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Everything's Going to Be Great (2025)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When they are unexpectedly forced to move in with an estranged relative, the Smart Family must navigate oversized dreams, identity struggles and regional theater in this warmly observant family comedy.
Style:
crying, weird
Plot:
religion, football player, female nudity, sex scene, map, summer, birthday, doctor, church, male nudity, virgin, bible, family relations, singing, christianity, catholic church, moving, spring, imaginary friend, showbiz, funeral, brother sister relationship, smoking, christian, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 1989, year 1990
Place:
kansas, new jersey, ohio, south carolina, milwaukee wisconsin
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Most similar movies to Everything's Going to Be Great
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, independent film, humorous and semi serious films with plots about family relations, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, cigarette smoking, kiss, sex and drinking mostly in Drama, Comedy and Music genres. Some movies like Everything's Going to Be Great: Forgiving the Franklins (2006), 10,000 Saints (2015), Danny Collins (2015), The Automatic Hate (2015), Twist and Shout (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A conservative, God fearing Southern family is spiritually changed by an auto accident, but who they become puts them at odds with the highly conservative values around them.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
cheerleader, church, family relations, best friend, high school, family problems, religions or cults, high school life, dark humor, gender, rehabilitation, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A sweeping multigenerational story set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the young—and old—are all ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenage pregnancy, gay man straight woman relationship, boy, friendship, pregnancy, parents and children, punk, city life, estrangement, rehabilitation, youth ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, vermont
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An ageing rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old letter written to him by John Lennon.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
musician, rock star, aging, musician's life, elderly, midlife crisis, transformation, family relations, starting over, introspection, cancer, love and romance ...
Time:
70s, year 2014, year 1971, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Davis Green's (Joseph Cross) alluring young cousin Alexis (Adelaide Clemens) appears on his doorstep one night, he discovers that a side of his family has been kept secret from him. Against his father’s wishes, Davis travels to rural, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, mumblecore, f word
Plot:
sex between cousins, cousins incest, cousin cousin relationship, brother sister relationship, skinny dipping, family secret, overheard conversation, brother sister incest, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, brother brother conflict, dark secret, sister sister relationship ...
Place:
new york state, boston
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Danish teens come of age in 1963. Bjorn and Erik are close friends. Bjorn is pursued by Kirsten, a future Stepford wife, but he falls for Anna, who initiates him into love and sex. Erik is somber, caring for his home-bound mentally-ill mother while ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, female nudity, dating, hide and seek, adolescence, age difference, nude girl, traumatic childhood, family relations, friendship, pregnancy, older woman younger man ...
Time:
80s, 60s, year 1963
Place:
antwerp, denmark, copenhagen, scandinavia
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Frank is a famous New York University professor in 1973 who left his small South Carolina town behind him and remained in little contact with his family, especially given his style of life and his relationship with his ten-year partner, the free ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, sincere, dark comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, male homosexuality, gay interest, uncle niece relationship, college professor, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, father son relationship, funeral, gay muslim ...
Time:
year 1973, 20th century, 2000s, 2020s, 70s
Place:
south carolina, hawaii, new york, southern usa
Similarity:
62%
3K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (Vivaldi, Bach, Wagner), and is an interpretation of the ...
Style:
anthology, independent film, erotic, comedy drama, experimental ...
Plot:
nudity, erotica, sex club, gay interest, making love, sex, female nudity, bare chested male, cheating wife, female pubic hair, opera, infidelity ...
Time:
year 1987, year 1931, 1930s, 18th century
Place:
albania, las vegas, vienna
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After their father abruptly sells the beloved family-owned restaurant that has employed them for years, the charismatic McDermott boys - hot-tempered Brian (Quill), lovelorn Kit (Mulroney) and jokester Duncan (Astin) - find themselves at odds with ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
restaurant, runner, coming of age, argument, passionate kiss, punched in the face, woman in short shorts, teenager, age-gap relationship, food, siblings, family relations ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
south carolina
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solondz's film Happiness (1998).
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, black comedy, independent film, talky ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pedophile, couple relations, father son relationship, family relations, sisters, character study, dark humor, family problems, parents and children, family life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2009, 70s, 21st century
Place:
florida, new jersey, usa, miami, israel ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Follows two New York city couples -- one heterosexual and one gay who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, clever, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, gay interest, gay marriage, lgbtq, couples, gay club, nothing goes right, love and romance, lgbt, gay bashing, gay son ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, year 1987
Place:
greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york, usa, new jersey, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, entertaining ...
Plot:
dark humor, infidelity, murder, lifestyle, life turned upside down, family problems, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, society, couples, under the surface, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A carousing college professor's life takes a series of unimaginable turns, and all the old stories are given a new twist, when he begins to have surreal hallucinations and learns he may not be long for this world.
Style:
captivating, psychological, surreal, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
college professor, hallucination, alcoholic, surrealism, professor, alcohol abuse, visual hallucination, lifestyle change, a vision, changing lives, unfaithful wife, family dinner ...
Place:
montreal
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
TV producer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it incredibly becomes ...
Style:
thought provoking, black comedy, independent film, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
racism, satire, hip hop, blaxploitation, rise and fall, overnight success, civil rights, showbiz, media satire, society, artists and showbiz, television ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, america, usa, south carolina, yale university ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Georgia Rule follows a rebellious, uncontrollable teenager who is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her grandmother. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding ...
Style:
teen, sincere, stylized, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
small town, mother daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, teenager, family problems, parents and children, rebellious daughter, redemption, drinking, honest, secrets, confession ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
idaho, usa, salt lake city utah, san francisco, new jersey ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Frank and Jack Baker are professional musicians who play small clubs. They play smaltzy music and have never needed a day job...
Style:
sexy, sensual, offbeat, sex comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
jazz, nightclub, music, hotel, piano, dog, audition, brother brother relationship, musician, drinking, art, rock and roll ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1989
Place:
seattle, washington state, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell needs more money to press more copies, he borrows it from a ...
Style:
hood, black comedy, grim, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hip hop, breakdance, black, blaxploitation, dancing, urban, black man, black girl, hip hop culture, clubbing, youth culture, teen angst ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
42%
31K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.
Style:
sentimental, heartbreaking, tear jerker, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens
Plot:
friendship, childhood friend, best friend, terminal illness, singer, female bonding, mother daughter relationship, female lawyer, death, life is a bitch, coming of age, dog ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s, 80s, 1950s ...
Place:
new york, atlantic city new jersey, san francisco, manhattan new york city, los angeles ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Dr. Abe Mandelbaum has just moved into a retirement home. After forming an unlikely friendship with a womanizing gambler, their relationship is tested when they each try to convince a mysterious nurse that they are her long-lost father.
Style:
surprise ending, independent film
Plot:
poker, storytelling, prostitute, singing, husband wife relationship, sex, smoking, confession, nurse, impotence, flirting, doctor ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts
Similarity:
40%
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24K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pregnancy, painting, small town, art, artist, culture clash, eccentricity, cheerleader, painter, newlyweds, jealousy ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, chicago, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Perry is a happily married father of two living a comfortable but sedate life in the suburbs. On the occasion of his 40th birthday, he seeks to revisit his former life as the lead singer in a popular punk band though his middle-aged reality quickly ...
Style:
light, sentimental, feel good, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
rock musician, musician, family relations, female lawyer, african american, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, public defender, family business, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, flash forward, punk rocker ...
Time:
year 2016
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
On the day of their Father's 70th birthday party, four siblings come to terms with the publication of a novel written by the youngest sibling, that exposes the family's most intimate secrets.
Style:
realistic, talky, humorous, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, eccentric family, family feud, family gatherings, writer's life, dark humor, artists and showbiz, sexual dysfunction, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
38%
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
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The shy son of an aging comedienne tries to find a balance between his demanding home life, his new girlfriend, and his mother's second chance at fame.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
single parent, disability, family relations, parents and children, family life, eccentric family, youth, divorced parents, siblings relations, sexual relations, mentally challenged, misfit ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
australia, new zealand
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, bleak, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, dark humor, suburbs, suicide, kidnapping, youth, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, satire, friendship, mistaken identity, high school ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, sincere, dark comedy, reflective ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, actress, filmmaking, infidelity, pedophilia, asthma, twins, research, marijuana, sexual abuse, statutory rape, sex ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s
Place:
savannah georgia, georgia
Similarity:
36%
11K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two young men meet in a twin bereavement support group and form an unlikely bromance.
Style:
dark comedy, sincere, crying, lgbt cinema, f word
Plot:
gay sex, gay, gay interest, male male relationship, male nudity, gay straight relations, homosexuality, friendship between men, death, twins, lie, jealousy ...
Place:
seattle, portland oregon, idaho
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A widower confronts his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, sincere, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, starting over, love and romance, couple relations, small town life, brother brother relationship, suburbs, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, american football ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
florida, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Hal, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route he joins the school debating team, which sends ...
Style:
clever, sincere, teen, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, high school, debate, nothing goes right, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, misfit, contests and competitions, teacher, youth ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
Similarity:
36%
31K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
This movie tells the intersecting stories of various people connected to the music business in Nashville. Barbara Jean is the reigning queen of Nashville but is near collapse. Linnea and Delbert Reese have a shaky marriage and 2 deaf children. Opal ...
Style:
political, independent film, cult classic, stylized, anthology ...
Plot:
multiple storylines, satire, music, politics, musician, sexual content, country music, showbiz, election, government, american politics, parallel story ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
tennessee, nashville tennessee, usa, california
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Salsa singer screws over everybody on his way to the top; when his latest record flops, his career starts doing downhill.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
price of fame, behind the scenes, singer, limousine, irony, street life, singing, heart attack, audition, fame, record producer, debt ...
Time:
year 1985
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
34%
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