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Chubby (2014)
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Original name: Bouboule
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Chubby is the nickname of Kevin, a 12 years old kid already weights 100 kilos (220.46 lb). If he keeps devours fries, pastries and ice cream everyday, he's gonna have heart attack sooner or later unless he decides to change his diet to turn around and stop eating junk food.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, inspirational, emotional, teen
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, bittersweet, youth, friends, physical appearance, misfit, teaching the ways of the world, power relations, obesity, weight loss, self discovery, junk food, adolescence, self esteem, bullying, determination, resilience, peer pressure, high school life, humiliation, redemption, identity, teenage angst, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
belgium
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Most similar movies to Chubby
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and touching films with plots about friends, friendship, youth, coming of age, misfit, bittersweet and teenage life mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like Chubby: The Flats (2002), You're My Hero (2003), Two Shots Fired (2014), Funeral Kings (2012), The Sale of Paradise (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
276
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The Flats tells a cautionary tale of friendship and desire played out among a group of 20-somethings transitioning into adulthood. Main character Harper and his buddies make the most of their freedom prior to an impending court-ordered jail ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
youth, friendship, coming of age, love triangle, love and romance, human nature, unemployment, friendship between men, moral dilemma, loss of innocence, betrayal, regret ...
Time:
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Place:
washington state, oregon, usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Ramon is on the verge of many adolescent discoveries -- and the confusion that goes along with them. Shy and awkward, he's moved from town to town throughout his childhood and believes that life is about winning and losing. ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, youth, friendship, first love, teenage life, idealism, society, snitch, teachers and students, high school, parents and children, clergy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
spain
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Chile, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
One early morning, at the beginning of a very hot summer, Mariano, a sixteen-year-old teenager, returns home, jumps into the pool and does some laps with a stopwatch. Then he gets out and mows the lawn, where he accidentally cuts the mower’s power ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, disturbing, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
dark humor, friendship, teenage life, family relations, parents and children, youth, family drama, survival, coming of age, relationships, existential crisis, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It's always a good day for a funeral at St. Mark's Middle School. Andy and Charlie, two altar servers, don't just get to miss class anytime a parishioner kicks the bucket, they cut out early and play hooky as soon as the service is ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, altar boy, friendship between boys, youth, group of friends, teenage boy, profanity, friendship, best friend, male friendship, boy, sexual content ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Many immigrants, when they arrived in Spain, thought they had found paradise, soon thwarted all their dreams of prosperity. Many of them then decided to return to their land, but not so simple. In a pension match various immigrants end up ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, surreal, light ...
Plot:
friendship, social misfits, misfit, immigrant, society, friends, social relations, hotel, haunted by the past, widower, love, exile ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
madrid, spain, mexico
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terri, a pajama-clad, disaffected high school student learns how to engage the world with the help of Mr. Fitzgerald, his assistant principal.
Style:
melancholic, compassionate, mumblecore, clever, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, friendship, bullying, small town, loneliness, existentialism, teenage life, character study, eccentricity, misfit, physical appearance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two down on their luck childhood friends struggle to figure out their lives. Ray a drummer in a rock and roll band, and Owen an aspiring film maker spend most of their time working menial jobs and drinking. When Owen's fiancé Lynn breaks off ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, atmospheric, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, coming of age, introspection, friends, buddies, hidden identity, youth, disorder, couple relations, alcohol abuse, male friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, kansas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Black Kelly gets back from New York, she discovers that more has changed than just her hair color while she's been away. Frederic found himself a girlfriend and plans to move. Kurt and Blonde Kelly live together with their one-year-old ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, sentimental, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
best friend, youth, friendship, friends, homecoming, young adult, nudity, social relations, snobbism, twentysomething life, bittersweet, male full rear nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, brussels, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Second year high school student Kodaka Hasegawa has transferred to his new school about a month ago, but he still hasn't made any friends. Kodaka Hasegawa was born from a Japanese father and a British mother. Because of his appearance, people ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, friends, society, youth, teenage love, physical appearance, social misfits, self discovery, social relations, love and romance, teenage life, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After having broken up with his girlfriend and left his job, Simon has come back to his small hometown in the countryside, where he meets up again with his old friend Julien. The two thirty-year-old, unemployed and idle men decide to reinvest in an ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, road movie
Plot:
friendship, dream come true, introspection, starting over, hopes, thirtysomething life, small town, bittersweet, money problems, journey, countryside, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The story revolves around Jakob, Bo and Mikkel - three friends who spend their days lusting over unattainable women and engaging in a variety of illegal activities (i.e. they'll rent a movie and then break into a house to watch it). After ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, teen comedy
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage love, friendship, teenage life, teaching the ways of the world, family relations, society, lifestyle, buddies, youth, parents and children, friendship between boys, football ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, denmark
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Ireland, Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An overweight teenager girl struggles to be socially accepted.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, touching
Plot:
ambition, against the odds, teenage life, friendship, overweight, hopes, youth, physical appearance, social misfits, small town, weakness, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family life, family problems, convent school, nun, overweight, angel, prodigy ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Leo falls in love with Beatrice, a slightly older high-school student who has leukemia.
Style:
sentimental, touching, semi serious, humorous, psychological
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, love and romance, friendship, self discovery, youth, high school, leukemia, teenager in love, love story, mentally unstable, friends, power relations ...
Time:
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Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A man stuck in the reveries of his youth tracks down the boyhood friend he once tormented, only to find that simpler times were more complicated than he thought.
Style:
road movie, realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Home for Thanksgiving break after their first semester at college, five friends discover just how much things change (and don't) after high school.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Belgium, of all places. What's Belgium got besides chocolates and fries? No matter, this year it was Hannes' and Kiki's turn to choose the destination of their annual bike tour with their closest friends. They all looks forward to the ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
friends, vacation, on the road, terminal illness, friendship, bittersweet, road trip, self discovery, thirty something, monkey, tragedy, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Cassandra, a mute runaway girl, takes refuge in the cemetery in which her mother is laid to rest. She is watched over by Jorge, the cemetery caretaker, an illegal alien who is committed to the restoration of a classic '60 cadillac hearse. Shore ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, friendship, on the run, youth, misfit, society, social misfits, family problems, dysfunctional family, mute or deaf, dealing with death, college dropout ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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204
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An introverted nerd and a dumb, violent jock vie for the attentions of a cheerleader.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rivalry, cheerleader, high school football, coming of age, school, beach, partner, performer's life, power relations, sport team, friends, social relations ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During his journey to Jerusalem young James learns the meaning of being Israeli.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, contemplative, clever ...
Plot:
wisdom of life, culture clash, friendship, fish out of water, immigrant, society, social differences, racism, teaching the ways of the world, misfit, boss and employee, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Gene spends his days canvassing about childhood obesity. One day he canvasses Titty, an emotionally-arrested 19-year-old who has successfully sued his own father to win back a large inheritance and gotten himself disowned in the process. Gene ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, offbeat, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, love triangle, friends, social misfits, rabbit, misfit, male friendship, character study, outsider, bittersweet, animal rights, social commentary ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young girl is frustrated by her over-protective mom. At school, she meets another fearless little girl that is going to have a big influence on her.
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous
Plot:
friendship, best friend, family life, parents and children, friends, couples, couple relations, children, psychologist, doll, death of friend, school ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.
Style:
road movie, humorous, captivating, light, existential ...
Plot:
coming of age, brother brother relationship, on the road, friendship, family relations, disorder, youth, escapades, little boy, phd, migrant, mexican cartel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, mexico city
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Three young men with disabilities embark on a road trip to a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs to lose their virginity and embrace their independence. Inspired by a true story and remake of the Belgian film Hasta La Vista
Style:
road movie, sincere, humorous, semi serious, cute
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
paralysis, disability, brothel, self discovery, quadriplegic, friends, escapades, buddies, obsessive quest, terminal illness, friendship, independence ...
Place:
montreal
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film deals with an Indian American student who wanted to pursue his love of music over the more 'typical' academic endeavors of Indian Americans (e.g., medicine, engineering, law, and business).
Style:
witty, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
college, culture clash, lifestyle, follow your dream, parents and children, friendship, teenage life, society, nothing goes right, misfit, youth, hopes ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
A little sea resort on the Picardie coast, the last week of august. When handing over the keys to a rented apartment, Sylvain makes the acquaintance of two beautiful women. This is a fabulous occasion for him to escape his routine, single life in ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
love and romance, misfit, physical appearance, looking for love, bittersweet, encounter, male female relationship, love triangle, sexual tension, summer vacation, character study, summer romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
923
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.
Style:
mumblecore, talky, humorous, sincere, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
looking for love, lifestyle, friendship, youth, introspection, computers and web, love and romance, human nature, couple relations, misfit, social network, human relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
810
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A boy learns that confidence and self-esteem are the greatest gifts.
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, friends, love and romance, misfit, teachers and students, friendship, school, power relations, family relations, win over, disorder, fall in love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and blindly careening into puberty, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a self-destructive yet charismatic Korean ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, hotel, friendship between men, human nature, life is a bitch, misfit, power relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, mother son relationship, male nudity ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A wild bachelor party and an agonizing defeat in floorball awakens Fredrik's passion for male synchronized swimming.
Style:
humorous, feel good, sentimental, semi serious, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, self fulfillment, buddies, youth, life is a bitch, ambition, sport team, society, family relations, athlete and trainer, physical appearance, underdog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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