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Over/Under (2013)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Paul Keller (Steven Pasquale - "Rescue Me") is a hedge fund manager with a gambling problem who is fired after a bad deal costs his firm millions. Shut out of the job market, he and his wife Vicky (Caroline Dhavernas - "Wonderfalls") retreat to a Brooklyn neighborhood on the cusp of gentrification where she has a photography studio in a renovated brownstone. Paul finds an unlikely partner in their neighbor Marino, (Anthony Carrigan - "Parenthood") a young, straight-shooting, mathematical prodigy whose family business has money problems of its own. Their friendship begins to reveal that both men need each other more than they'd like to admit, and Vicky finds an unlikely new line of work.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, emotional, independent film
Plot:
friendship, gambling, couple relations, prodigy, couples, partner, dishonesty, life turned upside down, fired from the job, character study, addiction, bookies, intimate, midlife crisis, financial crisis, unemployment, second chance, urban, redemption, moral ambiguity, slice of life, mature, working class, small business, friends ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and psychological films with plots about friendship, couples, friends, couple relations, redemption, urban and slice of life mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Over/Under: Home (2013), A Quiet Little Marriage (2008), The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008), Guilty Hearts (2006), Scorn (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating
Plot:
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Place:
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18
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
bittersweet, love, family problems, introspection, couples, couple relations, human nature, destructive relationship, unfulfillment, urban, abuse, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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752
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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22%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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22%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Plot:
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Country: Canada
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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