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 crying, humorous, feel good, dark comedy, light and psychotronic films and TV shows about / with failed expectations, telephone call, friend, screaming woman, man with glasses, bare chested male, crying woman, family relations, secretly observing and chase plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, Italy, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as failed expectations: Under the Riccione Sun (2020), Love, Guaranteed (2020), Cherokee Creek (2018), My sister's wedding (2018), Only for Tereza (2021), 15+ Coming of Age (2017), Dismissal (2017), Panic Attack (2017), Kat and the Band (2019), Kidnapping Stella (2019).

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Under the Riccione Sun (2020)
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: humorous, light, feel good, entertaining, rom com ...
Plot: virgin, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, summer, blind character, summer vacation, blindness, beach volleyball, teenager, best friend, failed expectations, tourist, aspiring singer ...
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Love, Guaranteed (2020)
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: romantic, rom com, funny, light, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: online dating, fear of commitment, fall in love, happy ending, trial, plan gone wrong, failed expectations, lawyer, male female relationship, love story, love and romance, prejudice ...
Time: 2020s
Place: seattle
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 3.5
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Cherokee Creek (2018)
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, psychotronic, suspense, crying ...
Plot: bigfoot, multiple deaths, failed expectations, jealousy, friendship, friend, co worker co worker relationship, blood, loss of friend, friendship between men, characters killed one by one, kidnapper ...
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My sister's wedding (2018)
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, romantic, funny, light, feel good ...
Plot: wedding ceremony, wedding day, failed expectations, wedding, unfaithful boyfriend, employer employee relationship, female protagonist, marriage proposal, restaurant, self pity, mother daughter relationship, party ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, prague, czech republic
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Only for Tereza (2021)
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, gaming ...
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend conflict, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, seductive man, plan gone wrong, manipulative person, socially awkward, jealous man, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, female sexual predator, jealous boyfriend, shop owner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: prague, central europe
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15+ Coming of Age (2017)
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: entertaining, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: nerdy girl, teenage girl, family relations, rivals, group of friends, sex education, first sex, friendship between men, pregnant teenager, high school, inner voice, failed expectations ...
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 5.0
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Dismissal (2017)
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, father son relationship, greedy man, malice, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, employer employee relationship, manipulation, adultery, failed expectations, comedy of manners, coworker relationship ...
Place: buenos aires argentina
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 6.0
 2K
Panic Attack (2017)
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, non-linear, neurotic, dark comedy, feel good ...
Plot: group of friends, husband wife relationship, passive aggressive man, wedding party, dark humor, passive aggressive woman, wedding, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, comedy of manners, multiple storylines, party, friend ...
Place: central europe, poland, warsaw poland
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Kat and the Band (2019)
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: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Audience: kids
Plot: high school student, teenager, bully, bullying, family relations, teenage girl, best friend, strong female lead, rock band, singer, strong female character, failed expectations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london
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The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
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: funny, humorous, entertaining, sweet, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: anthropomorphic animal, fox, duck, talking animal, rabbit, chicken, christmas, manipulation, father daughter relationship, mistaken identity, friendship, psychological manipulation ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france, europe
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Kidnapping Stella (2019)
Genre: Crime, 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, atmospheric, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: kidnapping, abduction, twists and turns, van, ransom demand, kidnapped woman, love, wealthy family, couple relations, danger, ransom, locked door ...
Place: berlin germany, central europe
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 2.9
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iGirlfriend (2016)
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, friendship, rivalry, student, classmate classmate relationship, school, humiliation, teenage protagonist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, failed expectations, rivals, chase ...
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The Magic Quill (2018)
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, feel good, psychological, light ...
Plot: unrequited love, socially awkward, co worker co worker relationship, cultural difference, mistaken identity, father son relationship, thief, rivalry, father daughter relationship, love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, justice ...
Place: central europe
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Forever First Love (2020)
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, feel good, entertaining, romantic
Audience: girls' night
Plot: passion, haunted by the past, fatal attraction, unfulfillment, second chance, unfulfilled love, love interest, psychological manipulation, frustration, betrayal, obsession, breaking up with girlfriend ...
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 4.4
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Litle Bride (2013)
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
Plot: forced marriage, family problems, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional marriage, maid, marriage of convenience, marriage, wealthy family, loveless marriage, marital problem, male female relationship, life is a bitch ...
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Happily Ever After (2020)
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, suspenseful, sweet, light, funny ...
Plot: bride and groom, wedding planner, wedding, marriage, love affair, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love story, ex couple relations, family relations, male female relationship, fiance fiancee relationship, love ...
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Heard It Through the Grapevine (2015)
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: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating, dark comedy
Plot: teenage pregnancy, family relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, wealthy family, relationship problems, family problems, failed expectations, relationships, class differences, moral dilemma, father son relationship ...
Place: korea
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The Birthday Wish (2017)
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: sweet, humorous, visually appealing, feel good, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: happy ending, desire, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, fall in love, opposites attract, flash forward, stereotypes, transformation, society, relationship vs career, plan ...
Time: future
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The Scopone Game (1972)
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: crying, tragicomedy, dark comedy
Plot: millionaire, failed expectations, class differences, gambling, old woman, poverty, doctor, dead body, cooking, sick woman, rivals, passive aggressive girl ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: italy, rome italy
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Horror Stories 2 (2013)
Genre: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In an insurance company, Yoon, who is an outsider, has a power to see people’s past and read their minds. Mr. Park, Yoon’s boss, assumes that she has some kind of special power, decides to test her ability. At very late night when everyone has ...
Style: anthology, psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: supernatural power, rescue, death, revenge, ghost, nightmare, group of friends, survival, supernatural, supernatural ability, escapades, friends ...
Time: 21st century
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The Kerosene Lamps (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer. Paul refuses to work or to consummate the marriage, and then his health steadily ...
Style: crying
Plot: renaissance, wedding ceremony, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, marriage, unhappy marriage, officer, groom, spinster, nun, illness, cousin cousin relationship ...
Time: year 1900, turn of the century, 1900s
Place: eastern europe, czechoslovakia, central europe, czech republic
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Up Your Teddy Bear (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Clyde King, a toy store employee whose hobbies include making wooden toys and stalking women, is coveted by the female owner of one of the biggest toy companies in the world. She is enchanted by King's hand-carved toys, and she delegates the ...
Style: slapstick comedy, freeze frame, dark comedy, slapstick, independent film ...
Plot: drag, prostitute, toy store, dancing, fat man, female executive, female nudity, waitress, boss, cross dressing, swimming pool, seduction ...
Time: 70s
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Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ultra-low-budget Florida cult film featuring a transvestite fugitive criminal and his homosexual (and mentally unstable) lover on the lam in a Miami suburb.
Style: slasher, lgbt cinema, crying, psychotronic, independent film ...
Plot: drag queen, gay, cross dressing, killing spree, bare chested male, gay interest, dark humor, outlaw, shovel as weapon, villain as protagonist, dead body, nudity ...
Place: florida, miami
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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young woman is accused of murdering her debauched neighbor after dreaming it. Was she set up, or did she really do it?
Style: slasher, psychosexual thriller, grindhouse, surprise ending, spooky ...
Plot: lesbian lover, nightmare, erotic dream, murder, lesbian, female nudity, serial killer, glamour, female psychopath, plot twist, acid trip, mysticism ...
Time: 70s
Place: london, england, europe
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 5.4
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Loot (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on the play by 'Joe Orton' this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately (?) one of them works in a funeral parlour and they have a coffin to spare.
Style: lgbt cinema, realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous ...
Plot: friendship between men, caper, robbery, loot, gay, farce, heist, hotel, homoerotic friendship, father son relationship, money, male star appears nude ...
Time: 60s
Place: brighton, london
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The Grim Reaper (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Near the Tiber river, in a Roman park, a prostitute was killed. The police tracks down people that were inside the park during that night. They are questioned and have to explain why they were there. One of them is the killer.
Style: neorealism, neo noir, contemplative, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: italian neorealism, swing, soldier, murder, investigation, prostitute, police investigation, manipulation, who done it, amateur detective, gays and lesbians, life is a bitch ...
Time: 60s
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owner’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Style: disturbing, serious, touching, detective, independent film ...
Plot: farm, on the run, fugitive, faith, innocence, adolescence, hiding, post war, childhood, family relations, mistaken identity, little girl ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: england
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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, China
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner's enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity to help battle the raucous sisters.
Style: funny, humorous, sex comedy, exciting, saga ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: sorority, weed, party, college, neighbor, fraternity, drug, group of friends, marijuana, sorority girl, teenager, sex scene ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: sydney australia
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 3.3
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Teen Vamp (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An unimpressive, boring high-school geek is bitten and contracts vampirical symptoms, transforming him into a confident coolio.
Style: humorous, scary, suspense, freeze frame, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vampire, high school, cheerleader, male nudity, teenager, supernatural power, teenage boy, transformation, dark humor, research, rivalry, awkward situation ...
Time: 1950s
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Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-ageing pills. He plans to use a time travel trip to return to Germany in 1944 and present Hitler with a hydrogen bomb, so that he can win the war. Unfortunately the pilot, woman-chasing ...
Style: dark comedy, surreal, humorous, captivating, tense ...
Plot: time travel, world war two, conspiracy, death of brother, secret, brother brother relationship, nazism, soldier, scientist, employer employee relationship, chase, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Time: year 1941, 1940s, year 1944, year 1996, 90s ...
Place: germany, czechoslovakia, central europe, prague, europe ...
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