Movies like Brittany Runs a Marathon

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Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)
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Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.
Style: sincere, psychological, disturbing, thought provoking, feel good, emotional, captivating
Plot: weight loss, running, marathon, friends, dream, transformation, female protagonist, escapades, society, runner, direction and purpose, ambitious woman, adaptation, changing lives, ambition, aspiration, lifestyle change, health situation, love, gay, divorce, female athlete, endurance, mental health, sex scene ...
Time: contemporary
Place: new york
Keyword: sport, feminist film

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and sincere films with plots about society, friendship, ambition, lifestyle, female protagonist, friends and love mostly in Drama, Comedy and Sport genres. Some movies like Brittany Runs a Marathon: The Incredible Jessica James (2017), Standing Up, Falling Down (2019), Waffle Street (2015), Poms (2019), Austin Found (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Incredible Jessica James (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.
Style: psychological, feel good, light, captivating, humorous ...
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Place: new york, ohio, london
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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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Place: long island
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Waffle Street (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The true story of Jimmy Adams, a V.P. of a $30 billion hedge fund, who loses his job and winds up working as a waiter at a waffle shop. Amidst the greasy madness of the 24-hour diner, Jimmy befriends Edward, an ex-con grill master who serves up hard ...
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Poms (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A woman moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents.
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Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: cheerleading, cheerleader, female friendship, female protagonist, neighbor neighbor relationship, escapades, friendship, society, rivalry, hopes, lifestyle, ambition ...
Time: 2010s
Place: georgia
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100%
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Duration: 104 min.
Story: A woman who is fed up with her mundane lifestyle hatches a scheme to make her family instant celebrities by having her ex-boyfriend kidnap her 11-year-old daughter for a month.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The adventures of a young woman who moves to New York City from a small town to become an actress.
Style: semi serious, captivating, thrilling, satirical, psychological
Plot: aspiring actress, actress, female protagonist, changing lives, ambitious woman, direction and purpose, satire, aspiration, ambition, woman
Place: usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
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Story: The story of a group of Black women who work, live, and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. They're not only surviving – but thriving together.
Style: semi serious, satirical, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
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Pig Hag (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jodie, a woman in her mid-thirties, struggles with the pressure to find a partner and have children. When she attends a Guns N’ Roses concert, she thinks she may have met a potential match — until he immediately ghosts on her.
Style: rough, captivating, psychological, touching, sincere
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: 15 minutes of fame destroys the life of a man who works as a clapper in television.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, humorous, sincere ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: friendship, love and romance, youth, rivalry, adaptation, society, destiny, ambition, unfulfillment, disorder, couples, redemption ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Tyson's Run (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the football team, Tyson befriends champion marathon runner Aklilu. Never letting his autism hold him back, ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, sincere, captivating
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Duration: 100 min.
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Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, semi serious, satirical
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The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
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Audience: chick flick, boys' night
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