Failed expectations movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant failed expectations movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, crying, light, feel good, suspense and dark comedy films and TV shows about / with failed expectations, telephone call, photograph, secretly observing, friend, family relations, bare chested male, photography, knocking on a door and overheard conversation plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, Czech Republic, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as failed expectations: Dismissal (2017), Under the Riccione Sun (2020), Love, Guaranteed (2020), Forever First Love (2020), Cherokee Creek (2018), My sister's wedding (2018), Only for Tereza (2021), 15+ Coming of Age (2017), Panic Attack (2017), Kat and the Band (2019).
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A successful Spanish executive from a telecommunications company working in Argentina is about to face the most important week of his life, but all his plans will be sabotaged by an eccentric character who will make his week a living hell…
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
rivalry, co worker co worker relationship, manipulation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, malice, adultery, greedy man, failed expectations, father son relationship, employer employee relationship, caught cheating, comedy of manners ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
While vacationing on the crowded beaches of Riccione, a group of teenagers becomes fast friends as they grapple with relationship issues and romance.
Style:
rom com, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
virgin, blind character, summer vacation, beach volleyball, blindness, best friend, tourist, male objectification, old man, failed expectations, aspiring singer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A lawyer takes on a new client that wants to sue a dating website because it guarantees love.
Style:
rom com, romantic, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
online dating, fear of commitment, fall in love, happy ending, failed expectations, trial, lawyer, male female relationship, love and romance, love story, dating, looking for love ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, Philippines
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Set against the beauty of a baroque Filipino town, SAGE OF TIME is a modern romance where the past meets the future. Paul is an international photographer who travels the world to capture the perfect photographic moment. Amid the colour and chaos of ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, feel good, romantic
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
passion, haunted by the past, fatal attraction, unfulfillment, unfulfilled love, love interest, second chance, obsession, daydreamer, photographer, stormy night, psychological manipulation ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A bachelor party in the woods gets crashed by the ultimate party animal.
Style:
humorous, scary, suspense, psychotronic, horror comedy ...
Plot:
bigfoot, multiple deaths, failed expectations, jealousy, friendship, characters killed one by one, forest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loss of friend, friendship between men, friend, prank ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
Marie is a typical urban single. Although she works as a successful television presenter, she has the gift of attracting only idiots in relationships. On the contrary, her sister Karolína has already found the right one and is planning a wedding. ...
Style:
neurotic, feel good, romantic, funny, light ...
Plot:
marriage proposal, wedding ceremony, wedding day, failed expectations, hysterical woman, restaurant, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, sister sister relationship, mayor, drunkenness, unfaithful boyfriend, extramarital affair ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, central europe, prague, czech republic
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
To win back his girlfriend after an unfortunate misunderstanding, a hopeless romantic decides to recreate grand gestures from famous movies.
Style:
touching, psychological, humorous, talky, crying ...
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, boyfriend girlfriend conflict, socially awkward, secretly observing, jealous boyfriend, jealousy, shop owner, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love triangle, jealous man, manipulative person, seductive behavior ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
prague, europe, central europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
With their teen hormones raging, three high school boys help one another explore their curiosity about the opposite sex and love in this raunchy comedy.
Style:
light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nerdy girl, first sex, group of friends, rivals, family relations, teenage girl, high school, pregnant teenager, sexual frustration, failed expectations, inner voice, fall in love ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tragedy meets comedy in seven stories about how our entire world can collapse at any given moment.
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, non-linear, neurotic, light ...
Plot:
group of friends, husband wife relationship, passive aggressive woman, passive aggressive man, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, comedy of manners, multiple storylines, wedding, dark humor, party, failed expectations, wedding day ...
Place:
central europe, poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Seventeen year old, music obsessed school girl Kat Malone tricks her way into managing struggling band Dollar Days, pretending to be a band manager in her twenties.
Style:
captivating, psychological, contemplative, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
high school student, teenager, bully, bullying, teenage girl, family relations, strong female lead, best friend, friendship, rock band, female protagonist, manipulative woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The Big Bad Fox recounts the misadventures of a young clumsy Fox and a feisty little red Hen. The Fox, both a little stupid and naïve, tries daily to devour the little Hen, without success. Tired of the repeated humiliation, the Fox is persuaded ...
Style:
feel good, funny, sweet, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
anthropomorphic animal, fox, chicken, talking animal, rabbit, duck, manipulation, father daughter relationship, mistaken identity, friendship, trespassing, manipulative behavior ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Snatched off the street and held for ransom, a bound and gagged woman uses her limited powers to derail her two masked abductors' carefully laid plans.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
kidnapping, twists and turns, ransom, van, ransom demand, kidnapped woman, wealthy family, danger, couple relations, abduction, criminal, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
central europe, berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A teen comedy about a nerdy teenager who creates an iPhone app to be his girlfriend. When she miraculously comes to life, things go hilariously wrong, and she tries to kill him.
Style:
psychotronic, humorous, light, cyber, crying ...
Plot:
high school student, teenage protagonist, humiliation, classmate classmate relationship, student, rivalry, school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, family relations, failed expectations, rivals ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A fairy tale, featuring the landlady Margaret, the devil Boniface, the bribable councilors Fake and Chatterbox and the lazy tailor Greasy. In Hell, the devils have a quill that writes human sins into the Book of Sins and the devils go and pull the ...
Style:
psychotronic, humorous, light, psychological, feel good ...
Plot:
unrequited love, socially awkward, cultural difference, co worker co worker relationship, mistaken identity, father son relationship, romantic rivalry, rivalry, love triangle, husband wife relationship, justice, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
central europe, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
TV show
Story:
Zehra 14-year-old girl must bury her dream to become a teacher ... Because her parents want to match Zehra with a man from a rich family ... After marriage Zehra must stay at home in-laws, make Zehra condition worse ... But a woman who is Zehra ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, heartbreaking, emotional, tense
Plot:
forced marriage, marriage of convenience, oppression, child marriage, family drama, arranged marriage, female protagonist, teacher, marriage, loveless marriage, husband wife relationship, maid ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows the story of Leyla, a wedding planner, who has to plan the wedding of the man who left her at the altar.
Style:
emotional, sweet, funny, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Plot:
wedding planner, bride and groom, wedding planning, marriage, wedding, love story, family relations, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, love affair, ex couple relations, love ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Han In Sang and Seo Bom are young and in love, despite major differences in wealth and status. But all of that hangs in the balance when Han In Sang accidentally knocks up Seo Bom, setting off a comedic domino effect that reverberates throughout the ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, dark comedy
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, wealthy family, family relations, family problems, relationship problems, parents and children, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, failed expectations, family life, relationships, pregnant woman ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A woman expecting to get engaged on her all-important 30th birthday gets a different surprise after she makes her birthday wish: a glimpse into her future – which doesn’t resemble anything she’s ever imagined for herself.
Style:
romantic, visually appealing, humorous, sweet, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
desire, happy ending, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fall in love, love and romance, stereotypes, opposites attract, flash forward, society, relationship vs career, couple relations, love triangle ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Epic tale about two generations of men in a wealthy Finnish family, spanning from the 1960s all the way through the early 1990s. The father has achieved his position as director of the family business through marrying the heiress. Their eldest son ...
Style:
period piece, melancholic, art house
Plot:
family business, family drama, failed expectations, father son conflict, drug addiction, youth culture, bittersweet, identity crisis, rock music, frustration, inheritance, family secret ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
helsinki finland, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia.
Style:
dark comedy, crying, tragicomedy
Plot:
failed expectations, minefield, card playing, millionaire, gambling, class differences, poverty, old woman, doctor, dead body, cooking, rivals ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Nicky Larson is tasked to recover the perfume of Cupid, a perfume that would make anyone who uses it irresistible.
Style:
entertaining, light, humorous, colorful, slapstick comedy ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, womanizer, private investigator, gangster, weapons, sex, gang, tough guy, presumed dead, chase, partner ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, monaco
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
It's four years later, and a new group of students has been placed in Saturday detention at the infamous and prestigious Crestview Academy. When Siouxsie, sophomore 'undercrust,' crashes the party to avenge her sister's death, a ...
Style:
non-linear, ambiguous ending, humorous, suspense, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school student, dark humor, drug addict, student, female protagonist, serial killer, cynical man, conspiracy, murder, bossy woman, father son relationship, teenage boy ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While on a seemingly routine job, a jaded hit man discovers that he's not the only one with his target in the crosshairs.
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, clever, surreal, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, hitman, murder, vengeance, twists and turns, cons and scams, woman in danger, disorder, small town, dishonesty, danger, assassin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an American, 19, who's available but refuses any romantic illusions.
Style:
sex comedy, retro, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
lust, adultery, marriage proposal, destiny, celebrity, womanizer, manic pixie dream girl, wine, friendship, food, female nudity, blonde ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 80s
Place:
london, europe, france, cannes, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save ...
Style:
parody, scary, humorous, satirical, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
old dark house, vampire, supernatural, haunted house, nothing goes right, monster, book, transformation, curse, little boy, satire, danger ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
There's nothing wrong with the Marshetta family that a little felony can't cure. Rupert doesn't want to follow in his father's blue-collar footsteps, so he and his quirky friend kidnap his father for ransom, only nobody wants him ...
Style:
retro, independent film, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
kidnapping, older woman younger man relationship, kidnapper, age-gap relationship, motorcycle, mine, family relations, dysfunctional family, missing person, buddies, youth, family problems ...
Time:
80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel ...
Style:
horror comedy, grindhouse, dark comedy, black comedy, psychotronic ...
Plot:
prostitute, hooker, frankenstein, killed during sex, female objectification, brain transplant, man hits a woman, exploitation, monster, female monster, pimp, cocaine ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city, australia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution amid uncertainty as to whether her greatest fear is real or delusional.
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, medical horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, stalking, mental institution, maniac, psychiatric ward, mental patient, sexual assault, psychopath, stalker, murder, mental illness, mental disorder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
portugal, pennsylvania, boston
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Kevin has sworn off sex to win back his former fiancée when he meets a beautiful escort named Zade. Over the course of a legendary party, Zade just might provide the spark that this heartbroken idealist needs to turn his life around.
Style:
funny, semi serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
sexual desire, hooker, sexual frustration, escort, sexual fantasy, breaking up with girlfriend, awkward situation, male female relationship, sexual humor, humour, seduction, satire ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Lonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, bleak, psychological, black comedy ...
Plot:
male rape, loneliness, rape, widow, age difference, sexual abuse, socially awkward, obsession, mental illness, sociopath, violence, money ...
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