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Second Best (2004)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Jealousy overwhelms a group of friends, particularly struggling writer Elliot, as they prepare for the homecoming of their old friend, a wildly successful L.A. producer.
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
friendship, homecoming, introspection, hollywood, best friend, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, gay interest, jealousy, midlife crisis, resentment, aging, nostalgia, group of friends, identity crisis, regret, slice of life, bittersweet, male bonding, memory, machismo, awkwardness, friends, gays and lesbians, gender ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new jersey
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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 friendship, bittersweet, friends, nostalgia, slice of life, midlife crisis and self discovery mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Second Best: Before You Leave (2005), About Fifty (2011), An American Reunion (2003), Bros. Last Call (2018), Elephant Sighs (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A group of friends in their thirties meet for a weekend in a mountain chalet for what will be a sort of review of an era in their lives and their relationships.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, semi serious, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
friendship, introspection, friends, best friend, relationships, midlife crisis, memory, intimate, bittersweet, slice of life, nostalgia, maturity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During a holiday get-a-way to Palm Springs, two fifty year-old men find unexpected results while trying to re-live their younger days in this comic coming of age story about the coming of age.
Style:
feel good, humorous, sincere, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
starting over, midlife crisis, friendship, aging, friends, unfulfillment, buddies, hopes, golf, middle aged, second chance, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, palm springs california, los angeles
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The reality of life slams into the proverbial wall when a group of necessitous best friends and ex-lovers are reunited at a milestone reunion, igniting an already passionate and combustible past.
Style:
captivating, touching, humorous, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, best friend, homecoming, friends, old love, couples, introspection, couple relations, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, bittersweet, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Matt is facing the inevitable ending of his youth, and is also alone on his weekly outing in his beloved hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. His best friend and main friend Tanner is now engaged and spending all his time with his fiance.
Style:
realistic, independent film, satirical
Plot:
friendship, small town, male bonding, bittersweet, grownups, nostalgia, best friend, coming of age, loneliness, self discovery, slice of life, isolation ...
Place:
midwest
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After moving to a small rural town, uptight Joel Bixby, is invited by an agreeable new acquaintance to join a group of townsmen who meet in a ramshackle room at the edge of town. Normally a loner, Joel finds himself enamored by boisterous fast-food ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, small town, social relations, buddies, small town life, social misfits, friends, misfit, loneliness, male bonding, healing, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three Italian retirees embark on a journey to find a new country to live in.
Style:
satirical, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
friendship, retirement, aging, plan, satire, friends, senior citizen, introspection, lifestyle change, changing lives, emigration, character study ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
43%
328
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three childhood friends support each other through life's ups and downs in this comedy/drama. Each goes through a difficult time in their life, and is "helped" by the others - always well-intentioned, but not always with the intended ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, comedy drama, feel good ...
Plot:
friends, friendship, disorder, fall in love, best friend, buddies, love and romance, adoption, male bonding, male friendship, relationships, loyalty ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Since Charlie is no longer there, the lives of Boris, Elie, and Maxime have been torn apart. These three men, who have nothing in common, all shared one thing: their love for Charlie. One loved her like a sister, one loved her like the woman of his ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, comedy drama, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, friends, introspection, on the road, escapades, buddies, male friendship, loss, road trip, grief, mourning ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, corsica
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Four best friends get together for one last weekend before college graduation to finally confront the secrets that hold the key to the rest of their lives.
Style:
realistic, emotional, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couple relations, friendship, self discovery, friends, strong female presence, uninvited guest, couples, best friend, graduation, adult virgin, high school friend, female friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
"Looking For My Wife" tells the story of a popular music critic Seong-hee (Ji Jin-Hee) who sets out to find his runaway wife Young-Shim (Kim Gyu-Ri) and the people who accompany him in his search. The only clues Seong-hee has is a goodbye ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
road trip, on the road, life turned upside down, obsessive quest, uncover truth, missing wife, partner, couples, buddies, disorder, bittersweet, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
40%
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:
38%
620
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of four lifelong friends who met in the 2000s when they were presidents of the BDE of the Nantes Institute of Business. At the time, they were the "Bioman": the kings of partying, excess and "transmutation". 20 years ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, captivating, humorous, light ...
Plot:
friendship, party, friend, entertainment, friendship between men, group of friends, meeting, old friend, male protagonist, friends, nostalgia, drinking ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nostalgic for his glory days, a frustrated stay-at-home dad invites all of his high school Facebook friends to an 80s-themed surprise party for his exhausted corporate wife.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
nostalgia, midlife crisis, friendship, relationships, identity crisis, party, satire, friends, husband wife relationship, high school reunion, surprise party, costume party ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A coming of age film for 40 year olds. Three middle-aged friends reunite to put on a play and find themselves again.
Style:
psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, self discovery, showbiz, character study, group of friends, lifestyle, middle aged, satire, adulthood, grownups, friends ...
Similarity:
37%
294
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Members of a once-promising hip-hop group, now in their late 30s, struggle with regret, disappointment, and change on Election Night 2008.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, bittersweet, hip hop, friends, introspection, once promising, unfulfillment, urban, midlife crisis, regret, frustration, nostalgia ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, africa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
San Francisco musician Goh Nakamura (playing himself) is barely scraping by playing live gigs and teaching guitar. So when a filmmaker friend asks him to teach guitar lessons to TV star Danny Turner (Chadd Stoops) for his upcoming movie role, Goh ...
Style:
humorous, touching, realistic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, musician's life, friends, fall in love, lovers reunited, musician, travel, on the road, character study, slice of life, intimate, bittersweet ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three guys on the verge of forty begin to realize all the best things in their lives happened before they were twenty. A spontaneous road trip adventure gives them a chance to balance the ledger
Style:
humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, touching
Plot:
friendship, midlife crisis, road trip, self discovery, follow your dream, ambition, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood, escapades, new life, danger, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A mixed group of individuals - lesbian, gays, and heterosexuals who all frequent a local bar struggle to accept each others lifestyles. However when the two gays are attacked and fight back and ultimately rape one of their attackers, the group ...
Style:
sexy, touching, melancholic, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay interest, friendship, sex, gay, lgbt, glbt, relationships, sexuality, stereotypes, loneliness, farce, dialogue ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, new jersey, middle east
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband's graves and talk about perspectives in their lives.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
elderly lovers, friendship, aging, elderly, love and romance, lifestyle, human nature, dealing with death, bridesmaid, female bonding, wedding, single parent ...
Time:
year 1993, 50s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Former high school classmates reunite and rehash old rivalries.
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, satirical, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, midlife crisis, rebellion, lifestyle, troubled past, reunited friends, confronting the past, regret, male friendship, bittersweet, nostalgia, aging ...
Similarity:
35%
226
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A game between four characters. A comedy about love and friendship. A film about the great lie of story telling that moves between reality and fiction.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous, meta ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
introspection, friendship, love affair, love triangle, couples, fall in love, battle of the sexes, couple relations, hopes, lifestyle, pregnancy, filmmaking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
35%
674
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A retired teacher and a soap star leave their routines and the men in their lives behind and embark on a weekend trip.
Style:
touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, fall in love, human nature, on the road, looking for love, introspection, best friend, hopes, parents and children, family business, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On the eve of selling her mother's house, a thirty-something housewife wakes up to a hangover surrounded by her best friends from high school...
Style:
humorous, talky, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
friends, friendship, love and romance, couple relations, couples, looking for love, introspection, unfulfillment, adolescence vs adulthood, unfulfilled love, hopes, singleness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Style:
entertaining, captivating, humorous, funny, light ...
Plot:
getting home, redemption, second chance, reunited friends, confronting the past, homecoming, life, humour, coping, problem solving, family reunited, friendship ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A beautiful waterfront house, a Swedish flag fluttering in the wind. A sailboat tied to the wooden deck below. This is the setting of the friends' annual Midsummer celebrations. The friends are gathered at Emil's family house and the ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, couples, couple relations, introspection, sexual content, sexual relations, nude, european, nudity, male nudity, male objectification ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Story:
In this darkly comic series, three gay friends in their late 50s are forced to face the fact that their lives have fallen far short of what they imagined for themselves when they were in their 20s. Dreams of wealth, career success, and lasting love ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
gay, midlife crisis, friendship, lgbtq, aging, social problems, satire, gay friend, social satire, social issues, male homosexuality, gay lead character ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After Sean Reilly, an earnest, self-deprecating, NY to LA transplant learns his slothful, less talented best friend gets a starring role on a hit TV show, he must battle his own insecurities and jealousy as well as the egocentric, spray-tanned male ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, captivating, light, humorous ...
Plot:
best friend, friendship, jealousy, envy, friends, actor, humour, friends falling out, career, conflict between friends, male friendship, insecurity ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A resort for individuals who want to lose weight is helps several women discover friendships, acceptance with body image and hard truths.
Style:
feel good, humorous, sentimental, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
overweight woman, physical appearance, friendship, introspection, resort, obesity, therapy, best friend, friends, strong female presence, women, bare chested male ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Estonia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three middle aged men are going to their high school reunion after 25 years and the troubles that come with it.
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, realistic, light hearted, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
high school reunion, midlife crisis, aging, friendship, nostalgia, conflict, mature, bromance, embarrassment, awkwardness, relationship problems, male bonding ...
Place:
estonia, scandinavia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Barry, Ben, Jason, and Bobby—four lifelong friends who affectionately refer to themselves as the “Four Kings of New York”— find their bonds to one another tested when they all move into the apartment that Ben inherited from his grandmother.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, semi serious, comedy drama, lighthearted ...
Plot:
male friendship, friends, twentysomething life, housemates, inheritance, friendship, male bonding, male camaraderie, friendship between men, roommate, urban, loyalty ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
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