Movies like Driving Miss Daisy
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Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
124K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her colored chauffeur Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters in a time when those types of relationships where shunned upon. Oscar winning tragic comedy with a star-studded cast and based on a play of the same name by Alfred Uhry.
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, emotional, period piece, realistic, touching, feel good, witty, talky, intense ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
racism, elderly, civil rights, friendship, old age, master and servant, chauffeur, racial segregation, cemetery, segregation, elevator, gardening, car accident, prejudice, african american, businessman, illiteracy, interracial friendship, senior citizen, self discovery, stereotypes, black, social differences, anti semitism, widow ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 1940s, 70s, year 1989, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, georgia, southern usa, usa, north america
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Most similar movies to Driving Miss Daisy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, feel good and sentimental films with plots about catastrophe, culture clash, redemption, runaway, mentor, friendship and storytelling mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Driving Miss Daisy: Green Book (2018), Nobody's Fool (1994), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), The Help (2011), The Intouchables (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
673K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line relied on ...
Style:
feel good, road movie, uplifting, funny, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, adult
Plot:
racism, road trip, musician, interracial friendship, travel, lgbtq, racial prejudice, journey, friendship, driver, black american, dignity ...
Time:
60s, year 1962, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
southern usa, bronx new york city, america, birmingham alabama, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's long- ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot:
small town, father son relationship, redemption, thanksgiving, justice, self discovery, family relations, parents and children, aging, elderly, retirement, generation gap ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, new york state, usa, hawaii, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, captivating, touching, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town, friendship, lesbian, feminism, self discovery, feminist, small town life, lgbtq, cannibalism, midlife crisis, female bonding, female protagonist ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 90s, year 1991, 20th century ...
Place:
alabama, southern usa, usa, georgia, louisiana ...
Similarity:
88%
525K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
racism, friendship, civil rights, discrimination, writers, women, master and servant, racial segregation, maid, feminist, racial issues, blacks and whites ...
Time:
60s, year 2011, year 1963, 1900s, 50s ...
Place:
mississippi, usa, america, southern usa, africa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, touching, uplifting, sincere ...
Audience:
date night, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
friendship, disability, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, friendship between men, disabled person, human relationship, handicapped, interracial friendship, culture clash, caregiver, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, light, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
interracial romance, friendship, nanny, self discovery, couples, daughter, interracial relations, single father, starting over, housekeeper, interracial love, hopes ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles, washington d.c., seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
civil rights, racism, african american, friendship, coming of age, teenage life, racial segregation, children, american south, abuse, interracial relations, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, year 1964, 60s
Place:
indiana, africa, usa, south carolina
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years. ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, realistic, witty, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
elderly, family relations, love story, daughter, family holiday, passion, marriage, summer, alienation, husband and wife, lake, couples ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new england, new hampshire, maine
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
dog, mental illness, neighbor, friendship, writers, gender, artist, love story, depression, gay, single mother, waitress ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, maryland, baltimore ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent ...
Style:
funny, feel good, hilarious, light, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night
Plot:
thanksgiving, senior citizen, snow, old age, chess, feud, wedding, ice fishing, love triangle, winter, christmas, friendship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1978, 1930s
Place:
minnesota, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A television movie about the friendship that develops between a young white girl and an older black man in a racist, rural Georgia town during the 1940s.
Style:
contemplative, uplifting, thought provoking, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
youth, black, racism, small town, false accusation, friendship, interracial relations, injustice, family relations, friends, social relations, discrimination ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
georgia, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with Scarlet, ...
Style:
feel good, touching, road movie, humorous, light ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, job interview, road trip, research, on the road, movie star, mentor, friends, stranger, actor's life, celebrity culture ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, seattle, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.
Style:
sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious, comedy drama ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, real estate, elderly, couple relations, society, love and romance, interracial relations, aging, husband wife relationship, senior citizen, flashback, elderly couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, India, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.
Style:
sweet, sentimental, romantic, bad ending, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
hotel, elderly lovers, elderly, wedding, middle aged woman, twists and turns, love story, aging, mistaken identity, mentor, culture clash, honest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Style:
sentimental, touching, intense, compassionate, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
interracial relations, racism, culture clash, miscegenation, african american, social commentary, interracial marriage, widower, doctor, prejudice, liberal, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
san francisco, california, america, usa, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into ...
Style:
inspirational, exciting, touching, feel good, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, date night, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, stereotypes, african american, prejudice, sexism, genius, scientist, strong female character, racial segregation ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century, year 2016, 2010s ...
Place:
indiana, persia, usa, virginia, langley virginia
Similarity:
67%
125K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.
Style:
depressing, talky, stylized, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
african american, racism, working class, twists and turns, violent, husband wife relationship, black, greed, character study, family relations, race issues, parenthood ...
Time:
1950s, year 2016, 2010s, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, indiana, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1930s Southern US, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate group of friends.
Style:
uplifting, gothic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
great depression, ku klux klan, racism, farm, blindness, small town, lynching, mother, single mother, survival, friendship, blind character ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, year 1984, 80s
Place:
texas, southern usa, austin texas, midwest, usa
Similarity:
100%
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123K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Style:
touching, inspirational, political, factual, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
racism, president, u.s. president, civil rights, black history, racial discrimination, butler, injustice, african american, politics, civil rights movement, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2013, 60s, year 1961 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, birmingham alabama, nashville tennessee, america ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, inspirational, emotional, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
racism, high school, african american, american football, civil rights, racial tension, racial prejudice, against the odds, high school football, football, prejudice, life lesson ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2000, y2k, 2000s
Place:
virginia, boston, usa, america, africa ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
This film relates the story of a tightly connected Afro-American community informally called Colored Town where the inhabitants live and depend on each other in a world where racist oppression is everywhere, as told by a boy called Cliff who spent ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, uplifting, independent film, compassionate ...
Plot:
racism, civil rights, social differences, discrimination, interracial relations, racial segregation, society, youth, life is a bitch, injustice, family life, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 50s, 70s
Place:
mississippi, america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family outing
Plot:
single parent, dog, writers, friendship, writer's life, vacation, redemption, alcohol abuse, family relations, hopes, misfit, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
306K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, light, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot:
workplace, mentor, friendship, elderly, office, destiny, prejudice, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, fashion, workplace situations, life ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, peru, san francisco ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Style:
hood, independent film, controversial, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
heat wave, racism, pizzeria, culture clash, hip hop, police brutality, pizza, african american, ghetto, boycott, black history, prejudice ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa, new york state
Similarity:
20%
12K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, melancholic, talky ...
Plot:
coming of age, poverty, parenthood, dysfunctional family, urban, african american, black, child's point of view, family relations, school, parents and children, single parent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1973
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, tokyo, africa
Similarity:
20%
10K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, road movie, inspirational, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, on the road, friendship, young lovers, road trip, culture clash, male bonding, travel, adolescence, adolescence vs adulthood, student life, obsessive quest ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1985, 80s, future
Place:
texas, austin texas, vietnam
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Earl Pilcher Jr., runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who ...
Style:
touching, feel good, realistic, emotional, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, manly
Plot:
biracial, self discovery, drinking, family drama, betrayal, secrets, justice, interracial relations, racism, family problems, family life, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s, 70s
Place:
arkansas, america, chicago, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. ...
Style:
talky, humorous, feel good, not serious, witty ...
Plot:
friendship, aging, life philosophy, partner, odd couple, elderly, retiring, couples, apartment building, father daughter relationship, african american, lie ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall...
Style:
black and white, dramatic, aesthetic, retro, existential ...
Plot:
african american, racism, poverty, racial segregation, atheism, working class family, civil rights, black, black history, dysfunctional family, segregation, racial discrimination ...
Time:
year 1961, 50s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, africa, usa, illinois, nigeria
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set early during World War II, the film has a lot to say about love, honor, relationships, commitment and power. Keeping their promise to their dying black housekeeper, a white family takes in her teenage mentally-slow son. The movie details the ...
Style:
serious, thought provoking, emotional, heartfelt, poignant ...
Plot:
racism, segregation, conscience, racial segregation, race, prejudice, moral dilemma, discrimination, intolerance, family drama, social conflict, deep south ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
19%
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