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Brewster's Millions (1985)
41K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
Style:
feel good, funny, light, entertaining, humorous, thought provoking, clever, unusual plot structure, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
baseball, millionaire, lawyer, hotel, childhood, inheritance, sport, catastrophe, gangsters, time, twists and turns, revenge, money, artist, island, friendship, betrayal, photographer, gunfight, justice, lone hero, fantasy world, destiny, brutality, homeless ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, new york, california, manhattan new york city, usa, new york yankees, manhattan, new york city
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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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: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems.
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Eddie is a con artist. But this time he's framed and comes before a judge. By claiming insanity, he hopes to get off the hook. He manages end up in a hospital for a mental examination. That night, a storm breaks out over New York, and the ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Ruben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - women in Santa Barbara. Ruben is devoted to Mona, but Robby is more devoted to her money. So when Mona leaves her fortune and estate to Ruben it starts ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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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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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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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