Movies like Men Don't Leave
If you like "Men Don't Leave" you are looking for sentimental, touching and feel good movies about / with depression, bittersweet, widow, family relations, musician, catastrophe and relationships themes of Comedy and Drama genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Men Don't Leave (1990)
3K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After her husband John dies unexpectedly, Beth Macauley is unprepared for life without him. She is unemployed with no job skills and $60,000 in debt from on-going renovations to their house located in suburban Bingham. She doesn't know what to do but sell what material possessions she has, such as the family pick-up truck and the house, and move into an apartment in the city, namely Baltimore. Beth just wants to survive by finding a job she doesn't dislike, and keep her family together while trying to maintain her sanity and sense of self-worth
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, light, road movie, thought provoking, enigmatic, sweet, emotional ...
Plot:
depression, bittersweet, widow, family relations, musician, catastrophe, relationships, loneliness, life, death, cancer, weapons, hospital, tragedy, justice, lone hero, fantasy world, single father, destiny, brutality, homeless, runaway, feminist, childhood, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
80s
Place:
baltimore, usa
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Men Don't Leave
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, melancholic, touching and semi serious films with plots about catastrophe, mentor, family relations, redemption, dialogue, storytelling and runaway mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Men Don't Leave: A Home of Our Own (1993), Lost in Yonkers (1993), Murphy's Romance (1985), God Said, 'Ha!' (1998), That's Life! (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story is located in Los Angeles in the sixties. An energetic widow, Frances Lacey, with her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. Therefore they leave Los Angeles and head for the countryside, while ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, feel good, poignant ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
single parent, christmas, bittersweet, family relations, youth, widow, corporal punishment, coming of age, family problems, children, parenthood, tragedy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, idaho, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sexy, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dysfunctional family, youth, grandmother, aunt, race issues, childhood, redemption, violent, corruption, mentor, crime gone awry, vengeance ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Emma is a divorced woman with a teen aged boy who moves into a small town and tries to make a go of a horse ranch. Murphy is the town druggist who steers business her way. Things are going along predictably until her ex husband shows up, needing a ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
small town, horse, older man younger woman relationship, friendship, love, divorce, horse ranch, single mother, single parent, starting over, bachelor, runaway ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, texas, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Julia Sweeney tells the viewers the monologue about the hard time in her life when her brother fought with cancer and she was also diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
Style:
talky, touching, humorous, witty, cerebral ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dark humor, cancer, obsession, parenthood, dysfunctional family, depression, redemption, relationships, mentor, existentialism, life, honest ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, tokyo, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy architect struggles with a severe case of male menopause at the approach of his 60th birthday.
Style:
sentimental, sexy, erotic, poignant, visually appealing ...
Plot:
aging, midlife crisis, bittersweet, family gatherings, cancer, depression, hospital, unlikely friendships, fantasy world, existentialism, mental illness, redemption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
malibu california, new jersey, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Also search:
Films like Stepmom
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Three sisters with quite different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, has just shot her husband. The oldest sister, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather and is turning into an old maid, while Meg, who tries to make it ...
Style:
talky, touching, humorous, emotional, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
sisters, dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, childhood, betrayal, redemption, adaptation, parenthood, family relations, parents and children, eccentric family, family problems ...
Time:
80s
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Gilbert Ivy and his wife Jewell are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gilbert has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but his wife decides to fight for her family.
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
survival, farm, family relations, couples, life is a bitch, against the odds, couple relations, family business, family farm, family problems, hopes, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
iowa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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:
feel good, touching, realistic, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, manly
Plot:
self discovery, biracial, family relations, betrayal, loneliness, secrets, justice, interracial relations, racism, family problems, family life, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s
Place:
arkansas, chicago illinois, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Movie in collections
5K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A busy executive (Ted Danson) learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him (Jack Lemmon) than ever before. Estranged from his own son (Ethan ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, feel good, uplifting ...
Plot:
father son relationship, aging, doctors, hospital, family bonds, parents and children, hopes, family life, terminal illness, dysfunctional family, redemption, bittersweet ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, san francisco, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother got sick, goes and lives with his two crazy Uncles. There he changes and gets closer to his Uncles, but his parents want him home even though he is finally happy and popular. Written by Todd ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, light, atmospheric ...
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, jewish, youth, mental illness, terminal illness, eccentricity, cancer, insanity, twists and turns, first contact, segregation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Also search:
The Way Way Back similar movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An elderly, yet young-at-heart man, moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.
Style:
feel good, touching, unusual plot structure, poignant, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
vengeance, adaptation, catastrophe, hospital, brutality, police investigation, cancer, coming of age, irish, parenthood, death, college ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
pittsburgh, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Four women who discover untapped strength within themselves when they finally let go of what divides them
Style:
touching, sentimental, sexy, clever, visually appealing ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
women, friendship, bittersweet, widow, grief, death of husband, brutality, runaway, revenge, unlikely friendships, vengeance, relationships ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.
Style:
sad, realistic, atmospheric, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town, coming of age, suicide, orphan, self discovery, friendship, bdsm, eccentricity, crime gone awry, childhood, moral ambiguity, complex characters ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Story of the relationships between two sons and their father, who moves the family to California and becomes a tv horror show host after the death of his wife.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, feel good, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, children, bittersweet, dysfunctional family, redemption, hospital, single father, betrayal, farce, monster, child abduction, middle school ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, california, usa, oakland california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty ...
Style:
touching, sexy, visually appealing, stylized, reflective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
death, dysfunctional family, family relations, writers, redemption, divorce, first contact, life philosophy, mentor, mother daughter relationship, multiple storylines, fantasy world ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
texas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Also search:
This Is Where I Leave You similar movies
11K
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:
humorous, sentimental, touching, stylized, light ...
Plot:
coming of age, parenthood, dysfunctional family, poverty, family relations, child's point of view, parents and children, black people, couple relations, single parent, family problems, school ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, africa, tokyo, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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:
inspirational, touching, light, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
self discovery, direction and purpose, father son relationship, justice, tragedy, dysfunctional family, redemption, happy ending, midlife crisis, actor's life, thirtysomething life, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's (Irma P. Hall) turn sour when sisters Teri (Vanessa L. Williams), Bird (Nia Long) and Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy. When tragedy ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sentimental, sexy, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
food, black romance, hip hop, women, sisters, thanksgiving, african american, family relations, blaxploitation, cooking and food, divorce, kids and family ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
africa, chicago illinois, usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Movie in collections
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:
humorous, thought provoking, gloomy, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Plot:
small town, truck, radio, vigilantism, solitude, fantasy world, apocalypse, oil, dystopic future, first contact, drug addiction, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
nebraska, tokyo, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make amends with everyone he has ever hurt.
Style:
compassionate, sentimental, stylized, surreal, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
doctors, redemption, life philosophy, depression, hospital, introspection, parents and children, life is a bitch, dark humor, terminal illness, doctor patient relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Also search:
Jersey Girl related movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.
Style:
touching, humorous, light, intense, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, death, eccentric family, family problems, introspection, family in crisis, parents and children, self discovery, gangsters, african american, life & death, infidelity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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, touching, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
divorce, friendship, bittersweet, desert island, parenthood, runaway, character study, vacation, love, multiple storylines, life, coming of age ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Stuart Smalley, the Saturday Night Live character, comes to the big screen. Stuart, the disciple of the 12 step program, is challenged by lifes injustices.
Style:
humorous, satirical, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, farce, dark humor, satire, self discovery, nothing goes right, disorder, family problems, family life, couple relations, lifestyle, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
Style:
funny, humorous, visually appealing, allegory, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
terminal illness, dark humor, farce, mental institution, suicide attempt, road trip, nude, twists and turns, satire, transformation, workplace, existentialism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After two failed marriages a science fiction writer decides that coming to terms with his mother will improve his chances for a successful relationship, so he moves in with her.
Style:
talky, clever, humorous, witty, poignant ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, mother, mother son relationship, eccentricity, divorce, sibling rivalry, brother brother relationship, moral ambiguity, vengeance, violent, women, writers ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Also search:
Movies like 28 Days
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Style:
realistic, sincere, emotional, depressing, semi serious ...
Plot:
weatherman, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, introspection, relationship vs career, father son relationship, family problems, solitude, character study, hopes, father, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story is about an elderly Chinese tai chi chuan teacher and grandfather who emigrates from Beijing to live with his son, American daughter-in-law, and grandson in a New York City suburb. The grandfather is increasingly distanced from the family ...
Style:
touching, humorous, stylized, light, art house ...
Plot:
martial arts, culture clash, tai chi, interracial romance, immigrants, fish out of water, father son relationship, solitude, gunfight, guilt, catastrophe, aging ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, california, tokyo, new york, new york state ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, feel good, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
single father, adoption, redemption, hopes, teacher, time, life & death, identity, happy ending, first contact, fight scenes, hospital ...
Time:
80s, 19th century, 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
virginia, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, melancholic, talky, stylized ...
Plot:
hospital, medical, suspense, dark humor, satire, destiny, loneliness, fantasy world, first contact, greed, culture clash, death ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A girl from Yazoo City, Mississippi pins all her hopes on winning the local beauty pageant.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, talky, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, small town, underdog, contests and competitions, love and romance, human nature, youth, family problems, couples, cons and scams, looking for love, parents and children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
mississippi, new york, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Related movie lists
