Movies like Igby Goes Down
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Igby Goes Down (2002)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.
Style:
depressing, cynical, humorous, thought provoking, clever, realistic, witty, talky, erotic, scary ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, coming of age, dysfunctional family, addiction, depression, existentialism, dark humor, youth, teenage life, eccentric family, eccentricity, character study, suspense, fall in love, life is a bitch, parents and children, terminal illness, psychology, relationships, brother brother relationship, teenager, suicide, misfit, mental institution, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, chicago illinois, new york, manhattan new york city, washington d.c., connecticut, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, melancholic, weird and visually appealing films with plots about dialogue, storytelling, dysfunctional family, runaway, loneliness, depression and mentor mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Igby Goes Down: Running with Scissors (2006), Lonesome Jim (2005), The Squid and the Whale (2005), Thumbsucker (2005), Buffalo '66 (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
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talky, sincere, thought provoking, depressing, absurd ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
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Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
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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. ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Country: USA, Germany
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Duration: 93 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
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Country: France, Germany, USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
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