Movies like Melvin and Howard
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Melvin and Howard (1980)
6K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
Style:
cult classic, humorous, funny, game show, sentimental, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot:
desert, working class, redemption, bittersweet, christmas, female nudity, howard hughes, wedding, divorce, stripper, nude girl, american history, ugly duckling, courtroom, strip club, american dream, road trip, rich and poor, profanity, social differences, society, sexual content, hitchhiker, hopes, change of luck ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
las vegas, utah, california, usa, los angeles, nevada, reno nevada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and touching films with plots about love and romance, nude, friendship, bittersweet, redemption, dialogue and culture clash mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Melvin and Howard: Nobody's Fool (1994), Funny People (2009), Handle with Care (1977), Stay Hungry (1976), Breaking the Rules (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring stand-up comic Ira.
Style:
funny, humorous, black comedy, melancholic, hilarious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
comedian, cancer, dark humor, destiny, sarcasm, hopes, profanity, bonding, character study, midlife crisis, redemption, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio.
Style:
cult classic, humorous, independent film, offbeat, realistic ...
Plot:
small town, radio, vigilantism, trucker, bigamy, truck driver, couples, family relations, social relations, artists and showbiz, couple relations, media ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
nebraska, usa, tokyo, california
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21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Stay Hungry is a 1976 dramatic comedy film by director Bob Rafelson from a screenplay by Charles Gaines. The story centers on a young Birmingham, Alabama, scion, played by Jeff Bridges, who gets involved in a shady real-estate deal. In order to ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
bodybuilding, gym, friendship, contests and competitions, love and romance, ambition, society, rivalry, social differences, bodybuilder, competition, fight ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place:
birmingham alabama, usa, alabama, north america
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21%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two friends take their dying buddy on one last road trip.
Style:
feel good, sad, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
cancer, youth, friendship, on the road, partner, best friend, friends, unfulfillment, buddies, self discovery, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
california, usa, cleveland ohio, los angeles, reno nevada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic ...
Style:
independent film, emotional, sweet, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
self discovery, direction and purpose, father son relationship, justice, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, happy ending, redemption, tragedy, cancer, actor's life, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Diary of a Tired Black Man is a simple story about the complex relationships between black men and black women.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, black comedy ...
Plot:
interracial relations, opposites attract, looking for love, social differences, couples, love and romance, society, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, african american, divorce, marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, humorous, realistic, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family life, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, pregnancy, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, single mother, little girl, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
missouri, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Down-on-his-luck gambler Bill (George Segal) links up with free spirit Charlie (Elliott Gould) at first to have some fun, but then gets into debt when Gould takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana. As a final act of desperation, he pawns most of his ...
Style:
grim, talky, cynical, witty, clever ...
Plot:
gambling, poker, casino, transvestism, friendship, loneliness, gambler, female nudity, card playing, drug, stoner, gambling addiction ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, las vegas, reno nevada
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Style:
touching, realistic, talky, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, salesman, addiction, unemployment, alcohol abuse, bittersweet, recovery, loneliness, tragedy, character study, self discovery, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, texas, usa, phoenix arizona, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Style:
talky, semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dysfunctional family, police detective, family relations, family problems, hopes, estrangement, couples, single parent, cons and scams, eccentric family, family life, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
usa, venice beach california, las vegas, brazil, los angeles ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. However, when success and money come their way, they split up and follow different paths. One becomes the surgeon of the everyday woman while the ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, cynical, captivating ...
Plot:
lap dance, plastic surgery, sexual attraction, strip club, fondling, extramarital affair, infidelity, blonde, adultery, unfaithfulness, female nudity, public nudity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the Mona Simpson novel, single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When ...
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, teenager, teen angst, teenage girl, high school, women, mother, single mother, family drama, love, woman woman relationship ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.
Style:
talky, realistic, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
divorce, friendship, bittersweet, skinny dipping, vacation, sadness, midlife crisis, crumbling marriage, love and romance, introspection, human nature, unfulfillment ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest aren't about to stop up-and-coming actress Maggie Chase (Tanna Frederick) from the two things she craves the most: real fame and true love. With more "Google points" than her ...
Style:
talky, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
actor's life, showbiz, bittersweet, paparazzi, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, love triangle, alcohol abuse, couples, unstoppable, lifestyle, rising to stardom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
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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: 85 min.
Story:
An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, road movie, offbeat ...
Plot:
gambling, self discovery, hopes, dark humor, on the road, going straight, life is a bitch, love and romance, starting over, escapades, dishonesty, promotion ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Rachel is a quick-witted and lovable stay-at-home mom. Frustrated with the realities of preschool auctions, a lackluster sex life and career that's gone kaput, Rachel visits a strip club to spice up her marriage and meets McKenna, a stripper ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, humorous, erotic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stripper, sexuality, strip club, friendship, female pubic hair, lap dance, orgasm, prostitute, bare breasts, exhibitionism, prostitution, sexual repression ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A filmmaker sets out to make a new project in order to figure out how he's screwed up every relationship he's ever had.
Style:
humorous, psychological, contemplative, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, introspection, filmmaking, unfulfillment, hollywood, artists and showbiz, society, art, relationships, profanity, losing-it hero, cause and meaning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school....only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
Style:
road movie, funny, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
road trip, mischievous children, prank, holiday, culture clash, nothing goes right, foe turned friend, working class, unlikely friendships, reluctant partners, partner, thanksgiving ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, georgia, usa, australia, london
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, clever, hilarious ...
Plot:
niece, prostitution, rehabilitation, gambling, couple relations, obsessive quest, love and romance, rescue, redemption, couples, nothing goes right, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
usa, nevada, las vegas
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Style:
road movie, cult classic, atmospheric, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
u.s. navy, road trip, sailor, male bonding, beer, buddy, profanity, fighting the system, society, on the road, travel, taxi ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
new york, boston, maine, washington d.c., philadelphia ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Minor leaguer Carlton Garret takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legendary baseball player Kyle Garret when Carlton’s mother becomes sick. Once reunited, Carlton struggles to deal with the series of misadventures ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
father son relationship, baseball, road trip, fiancee, father son reunion, family relations, parents and children, on the road, estranged son, dysfunctional family, nothing goes right, family problems ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
columbus ohio, houston texas, usa, ohio, memphis
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A college student is determined to become a Major League Baseball star, but finds his true calling instead.
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
baseball, coming of age, college, self discovery, ambition, follow your dream, love and romance, youth, underdog, athlete's life, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, homecoming, hopes, family problems, couples, family relations, love and romance, estrangement, family life, eccentric family, parents and children, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two brothers spend the day driving around Los Angeles county looking for the meaning of their lives, or cheap street drugs, depending on who you happen to believe.
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
family relations, looking for love, sexual content, on the road, siblings relations, road trip, brother brother relationship, slacker, writers, dysfunctional family, self discovery, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a small spanish town, a group of old ladies decide to celebrate Christmas Eve with a "Sit a poor man at your table" dinner: each wealthy household of the town will have a homeless person dining with them that night. The celebrations ...
Style:
social, biting, semi serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
homeless, working class, social differences, small town, hobo, tramp, lawyer, success, bourgeoisie, charity, social satire, family relations ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place:
iberian peninsula, spain
Similarity:
18%
24K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, sentimental, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
friendship, food, coming of age, diner, gambling debt, christmas, love and romance, adulthood, adolescence vs adulthood, couples, youth, introspection ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1959, year 1982, 20th century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Diggers is a coming-of-age story directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class friends who grow up in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers in 1976. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, witty ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, parents and children, youth, love and romance, save the day, social differences, social relations, working class, father son relationship, male nudity, skinny dipping ...
Time:
70s, year 2006, 20th century
Place:
new york, long island, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A small-town kid hears about the wild nights of cruising the boulevard in Van Nuys, California. He drives out there to check it out, and gets involved with drag racers, topless dancers and bikers.
Style:
cult classic, independent film, grindhouse, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
female nudity, van, disco, amusement park, carsploitation, sex, bare chested male, beach, sandwich, jail, dancing, pig ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
18%
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