Girl with Nine Wigs (2013)
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Original name: Heute bin ich blond
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of a young woman whose lust for life means she is determined to be so very much more than just another cancer patient.
Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, emotional, captivating, sincere, semi serious, tragicomedy
Plot:
cancer, hospital, terminal illness, physical appearance, life & death, bittersweet, human spirit, surgery, society, illness, life is a bitch, escape from reality, hopes, twentysomething life, diary, doctor, 21 year old, golden years, doctors
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
germany
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Most similar movies to The Girl with Nine Wigs
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, emotional and sincere films with plots about terminal illness, life is a bitch, cancer, hopes, unfulfillment, family relations and human spirit mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres. Some movies like The Girl with Nine Wigs: Detector (2000), Living Proof (2008), Sequoia (2014), Isn't It Delicious (2013), The Doctor (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Daniel Jul is a 28 year old psychiatrist, still living with his mom. He and his friend Ronny have one thing in common, they like searching for metallic objects in the ground. One day they find a jewel with the name "Janne" imprinted. This ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, cult classic, realistic
Plot:
private detective, love and romance, self discovery, false identity, friendship between men, cancer, psychologist, countryside, couples, terminal illness, flutist, hippie ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Living Proof is a 2008 Lifetime Television movie, directed by Dan Ireland, starring Harry Connick, Jr. The film is based on the true life story of Dr. Dennis Slamon and the book HER-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast ...
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, lighthearted, light ...
Plot:
hopes, breast cancer, doctor, terminal illness, doctors and patients, ego clash, medical, cancer, special needs, explorer, biopic, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shortly after graduating from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Geralyn Lucas lands her dream job working for 20/20. Lucas is then diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27 and has a dilemma - whether to have a lumpectomy ...
Style:
serious, psychological, touching, humorous, realistic
Plot:
breast cancer, chemotherapy, human spirit, introspection, terminal illness, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, hopes, husband wife relationship, cancer, bare breasts, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young man meets a 23-year-old cancer patient on the way to the park and disrupts her plan to commit suicide.
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, independent film, sentimental ...
Plot:
terminal illness, bittersweet, fall in love, cancer, death wish, suicide, family relations, life & death, mortality, national park, character study, family conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
54%
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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:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, sentimental, touching, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
hospital, medical, cancer, doctor, medicine, redemption, health, doctors and patients, coldhearted, surgery, business, mental health ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness.
Style:
humorous, tragicomedy, semi serious, emotional, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coping, love and romance, misfit, terminal illness, family problems, dishonesty, teenage life, teenage love, social relations, life is a bitch, introvert, cancer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Noah Arkwright, a successful, hard living and indulgent independent British film director, finally decides to try and defeat the many addictions that are destroying him, his career and the people who care for him. But Mother Nature has other tests ...
Style:
emotional, semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous
Plot:
addiction, starting over, hopes, sex addict, life is a bitch, group sex, filmmaking, alcoholic, artists and showbiz, twists and turns, verbal byplay, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Pete loses his consciousness while playing in a pop band. The diagnosis is harsh and the doctor cannot say for sure whether Pete will celebrate his 18th birthday. One night, encouraged by the vodka on Jusa's 18th birthday, Pete confesses his ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
hospital, on the road, tragic hero, life is a bitch, child illness, love and romance, unfulfillment, young adult, illness, friendship, dream, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A former Olympic champion wants to compete in the Berlin Marathon one last time.
Style:
emotional, touching, humorous, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot:
running, against the odds, contests and competitions, human spirit, elderly, aging, bittersweet, social relations, ambition, hopes, senior citizen, monkey ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When an extraordinary man who has lived through all is approaching his end, he decides to call his son to join him for the last time at his home in Tuscany. His intention is to share some valuable conversations about his life as a press ...
Style:
touching, contemplative, talky, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
introspection, elderly, family relations, terminal illness, life is a bitch, parents and children, unfulfillment, dealing with death, biopic, writers, poet, son ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Frank and Simone have fulfilled a dream and live with their two children in a row house in the suburbs. They are a happy couple, until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with death.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
hospital, family relations, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, male nudity, suffering, family problems, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family in crisis, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A true story about a concerned housewife, Pat Melancon, who tries to block Shintech, a massive Japanese petrochemical conglomerate, from building a plant in her toxic township already known as "cancer alley". Pat and a few newly recruited, ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, thought provoking
Plot:
cancer, heroic mission, human spirit, fighting the system, environmentalism, terminal illness, obsessive quest, hopes, society, social relations, small town, church ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Bingo leads a carefree city life that revolves around work, friends and dating. Her yuppie life is turned upside down one passionate night when her hot date Dr. V discovers a lump on her left breast.
Style:
touching, psychological, realistic, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
human spirit, couples, hopes, lifestyle, love and romance, friendship, terminal illness, breast cancer, desperation, doctor, food industry, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Based on Daniel Wright's award-winning play "Colored Eggs", is a drama/comedy about life, loss and love among an eccentric group of characters whose lives intersect under less than ideal circumstances.
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, love, looking for love, couple relations, best friend, terminal illness, dealing with death, hopes, girl, hospital, cancer, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, southern usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The C Word is an adaptation of Lisa Lynch's inspiring and candid book, based on her blog, about her battle with cancer.
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, optimism, life turned upside down, human spirit, couples, terminal illness, journalism, couple relations, life is a bitch, hopes, cancer, blogger ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor fighting to do his job and bring them to acceptance. The three of them have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
acceptance, mother son relationship, terminal illness, medical examination, cancer, hospital, family conflict, life & death, family drama, fighting illness, life is a bitch, lifestyle change ...
Similarity:
48%
564
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
"Terry" tells the story of 21-year old amputee Terry Fox who attempted to run across Canada with only one leg. Unfortunately, he only made it to Thunder Bay, Ontario when he died, one month before his 23rd birthday yet his memories will ...
Style:
touching, realistic, sentimental, serious, uplifting
Plot:
running, marathon, terminal illness, cross country, human spirit, athlete's life, disability, family relations, life is a bitch, hopes, on the road, one legged man ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
newfoundland, canada
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
"The Miracle of the Cards" is based on the true story of Marion Shergold and her son, Craig, an eight-year-old English boy who had a brain tumor. Several events convinced Marion that God was leading her to a cure for Craig and that the ...
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, christian film
Plot:
brain tumor, terminal illness, child illness, christian, hopes, life is a bitch, disability, miraculous event, journalism, sick child, faith, youth ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A taped version of the stage play about a hideously deformed 19th-century London man and how he managed to triumph over his disease.
Style:
talky, uplifting, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
wrestling, misfit, circus, power relations, disability, social misfits, human nature, hopes, doctors and patients, society, life is a bitch, human spirit ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1880s, 1800s
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
life turned upside down, redemption, friendship, couples, family relations, couple relations, terminal illness, life is a bitch, dealing with death, cancer, illness, relationship problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, japan
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Bill Sackter struggles to cope after his best friend and guardian, Barry Morrow and his wife Beverly move away. Bill moves into a group home run by Mae Driscoll who teaches him how to read. Bill soon discovers his religious heritage, overcoming the ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, emotional
Plot:
biopic, family relations, family problems, disability, custody, mental illness, mentally challenged, misfit, society, life is a bitch, human spirit, hopes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
iowa, usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter who's dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician. Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
terminal illness, christmas, cancer, forbidden love, cancer patient, illness, campaign, couples, family relations, love and romance, youth, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
new york, california
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and ...
Style:
serious, sincere, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
parents separation, family life, mother and son, aging, life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children, terminal illness, single parent, fighting illness, nursing, overprotective mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, asia, japan
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ireland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
youth, life is a bitch, hopes, coming of age, human spirit, family problems, family in crisis, terminal illness, dealing with death, child illness, sick child, first love ...
Place:
ireland, usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At fifteen Robbie has only one thing on his mind - losing his virginity. The problem is that he's in hospital with a fatal heart condition. And who has to overcome the odds and help him fulfil his final wish? His best friend Ziggy.
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, captivating, sex comedy ...
Plot:
terminal illness, friendship, loss of virginity, last wish, looking for sex, teenage life, first sex, hospital, youth, unfulfillment, bittersweet, heart condition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, liverpool
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After a heart attack, Abbie Polin (Crystal), a New York doctor, goes to Los Angeles to see his father, Abe (King), who works in Hollywood as the "king of the extras." Their relationship has been strained for several years. This was the ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
father son relationship, heart attack, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, flashback, surgeon, death of father, father son estrangement, doctor, hollywood, parent child relationship, bittersweet, estrangement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two friends take their dying buddy on one last road trip.
Style:
feel good, sad, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
cancer, youth, friendship, on the road, partner, best friend, friends, unfulfillment, buddies, self discovery, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
california, usa, cleveland ohio, los angeles, reno nevada
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When theatre actor Giuliano receives an unexpected visit from his childhood friend Tommasso, the encounter is bittersweet. This reunion is their first meeting in many years, triggered by Giuliano’s failing health and his decision to forgo ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, humorous, sincere, feel good
Plot:
friendship, cancer, terminal illness, friendship between men, sick, pet dog, fear of flying, life, pets, best friend, last wish, friend ...
Similarity:
48%
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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:
47%
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