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Paddleton (2019)
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Paddleton (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An unlikely friendship between two misfit neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Style: sad, sentimental, touching, psychological, sincere, depressing
Plot: terminal illness, best friend, friendship, medication, dying, destiny, life philosophy, tragedy, buddies, death, bromance, cancer, illness, happiness, suicide, neighbor, loser, puzzle, birthday, male nudity, rain, euthanasia, beer, male full rear nudity, motel ...
Time: contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, humorous, sentimental and sincere films with plots about friendship, terminal illness, cancer, friends, death, bittersweet and illness mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Paddleton: The Station Agent (2003), 50/50 (2011), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), The Professor (2018), The Best Is Yet to Come (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Station Agent (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Style: tragicomedy, humorous, touching, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: loneliness, bittersweet, friendship, depression, small town, melancholy, society, loss, solitude, prejudice, grief, railway ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: new jersey, nebraska, usa, canada, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 342K
50/50 (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Style: touching, sentimental, tragicomedy, depressing, sad ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens
Plot: cancer, terminal illness, friendship, chemotherapy, relationships, weed, meaning of life, doctor, patient, coming of age, best friend, life ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, iran, washington state, washington d.c. ...
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100%
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style: touching, independent film, emotional, teen, depressing ...
Audience: teens, date night, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: high school, cancer, adolescence, teenager, terminal illness, friendship, dying, coming of age, leukemia, teenage boy, illness, friends ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 37K
The Professor (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Richard, a world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak, and a touch ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, touching, independent film, comedy drama ...
Plot: instructor, death, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, cancer, college professor, family relations, society, dinner party, mentor, friendship, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Best Is Yet to Come (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Following a huge misunderstanding, two friends always decide to tackle everything to make up for lost time.
Style: tragicomedy, sentimental, thought provoking, sincere, touching ...
Plot: friendship, friendship between men, friends, life, best friend, life philosophy, philosophy, human relationship, inspiration, humour, illness, goodhearted ...
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44%
Breaking the Rules (1992)
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, partner, best friend, friends, life is a bitch, buddies, tragic hero, unfulfillment, hopes, self discovery ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Tomorrow's a New Day (2019)
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: humorous, sincere, captivating, psychological, feel good
Plot: friendship, cancer, terminal illness, friend, illness, fear of flying, pet dog, friendship between men, life, best friend, life & death, sick ...
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The Bucket List (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, philosophical, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: friendship, road trip, elderly, terminal illness, unlikely friendships, journey, human spirit, philosophy, bucket list, dying, follow your dream, self discovery ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa, africa, cote d'azur, tanzania, mount everest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Stepmom (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside ...
Style: sentimental, sad, inspirational, touching, tear jerker ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: divorce, terminal illness, women, autumn, cancer, step parent, friendship, custody, parents and children, remarry, adoption, stepmother stepdaughter relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.6
 31K
Mr. Church (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
Style: sad, compassionate, sentimental, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot: african american, friendship, cooking, childhood, life, cancer, food, relationships, family bonds, loneliness, idealism, love story ...
Time: 70s, year 1986, year 1980, year 1971, year 1977 ...
Place: usa, boston, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style: tear jerker, touching, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, single mother, husband wife relationship, grief, adultery, terminal illness, death of daughter, relationships, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 60s ...
Place: texas, houston texas, new york, nebraska, louisiana ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Language Lessons (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship.
Style: disturbing, psychological, romantic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: male female friendship, teacher student relationship, teacher, relationships, male female relationship, love story, romantic friendship, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, love affair, changing lives ...
Place: florida, costa rica
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Donkeys (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Denmark
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Alfred is 64. He's lost touch with his family and a threat to his health makes him realise he wants to make amends. The more he tries to do right, the more he does wrong, and as his past comes back to haunt him, he is forced to face up to what ...
Style: humorous, psychological, sincere, light, dark comedy ...
Plot: friendship, death of father, father daughter relationship, single mother, terminal illness, british, father daughter estrangement, working class, mother daughter relationship, friendship between men, mother son relationship, girl man relationship ...
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
One-Way Ticket to Mombasa (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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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, life is a bitch, tragic hero, child illness, unfulfillment, love and romance, young adult, illness, friendship, dream, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.8
 13K
Other People (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels ...
Style: sentimental, touching, captivating, depressing, sad ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: cancer, gay, alienation, gay son, gay interest, lgbtq, misfit, gay brother, gay relationship, friendship, death, father son relationship ...
Place: sacramento california, indiana, california, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Changing Hearts (2002)
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, sincere, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: friendship, love, looking for love, couple relations, terminal illness, dealing with death, best friend, hopes, hospital, cancer, girl, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Big Ask (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Big Ask is a dark comedy about three couples who head to the desert to help their friend heal after the death of his mother. They would do anything for him - except for the one thing he wants.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: friendship, desert, moral dilemma, best friend, bittersweet, dark humor, buddies, couples, death of mother, young adult, dealing with death, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.6
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Please Give (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Style: melancholic, depressing, humorous, sincere, semi serious ...
Plot: midlife crisis, family drama, loneliness, complex characters, depression, human nature, parents and children, adultery, teenage life, suicide, cancer, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring stand-up comic Ira.
Style: funny, humorous, tragicomedy, melancholic, black comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: comedian, cancer, loneliness, character study, dark humor, midlife crisis, sarcasm, redemption, destiny, life philosophy, old love, supportive friend ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Happy Hour (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Set in present day New York City, "Happy Hour" is a literate and often funny story of love and how to receive it. Tulley, a once-promising literary star now biding his time as an advertising copy editor, moves from cynicism to acceptance ...
Style: sentimental, sincere, touching, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: friendship, love affair, redemption, lifestyle, going straight, once promising, family problems, estrangement, couples, family in crisis, terminal illness, dysfunctional family ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.
Style: touching, sincere, semi serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, family outing
Plot: writers, friendship, writer's life, dog, single parent, redemption, family relations, vacation, hopes, alcohol abuse, misfit, disability ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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P.S. I Love You (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Style: touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, sad ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: love story, love and romance, death, terminal illness, couples, loss of spouse, starting over, grief, letter, life philosophy, lost love, family relations ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: ireland, seattle, europe, usa, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Standing Up, Falling Down (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An unlikely friendship kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A.—forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs—and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist. ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, psychological, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Two Thousand and None (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: humorous, touching, semi serious, psychological, sad ...
Plot: terminal illness, self discovery, tragic hero, couples, couple relations, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, best friend, singleness, unfulfillment, disease, paleontologist ...
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Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Boys on the Side (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh ...
Style: road movie, sentimental, touching, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: lesbian, aids, friendship, women, road trip, pregnancy, gay, hiv, lgbtq, female friendship, on the road, female bonding ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: pittsburgh, san diego california, tucson arizona, pakistan, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Sequoia (2014)
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: humorous, touching, realistic, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: terminal illness, fall in love, death wish, bittersweet, family relations, obsession, illness, cancer, suicide, life is a bitch, love and romance, woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.6
 19K
Shrink (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.
Style: realistic, psychological, depressing, emotional, serious ...
Plot: suicide, mental illness, therapist, psychiatrist, hollywood, character study, loneliness, life philosophy, widower, suicide attempt, haunted by the past, power relations ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.8
 12K
My Life (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: It seems that Bob Jones has everything a man could want, namely a fulfilling job and a beautiful, pregnant wife, Gail. But Bob's life is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with cancer and given four months to live -- not even enough time ...
Style: sad, emotional, touching, melancholic, heartbreaking ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: terminal illness, cancer, death, reconciliation, family drama, childbirth, pregnancy, self discovery, couple relations, family life, expectant father, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Repo (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Leon and TJ are best friends and repo men. After ten years, with a high school reunion looming, Leon wants out of the repo business. TJ has concocted a hair-brained scheme to steal all the cars they've repoed. When the plan fails, it falls ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, sincere, humorous, touching ...
Plot: car theft, friendship, friendship between men, friend, stolen money, college student, low self esteem, neighbor neighbor relationship, theft, car thief, diner, police officer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.0
 2K
The Kitchen (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Jennifer's thirtieth birthday party is supposed to be a special day. But what starts out as a day of celebration quickly spirals into a most ill-fated day Jennifer wishes she could forget, in this ensemble comedy set entirely in a kitchen.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, talky, sentimental ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: birthday, nothing goes right, disorder, family relations, food, dishonesty, friendship, siblings relations, infidelity, wine, isolation, restaurant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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