Movies like Muriel's Wedding
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Muriel's Wedding (1994)
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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, light, humorous, feel good, melancholic, sweet, emotional, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
wedding, friendship, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, dignity, women, small town, coming of age, leaving home, destiny, happy ending, parenthood, honest, disability, looking for love, family disapproval, father daughter relationship, misfit, family life, self esteem, socially awkward, homecoming, hopes, life, redemption ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
australia, sydney australia, bali
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Most similar movies to Muriel's Wedding
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, melancholic, touching and semi serious films with plots about mentor, friendship, storytelling, bittersweet, redemption, dialogue and culture clash mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Muriel's Wedding: Little Miss Sunshine (2006), The Dressmaker (2015), In Her Shoes (2005), Young Adult (2011), Shirley Valentine (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, funny, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night
Plot:
road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, honest, gay, obsessive quest, family relations, escapades, nothing goes right, coming of age, parenthood, drugs ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, new mexico, arizona, albuquerque new mexico ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.
Style:
romantic, enigmatic, satirical, colourful, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
women, fashion, bullying, dressmaker, small town, mother daughter relationship, memory, illegitimate daughter, accidental death, seamstress, femme fatale, getting home ...
Time:
50s, year 1951
Place:
australia, england, milan italy, france, melbourne australia ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Irresponsible party girl Maggie (Cameron Diaz) is kicked out of her father's (Ken Howard) and stepmother's (Candice Azzara) home, where she lives for free, and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer Rose (Toni ...
Style:
light, sentimental, romantic, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, couple relations, wedding, family values, love, women, self discovery, dyslexia, family relations, job seeking, law firm, parents and children ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, florida, usa, chicago illinois
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
Style:
realistic, talky, depressing, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, high school, small town, childhood sweetheart, borderline personality disorder, emotional breakdown, alcoholic, divorce, narcissism, thirtysomething life, depression, arrested development ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
minnesota, california, new jersey, usa, minneapolis minnesota
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, clever, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
middle aged woman, women, midlife crisis, greek island, british, friendship, culture clash, female nudity, reality, bittersweet, affair, suburbs ...
Time:
80s
Place:
greece, england, europe, new jersey, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.Meet Sue, a teenage Australian girl in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what everyone else does - watch the surfing boys and have sex with the same ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, sex comedy, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
teenage sexuality, lifeguard, drug abuse, coming of age, beach, teen drinking, friends, family relations, couples, kids in trouble, college, teenage love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
sydney australia, australia
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, satirical, semi serious, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
office, workplace, women, friendship, existentialism, office politics, loneliness, workplace situations, heist, fighting the system, secretary, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey
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22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh ...
Style:
road movie, touching, sentimental, emotional, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
lesbian, aids, friendship, road trip, pregnancy, women, gay, lgbtq, african american, violence, lgbt, bittersweet ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, pittsburgh, new york, pakistan, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Four lost souls decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When they meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family.
Style:
touching, emotional, talky, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, new year, suicide, new year's eve, introspection, direction and purpose, dull life, unfulfillment, group of strangers, coping, cause and meaning, mental illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local town.
Style:
talky, multicultural, light, stylized, absurd ...
Plot:
prostitution, immigrants, culture clash, taxi, character study, depression, corruption, crime gone awry, redemption, catastrophe, adaptation, adoption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, london, tokyo, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Little Miss Sunshine similar movies
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Will Freeman is a hip Londoner who one day realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold. Passing himself off as a single father, he starts to meet a string of single mums, ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, date night, family outing ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, father son relationship, loneliness, dating, mentor, bullying, dysfunctional family, christmas, childhood, motherhood, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, britain, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Melbourne family is very happy living near the Melbourne airport. However, they are forced to leave their beloved home (by the Government and airport authorities) to make way for more runways. 'The Castle' is the story of how they fight ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, compassionate, talky ...
Plot:
justice, australian, family relations, fighting the system, family life, against the odds, family in crisis, single parent, misfit, parents and children, prejudice, suburbs ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, beirut lebanon, melbourne australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After ten years absence Toni, Chris's best friend, suddenly reappears in London to bring chaos and doubt into Chris's calm, tranquil, slightly boring, predictable life. Chris starts to remember his carefree youth as a photographer in Paris ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, melancholic ...
Plot:
male nudity, friendship, sex, marriage, adultery, bittersweet, coming of age, midlife crisis, suburbs, nude, writers, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, 60s
Place:
england, paris france, london, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.
Style:
talky, realistic, witty, bleak, stylized ...
Plot:
life & death, college, friendship, bittersweet, bullying, brutality, catastrophe, working class, british, character study, multiple storylines, loneliness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
london, new jersey, tokyo, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
Style:
touching, emotional, dramatic, uplifting, sad ...
Plot:
disability, friendship, cerebral palsy, life, youth, loneliness, human spirit, psychology, friends, life philosophy, character study, bittersweet ...
Place:
europe, dublin ireland, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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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 ⇓
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls.
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
eccentric family, mental illness, dysfunctional family, hitchhiker, nanny, satire, suburbs, family life, youth, siblings relations, strong female presence, dark humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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18%
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, humorous, emotional, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dysfunctional family, cleaning lady, suicide, dark humor, family business, cheerleading, police investigation, family relations, workplace, family problems, single parent, new job ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new mexico, california, albuquerque new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sad, sentimental, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
relationships, family relations, mother daughter relationship, cancer, love, marriage, dysfunctional family, death, love affair, children, dying young, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 70s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
texas, new york, nebraska, usa, louisiana ...
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18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.
Style:
touching, thought provoking, humorous, feel good, melancholic ...
Plot:
slacker, loneliness, midlife crisis, twists and turns, everyday life, naivete, loser, parents and children, character change, immature, existentialism, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, california, usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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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
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18%
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:
talky, sincere, thought provoking, depressing, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
divorce, coming of age, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, infidelity, teacher student relationship, adultery, marriage, teenager, crumbling marriage, childhood, adolescence ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
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18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
"The Sum of Us" is an Aussie story about a father and a son both searching for love and sharing an unconventional bond. Harry, the father, is the caring and open-minded "mate" that borders on annoyance. His son Jeff ...
Style:
feel good, touching, melancholic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, father son relationship, gay son, lgbt, gays and lesbians, single father, lgbtq, looking for love, loneliness, love and romance, gay lead character, widower ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, sydney australia
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18%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Monsieur Ibrahim is a story about a young Jewish boy in Paris who meets an old Muslim Turkish grocery store owner. The film touches the themes of friendship and love as the old man is a father figure to the boy as he teaches him of the Koran. The ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, touching, emotional, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, muslim, religion, friendship, adoption, self discovery, youth, childhood, koran, generation gap, family relations, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
paris france, europe, new jersey, switzerland, greece ...
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18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.
Style:
touching, sentimental, witty, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, eccentricity, obsession, family problems, friendship, parenthood, honest, redemption, parents and children, intergenerational friendship, family relations ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england, united kingdom, edinburgh scotland, scotland, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Movies like Definitely, Maybe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, ...
Style:
humorous, emotional, sentimental, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pregnancy, art, small town, eccentricity, painting, jealousy, love and romance, eccentric family, meet the parents, newlyweds, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, chicago illinois, usa, southern usa
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18%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Pamela Drury is unhappy, and alone. On her birthday she stumbles across a photo of Robert Dickson, and wonders what would've happened had she said yes to his proposal. A freak accident causes Pamela to live out the life she could've had, ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, touching, sexy, visually appealing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
suburbs, destiny, nude, loneliness, parallel universe, alternate reality, childhood, virtual reality, dark hero, honest, stereotypes, adaptation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
australia, new jersey, sydney australia
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18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Justin, a teenager boy, throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.
Style:
emotional, humorous, witty, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, youth, addiction, teenager, depression, psychologist, self discovery, lifestyle, teenage life, drugs, mental illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, new york, manhattan new york city
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18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A woman constantly runs from town to town with her 12 year old daughter to escape failed relationships. The film opens with one escape and the shift into a new start in San Diego. There Mom takes up with a controlling trucker and fights with her ...
Style:
feel good, touching, realistic, talky, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, asthma, friendship, loneliness, on the road, starting over, human nature, self discovery, family problems, single parent, love and romance, mother ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, south carolina, santa fe new mexico, louisiana ...
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17%
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:
feel good, touching, sexy, light, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, coming of age, women, teen angst, mother, love, teenager, bittersweet, small town, friendship, nude, interracial romance ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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