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The Adulteen (2013)
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The Adulteen (2013)
Original name: 16 ans ou presque
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Arnaud Mustier, lawyer and brilliant philosopher, arouses the annoyance of his younger brother Jules, age sixteen. One day, Arnaud is a victim of a late adolescent crisis. Helped by Jules, he is going to catch up this phase of the life which he did not live.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous
Plot: teenage life, fish out of water, life turned upside down, youth, misfit, disorder, adolescence vs adulthood, young at heart, toilet humor, legal, silly humor, hotshot lawyer, high priced lawyer, thirtysomething life, teenager, lawyer, adult as child
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, feel good and semi serious films with plots about disorder, misfit, life turned upside down, fish out of water, family relations, friends and youth mostly in Comedy, Action and Family genres. Some movies like The Adulteen: Daddy Cool (2008), Three Men and a Cradle (1985), Half-Sister (2013), Fonzy (2013), The Stroller Strategy (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Daddy Cool (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The story about the age gap between a scientist father, Philipe Le Tallec, and his newly discovered teen aged daughter, Eglantine.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: family relations, parents and children, disorder, youth, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, estrangement, coming of age, scientist, daughter, social relations, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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95%
Three Men and a Cradle (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Three young men (Jacques, Pierre and Michel) share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties. Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package to deliver, and asks him if he can leave ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: fish out of water, disorder, self discovery, buddies, grownups, parents and children, couples, adolescence vs adulthood, life turned upside down, babysitting, friends, singleness ...
Time: 20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place: france, paris france, europe
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82%
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Half-Sister (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Nénette discovers the identity of her father in a letter, she quickly goes off in search of him. But instead of finding her father, she is met by her half-brother, Paul. Paul, a bitter man who gave up his dream to take over his father’s ...
Style: humorous, touching, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: self discovery, mentally challenged, aging, disorder, family relations, life turned upside down, elderly, parents and children, family secret, misfit, siblings relations
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Fonzy (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Set in Paris, a man working in fish delivery becomes involved in a legal battle with his sperm donations.
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: parents and children, artificial insemination, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, haunted by the past, life turned upside down, pregnancy, disorder, fatherhood, sperm donor, snow, winter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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The Stroller Strategy (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Thomas Platz is suddenly made the guardian of a baby - then pretends to be its real father in order to win back Marie, the girlfriend who dumped him a year before. Stuck between staying a man-child forever, and proving he is ready to take the ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: date night, kids
Plot: wooing, renewed love, dishonesty, life turned upside down, baby, ex girlfriend, seduction, babies and infants, disorder, love and romance, fish out of water, kindergarten ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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67%
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Housewarming (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian workers led by an unforeseeable architect. In the mean time a former client decides he is in love ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, realistic
Plot: fall in love, nothing goes right, life turned upside down, couples, single parent, family problems, love and romance, hotshot lawyer, disorder, immigrant, family in crisis, renovation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Incontrôlable (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Georges, one morning, became uncontrollable despite himself. Something that has the donkey's voice in Shrek, can control his body.
Style: not serious, humorous, light, feel good, offbeat
Plot: split personality, goofy hero, disorder, fish out of water, nothing goes right, couple relations, mentally unstable, misfit, fall in love, love and romance, imaginary, silly humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, disorder, fish out of water, manners, teenage love, racism, interracial relations, misfit, fall in love, love and romance, family relations, teenage life ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Hollywoo (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Sometimes, when you think you have it all, everything falls apart. That is exactly the story of Jeanne .Just when she is offered the chance to dub famous American actress Jennifer Marshall in a successful American TV Show and her salary is about to ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot: actor's life, obsessive quest, showbiz, life turned upside down, fish out of water, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, disorder, hollywood, strong female presence, media
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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The Outcasts (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: youth, teenage life, society, misfit, school, teenager, best friend, bullying, rivalry, social misfits, friends, prank ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Tuche Family (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Everyone in the village of Bouzolles knows the Tuche family, who live by the philosophy "Man is not made to work." Despite their lack of money, they strive to be happy... that is, until their hand-to-mouth existence is turned on its head. ...
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining, realistic
Plot: social differences, lottery, life turned upside down, fish out of water, eccentric family, society, family life, culture clash, misfit, disorder, family relations, wealth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: french riviera, france, monaco, europe, cote d'azur ...
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62%
Sharp as Marbles (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Albert isn't the brightest bulb on the block. But that's okay, he's got his best friends, George and Ernie to help him out. Only problem, they're just as dumb as he is.
Style: humorous, not serious, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friends, misfit, youth, buddies, friendship, nothing goes right, odd couple, goofy hero, silly humor, fish out of water, escapades, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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August 15th (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three men are abandonned by their wives for a few days in the summer holidays. They are alone with five kids to feed and a house to maintain. And they will learn what they did wrong with their wives.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot: beach, family relations, self discovery, life turned upside down, fish out of water, parents and children, friends, disorder, introspection, buddies, ocean, nudism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Ultimate Accessory (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The story of Aleksandra and Cyrille, a prominent, trendy, and very well-off Parisian couple, whose life is not quite the same after seven-year-old Alekseï from Russia suddenly pops up in their 100% cashmere, childless home. Aleksandra soon realises ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, light ...
Plot: family problems, couples, family relations, life turned upside down, couple relations, adoption, family in crisis, disorder, coming of age, celebrity culture, female nudity
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Belgian Job (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Willy Vander Brook, a world with Franco-Belgian roots, travels to Paris for an interview. He is welcomed by his childhood friend Serge, an ex pub operator, and his roommate Frank, a fierce supporter of the Walloon independence. When Willy discovers ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: hotel, hidden identity, buddies, culture clash, misfit, vengeance, disorder, society, cons and scams, partner, misfit partners, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, belgium, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Military Academy (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The movie deals with a guy who gets to join the German Bundeswehr involuntarily because a colleague loses his denial papers in order to get the chance to get down on his girlfriend. When entering the Bundeswehr he acts like a giant idiot and of ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: military, life turned upside down, military life, disorder, soldier, misfit, adolescence vs adulthood, hapless soldier, boot camp, fish out of water, basic training, military base ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Protect and Serve (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A pair of bumbling French cops team up to take on the underworld.
Style: realistic, feel good, humorous, not serious, exciting
Plot: partner, odd couple, fish out of water, misfit, police investigation, heroic mission, partners against crime, fighting crime, culture clash, society, law enforcement, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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All Screwed Up (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: FREAKY FRIDAY with a twist. Teenisha (Chyna Lane of PRECIOUS, CADILLAC RECORDS) is your modern geeky teen - smart, suffering from ADD, an outcast at school, and an oddity in her own home. Pete is every girl's dream - star of the sports team, ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: body swapping, teenage life, life turned upside down, switching roles, misfit, youth, disorder, body swap, switching bodies, high school life, high school, adhd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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One Fine Day (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: François Berthier’s life is a series of unfortunate events. One day, however, a miracle occurs for François and his expected misfortune is changed to never-ending luck.
Style: semi serious, sincere, witty, humorous, biting ...
Plot: life turned upside down, overnight success, nothing goes right, boss and employee, crumbling marriage, human nature, breakup, misfit, obnoxious boss, workplace, disorder, down on your luck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france
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50%
Depression and Friends (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Frank is diagnosed with depression, his friends try to cheer him up but soon enough they all discover they are as depressed as him.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: introspection, thirtysomething life, nothing goes right, buddies, disorder, depression, partner, friends, lifestyle, friend, reunion
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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48%
A Boss in the Living Room (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Cristina lives a peaceful life until her older brother Ciro, who has to attend a trial, asks to spend house arrests at Cristina’s home.
Style: not serious, humorous, light, feel good, realistic
Plot: hidden identity, life turned upside down, fish out of water, society, culture clash, misfit, family life, couple relations, family relations, dishonesty, couples, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
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46%
The Book of Caleb (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A comfortable underachiever and serial prankster, in the midst of their quarter life crisis, reunite against childhood enemies in a contemporary suburban epic.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: prank, best friend, friends, misfit, love and romance, social misfits, friendship, true love, uninhibited rivalry, society, rivalry, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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45%
The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In The Secret Lives of Dorks, Payton (Gaelan Connell) is a pathetic dork, a comic book geek whose high school career is one hopeless faux pas after another. Yet he's a dreamer and madly in love with the head cheerleader Carrie (Riley Voelkel), ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, teen ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: disorder, misfit, wooing, high school, win over, nothing goes right, youth, social relations, coming of age, girl, college, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Easy! (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bruno Beltrame makes a living of sorts. He wanted to be a great writer but he is content to write the books of others. He also gives private lessons to students who are not serious. Among his pupils is fifteen-year-old Luca, more quick-witted and ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic
Plot: teenage life, rebellion, life turned upside down, disorder, family relations, troublemaker, rebelliousness, youth, parents and children, professor, coming of age, rebel ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Wedding Fever in Campobello (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Jan decides to marry his girl-friend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father, who is an Italian.
Style: humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: meet the parents, fish out of water, culture clash, couple relations, disorder, society, parents and children, misfit, couples, silly humor, migration, monkey ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Where's the Party Yaar? (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The film is based on Sunil Thakkar's own experiences running and throwing parties for the Music Masala radio station, and having to discriminate between "Fresh off the Boat" Indians and the more fashionable, hip, Americanized Indians. ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, sexy, realistic ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: college, youth, disorder, lifestyle, love and romance, teenage love, fish out of water, odd couple, culture clash, party, prediction, hindu ...
Place: texas, usa, india, asia
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42%
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The Sublet (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: WALTER is lonely. He is 71 and has no friends. He lives in a small apartment in Upper West Side in Manhattan and every morning he goes through the same monotonous routine: pills, fiber, canned food, cleaning, TV and the book with all his expenses. ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: lifestyle, misfit, life turned upside down, dull life, disorder, social misfits, money, goth, hitman, unlikely partners, friendship, murder
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
House Party: Tonight's the Night (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A pair of high school rappers have two major goals - make music and get hot girls. The best way to get both is to throw the biggest and best house party ever! The night of the party, one of the boys is grounded by his parents, so it's up to his ...
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, light, rom com ...
Audience: teens
Plot: nothing goes right, youth, disorder, friends, teenage life, buddies, hip hop, party, urban, profanity, silly humor, sexual content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Casilla de partida (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two contempo Frenchmen of Antillean descent visit their ancestor's time as well as their land in the slavery-themed French era.
Style: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, feel good, hilarious
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, racism, life turned upside down, fish out of water, rebellion, misfit, social differences, partner, disorder, family relations, rebelliousness, society ...
Time: 18th century
Place: caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Lou! (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Lou, a creative and dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives alone with her mother in an orange building with tons of little balconies that give access to the roof. Mina has been her best friend since kindergarten, and Lou has been in love with Tristan, one ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: youth, coming of age, family relations, single parent, fall in love, neighbor, friendship, couples, teenager, best friend, strong female presence, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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40%
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