| Radiant (2018) | 6.7 | |
| Quantum Leap (1989) | 8.2 | |
| Sunny Days (2018) | 7.3 | |
| Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) | 8.4 | |
| Titanic (1997) | 8.0 |
Failed attempt movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant failed attempt movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, feel good, light, serious and captivating films and TV shows about / with failed attempt, friendship, couples, friends, disorder, heroes, society, urban, lifestyle and violence plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Russia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as failed attempt: The Brice Man (2005), The Babymakers (2012), The English Teacher (2013), The Swamp (2021), Radiant (2018), Achilles and the Tortoise (2008), How Not to Live Your Life (2007), Stand Off (2011), United 93 (2006), Suicides (2012).
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List of failed attempt movies
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A wannabe surfer parties on the French Riviera while awaiting the perfect wave.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, buddy comedy, light
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surf, surfer, surfing, lifestyle, disorder, contests and competitions, failed attempt, life turned upside down, thirtysomething life, comedy of errors, friends, mermaid ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
french riviera, riviera, france, europe, nice france ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After he flunks a fertility test, a man realizes that the only way he can get his wife pregnant is by robbing a sperm bank to take back the last of the deposits he made there years earlier.
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, light, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
trying to get pregnant, sperm bank, nothing goes right, sperm donor, couples, disorder, buddies, escapades, failed attempt, farce, artificial insemination, caught masturbating ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Teacher Linda Sinclair (Julianne Moore) balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject, but her routine is forever altered when a former star pupil and his unsupportive father reenter her life. Go-to television director ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, suspense, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
teacher, older woman younger man relationship, teacher student sex, teacher student relationship, high school, age difference, illicit affair, forbidden love, teacher student romance, power relations, failed attempt, social relations ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
greece, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Faced with insurmountable problems, five young Muscovites flee to a monastery near the half-abandoned village of Topi. They view the trip as an adventure, a long-awaited freedom from worries, and an opportunity to forget. However, the journey turns ...
Style:
dark fantasy, suspenseful, dark, sexy, stylized ...
Plot:
mysterious character, self discovery, depression, fish out of water, changing lives, loneliness, starting over, beautiful scenery, travel, failed attempt, lifestyle change, obsession ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Seth is a boy who seeks to become a great magician, and a group of witches who seek to travel to the Radiant. Radiant is a mythical land that spawns monsters called "Néméses" which fall to the world from the sky. While traveling, they ...
Style:
anime, manga, shounen, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage protagonist, save the world, monster, magic, mentor, grudge, training, failed attempt, fantasy world, spell, badass, sorcerer ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks. Machisu, the only son of a rich collector, has a ...
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, emotional, art house, sad ...
Plot:
art, painter, painting, dark humor, obsession, unfulfillment, life turned upside down, failed attempt, artist, desire for fame, moving, losing-it hero ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
How Not to Live Your Life is a British sitcom, written by and starring Dan Clark that aired between 27 September 2007 and 22 December 2011, about a neurotic twenty-nine-year-old man who is trying to navigate his way through life but is not helped by ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, light, funny ...
Plot:
down on your luck, lifestyle, roommate, financial problem, crush, debt, unfulfillment, love and romance, failed attempt, nothing goes right, humour, comedy of errors ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, which is coincidentally owned by the same Mobster. On the run, Jimbo is cornered in a local curio shop, where he takes hostage ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, disorder, unlikely criminals, self discovery, parents and children, comedy of errors, failed attempt, gambling debt, gambler, hustler, hostage, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Is relevant?
115K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Style:
controversial, political, disturbing, serious, rough ...
Plot:
terrorism, 9/11, airplane, hijacking, terrorist, war on terror, survival, al qaeda, aviation, medieval, death, airplane accident ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2006, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, boston, usa, pennsylvania ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Comedy about the crazy adventures of three friends - Alexey, Tolik and Marina, who decided to commit suicide.
Style:
light, feel good, entertaining, humorous, dark comedy ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
suicide, suicide attempt, failed attempt, dark humor, last wish, escapades, unlikely friendships, stupidity, chance meeting, life & death, relationships, taunting ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Award-winning British comic geniuses Mischief, creators of the Broadway and London smash 'The Play That Goes Wrong’, present the hit BBC comedy The Goes Wrong Show, where a fictional amateur group attempt to put on a series of terrible TV ...
Style:
parody, feel good, funny, humorous, sitcom ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
satire, plan gone wrong, awkward situation, stage play, failed attempt, mishap, falling down, farce, theater, life, topical humor, misdirection ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles, one of the most romantic cities in the world, two unnromantic people meet. On the first date, she throws away the flowers he gives and he takes her to the cafe with the worst coffee in to wn. Despite the disaster of the first date ...
Style:
feel good, romantic comedy, humorous, light, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, prejudice, love and romance, stereotypes, against the odds, failed attempt, love affair, first date, love interest, urban, connection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two debt-ridden movie producers attempt an insurance scam involving an aging actor.
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, meta, dark comedy ...
Plot:
film producer, money problems, elderly, insurance fraud, debt, filmmaking, mobster, failed attempt, human relationship, partner, buddy, human spirit ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
A well-meaning but hapless functionary in grips of mid-life crisis is appointed to run Russia's Ministry of Long-term planning - a small, underfunded, understaffed and generally ignored state agency. With a team consisting of sycophants and ...
Plot:
corrupt politician, political corruption, loser, government, corrupt official, prime minister, corrupt, co worker co worker relationship, police department, corruption, rescue attempt, failed attempt ...
Is relevant?
1.4M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, touching, sentimental, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
titanic, love story, disaster, love, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, love and romance, ocean, fall in love, tragic love, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1997, edwardian era, 90s ...
Place:
atlantic ocean, britain, iran, nova scotia, america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A long-married couple hits a rough patch.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, romantic comedy, rom com ...
Plot:
unhappy marriage, midlife crisis, marriage, female writer, life philosophy, loneliness, family problems, marital problem, character study, conflict, cold relationship, unfulfillment ...
Place:
los angeles, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After being fired from her job at a TV home shopping channel, Ha-Nee decides to start her own fashion company and soon becomes involved with Han-Kyul, a merchandiser for the shopping channel.
Style:
captivating, sincere, exciting, light, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, friends, society, dishonesty, youth, school, life changing experience, friendship between teens, failed attempt, friend, high school, life philosophy ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Imaginary Bitches is a web series created by Andrew Miller that premiered on May 2, 2008. Season one comprises 13 five to seven-minute webisodes. New episodes were released weekly on Friday nights at 11:00PM EST on the Imaginary Bitches Official Web ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friends, couples, imaginary character, lifestyle, couple relations, best friend, strong female presence, twentysomething life, imaginary friend, friendship, female protagonist, single woman ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Sho and his friend Tetsurou stumble upon an odd alien artifact while walking through the woods. Then, the alien artifact breaks free of its metallic bonds and enters Sho's body, turning him into the Guyver. With this new power, Sho must do ...
Style:
anime, manga, mind bending, mecha, shounen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
young heroes, one man army, battles, superhuman powers, chaos, body horror, dark future, monster, alien conspiracy, corporate conspiracy, violent content, woods ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Pete versus Life is a Channel 4 sitcom created by George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore. It stars Rafe Spall and the first episode was aired on 6 August 2010. It was recommissioned for a second series after averaging 1.6 million viewers and a young ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, surreal, light ...
Plot:
media, journalist, lifestyle, soccer, disorder, life, teenage life, everyday life, sportscaster, commentator, society, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Stuart Pritchard is an awkward, overly-confident Englishman trying to date in Los Angeles – where he repeatedly attempts to infiltrate the world of beautiful people.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, cynical, light, feel good ...
Plot:
socially awkward, nothing goes right, skinny dipping, party, looking for love, everyday life, buddies, loser, fish out of water, frustration, disorder, dating ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A tragical-comedy film story that follows a young non-combatant platoon with defective fitness. Set in "Bahad 4" in the 50's, the movie focuses mainly on two characters: Alon (Oz Zehavi), who believes he was accidentally sent to Bahad ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
military base, military life, power relations, basic training, boot camp, military, immigrant, social differences, society, humiliation, lgbt, officers and cadets ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
israel, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Citizen Smith is a British television sitcom. The show was written by John Sullivan, who later wrote Only Fools and Horses. The pilot was transmitted on 12 April 1977 in the Comedy Special series of one-off plays, and the series proper ran from 3 ...
Style:
sitcom, witty, humorous, realistic, not serious
Plot:
unemployed, political humor, friendship, rebellion, delusion, rebelliousness, radical, society, buddies, failed attempt, friends, urban ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
David is a garage electrician, who dreamt all of his life of becoming a magician, but had no luck in it. His girlfriend Batya wants an ordinary life, but David is still looking for his dream, so he links up with Romanian immigrant Shimon, who is an ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, uplifting, offbeat, touching ...
Plot:
israeli, hopes, love and romance, couple relations, follow your dream, wizards and magicians, couples, failed attempt, magic, magician, cashier
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
israel, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Pai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, kung fu classic, medieval, shaolin monk, wuxia, revenge, shaolin kung fu, exploitation, battles ...
Place:
china, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Policemen Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, the two NYC detectives are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While Bonaro and Madigan follow up on various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, police, police detective, psychopath, fugitive, informant, anti hero, police procedural, hierarchy, police commissioner, extramarital affair, grief ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa, new york
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jet Li weasels out of the north Shaolin temple to assassinate a despotic ruler at the ruler's extravagant public birthday celebration. Two other men from the south Shaolin temple also set out to assassinate the ruler, but all three fail and are ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, shaolin monk, shaolin, kung fu, master warrior, kung fu master, soldier, heroes, wuxia, vengeance, one against many, shaolin kung fu ...
Time:
80s
Place:
china, asia, beijing china
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Akilan and Vimalan are the conjoined twins of genetic scientist Ramachandran, whose company makes Energion, a dietary supplement that promises to make geniuses out of children. When Russian journalist Volga tells them that there is something fishy ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
genetic engineering, siamese twins, life turned upside down, experiment gone awry, mad scientist, uncover truth, twins, danger, dishonesty, family relations, chase, death of brother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, ussr, soviet union
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
LSD explores the human emotions of love, sex & betrayal through very candid points of view. Told through the chaos of the camera that has invaded all our lives - through handy cams filming home movies, security cameras shooting every inch of ...
Style:
anthology, semi serious, humorous, experimental, sexual ...
Plot:
found footage, self destructing, voyeurism, coincidence, filmmaking, obsession, society, journalism, couples, privacy invasion, sex scene, adult filmmaking ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
asia, india
Is relevant?
191K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, gothic, cult classic ...
Plot:
misfit, hollywood, lgbtq, drug addiction, showbiz, biopic, friendship, director, halloween, addiction, friend, transvestism ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, america, usa
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