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Saint Frances (2019)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
At the start of the summer, Bridget has an abortion just as she lands a much-needed job in affluent Evanston, Illinois — nannying a six-year old.
Style:
touching, disturbing, light, sincere, humorous, social, sad, stylized, crying, weird ...
Plot:
nanny, abortion, pregnancy, survival, husband wife relationship, teacher, feminism, brother sister relationship, female protagonist, guilt, lesbian, sex scene, orgasm, depression, beach, baptism, little girl, lesbian mother, postpartum depression, teenager, women, gay parent, abortion rights, sex, dancing ...
Place:
illinois
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, f word, feel good and sincere films with plots about apology, family relations, telephone call, husband wife relationship, drinking, cell phone and money mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Saint Frances: The Farewell (2019), Girls Trip (2017), Thunder Road (2018), Miss Stevens (2016), The King of Staten Island (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
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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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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captivating, humorous, light, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, hawaii, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure. Radu Jude (Aferim!) delivers an ...
Style:
captivating, intellectual, ironic, independent film, freeze frame ...
Plot:
explicit sex, oral sex, erection, penetration, bare breasts, lechery, sex tape, female masturbation, unsimulated sex, teacher, close up of a penis, female teacher ...
Time:
future
Place:
bucharest, romania, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, realistic, touching, semi serious, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
Similarity:
24%
18K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her ...
Style:
road movie, depressing, suspense, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
road trip, abortion, lgbtq, lesbian, grandmother granddaughter relationship, pregnancy, writers, aging, grandparent grandchild relationship, friendship, lesbian relationship, death of partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.
Style:
captivating, light, entertaining, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
surrogate mother, couple relations, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wanting a baby, new love, relationship vs career, romantic relationship, in love, love story, love interest, fall in love ...
Place:
hawaii, california, san francisco
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Style:
touching, light, indie film, thought provoking, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
father daughter relationship, teenage girl, adolescence, teenager, young adult, friendship, high school, middle school, social media, insecurity, self confidence, classmate classmate relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
new york state
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, humorous, light, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, bullying, coming of age, summer job, first love, family relations, self discovery, grownups, society, couples, bare chested male, male objectification ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york state
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
light, psychological, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
money, grandfather, storytelling, medicine, funeral, friendship, bus, nightclub, friend, friends, disabled person, emigrant ...
Time:
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Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
gay, gay adoption, gay love, gay couple, gay interest, gay parent, boy, gay relationship, lgbt, lifestyle, male male relationship, father son relationship ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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:
20%
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Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 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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Similarity:
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11K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
misfit, loneliness, midlife crisis, sex scene, middle aged man, death of father, ex husband ex wife relationship, group therapy, husband wife estrangement, friendship, name calling, adoptive father adopted daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
19%
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sensual, captivating, sincere, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
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:
19%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles, massachusetts
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
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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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lisa Conroy is general manager at a highway-side 'sports bar with curves', Double Whammies. She nurtures and protects her employees fiercely--but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction…Double ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, mumblecore, light, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
19%
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:
sentimental, sad, emotional, compassionate, reflective ...
Plot:
african american, life philosophy, food, relationships, family bonds, friendship, interracial friendship, love story, childhood, life, cooking, cancer ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, boston, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tyler joins his friend on a trip to the Catskills for a weekend birthday party with several people he doesn’t know. As soon as they get there, it’s clear that (1) he’s the only black guy, and (2) it’s going to be a weekend of heavy drinking. ...
Style:
freeze frame, f word
Plot:
racism, racial discrimination, birthday, debauchery, nightmare, photograph, bare chested male, revenge, fight, wrestling, workout, racial prejudice ...
Time:
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Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of people in Los Angeles are brought together thanks to their canine friends.
Style:
rom com, sweet, touching, feel good, light ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, sincere, semi serious, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, breakup, lifestyle, obsession, human nature, obsessive quest, couple relations, couples, battle of the sexes, gender, womanizer, father son relationship ...
Time:
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Similarity:
18%
570K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sweet, funny, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, coming of age, adoption, high school, friendship, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, teenager, pregnant teenager, teenage girl, love and romance, female protagonist ...
Time:
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Similarity:
18%
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