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Around a Small Mountain (2009)
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Original name: 36 Vues du pic Saint-Loup
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Biopic based on the life of author Raymond Roussel.
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, humorous, sincere, clever, feel good, serious
Audience:
date night
Plot:
haunted by the past, circus, homecoming, fall in love, family business, workplace, performer's life, nostalgia, dark past, circus performer, love and romance, workplace romance, death in the family, artists and showbiz, workplace situations, biopic, tomb, cemetery, acrobat, trailer, porsche, whip, spectator, stage performance, romance
Time:
2000s
Place:
france, europe, south of france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and captivating films with plots about love and romance, family relations, workplace, fall in love, couples, artists and showbiz and unfulfillment mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Around a Small Mountain: Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001), Work Hard, Play Hard (2003), Maestro (2014), Cet amour-là (2001), Bob Funk (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Quick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 2001, 18th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, italy, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Philippe Seigner starts his career in business consulting at the posh Paris seat of McGregor. His first serious task is delicate: An audit at a factory, which is about to be taken over. As he soon realizes, this will mean sacking about 80 employees. ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, france, paris france
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84%
685
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Henry, a young actor, finds himself involved in a film by cinema superstar, Cédric Rovere. Charmed by his benevolence, feelings hitherto unknown are aroused, while Rovere, intrigued by Henry's dream, lives this shoot as an unexpected gift.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe, venice
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77%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Style:
psychological, emotional, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
soldier, hopes, love and romance, lifestyle, fall in love, couple relations, destiny, wartime life, family relations, couples, human nature, writer's life ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After he's fired from his job -- by his mother, no less -- Bob Funk agrees to quit drinking, see a therapist, and eventually report to a new boss, who might just be the woman of his dreams.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
therapist, couples, boss and employee, addiction, layoff, boss, family relations, workplace, parents and children, fall in love, starting over, mother ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Max Chêne is a life coach who helps to motivate everybody from professional athletes to government ministers to business executives. After his gambling debts get out of control and his wife throws him out, he is approached to take on a unique ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, entertaining, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
workplace, workplace romance, workplace situations, save the day, escapades, gambler, debt, marital problem, relationship problems, financial problem, money problems, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A middle-aged man tries to get by in Milan while trying to retain his dignity.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, light ...
Plot:
bittersweet, family relations, fall in love, parents and children, society, love and romance, workplace situations, workplace, father son relationship, optimism, humanism, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy
Similarity:
62%
698
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, humorous, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following his ruin in the latest banking crisis, a self-made millionaire reluctantly re-unites with his estranged freewheeling brother to re-open the abandoned fish and chip shop they shared in their youth.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
restaurant, starting over, workplace, family business, family life, hopes, down on your luck, life turned upside down, food, coming of age, greek, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
captivating, feel good, humorous, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
bankruptcy, small town, dysfunctional family, family relations, homecoming, family business, family life, unfulfillment, lifestyle, parents and children, friendship, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
physical appearance, workplace romance, fall in love, hidden identity, generosity, workplace, obsession, love and romance, workplace situations, unfulfilled love, disorder, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Cassim Kaif is a young Muslim man who works in his father's fabric shop in Fordsburg, Johannesburg. In the family tradition, Cassim, as the only son, is expected to take over the family business from his father.
Style:
touching, humorous, captivating, inspirational, light ...
Plot:
follow your dream, parents and children, lifestyle, family business, family relations, unsupportive parent, family tradition, workplace, hopes, against the odds, stand up comedian, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Cleveland. 1973. Marv, the owner of an old neighborhood Jewish deli, must stay open 24 hours to cater to a new generation of clientèle, but straight-laced neighborhood do-gooders want to close him down. Meanwhile inside, hippies, bikers and crusty ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
working class, love and romance, workplace, couples, boss and employee, power relations, culture clash, save the day, fish out of water, family relations, immigrant, nothing goes right ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Chile, France, Portugal
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A blind man who recovers his sight after an operation finds his life in chaos when he is rejected by the community to which he once belonged. (Chile)
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever ...
Plot:
innocence lost, love and romance, love affair, introspection, human nature, workplace, friends, dark humor, workplace romance, teaching the ways of the world, workplace situations, shoplifter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile, latin america
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Pompous and self-absorbed Kyle, is unhappily stuck in his life, longing to relive the success of his first novel. His not-so-desirable life rapidly unravels forcing him to return home to his wildly eccentric family with his tail between his legs. ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, love and romance, couples, terminal illness, wooing, family relations, writer's life, couple relations, eccentric family, estrangement, unfulfillment, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, sincere, semi serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
mother, femme fatale, mother son relationship, parents and children, homecoming, family life, small town, passion, terminal illness, parent child relationship, youth, jealous spouse ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
48%
803
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Comédienne hantée par son rôle de Nathalia Petrovna, l'héroïne de la pièce de Tourguéniev Un Mois à la campagne qu'elle répète difficilement, Marcelline tente de noyer ses angoisses dans une piscine sur un air de Glenn Miller. ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, captivating, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
unfulfillment, midlife crisis, family relations, actor's life, theatre director, lifestyle, theater, parents and children, rivalry, friendship, childlessness, single ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
47%
14K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker.
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, sensual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love and romance, cafe, unlikely couple, love triangle, loss of loved one, office romance, love affair, bereavement, grief, death of husband, employer employee relationship, elevator ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Pete is a good guy who used to be cool. Once living his dream in the music industry, he now toils away in the pricing department of a failing supermarket chain to provide for his loving wife and young son. When Pete’s new boss, Susan, takes over ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, light, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, boss and employee, couples, workplace romance, career woman, ambition, workplace, office work, business, gambling, extramarital affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
512
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Commercial director Serge Faberge (Serge Gainsbourg) is having an affair with Evelyne (Jane Birkin), the 18 year old fiancee of friend Hugh (James Mitchell). His own pregnant wife Francoise (Andréa Parisy) usually does not mind his dalliances, ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous
Plot:
swing, satire, fall in love, sexual relations, love affair, media satire, singleness, pregnancy, midlife crisis, love triangle, looking for love, infidelity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
venice, europe, italy, paris france
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Romain is 23 years old. He would like to be a writer, but for now, it is night porter in a hotel. His father is 62 years old. He retires and pretends to fuck. His roommate is 24 years old. He thinks only one thing: to seduce a girl, any and all ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, introspection, aging, past, night watchman, love, homecoming, death of grandmother, hopes, elderly, retirement ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on a TV variety show.
Style:
sexy, emotional, black comedy, cult classic, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
television, aging, showbiz, lovers reunited, fall in love, dancer's life, performer's life, artists and showbiz, love and romance, couple relations, couples, bittersweet ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Freelance writer in a fashion journal, Claire meets Elisabeth Becker, a movie star. Everything separates them, their characters, their relationships with men, and of course money. Claire is hired as Elisabeth's personal assistant.
Style:
touching, sentimental, semi serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
lifestyle, love triangle, actor's life, celebrity culture, showbiz, social differences, couples, society, looking for love, love and romance, boss and employee, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A period drama set in the early years of the 20th century. Josef, a former construction worker who delighted in dancing on girders high above the city, who now sweeps up at the circus. Once the big top's owner spots the young roustabout defying ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, captivating, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
circus, love affair, workplace romance, couples, working class, artists and showbiz, fall in love, travel, love, friendship, tourism, inspiration ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
paris france, europe, rome italy, london
Similarity:
42%
436
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jack Hussar is a legendary Hollywood director, whose persona commands respect and adoration from his fans. Can his son, Jack Jr. maintain his legacy?
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, feel good, independent film ...
Plot:
artists and showbiz, nightlife, family relations, parents and children, follow your dream, ambition, hollywood, hopes, filmmaking, fall in love, love and romance, womanizer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1992, 90s ...
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
42%
327
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Aspiring dancer Phoenix lives in the countryside with her father, but she's got her eyes set on farther places. Jumping at the chance to move to shiny Shanghai, she makes ends and dreams meet by working as a janitor at an elite dance studio ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, sincere, humorous
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fall in love, hopes, lifestyle, ambition, follow your dream, love and romance, rivalry, dancer's life, youth, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, hip hop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Young pilot Branson (Louis Koo) recently takes over Skylette, his father's aviation empire, only to realise his old flames Cassie (Charmaine Sheh) is a flight attendant there. Several years ago, he was forced to break up with her and move to ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
workplace romance, unfulfilled love, pilot, fall in love, love and romance, lovers reunited, workplace situations, workplace, bittersweet, unfulfillment, aviation, airline ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young man joins a team of experimented door-to-door salesmen, who teach him how to sell an expensive encyclopedia to modest homes that have no use for it.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, talky ...
Plot:
fish out of water, workplace, rise to the top, family relations, on the road, boss and employee, misfit, disorder, small town, salesman, artificial intelligence, adoption ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 238 min.
Story:
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on his countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he ...
Style:
erotic, sincere, atmospheric, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
painting, painter, artist, art, eroticism, husband wife relationship, couples, couple relations, creative process, taxidermy, drawing, female nudity ...
Time:
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Place:
provence, france, usa, los angeles, south of france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Serge Pilardosse vient d'avoir 60 ans. Il travaille depuis l'âge de 16 ans, jamais au chômage, jamais malade. Mais l'heure de la retraite a sonné, et c'est la désillusion : il lui manque des points, certains employeurs ayant ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, sentimental, dark comedy ...
Plot:
on the road, escapades, elderly, self discovery, aging, introspection, family relations, workplace, boss and employee, obsessive quest, power relations, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
40%
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