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Brewster's Millions (1985)
47K
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, laugh out loud, sweet, black comedy, light hearted, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
baseball, baseball player, rags to riches, millionaire, farce, hotel, inheritance, lawyer, childhood, photographer, black, heir, greed, politics, taxi, security guard, politician, best friend, secret, courtroom, interracial friendship, bar fight, fiance fiancee relationship, political campaign, media hype ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city, usa, california, manhattan, new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic and light films with plots about disorder, farce, chase, dialogue, storytelling, mentor and adaptation mostly in Comedy, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Brewster's Millions: Trading Places (1983), Taking Care of Business (1990), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), Stir Crazy (1980), Funny Farm (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Country: USA
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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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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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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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Similarity:
23%
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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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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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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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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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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
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Story:
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Style:
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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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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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