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International Falls (2019)
706
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A wife and mom with secret dreams of being a stand-up comic uses a one night stand with a burned-out touring comedian to face the harsh but funny truths of her failing marriage, neglected aspirations, and individual identity.
Style:
independent film, funny, comedy drama, humorous, captivating, entertaining, emotional, realistic, melancholic, reflective
Plot:
female protagonist, small town, winter, stand up comedy, depression, divorce, women, comedian, woman, small town life, personal growth, self discovery, aspiration, marriage, identity, slice of life, midlife crisis, bittersweet, intimate, infidelity, second chance, one night stand, snow, sexual tension
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, emotional, realistic and feel good films with plots about slice of life, self discovery, bittersweet, personal growth, identity, intimate and satire mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like International Falls: Mindless (2006), I'll Be Right There (2023), Second Chance (2018), Thanks to my Friends (2015), Lazy Susan (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Estonia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A rich businessman moves to countryside to give his life a meaning.
Style:
reflective, emotional, realistic, sincere, melancholic
Plot:
midlife crisis, countryside, personal growth, redemption, self discovery, second chance, slice of life, family relations, small town life, humanism, nature, identity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
estonia
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Wanda wants to take care of everyone in her life. She barely has time for herself, not that she would know what to do with it anyway.
Style:
satirical, feel good, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
female protagonist, family drama, relationships, lifestyle, satire, slice of life, caregiver, responsibility, slow burn, bittersweet, gratitude, exhaustion ...
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89%
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 ...
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83%
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:
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Place:
paris france
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Susan has always been the self-centered oddball in her family who lazily skated through life with their begrudging support until one day she wakes up to realize she’s middle-aged with no job, no relationship, and an increasingly estranged family. ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, humorous, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
slice of life, female protagonist, midlife crisis, middle aged, grownups, unemployed, self discovery, personal growth, estrangement, lifestyle, satire, middle aged woman ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Jenny Slate's first stand-up special is a mix of stage time, funny stories about adulthood and conversations with family in her childhood home.
Style:
funny, satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, comedian, female comedian, satire, humour, joke, live performance, stand up comedian, public speaking, introspection, autobiography, intimate ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A widowed housewife returns to college to complete her studies and embarks on a journey that gives her life new meaning.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
college, widow, education, personal growth, second chance, self discovery, male female relationship, humour, relationships, training, resilience, grief ...
Place:
turkey
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72%
154
Genre: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Get ready to get to know 'Big Lars' - because Lars Hjortshøj is tired of being 'Little Lars'. Tired of kind of silly roles with a stupid beard, tired of murky jobs, tired of being a man that has stalled in his midlife and never ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, self discovery, relationships, male female relationship, comedian, humour, stand up comedian, couple relations, joke, satire, love affair, personal growth ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 33 min.
Story:
Karen Best has a big life. She's a big girl with a big personality and a big love of Chardonnay, which occasionally, causes her to make some big mistakes with men. But the biggest thing about Karen is her big heart, a heart she uses to excel at ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
female protagonist, relationship problems, satire, care, lifestyle, good deed, music, kindness, goodhearted, compassion, empathy, heartwarming ...
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67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After a failed suicide attempt, a man receives a substantial inheritance from a long lost relative and meets a struggling single mom with an eccentric young daughter. Together they embark on a journey of self discovery and healing.
Style:
emotional, light, entertaining, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, mother daughter relationship, suicide attempt, road trip, male female relationship, single mother, inheritance, healing, relationships, life, family relations, eccentric family ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As her 40th birthday draws near, high school librarian Daisy feels societal pressure to settle down and start a family. When the art teacher at Daisy's school abruptly quits mid-term, she teams up with a local photographer to give the students ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, semi serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
dream, problem, male female relationship, love affair, relationship problems, couples, female protagonist, wanting a baby, love interest, satire, couple relations, women's issues ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After her boyfriend leaves town, Justine, depressed and unfulfilled, picks up her neglected guitar which takes her on a journey that gets her heart beating for the first time in years.
Style:
emotional, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, musician's life, starting over, hopes, unfulfillment, journey, healing, personal growth, female protagonist, love and romance, music ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Toni and Marc want to divorce, because the great passion seems to be extinguished after 15 years of marriage. It should be a consensual separation, but the new beginning is not so easy: Both have just the chance of a job abroad.
Style:
tense, semi serious, touching, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
marital separation, divorce, family drama, family problems, parent child relationship, parents and children, child custody, husband wife relationship, breakup, unfulfillment, family crisis, love and romance ...
Similarity:
64%
390
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Robert Müller has wanted to be a comedian since he was a kid, but he's only made it as a car salesman so far. This is about to change when he takes part in an open-mic show. He puts the program together with his imaginary friend, the stone-age ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
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Place:
germany
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
After decades of single-minded dedication to his work, a worker with an elite career course at a major bank is transferred or rather relegated to a subsidiary company, where he finds himself at a loos as he reaches retirement age.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot:
self discovery, aging, midlife crisis, loneliness, retirement, career, life, family relations, relationships, job, humour, lifestyle ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, captivating, satirical, comedy drama ...
Plot:
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, humorous, psychological, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Ukraine
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ukraine
Similarity:
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328
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, comedy drama, feel good ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
52%
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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50%
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Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage girl, bullying, babysitting, family relations, life turned upside down, family problems, bonding, intimate, adolescence, slice of life, bittersweet, identity ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, light, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
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Plot:
relationships, female protagonist, love, thirty something, single woman, breakup, self discovery, personal growth, middle aged, midlife crisis, humour, lifestyle ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, funny, entertaining, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
spain
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47%
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, captivating, semi serious, satirical, feel good ...
Plot:
relationships, female protagonist, satire, love affair, male female relationship, self discovery, choice, female empowerment, journey, identity, coming of age, intimate ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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42%
Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Two very different people, in a hurry for two very different reasons, are thrown together when all flights are grounded by a volcanic eruption. As they learn each other's secrets and encounter some of the idiosyncratic locals, they must find a ...
Style:
romantic comedy, emotional, light hearted, reflective, humorous ...
Plot:
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