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Gas (2004)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Upon returning to Los Angeles to attend his father's funeral, Damon (Alexander) soon learns that in order to claim his share of the family inheritance he must work alongside his brother, Mookie (Kain) — a former drug-dealer who had previously cost Damon a college scholarship — in keeping the family's long-running gas station in business for at least one year. As the siblings repeatedly butt heads over matters both great and small, they soon come to realize that it takes more than money to hold a family together.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, independent film, emotional
Plot:
gas station, family business, college, family relations, odd couple, dealing with death, brother brother relationship, family drama, brothers, inheritance, conflict, siblings, personal growth, responsibility, working class, reconciliation, grief, urban, redemption, slice of life, bittersweet, black, funeral, business rivalry, nostalgia ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, feel good and semi serious films with plots about family relations, urban, slice of life, bittersweet, personal growth, friendship and small town mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Gas: A Beer Tale (2012), Car Babes (2006), Jamaica (2017), Christmas in Compton (2012), Menu for Two (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 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: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
restaurant, family relations, odd couple, silly humor, cooking and food, disorder, brother brother relationship, friendship, brothers, inheritance, rivalry, fish out of water ...
Time:
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Place:
spain
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21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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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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Audience:
adult
Plot:
workplace situations, family business, society, family relations, workplace, urban, african american, urban setting, everyday life, family drama, small business, realism ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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20%
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Country: Italy
Duration: 106 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: France
Duration: 90 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
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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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Similarity:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, semi serious, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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TV show
Story:
The Tracy Morgan Show is an American sitcom that aired from December 2, 2003 to March 20, 2004 on NBC. The series stars Tracy Morgan and Tamala Jones. The show was canceled in its first season after 18 episodes.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
19%
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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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Place:
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Similarity:
19%
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, semi serious, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating, satirical, comedy drama ...
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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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, humorous, not serious, light, feel good ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, captivating, atmospheric, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, psychological, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
All his life, African-American Renato has been raised in an Italian-American family. Completely unaware that he is Black, his life is upended when his birth parents materialize, causing Renato to examine what he true heritage is.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, comedy drama ...
Plot:
culture clash, interracial relations, dark humor, family relations, lifestyle, friends, society, male nudity, african american, african american protagonist, identity crisis, identity ...
Time:
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18%
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