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Born Yesterday (1993)
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he hires a reporter to teach her how to appear more intelligent. Soon it becomes apparent to the reporter that she isn't so stupid after all, and things become more complicated as she begins questioning the papers her sugar daddy keeps getting her to sign, and the reporter begins falling in love with her.
Style:
satirical, humorous, semi serious, witty, clever, talky, feel good, realistic, scary, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
politics, fall in love, farce, love and romance, society, journalism, social differences, self discovery, teaching the ways of the world, couples, women, corruption, businessman, stupidity, lobbyist, misfit, rise to the top, workplace romance, cinderella story, disorder, fish out of water, unlikely couple, boss and employee, couple relations, power relations ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, las vegas, san francisco
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and feel good films with plots about love and romance, fall in love, couples, disorder, couple relations, culture clash and catastrophe mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Born Yesterday: Americanizing Shelley (2007), Two Much (1995), For Love or Money (1993), Christmas in Connecticut (1992), Soapdish (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A wannabe Hollywood player sets out to Americanize an Indian girl from the Himalayas.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, touching
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, opposites attract, fall in love, disorder, social differences, misfit, celebrity culture, country, fish out of water, filmmaking, teaching the ways of the world, immigration ...
Place:
usa, himalaya, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he decides to invent his own twin-brother.
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, witty, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
farce, greed, adaptation, art, love triangle, switching roles, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, wooing, hidden identity, nothing goes right, screwball ...
Time:
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Place:
miami
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elizabeth is the star of a successful cooking show and author of several cookbooks. But when her manager, Alexander sees forest ranger Jefferson, who lost his cabin in a fire, comment on TV about wishing he could get a home-cooked Christmas dinner, ...
Style:
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Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, cooking, deception, park ranger, baby, cookbook, tv star, television producer, cooking show, love, food ...
Time:
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Place:
connecticut, colorado, usa, turkey, new york
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, ...
Style:
funny, parody, spoof, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
satire, destiny, television, transgender, women, actor, farce, drinking, love, transsexual, flirting, lgbtq ...
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Place:
montana, usa, florida, seattle, new jersey
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Johnny Rizzo, is about to trade his dream job in talk radio for some snooze-ville gig that'll pay enough to please his fiance. Enter Uncle Terry, a rascally womanizer set on turning a weekend in the Hamptons into an eye-opening fling for his ...
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ed lives in Wisconsin. He's just been dumped by his girlfriend, so he moves to New York City for a big change...but will he ever find love again? He loves his new job studying the genetics of different strains of rice. Then Ed meets Lee, a ...
Style:
independent film, talky, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
genetics, diner, disorder, solitary, couples, misfit, introspection, hopes, fall in love, survival, love and romance, self discovery ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, wisconsin, usa, california, san francisco ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story follows the misadventures of a New York City beautician who is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, romantic comedy, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
culture clash, opposites attract, dictatorship, female protagonist, couples, single parent, nanny, couple relations, fish out of water, love and romance, society, dictator ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sam has a problem with his roommates: they are disgusting, and don't seem to share his views on responsibility, privacy, and basic hygine. Such is his discomfort with his living arrangements that he agrees to share the occupancy of another ...
Style:
offbeat, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
love, boarding house, mistaken identity, partner, nosy, couples, disorder, friends, buddies, fall in love, opposites attract, gender ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia gets the best of him when he ...
Style:
independent film, talky, witty, clever, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
male male relationship, teacher, obsession, love and romance, jealousy, substitute teacher, school teacher, romantic triangle, infidelity, screwball, disorder, couples ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, iowa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Latin American filmmaker Sebastian Cortez (Julien Hernandez) is unable to commit to his girlfriend and, at age 30, finds himself alone and never in love in this irreverent comedy. On a mission to find the love of his life, he solicits help from his ...
Style:
humorous, witty, feel good, semi serious, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
gay stereotype, sex shop, looking for love, friendship, culture clash, fall in love, best friend, couples, lifestyle, society, love and romance, youth ...
Place:
los angeles, cuba, usa, latin america
Similarity:
22%
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:
100%
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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:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c., california
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young, underappreciated intern at the ultra-hip magazine Skirt must learn to deal with kissy-face phoniness, model tantrums and bulimic editors, while trying to steal the heart of a dashing British art director from the grips of a supermodel.
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, independent film
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
fashion, workplace romance, fashion model, love triangle, looking for love, rise to the top, lifestyle, workplace, fall in love, fashion magazine, disorder, relationship vs career ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, offbeat, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
farce, house fire, jealousy, arsonist, teenage crush, silly humor, store, unfulfillment, social differences, odd couple, opposites attract, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy. Michael Keaton and Geena Davis are speechwriters for competing political campaigns. Witty and amusing for the political junkies amongst us.
Style:
sweet, romantic, entertaining, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
new mexico, north america
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An upcoming hip-hop band from San Francisco makes the journey into the depths of modern Hindustan. They clash with a feisty Prince for the prized catch: Meera, a bold dusky beauty. The comic adventure unfolds in the jaws of a raging tiger, raining ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hip hop, couples, friends, music band, society, fall in love, couple relations, love and romance, friendship, forbidden love, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, usa, san francisco, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Jewish Jack-the-lad David seriously fancies smart, rich Anglo-Saxon Carrie as soon as he first offends her in a Boston bar. They run into each other again and though she still says she finds him appalling he works on it and they are soon together. ...
Style:
romantic comedy, independent film, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
friendship, best friend, friends, couples, religions or cults, love and romance, society, battle of the sexes, fall in love, social differences, wooing, looking for love ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dr. Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City. When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice Saulnier from France for a while. Both don't know each other and both find themselves deeply ...
Style:
sweet, melancholic, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
happy ending, destiny, couple relations, opposites attract, infidelity, looking for love, unfulfilled love, love triangle, misfit, unlikely couple, fall in love, nothing goes right ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
new york, paris france, usa, europe, france
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
New Yorker Michael Connor attempts to find the woman who left him by making a film about her, hoping that someone (maybe you?) will recognize his ex and convince her to get back together with him. To help the viewer understand who he is and why his ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, talky, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
filmmaking, breakup, couples, love and romance, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, obsession, artists and showbiz, urban, actress, reenactment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
Style:
witty, feel good, semi serious, humorous, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, actress, love and romance, showbiz, dishonesty, mistaken identity, social differences, comedy of errors, bus, writers, young lovers, movie star ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, beverly hills, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
21%
221
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Wendell, a neurotic, aimless twentysomething, struggles to figure out which girl he really belongs with: Joanna, the best girl he's ever known, or Vicky, the worst. His friend, Dave, helps him sort through his thoughts as Wendell discovers not ...
Style:
humorous, mumblecore, semi serious, feel good, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love triangle, love affair, social worker, looking for love, self discovery, couples, wooing, fall in love, lifestyle, battle of the sexes, photographer, stand up comedian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
107K
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Style:
feel good, romantic, period piece, sweet, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, family outing, teens, kids ...
Plot:
class differences, high society, fall in love, cinderella story, love and romance, makeover, love story, opposites attract, rise to the top, aristocracy, dancing, culture clash ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1930s
Place:
london, england, britain, persia, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couple relations, filmmaking, couples, hidden identity, actor's life, disorder, fall in love, artists and showbiz, love and romance, frame up, dishonesty, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Pie in the Sky is a 1996 American romantic comedy film about a young man obsessed with traffic gridlock who falls in love with an avant-garde dancer.
Style:
independent film, experimental, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
true love, obsession, young lovers, traffic jam, dance, traffic, age difference, first love, career, unlikely couple, youth, self discovery ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 80s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A lifelong bachelor confronts his intimacy issues when he sublets his apartment to a fetching biologist. His heartsick fish and his wise best buddy are on hand to provide perspective.
Style:
witty, semi serious, humorous, captivating, sexual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
opposites attract, jazz, unlikely couple, fall in love, lifestyle, friendship, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, couple relations, battle of the sexes, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, intense, funny, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
obsession, love, honest, character study, love and romance, couples, self discovery, breakup, fall in love, doomed romance, crazy love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1981, 80s, 70s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Hyun-Ju is a woman in her late twenties who keeps waiting for her boyfriend–So-Hun, a professional exterminator–to pop the big question. Yet he doesn’t. We soon learn that he’s caught between the desires of two women and Hyun-Ju's rival ...
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
nothing goes right, fall in love, love triangle, opposites attract, best friend, love and romance, obsessive quest, society, disorder, couples, couple relations, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A princess is determined to restore her homeland's throne to its rightful heir, a young prince with whom she falls in love.
Style:
humorous, witty, romantic, intense, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
mistaken identity, royal family, eccentricity, manipulation, farce, rivalry, master and servant, fall in love, society, female protagonist, murder, love ...
Time:
18th century, year 2001, georgian era, 19th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
19%
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