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The Good Half (2023)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland for his mother's funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones, before confronting his problems and trying to face his grief.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, independent film, dark comedy
Plot:
family relations, grief, family drama, mother son relationship, healing, reconciliation, mourning, bereavement, memory, personal growth, getting home, funeral, acceptance, introspection, bittersweet, character study, intimate, second chance, nostalgia, slice of life, family secret, sibling relationship, dialogue driven, family secrets
Time:
contemporary
Place:
cleveland ohio
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Most similar movies to The Good Half
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, realistic and independent film films with plots about bittersweet, intimate, small town, grief, reconciliation, family drama and slice of life mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Good Half: 3 Days with Dad (2019), The Weeping Walk (2024), June Falling Down (2016), What Children Do (2017), Chasing the Wind (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The last thing Eddie Mills wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad. But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy family, an overbearing step-mother, and his bear of a father. Once there, Eddie is confronted with a ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, light, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
family drama, parents and children, life, family problems, confronting the past, father son relationship, family relations, relationship problems, revelation, dealing with the past, relationships, guilty conscience ...
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The death of Christine and the choice to bury her in Acanda lead to the unraveling of unexpected family secrets on the journey to her final resting place.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, suspense, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
mourning, family secret, grief, family drama, funeral, mature, flashback, road trip, intimate, regret, siblings, small town ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young woman returns home to Wisconsin for her best friend's wedding and the one year anniversary of her father's death.
Style:
reflective, emotional, melancholic, realistic, independent film
Plot:
female protagonist, bereavement, grief, loss, small town, friendship, slice of life, family drama, homecoming, memory, bittersweet, personal growth ...
Place:
midwest, wisconsin
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A comedy about two estranged sisters brought back into each other's lives by the impending death of their grandmother.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, witty, dark comedy, melancholic ...
Plot:
sisters, death, sibling rivalry, bittersweet, grandmother, intimate, reconciliation, healing, everyday life, confrontation, family secret, slice of life ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anna hasn’t seen her family for a decade. When her grandmother dies, she returns home to take care of her grandfather. In the week leading up to the funeral, nothing goes as expected, and Anna is forced to reconsider how she lives her life.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative, realistic
Plot:
grief, grandfather, funeral, getting home, family conflict, family drama, loss, intimate, character study, small town, mourning, confrontation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A failed Brooklyn writer, Nathan Fisher, visits his ailing parents in Florida. His mother has Alzheimer's and his father has recently had a stroke and his girlfriend has recently broken up with him.
Style:
emotional, realistic, semi serious, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
aging, bittersweet, family relations, siblings relations, mental illness, dark humor, introspection, parents and children, unfulfillment, unsuccessful, elderly, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After the death of their father, three siblings return to the family home where they grew up. They intend to sell it and follow their very different paths. But as memories surface in every corner, a fear of getting rid of the past and an impulse to ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, psychological, semi serious, thrilling ...
Plot:
family reunited, siblings, memories, family drama, mourning, family home, grief, family relations, lifestyle, relationships, domestic drama, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After the death of her oldest sister, a 30 year old globe-trotting nature photographer is guilted onto a family trip to Cape Cod - along with the younger sister she used to torment. Amid recriminations, revelations, a very weird shopkeeper and an ...
Style:
light, captivating, entertaining, emotional, sincere
Plot:
relationships, road trip, photograph, sibling rivalry, family drama, sisterhood, sister sister relationship, photographer, family problems, travel, photography, family relations ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A group of old friends get together to be with their beloved aunt/grandmother who took care of them when they were kids for her last days. And things get complicated.
Style:
realistic, emotional, funny, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, stupidity, adulthood, group of friends, family values, friends, life philosophy, relationships, family relations, family life, family drama, grownups ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A newly reunited father and son grapple with new beginnings after tragedy, but can they manage to fill the void left by a beloved wife and mother?
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
grief, loss, father son relationship, family drama, healing, mourning, second chance, house, recovery, intimate, parenting, coping ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Kyle and Jen, estranged siblings, travel from New York City to rural Pennsylvania to pack up the home of their recently deceased mother. While there, they make a discovery that turns their world upside-down. A Picture of You is a serious movie ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
bittersweet, siblings relations, family problems, family relations, estrangement, life turned upside down, dealing with death, death in the family, siblings, secrets, family drama, loss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A middle-aged former criminal has little time to live due to cancer, so he gets to see his son after 5 years to spend his last week with him and teach him the principles he considers important in life.
Style:
emotional, touching, melancholic, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
reconciliation, mortality, life lesson, father son relationship, family drama, bonding, fatherhood, redemption, bittersweet, cancer, regret, second chance ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Returning home to working class Warwick, Rhode Island, Peter Latang encounters childhood friend Donald Treebeck for what starts as a simple favor and turns into a long van ride into two friends past.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, cult classic, independent film
Plot:
friendship, small town, nostalgia, character study, memory, loss, grief, bittersweet, intimate, slice of life, road trip, coming of age ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, rhode island
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sam is a young woman whose father died when she was a teenager, overcoming that tragedy, she gets her happily ever after with the man she loves until it all falls apart. Now she is back in her hometown, rebuilding her life.
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, sentimental, melancholic
Plot:
female protagonist, grief, heartbreak, healing, second chance, family drama, personal growth, starting over, resilience, getting home, small town, homecoming ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After losing his wife and three kids, all Kyle wants is to mourn in peace. Unfortunately, his family insists on helping him.
Style:
sincere, semi serious, humorous, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
family drama, isolation, funeral, family conflict, dysfunctional family, depression, death, mourning, grief, sadness, aftermath, bereavement ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jaap and Maartje have been together almost 50 years. Grumpy old Jaap is no longer terribly interested in doing much, but Maartje, despite her occasional confusion, is still keen to embrace everything life has to offer. When the couple receive a ...
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, emotional, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
journey, road trip, dementia, aging, elderly couple, marriage, memory, tenderness, bittersweet, nostalgia, long term relationship, companionship ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four cousins are excited to celebrate Christmas with each other until their estranged grandfather summons them home for their beloved grandmother’s memorial.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, satirical, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
christmas, family reunited, family problems, family relations, cousin cousin relationship, sisters, satire, relationships, sister sister relationship, eccentric family, bittersweet, reconciliation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Lithuania, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
It is highly probable that before their own death, everyone has to organise someone else’s funeral. This is by far not an easy task. In addition to the searing grief, dying also brings a number of tasks that are at once utterly alien and intensely ...
Style:
reflective, emotional, inspirational, thought provoking, dark comedy ...
Plot:
death of father, mourning, funeral, female protagonist, grief, death, parents and children, teenage dreams, life & death, life lesson, mental health, character change ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two sisters, one white and one black, spend a week together at their famous father's summer home. A microscopic examination of the new American family unit, it's a deeply personal film about the human connections that bond us all together.
Style:
mumblecore, captivating, entertaining, light, emotional ...
Plot:
sisters, family relations, sister sister relationship, family drama, sister, grief, family reunited, interracial relations, identity, family secret, intimate, domestic drama ...
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Mollard, divorced but still attached, can't move on and also can't sell a house in a property boom, much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary there – ...
Style:
psychological, independent film, unusual plot structure, humorous, melancholic ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, real estate agent, father son relationship, grief, family relations, loss, loneliness, character study, mother son relationship, death of mother, reincarnation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After the bizarre death of her brother, Johana Burwood must return home after four years, to face her strange siblings, her out of touch father and her very touchy past.
Style:
disturbing, humorous, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family secret, brother sister relationship, family problems, parents and children, family drama, grief, sibling rivalry, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, kids and family, family life, father daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of Monica Chowdry, a National Spelling Bee champ…from 15 years ago. Life hasn’t quite panned out as expected for Monica since her big win. When her estranged older brother returns home to help care for their sick mother, the siblings ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, heartfelt, melancholic ...
Plot:
sibling rivalry, brother, mental health, family drama, problem, family relations, relationships, teenage life, brother sister reunion, family problems, satire, estranged brother ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Sergio learns that he will soon have a baby brother, his imagination kicks into gear in devious and alarming ways. But when his mother suffers a miscarriage, Sergio's feelings of guilt are all too real.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
guilt, family relations, father son relationship, miscarriage, children, family drama, guilty conscience, life, relationships, mourning, coming of age, grief ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three estranged sisters deal with the death of their father.
Style:
tragicomedy, realistic
Plot:
grief, death of father, family drama, sisters, sibling rivalry, breakup, self discovery, reconciliation, personal growth, bittersweet, character study, motherhood ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Chile
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A man who has recently lost his wife and forced to retire contemplates suicide. His friends take him on a trip to a senior resort, and invite his former sweetheart.
Style:
emotional, contemplative, realistic, romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
retirement, bereavement, aging, healing, grief, loneliness, introspection, mature, bittersweet, nostalgia, personal growth, self discovery ...
Place:
santiago chile, chile
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man does everything in his power to keep ownership of a seaside cottage he built with his late wife.
Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
bereavement, mourning, loss, grief, satire, dysfunctional family, loss of wife, relationship problems, family problems, obsession, memory, character study ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fuke visits his uncle Idriz and aunt Sabira to fix a broken boiler. He soon finds out there's a lot more that needs to be repaired. Idriz and Sabira aren't ready to accept the loss of their only son in the Balkan war, seven years earlier. ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, art house, tear jerker
Plot:
balkan war, family drama, grief, loss, mourning, intimate, nostalgia, slice of life, memory, healing, reconciliation, getting home ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, bosnia, balkan, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A reunion of old friends for Jahangir's birthday when everyone is informed of his fatal illness - An inevitable confrontation with the current situation and the past - Series of the tensions and the reconciliations leading to a road to the life ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, melancholic, tension, reflective ...
Plot:
mortality, terminal illness, death, family reunited, bittersweet, family drama, reconciliation, friendship, grief, acceptance, intimate, nostalgia ...
Place:
persia, iran, middle east
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young woman is forced to return to her hometown to take care of her ailing father and, in turn, finds herself living a life she never imagined for herself.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot:
homecoming, introspection, friendship, terminal illness, parents and children, drastic change of life, youth, student life, self discovery, bowling, small town, society ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.
Style:
realistic, emotional, road movie, melancholic
Plot:
reconciliation, married couple, funeral, road trip, introspection, character study, intimate, reflection, communication, soul searching, memories, nostalgia ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
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