Movies like Arizona Dream
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Arizona Dream (1993)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles
Style:
surreal, art house, melancholic, atmospheric, humorous, semi serious, erotic, absurd, psychological, funny ...
Plot:
surrealism, self discovery, car salesman, nervous breakdown, magic realism, fall in love, american dream, on the road, family relations, love and romance, eccentric family, love triangle, seduction, love, desert, sex scene, dream, russian roulette, catastrophe, gangsters, twists and turns, time travel, relationships, dark humor, loneliness ...
Time:
90s
Place:
arizona, new york, usa, alaska, papua new guinea
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out thought provoking, melancholic, weird and visually appealing films with plots about storytelling, catastrophe, loneliness, mentor, relationships, existentialism and life philosophy mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Arizona Dream: Don Juan DeMarco (1994), Ruby Sparks (2012), Tuvalu (1999), Buffalo '66 (1998), The Science of Sleep (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
John Arnold DeMarco is a man who believes he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. Clad in a cape and mask, DeMarco undergoes psychiatric treatment with Dr. Jack Mickler to cure him of his apparent delusion. But the psychiatric sessions have ...
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sexy, feel good, fairy tale, romantic, melancholic ...
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date night, chick flick, girls' night
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love, psychiatrist, mental illness, mental institution, womanizer, self discovery, patient, mistaken identity, love and romance, doctors and patients, couples, introspection ...
Time:
90s, 18th century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin ...
Style:
feel good, psychological, sweet, thought provoking, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
writer's block, love, magic realism, bittersweet, loneliness, writers, dream, mental illness, destiny, life philosophy, novelist, imaginary character ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Set in a dilapidated indoor swimming pool (the Central Baths in Sofia), the film details the efforts of Anton, a clueless dreamer who yearns to sail the world, and Martha, the button obsessed cashier, to maintain the illusion for Anton's blind ...
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surreal, stylized, atmospheric, mind bending, psychedelic ...
Plot:
surrealism, love, german, existentialism, fantasy world, eccentricity, art, childhood, crime gone awry, dreams, hospital, hotel ...
Place:
germany
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43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
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psychological, art house, tense, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
prison, kidnapping, stockholm syndrome, alienation, bowling, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, fall in love, gambling, relationships, blackmail, debt ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york state, usa, new york
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43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Style:
surreal, psychological, psychedelic, mind bending, philosophical ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
love, dreams, surrealism, dream, magic, daydreamer, artist, escape from reality, insanity, existentialism, melancholy, imagination ...
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paris france, mexico, france, latin america, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
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Duration: 88 min.
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Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, surreal, dark, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
afterlife, suicide, depression, road trip, death, hitchhiker, russian, friendship, mental illness, on the road, suicide attempt, dealing with death ...
Time:
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Place:
turkey, new jersey
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41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy Heather. They welcome transfer student Lily into their group which seeks to help severely depressed ...
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talky, romantic, sexy, thought provoking, satirical ...
Plot:
college, depression, eccentricity, loneliness, relationships, best friends, college life, self discovery, female friendship, social relations, love and romance, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, usa, new england
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41%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Yugoslavia, Italy, UK
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves.
Style:
surreal, touching, cerebral, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, magic realism, gypsy, ethnic, vengeance, bittersweet, racism, revenge, poverty, hospital, paranormal phenomena, destiny ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe, europe, milan italy
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41%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, atmospheric, road movie, disturbing ...
Plot:
drugs, road trip, hallucination, lsd, drug abuse, journalism, addiction, american dream, surrealism, marijuana, trippy, psychedelia ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1965, year 1971
Place:
las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
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surreal, disturbing, art house, humorous, sexy ...
Plot:
coming of age, masturbation, insanity, bestiality, crazy, surrealism, dysfunctional family, dark humor, magic realism, imagination, youth, children ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
Style:
enigmatic, melancholic, romantic, feel good, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
time travel, time machine, loneliness, intern, self discovery, journalism, love, social misfits, mental illness, fall in love, character study, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington state, seattle
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41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian but his Las Vegas debut is a failure. He goes back to Blackpool, UK, where his father, also a comedian started and where he spent the summers of his childhood. He starts to search for a partner, a comic ...
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surreal, humorous, touching, clever, entertaining ...
Plot:
eccentricity, comedian, farce, creativity, self discovery, friendship, actor's life, introspection, parents and children, haunted by the past, father son relationship, culture clash ...
Time:
90s, 18th century
Place:
england, las vegas, london, europe, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in ...
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surreal, humorous, funny, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot:
actor, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, showbiz, friends, actor's life, lifestyle, satire, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, filmmaker, dark humor, filmmaking ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a ...
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surreal, atmospheric, art house, erotic, sexy ...
Plot:
surrealism, manipulation, older man younger woman relationship, humiliation, maid, sexuality, satire, virginity, absurd humor, mother daughter relationship, unrequited love, rich man ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, europe, spain, france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new ...
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surreal, buddy comedy, touching, humorous, melancholic ...
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surrealism, corpse, hallucination, friendship, loneliness, magic realism, island, forest, imagination, dark humor, life & death, wilderness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Josh's life is pretty much in the toilet. He's a failed NYC indie rocker, and a failing booking agent. But he finds the potential of a small victory in a really bad idea. He decides to purchase a 1985 Lazy Boy on eBay, just like the one ...
Style:
mumblecore, road movie, melancholic, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
road trip, wedding, on the road, family relations, parents and children, introspection, hopes, love and romance, self discovery, brother brother relationship, gift, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, atlanta georgia
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41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A beautiful and mysterious woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together...but is their meeting purely coincidence?
Style:
philosophical, intellectual, reflective, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love story, angel, life philosophy, gangsters, loneliness, french, low self esteem, disorder, transformation, relationships, redemption, twists and turns ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
paris france, argentina, europe, france
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41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet?
Style:
feel good, melancholic, stylized, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
coincidence, chance meeting, chaos, love and romance, couples, couple relations, butterfly effect, old woman, stranger, destiny, suicide attempt, multiple storylines ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, france, new jersey, europe, california
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41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
witty, stylized, tricky, humorous, surreal ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
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magic, couple relations, countryside, absurd humor, farmer, old woman, love, dog, surrealism, nude, brainwashing, vengeance ...
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future, 90s, 60s, year 1969
Place:
australia, new zealand, oceania
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The film begins in a flashback from the titular character, Antoine. We are introduced to his fixation with female hairdressers which began at a young age. The film uses flashbacks throughout and there are frequent parallels drawn with the past. We ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, fairy tale, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love, hairdresser, erotica, sex, obsession, seaside, melancholy, existentialism, marriage, older man younger woman relationship, bittersweet, love affair ...
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
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Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another ...
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mental illness, love story, surrealism, mental institution, psychology, escape from reality, androids and robots, love, relationships, mental disorder, misfit, antisocial behavior ...
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40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A lighthearted story about a man and a woman who seem destined to be together... and the hilarious chain of accidents that seem determined to keep them apart!
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destiny, love, writers, fall in love, loneliness, love story, multiple storylines, idealism, life philosophy, beautiful scenery, betrayal, brutality ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ken Sherry, a radio personality from Brisbane, moves to the small country town of Sun Ray to take over the local radio station as a retreat from city life and his past.He moves next door to love-starved sisters Vicki-Ann and Dimity Hurley. They are ...
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Audience:
chick flick
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90s
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australia
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40%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mudane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising ...
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sentimental, romantic, humorous, feel good, surreal ...
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date night
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magic realism, movie star, daydreamer, writers, imagination, love story, real world, couples, unlikely couple, life turned upside down, fish out of water, dull life ...
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Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
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40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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surreal, art house, touching, sentimental, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, magic realism, philosophy, love affair, love and romance, escapades, love story, stop motion, marriage proposal, illness, death, macabre ...
Time:
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france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, witty, humorous, talky ...
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the remote Alpine village of Tolzbad at the turn of the century, people talk quietly and restrain their movements lest avalanches come and kill them. This atmosphere lends itself to repressed emotions - shown through the parallel stories of ...
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incest, surrealism, family problems, erotica, creativity, cult, survival, magic realism, hallucination, love story, melancholy, transformation ...
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40%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Wings of Desire is Wim Wender’s artistically beautiful film about the lonely and immortal life of angels during a post-war Berlin. It’s a poetic journey from the perspective of the angels of which one falls in love with a living woman and wants ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
angel, philosophy, immortality, dream, love, existentialism, afterlife, circus, mortality, german, library, loneliness ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, west germany
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40%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Japan, South Korea, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Tokyo! is an anthology of three short films by directors Michel Gondry (France), Leos Carax (France) and Joon-ho Bong (Korea), each of whom offers an imaginative and transnatural/supernatural glimpse into the Tokyo Megapolis.
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