Movies like Little Miss Sunshine
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
553K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Style:
road movie, feel good, melancholic, funny, sweet, offbeat, black comedy, independent film, dark comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, family friendly, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, nothing goes right, loser, gay, honest, obsessive quest, escapades, coming of age, suicide attempt, journey, depression, bittersweet, human relationship, parenthood, family holiday, father daughter relationship, family drama, satire, feminist, trip, talent show, cross country trip, travel ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, arizona, los angeles, nebraska, albuquerque new mexico, new mexico, north america ...
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Most similar movies to Little Miss Sunshine
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, touching, realistic and humorous films with plots about relationships, loneliness, storytelling, dysfunctional family, dialogue, mentor and coming of age mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Little Miss Sunshine: The Way Way Back (2013), Juno (2007), Sunshine Cleaning (2008), Muriel's Wedding (1994), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
Style:
touching, teen, sexy, sweet, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
summer, teenager, coming of age, vacation, friendship, shyness, loneliness, teenage girl, youth, dysfunctional family, teenage boy, childhood ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, california
Similarity:
93%
570K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.
Style:
touching, sweet, funny, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, coming of age, adoption, high school, friendship, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, teenager, pregnant teenager, teenage girl, love and romance, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, usa, seattle, california
Similarity:
96%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a biohazard ...
Style:
feel good, sexy, dark comedy, emotional, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
cleaning lady, dysfunctional family, dark humor, suicide, family business, new job, police investigation, family relations, workplace, family problems, single parent, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Muriel’s Wedding is P.J. Hogan’s film debut. A humorous emancipation story of an unemployed woman who evolves from a dreamer into a self sustaining successful woman. An amusing comedy that’s funny, silly, angry and serious.
Style:
funny, melancholic, humorous, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, friendship, dysfunctional family, dignity, female protagonist, happy ending, destiny, women, socially awkward, small town, feminist, loss of virginity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place:
australia, sydney australia, bali, ethiopia, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Having suffered a tragedy, Ben becomes a caregiver to earn money. His first client, Trevor, is a hilarious 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed physically, Ben and Trevor hit the road on a trip into the ...
Style:
road movie, depressing, touching, sentimental, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, disability, abandoned by father, writers, honest, coming of age, friendship, depression, justice, tragedy, drinking, mentor ...
Place:
seattle, salt lake city utah, idaho, utah, montana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A father living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest with his six young kids tries to assimilate back into society.
Style:
philosophical, intellectual, cerebral, emotional, sad ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
road trip, home schooling, family drama, dysfunctional family, teenage girl, capitalism, parenthood, children, survivalist, socialism, precocious child, funeral ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 90s, near future, 21st century
Place:
washington state, nebraska, new mexico, xian, oregon
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them ...
Style:
atmospheric, feel good, sentimental, cute, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, boy scout, children, adolescence, first love, camp, youth, island, summer camp, orphan, search party, childhood ...
Time:
60s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1965, 2010s
Place:
new england, rhode island, nebraska, usa, england ...
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Style:
romantic, touching, romantic comedy, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, love, family drama, bipolar disorder, depression, adaptation, character study, social misfits, supportive parent, father son relationship, male female friendship, mental patient ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, peru, usa, pennsylvania, america ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", ...
Style:
road movie, emotional, dark comedy, surreal, talky ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
train, dysfunctional family, journey, on the road, suicide attempt, road trip, reconciliation, writers, travel, magic realism, dark humor, introspection ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
india, himalaya, asia, new york, seattle
Similarity:
94%
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:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
witty, funny, dark comedy, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, eccentricity, dark humor, eccentric family, writers, sex, forbidden love, incest, dalmatian, satire, parents and children, uptight character ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, seattle
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Charlie gets released from an insane asylum and moves in with Miranda, the young daughter he left behind. Charlie believes that there is treasure hidden beneath the local Costco, so he puts together a plan to unearth the loot. By convincing Miranda ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
treasure hunt, mental illness, father daughter relationship, family relations, musician, hopes, obsession, child as adult, eccentricity, estrangement, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
128K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
Style:
road movie, black and white, depressing, humorous, meditative ...
Plot:
road trip, small town, dysfunctional family, aging, elderly, confronting the past, on the road, relationships, old age, obsessive quest, character study, honest ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
montana, nebraska, usa, california
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron, Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Style:
touching, depressing, sad, poignant, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
infidelity, teenage daughter, bittersweet, dying mother, family drama, grief, father daughter relationship, family relations, beach, dysfunctional family, cheating wife, death ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, iran, california
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – ...
Style:
sentimental, stylized, philosophical, aesthetic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, feminism, feminist, parenting, teenage boy, teenage girl, women, loneliness, single mother, teenage son, parent child relationship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, year 2016, 2010s ...
Place:
new york, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style:
depressing, sincere, talky, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, coming of age, father son relationship, infidelity, boy, adultery, marriage, drinking, cat, underage drinking, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, near future, year 2005, 80s, 2000s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Advice columnist, Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love ...
Style:
touching, humorous, sexy, sweet, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
love, fall in love, love story, love and romance, parenthood, love triangle, relationships, wedding, widower, in love, single parent, destiny ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, new jersey, new york, usa, new england
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Style:
touching, melancholic, black comedy, independent film, depressing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
suicide, dysfunctional family, cancer, funeral, mother daughter relationship, family secret, family in crisis, incestuous relationship, family drama, suicide of father, pills, addiction ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma, peru, oklahoma city, southern usa, midwest ...
Similarity:
83%
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228K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from ...
Style:
sentimental, funny, indie film, sweet, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
depression, self discovery, melancholy, coming of age, female nudity, paraplegic, love story, love, family relations, relationships, drug, dealing with death ...
Time:
year 2004, near future, medieval times, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, los angeles, new york, usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant trio shows ...
Style:
road movie, cult classic, sexy, sweet, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
gay, transvestism, gender bending, drag queen, lgbtq, friendship, small town, cross dressing, gender, glbt, on the road, gay interest ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
nebraska, usa, new york, london, california ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.
Style:
touching, sincere, inspirational, uplifting, road movie ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family outing, adult
Plot:
wrestling, friendship, down syndrome, raft, follow your dream, escape, disability, boat, mental disorder, coming of age, friend, chase ...
Time:
future, year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
florida, america, north carolina, north america, richmond virginia ...
Similarity:
100%
132K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' ...
Style:
black comedy, thought provoking, teen, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, age difference, graduation, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, teen angst, blues, best friend, high school student ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, indiana, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
360K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.
Style:
gothic, cute, art house, sexual, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, first love, loss of virginity, father daughter relationship, prom, female protagonist, teenager, closeted homosexual, high school, friendship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 2002, year 2003, near future ...
Place:
sacramento california, california, new york, usa
Similarity:
71%
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248K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with ...
Style:
road movie, feel good, inspirational, touching, culinary ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
cooking, food, chef, cooking and food, road trip, happy ending, parent child relationship, restaurant owner, father son relationship, divorce, starting over, workplace problem ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, y2k, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, usa, new orleans ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, sexy, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
divorce, womanizer, infidelity, marriage, love and romance, happy ending, love story, dating, relationships, flirting, mentor, family drama ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Style:
philosophical, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
teacher, suicide, poetry, coming of age, poet, mentor, teenager, literature, teachers and students, friendship, philosophy, dedicated educator ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1989, year 1959
Place:
vermont, new england, usa, harvard university
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sincere, black comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, cheerleader, childhood, character study, redemption, family relations, nursing, parents and children, siblings relations, sibling relationship ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, poland, new york, usa, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size ...
Style:
touching, humorous, depressing, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, mental illness, sex doll, shyness, doll, delusion, bittersweet, young man, introvert, small town, forbidden love, character study ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, dark comedy, independent film, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
suicide, afterlife, road trip, depression, death, hitchhiker, suicide attempt, friendship, on the road, gay brother, suicidal, mental illness ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
turkey, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, South Korea, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It's 1987 and Danielle, the high school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joan and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.
Style:
touching, road movie, teen, sweet, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenage girl, closeted homosexual, high school, friendship, happy ending, road trip, friends, female protagonist, sexpot, on the road, honest ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
usa, oklahoma, california
Similarity:
100%
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