Movies like Funny Man 2016
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Funny Man (2016)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A washed up comedian sets out to find the stolen bike that made him a child superstar.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, indie film, dark comedy, satirical, nostalgic
Plot:
redemption, quest, midlife crisis, showbiz, identity crisis, small town, reconciliation, bittersweet, friendship, road trip, child
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, satirical and realistic films with plots about bittersweet, slice of life, redemption, intimate, friendship, small town and midlife crisis mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Funny Man: Hudson (2019), Loaded (2015), Humdinger (2011), Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2022), Weekend with Pops (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
285
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A man embarks on a trip with his estranged cousin Hudson to spread his late mother's ashes. They meet an unusual woman along the way and their simple road trip turns into a dysfunctional adventure.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
grief, road trip, changing lives, lifestyle change, journey, satire, second chance, recluse, friendship, empathy, bittersweet, intimate ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Old friends reunite to accompany a friend on a road trip to rehab.
Style:
road movie, independent film, realistic, emotional, comedy drama ...
Plot:
road trip, friendship, rehabilitation, addiction, female friendship, on the road, journey, conflict, confrontation, bittersweet, intimate, personal growth ...
Place:
san francisco, san diego california
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An awkward introvert travels cross-country with a damaged stranger to reconcile with his terminally ill father - a philanderer who has devised a scheme to make amends.
Style:
sentimental, melancholic, indie film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, road trip, bittersweet, self discovery, second chance, forgiveness, terminal illness, estranged father, regret, redemption, personal growth, cross country ...
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Kolya and Vasylii learn that their father, who left them when they were children, is dying in Luxembourg, far away from them. One of them wants to go and find his father, while the other one does everything he can to prevent the first from leaving ...
Style:
emotional, road movie, melancholic, realistic, tension ...
Plot:
brotherhood, search for father, sibling rivalry, reconciliation, journey, european, bittersweet, confrontation, identity, self discovery, regret, family secret ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
87%
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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:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Purgatory Comics tells the story of a young woman named Cola who runs from her adult responsibilities and hides in a failing comic book store. This leaves Cola to question how long she can hide from her complicated past.
Style:
emotional, realistic, contemplative, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
comic book, self discovery, identity crisis, female protagonist, intimate, coming of age, runaway, isolation, personal growth, slice of life, everyday life, escape ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Two best friends—Tatsuo, a retiring Yakuza member, and Kiyoshi, a cop—travel to the funeral of a woman they both loved.
Style:
reflective, dramatic, melancholic, crime drama, realistic ...
Plot:
yakuza, friendship, cop, loss, regret, loyalty, brotherhood, male bonding, funeral, road trip, retirement, nostalgia ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The journey of an old man and an EMT specialist in an ambulance becomes unexpectedly meaningful for both of them.
Style:
road movie, existential, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
character study, road trip, mortality, father son relationship, grief, aging, life & death, ambulance, reconciliation, redemption, bittersweet, slice of life ...
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sundance Film Festival, Clemins' calls upon his old college chum, Kevin Prouse, giving the now ...
Style:
independent film, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
problem, dream, filmmaker, satire, character study, midlife crisis, personal growth, struggling artist, alcoholism, divorce, friendship, mature ...
Similarity:
64%
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:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Group of friends meet again, 13 years after their prom because of a problem of one of them, and face the opportunity to experience the things in life they have always put aside in life so far.
Style:
disturbing, satirical, entertaining, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, friends, group of friends, satire, old friends reunited, reunited friends, coming of age, second chance, self discovery, nostalgia, regret, midlife crisis ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
THIS IS HAPPENING tells the story of an estranged brother and sister (played by James Wolk and Mickey Sumner) forced to go on the road together to track down their fugitive grandmother (Cloris Leachman). What begins as a comedic tale of a broken ...
Style:
road movie, psychological, semi serious, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
road trip, family drama, sibling relationship, relationships, self discovery, satire, eccentric family, estrangement, estranged brother, estranged sister, estranged family member, family relations ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When his wife pressures him to have another child, Tom Black retreats from his marriage and takes a stab at living alone. But in light of his crumbling personal life and a mountain of on-the-job problems, what he had before seems halfway decent.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, emotional, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, couples, hopes, ultimatum, crumbling marriage, redemption, character study, personal growth, midlife crisis, bittersweet, slice of life, fatherhood ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two solitary men embark on a journey to find a missing woman...
Style:
road movie, disturbing, captivating, satirical, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, travel, road trip, escapades, satire, on the road, male friendship, loneliness, missing woman, slice of life, bittersweet, midlife crisis ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three different sisters, Iris, Anne and Marianne, get together to celebrate the birthday of their alcoholic mother Silvia.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, realistic, dark comedy, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
birthday party, ex husband, mother and daughter, family drama, three sisters, alcoholism, dysfunctional family, character study, family secret, intimate, bittersweet, small town ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Lulu Danger's unsatisfying marriage takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious man from her past comes to town to perform an event called "An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn: For One Magical Night Only."
Style:
surreal, entertaining, captivating, humorous, indie film ...
Plot:
criminal, satire, destiny, relationship problems, family problems, partners in crime, longing, loneliness, small town, midlife crisis, bittersweet, human relationship ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Calvin, an alcoholic wastrel, is forced to find a new job after he is fired from his grounds-keeping job at a golf course. After scaring away other potential applicants, he is hired to tend the grounds of a beautiful hillside mansion by Julie, the ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, thrilling, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
friendship, alcoholic, suicidal, suicidal tendency, alcoholism, loneliness, drunkenness, suicide, character study, substance abuse, self destructing, friends ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
As laid-off factory worker Marcos pins his hopes for a new life on completing his long-unfinished one-man play, he contacts his estranged friend MartÃn, now a television writer, for help. But can their collaboration transcend an uneasy past? As the ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, melancholic, art house, one man show
Audience:
adult
Plot:
creative process, theater, friendship, slice of life, factory worker, playwright, introspection, intimate, collaboration, realism, working class, reconciliation ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An elderly shepherd takes on big business when he becomes the only holdout against property developers building a luxury resort in his tiny Sardinian village.
Style:
emotional, poignant, reflective, melancholic, art house
Plot:
relationships, intimate, introspection, mediterranean, slice of life, small town, friendship, community, resilience, bittersweet, slow burn, coming of age ...
Place:
sardinia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Anker is released from prison after a fourteen year sentence for robbery. Anker’s brother, Manfred, is the only one who knows where the money from the heist is. Meanwhile, Manfred has developed a mental illness, causing him to forget where the ...
Style:
dark comedy, crime drama, emotional, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
mental illness, brothers, brotherhood, memory, heist, family drama, character study, trauma, identity, redemption, regret, memory loss ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple of jovial life-long drunkards run into a shy architecture undergrad, whose way of seeing things will be transformed as the trio wanders from pub to pub in search of a buried treasure.
Style:
contemplative, reflective, road movie, melancholic, existential
Plot:
character study, midlife crisis, male bonding, intimate, bittersweet, nostalgia, slice of life, intergenerational friendship, friendship between men, friendship
Place:
italy
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The friendship of cancer survivors Ben and Mark is tested when a piece of news forces each character to change their perspective. Old wounds are opened as they discover their true selves.
Style:
satirical, comedy drama, disturbing, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, changing lives, love, coping, fighting illness, satire, friends, love interest, travel, lifestyle change, personal growth, male bonding ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Story:
Sometimes the comedy of life turns into a tormenting drama. Aurelio is a comedian who's paying in full the price of fame. His indiscipline and the way he managed his career have encouraged his exclusion from the stage. Now, locked in his house ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, psychological, comedy drama, dark comedy ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, loss, fame, depression, isolation, regret, loneliness, nostalgia, abandonment, intimate, bittersweet, realism ...
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When he discovers his guardian is dying, an autistic twenty-something travels across country to bring back a deluded, has-been country singer, believing that a personal performance will inspire his guardian to live.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, satirical, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
autism, road trip, empathy, satire, autist, problem, autism spectrum disorder, family problems, compassion, character study, hopes, determination ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of a man questioning the ethic and morals in society. When a serious condition threatens his life, he begins questioning life and expresses his opinions in actions without holding back He realizes that he kept scheduling his happiness and ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, satirical, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
mortality, terminal illness, father daughter relationship, family relations, relationships, society, satire, lifestyle, family life, bucket list, husband wife relationship, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A group of former high school pals see their friendship put to test amid their struggles with love, marriage and careers.
Style:
semi serious, thrilling, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, slice of life, friends, middle aged, middle aged man, lifestyle, best friend, multiple storylines, satire, bittersweet, realism ...
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
James, a jobless husband, grapples with strained marriage as wife Sarah's career thrives. Left behind, he embarks on self-discovery journey, seeking purpose and worth amidst unfulfilled dreams and marital turmoil.
Style:
realistic, emotional, independent film, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
self discovery, marital strife, personal growth, slice of life, intimate, midlife crisis, unemployment, identity crisis, bittersweet, male protagonist, resentment, reconciliation ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After leaving his small Georgia town behind to start a new life in Los Angeles, aspiring businessman Carter quickly becomes a success. But when he loses his girlfriend and his job in the same morning, he decides to return to his old town with hopes ...
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, humorous, family comedy, uplifting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
small town, self discovery, personal growth, getting home, breakup, fish out of water, second chance, coming of age, nostalgia, identity crisis, old love, reconciliation ...
Place:
georgia, los angeles
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Two close friends from Sudbury, Ontario take a road trip to Toronto that will change the nature of their relationship.
Style:
road movie, indie film, emotional, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, road trip, friendship, lgbt, coming of age, self discovery, conflict, male friendship, personal growth, character study, identity, intimate ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A family drama directed by Waris Hussein.
Style:
emotional, melancholic
Plot:
family drama, empathy, intimate, midlife crisis, responsibility, unplanned pregnancy, bittersweet, slice of life, family secret, homecoming, working class family, family relations ...
Similarity:
39%
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