Movies like Switch 2023
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Switch (2023)
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Original name: 스위치
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A story of how Park Kang’s life is changed on Christmas day. Park Kang is a popular actor, but he is also a scandal maker. His manager is Jo Yoon and they are also long-time friends. One day, Park Kang’s ex-girlfriend Soo Hyun suddenly appears in front of Park Kang.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, thrilling, melancholic, comedy drama, twisted, nostalgic
Plot:
christmas eve, actor, christmas, holiday, taxi, changing lives, escapades, satire, christmas season, christmas spirit, celebrity, taxi driver, self discovery, scandal, celebrity culture, loneliness, friendship, manager, forgiveness, second chance, redemption, introspection, bittersweet, character study, paparazzi ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
seoul, korea
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, satirical, semi serious and thrilling films with plots about satire, second chance, bittersweet, friendship, christmas, redemption and slice of life mostly in Comedy, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Switch: Christmas Carole (2022), Where Are You, Christmas? (2023), Christmas Déjà Vu (2021), Miracle in Motor City (2021), Taxi Drivers (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Carole Mackay is an unashamedly outspoken and wealthy entrepreneur. Her online business selling all things festive has earned her a fortune, as well as the nickname 'Christmas Carole'. But her success hasn't made her a better human ...
Style:
semi serious, fairy tale, psychological, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
christmas, christmas spirit, christmas season, changing lives, lifestyle change, rich man, alternative lifestyle, female protagonist, magic, past, alternate timeline, satire ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After Addy wishes for a year without Christmas, she wakes up in a black and white world and works with the town mechanic to restore Christmas.
Style:
captivating, psychological, christmas special, thrilling, light hearted ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, alternate reality, holiday, christmas wish, saving christmas, christmas spirit, fantasy world, christmas season, female protagonist, lifestyle change, changing lives, community ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Christmas angel grants a wish to a Christmas hater, to have her life as a singer.
Style:
christmas special, feel good, thrilling, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
christmas, angel, christmas wish, changing lives, lifestyle change, christmas romance, xmas, wish come true, music, wish fulfillment, desire, christmas spirit ...
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Amber Dupont bites off more than she can chew when she takes charge of her church's annual Christmas pageant and inadvertently promises to deliver a special performance by Motown legend Smokey Robinson. When her best friends secretly enlist ...
Style:
disturbing, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, coping, problem solving, christmas season, satire, escapades, christmas spirit, celebrity, contest, ambition, families ...
Place:
detroit
Similarity:
93%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A night. Dozens of stories. A city. Lică, a taxi driver, is an all knowing guy, while Liviu, his friend, also a taxi driver keeps a lot to himself. They are completely different and their ideas about life and people only meet when they are eating ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, satirical, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
taxi driver, driver, taxi, driving, night, satire, multiple storylines, loneliness, working class, self discovery, friendship, city life ...
Place:
bucharest
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After battling drug addiction, a Harlem rapper returns to his family’s church to confront his past on Christmas Eve.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, christmas comedy, thrilling ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, rapper, redemption, church, relationships, male female relationship, rap star, love affair, rap, christmas spirit ...
Place:
harlem
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve, Greg, a solitary and taciturn police officer, doesn't hesitate to leave his daughter behind to go on a mission. To teach him a lesson, Santa Claus decides to grant his daughter's wish: that her father looks like Richard ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, christmas special, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, satire, christmas eve, holiday, father daughter relationship, problem, christmas spirit, save the day, adventure hero, christmas season, fighting crime, secret mission ...
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90%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two families disembark on a cruise to San Juan in celebration of Christmas.
Style:
christmas comedy, captivating, thrilling, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, cruise ship, christmas season, satire, christmas spirit, kids and family, cruise, healing, teen romance, christmas eve, youth ...
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
90%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After falling off the roof at a New Year's Eve house party, Owen decides that it's time to make some wholesale changes in his life. Over the next year, he quits drinking, re-enters his estranged son's life, reignites old friendships, ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
christmas, personal growth, redemption, second chance, father son relationship, relationships, changing lives, romantic relationship, lifestyle change, love story, family relations, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ettore has spent the last five years in jail for a robbery. Once out of prison, he has nowhere to go, his wife broke up with him and doesn’t want him to meet their little daughter who was born right before he was arrested. Alone and desperate, ...
Style:
atmospheric, entertaining, captivating, funny, satirical ...
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, saving christmas, heist gone wrong, christmas season, thief, satire, old man, robbery, theft, redemption, self discovery ...
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A curse is placed on grinchy Chuy, who wakes up to find he's lived a full year, but is doomed to remember only Christmas Day. Every year. From now on.
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, birthday, family relations, wizards and magicians, fairy, family dinner, kids and family, family life, children, sorceress ...
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89%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sundance Film Festival, Clemins' calls upon his old college chum, Kevin Prouse, giving the now ...
Style:
independent film, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
problem, dream, filmmaker, satire, character study, midlife crisis, personal growth, struggling artist, alcoholism, divorce, friendship, mature ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a deadly accident, Paolo comes back on Earth just 92 minutes more, thanks to a calculation error made in a paradise office.
Style:
humorous, emotional, satirical, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
second chance, redemption, death, parent child relationship, fatherhood, satire, life & death, back from the dead, humour, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, lifestyle ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy, milan italy
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Krissy Kringle receives a delivery intended for Santa Claus. A magical book that shows if a person has been naughty or nice. She uses the book's power to find out about those around her, which leads to some very unusual and unintended ...
Style:
disturbing, entertaining, captivating, sweet, christmas comedy
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, love and romance, christmas season, supernatural power, curses spells and rituals, christmas present, self discovery, hopes, looking for love, friendship ...
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87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
With the peak of his career long behind him, an actor clings to his past glory — until a sudden wake-up call forces him to face who he's become.
Style:
humorous, captivating, melancholic, satirical
Plot:
midlife crisis, fame, actor, movie star, celebrity, entertainment industry, showbiz, introspection, direction and purpose, social problems, actor's life, lifestyle ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man in his mid 30's reevaluates his life and priorities after he met someone from his past.
Style:
captivating, feel good, semi serious, funny, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, lifestyle change, changing lives, middle aged, introspection, satire, middle aged man, male protagonist, midlife crisis, personal growth, character study ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An aging actress is desperate to become a mother. In menopause and too controversial for legal adoption, she decides to illegally adopt from a pregnant teenager while publicly faking pregnancy. The ensuing media circus at first revitalizes her ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
celebrity, actress, media circus, teenage pregnancy, adoption, female protagonist, celebrity culture, family drama, older woman younger man relationship, pregnant teenager, wanting a baby, unfaithful husband ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sid Straw leads a dull life until he accidentally stalks famous college friend, Elizabeth Banks, on social media. With each failed attempt to prove he knows her, he rediscovers more of himself and the true meaning of friendship.
Style:
satirical, funny, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, celebrity, evidence, problem, friends, high school friend, humour, celebrity culture, self discovery, loneliness, male protagonist ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
Young-Bin is a rising star actor in South Korea. He has been best friends with Ho-Jin, Joon and Geobook since they were all children. Young-Bin belongs to a management company with Kim Eun-Gab as the CEO.
Style:
satirical, disturbing, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
actor, showbiz, friendship, celebrity, ambition, problem, friends, satire, slice of life, celebrity culture, male friendship, loyalty ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Lake, a young theater actor with no respect for the elderly, is forced to make himself look old, in order to land a part in a Broadway-bound play. His ego drives his girlfriend away, and when research for the play requires him to spend a week in a ...
Style:
disturbing, satirical, semi serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
retirement home, actor, theater, personal growth, character change, elderly, elderly man, changing lives, retired, satire, old man, social issues ...
Similarity:
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285
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A man embarks on a trip with his estranged cousin Hudson to spread his late mother's ashes. They meet an unusual woman along the way and their simple road trip turns into a dysfunctional adventure.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
grief, road trip, changing lives, lifestyle change, journey, satire, second chance, recluse, friendship, empathy, bittersweet, intimate ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A modern version of the classic Dickens tale, in which Eddie Scrooge is a mean loan shark who sees the error of his ways.
Style:
psychological, christmas special, captivating, thrilling, christmas classics ...
Plot:
christmas, scrooge, ghost, charles dickens, christmas carol, christmas eve, transformation, second chance, redemption, holiday, christmas spirit, xmas ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A former actress trying to break into directing tests her skills with a town’s annual Christmas Eve courtroom production in which the true authorship of the famous poem “A Visit from St. Nick” is debated.
Style:
semi serious, entertaining, thrilling, satirical, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, actress, female protagonist, christmas season, court, legal action, society, satire, christmas spirit, christmas eve, male protagonist, theater ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Nic (Glenn Morshower), a devoted father, husband, and friend with a passion for fishing and bowling, had the perfect life until his wife left after they became empty nesters, leaving him heartbroken. However, his world takes a hilarious turn when he ...
Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, semi serious, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, bowling, christmas spirit, winter, satire, holiday, starting over, friendship, midlife crisis, divorce, second chance ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Alessandro, a forty-year-old widower pediatrician, lives with his teenage son, leading a monotonous and insipid existence. After a call from an old friend in Brazil, the man has his tired stability tested.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
father son relationship, friendship, caper, friends, single father, money, cons and scams, satire, father and son, escapades, humour, single parent ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An advocate of sex, but not of marriage, bachelor Daegyu (played by singer-turned-actor Im Changjeon), 26, produces bootleg music albums for a living. One day, he comes across a plucky, nine-year-old boy named Jeon Ingwon (played by Lee Inseong) who ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
father son relationship, road trip, boy, parent child relationship, parenthood, family drama, changing lives, relationships, family relations, lifestyle change, fatherhood, paternity revealed ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Won-Tak's dad, an old-time con-man, was suddenly killed during a freak accident in the prison, just one day before his release. Having waited for so many years to be reconciled with his dad and to start a new life together, Won-Tak felt ...
Style:
humorous, funny, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot:
father son relationship, fatherhood, father and son, friends, back from the dead, kids and family, father, humour, parents and children, eccentric family, friendship, redemption ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Nicole Barnes gets the toughest assignment of her career when she’s asked to handle a breaking scandal for former pro footballer-turned-TV-commentator Jordan Davies, whose network contract isn’t going to be renewed because of a violation going ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, american football, holiday romance, male female relationship, relationships, problem, satire, football player, scandal, christmas spirit, second chance, love triangle ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Four friends, with a bittersweet history, get drunk and embark on a journey to Goa. On the trip, they lose an expensive ring which threatens to derail one of their engagement. They end up confronting one another and their own fears, as they enroll ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, thrilling, psychological, road movie ...
Plot:
friendship, road trip, travel, ambition, friends, dream, best friend, escapades, group of friends, follow your dream, daydreamer, satire ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Faced with financial ruin, an aging theater director struggling to stay relevant must cast a young action movie star in his new play. When the director's theatrical nature clashes with the movie star's Hollywood attitude, they must figure ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, psychological, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
satire, director, actor, rehearsal, theater, filmmaker, movie star, romantic relationship, problem, celebrity, culture clash, hollywood star ...
Place:
london, canada
Similarity:
81%
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