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The American President (1995)
65K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
Style:
romantic, political, touching, witty, suspense, romantic comedy, realistic, semi serious, rom com, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
politics, president, love story, white house, love, dating, usa president, widower, election, single father, world politics, liberal, conservative, republican, democrat, politician, christmas, conspiracy, great ending, american politics, government, passion, father daughter relationship, global warming, u.s. president ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Most similar movies to The American President
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about love and romance, catastrophe, mentor, runaway, dialogue, culture clash and storytelling mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The American President: Dave (1993), Notting Hill (1999), Keeping the Faith (2000), First Daughter (2004), Primary Colors (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
60K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bill Mitchell is the philandering and distant President of the United States. Dave Kovic is a sweet-natured and caring Temp Agency operator, who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President. As such, when Mitchell wants to escape an ...
Style:
feel good, political, sexy, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
president, u.s. president, politics, conspiracy, lookalikes, political corruption, usa president, congress, secret service, head of state, white house, state affairs ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., california
Similarity:
100%
380K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a ...
Style:
romantic, touching, feel good, rom com, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
couples, fame, love and romance, power of love, social differences, opposites attract, paparazzi, dating, male female relationship, ordinary person, love story, true love ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, humorous, touching, funny ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love story, rabbi, love triangle, priest, love, catholicism, friendship, judaism, women, unrequited love, jewish culture, religion ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service agents. Samantha, however, resents their presence and decides she wants to attend school just like a normal student. Her father ...
Style:
teen, romantic, sweet, cute, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
college life, fall in love, usa president, white house, teenager, daughter, president, college, love and romance, couples, cheerleader, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
washington d.c., california, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the ...
Style:
political, cynical, thought provoking, intense, witty ...
Plot:
politics, scandal, satire, president, idealism, propaganda, adultery, presidential election, political satire, election, media, political corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, florida, washington d.c., new hampshire, miami ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a ...
Style:
romantic, light, sweet, rom com, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
love story, love and romance, fall in love, class differences, opposites attract, cinderella story, couples, mistaken identity, single parent, hotel, social differences, single mother ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, brooklyn new york city, san francisco ...
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63%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she ...
Style:
humorous, touching, witty, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
destiny, love story, love, love and romance, fall in love, politics, culture clash, small town, small town life, dog, politician, genealogy ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
ireland, boston, usa, europe, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A self-centered realtor enlists the help of his neighbor when he's suddenly left in charge of the granddaughter he never knew existed until his estranged son drops her off at his home.
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elderly, elderly lovers, love and romance, life turned upside down, opposites attract, neighbor, little girl, child custody, middle aged woman, father son estrangement, family home, single woman ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corruption in Washington. His stunt goes further than he expects when he actually wins the election, but a software engineer suspects that a computer glitch ...
Style:
humorous, political, stylized, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, twists and turns, comedian, satire, conspiracy theory, presidential election, election, adaptation, world politics, media, campaign, president ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, rom com, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
father daughter relationship, love story, single father, true love, storytelling, daughter, father, love, best friends in love, fall in love, male female friendship, relationships ...
Time:
year 2008, year 1994, year 1992, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new york state, wisconsin, usa ...
Similarity:
28%
28K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
Style:
satirical, political, humorous, witty, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
politics, political satire, hip hop, political corruption, satire, election, interracial romance, senator, fighting the system, insurance, interracial, campaign ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
california, america, los angeles, usa, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sweet, cute, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, family outing, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
small town, hospital, small town life, medical, fish out of water, doctor, misfit, love, community service, fall in love, country doctor, car accident ...
Time:
90s, 80s, future
Place:
washington d.c., california, usa, southern usa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, light, romantic comedy, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
single parent, architect, opposites attract, couples, love and romance, nothing goes right, parents and children, one day, single mother, father daughter relationship, girl, love ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a designer from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build. Alex is a straight-laced WASP-ish type who, while enjoying a night on the ...
Style:
humorous, romantic comedy, entertaining, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, pregnancy, wedding, interracial love, destiny, culture clash, love, couples, love affair, society, nothing goes right, social differences ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century, year 1995, year 1996
Place:
las vegas, usa, new york, nevada, mexico ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Style:
black comedy, satirical, dark comedy, political, cynical ...
Plot:
politics, satire, political corruption, journalism, election, cia, conspiracy, government, political conspiracy, secret service, president, election campaign ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., albania, persia, usa, middle east ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because ...
Style:
romantic, touching, feel good, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, family friendly
Plot:
memory loss, love, fall in love, love story, amnesia, love and romance, memory, wooing, relationships, dating, life philosophy, true love ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania, alaska
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob (Duchovny), a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. Once there, he's smitten instantly not with his date but with the sharp-witted waitress, Grace (Driver). ...
Style:
inspirational, sexy, sentimental, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
love and romance, destiny, hopes, passion, death of wife, love of one's life, couples, couple relations, coincidence, marriage, love, love story ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
chicago, usa, italy
Similarity:
26%
578K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Follows seemingly unrelated people as their lives begin to intertwine while they fall in – and out – of love. Affections languish and develop as Christmas draws near.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, touching, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, love, holiday, multiple storylines, love story, love and romance, couples, fall in love, relationships, marriage, first love, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the ...
Style:
mockumentary, political, witty, cynical, satirical ...
Plot:
political satire, election campaign, politics, satire, journalism, political campaign, manipulation, republican, conspiracy, senator, ambition, campaign ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, nicaragua, new york
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Witty, romantic look at life in the corporate jungle. Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, rom com, captivating, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
business, workplace, women, secretary, career woman, workplace romance, rise to the top, love and romance, female protagonist, hopes, career, sex scene ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In a remarkable turn of events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote.
Style:
humorous, political, touching, light, intense ...
Plot:
politics, election, presidential election, single father, small town, u.s. president, president, american football, political campaign, satire, idealism, state affairs ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico, mexico, california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The President's daughter, unable to experience life like a normal 18 year-old, escapes from her entourage of Secret Service agents while traveling in Europe. She falls in love with a handsome British stranger, who also happens to be working ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sexy, rom com, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
white house, president, teenager, youth, love and romance, love story, teenybopper, happy ending, working undercover, dishonesty, teenage girl, teen romance ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
washington d.c., prague, europe, venice, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A guy (Jesse Bradford) has his life planned out, until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman (Elisha Cuthbert).
Style:
romantic, light, rom com, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love and romance, chance meeting, young lovers, manic pixie dream girl, small town life, couple relations, unlikely couple, opposites attract, lifestyle, fall in love, love, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
Style:
romantic, light, romantic comedy, witty, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
fall in love, destiny, baseball, baseball player, love story, sarcasm, twists and turns, life philosophy, love triangle, writers, shopping, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new jersey
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Unknowingly trapped in her role as caretaker of her unappreciative family, a young single woman desperately needs to get her own life. When she volunteers to cat sit at her unrequited love's downtown L.A loft, her world, as she knows it, ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, emotional, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
fall in love, unrequited love, self discovery, lifestyle, fish out of water, life turned upside down, looking for love, disorder, daydreamer, misfit, singleness, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A US president (Gene Hackman) who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides to run for Mayor against another local candidate (Ray Romano).
Style:
humorous, political, romantic, light, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
small town, president, couples, politics, campaign, secret service, political campaign, moose, mayor, marriage proposal, adaptation, dating ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa, new england, las vegas
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
New York concierge Doug Ireland wants to go into business for himself and refurbish a hotel on Roosevelt Island, N.Y., but he needs an investor. With a few weeks left before his option on the site runs out, Doug agrees to help wealthy Christian ...
Style:
entertaining, talky, romantic, rom com, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
hotel, concierge, betrayal, mistress, happy ending, deception, couple relations, love and romance, couples, disorder, rise to the top, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, future, 80s
Place:
new york, europe, ireland, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Eva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-aged and single, Eva decides to take a chance on her new love interest ...
Style:
touching, feel good, clever, sweet, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dating, masseuse, relationships, poet, single parent, couple relations, sexual activity, divorce, parenthood, goodhearted, encounter, middle aged ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, new jersey, los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A governor running for President gets revealed to be a serial philanderer.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, political, biting ...
Plot:
campaign, rise to the top, lifestyle, society, workplace, head of state, political intrigue, love affair, democrat, legal, election campaign, election ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, michigan, washington d.c.
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young boy who tries to set his dad up on a date after the death of his mother. He calls into a radio station to talk about his dad’s loneliness which soon leads the dad into meeting a Journalist Annie who flies to Seattle to write a story about ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, family outing, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
happy ending, radio, loneliness, single parent, couples, love and romance, love story, looking for love, life, destiny, starting over, love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, year 1992, year 1991
Place:
seattle, manhattan new york city, new york, washington state, baltimore ...
Similarity:
26%
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