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Shrink (2009)
20K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.
Style:
psychological, depressing, emotional, sentimental, serious, sincere, touching, dark comedy, philosophical, feel good ...
Plot:
therapist, suicide, mental illness, hollywood, character study, widower, life philosophy, suicide attempt, haunted by the past, doctors and patients, power relations, introspection, human nature, artists and showbiz, writers, addiction, weed, drug, psychotherapy, therapy, psychiatrist, illness, father son relationship, death, hospital ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, melancholic and independent film films with plots about depression, loneliness, dialogue, mentor, storytelling, pornography and relationships mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Shrink: 28 Days (2000), In Treatment (2008), Mumford (1999), The Good Heart (2009), Huff (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
57K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs ...
Style:
touching, realistic, intense, emotional, melancholic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Set within the highly charged confines of individual psychotherapy sessions and centering around Dr. Paul Weston, a psychotherapist who exhibits an insightful, reserved demeanor while treating his patients—but displays a crippling insecurity while ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, clever, tense, serious ...
Plot:
psychologist, therapist, psychotherapist, doctors and patients, introspection, psychotherapy, patient, emotional breakdown, psychology, self involved, power relations, haunted by the past ...
Time:
2000s, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
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10K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the small town of Mumford, a psychologist of the same name moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a questionable past.
Style:
humorous, realistic, psychological, melancholic, compassionate ...
Plot:
therapy, small town, depression, starting over, mental illness, psychologist, friendship, fugitive, secret, flashback, psychiatrist, trust ...
Time:
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Place:
china, phoenix arizona, west virginia, seattle
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Brian Cox stars as Jacques, the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas (Dano), a ...
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serious, touching, realistic, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
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Story:
Huff is an American television comedy-drama series produced by Sony Pictures Television for Showtime. The series was created by Bob Lowry and features Hank Azaria as Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt, a psychiatrist whose life changes abruptly ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, sentimental, funny ...
Plot:
disorder, psychiatrist, sexual perversion, dysfunctional family, self fulfillment, direction and purpose, mental disorder, family relations, family problems, sanity, life is a bitch, fighting illness ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Based on a play by David Rabe, Hurlyburly is about the intersecting lives of several Hollywood players and wannabes, whose dysfunctional personal lives are more interesting than anything they're peddling to the studios.
Style:
talky, dark comedy, cynical, captivating, philosophical ...
Plot:
drug abuse, addiction, hollywood, drug, insanity, marijuana, showbiz, buddies, love triangle, friendship, filmmaking, destiny ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
writers, dysfunctional family, addiction, eccentricity, complex characters, character study, family relations, homecoming, unlikely friendships, family problems, love and romance, unlikely couple ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, michigan, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother Doris Mann, herself once a star and now a champion ...
Style:
humorous, touching, melancholic, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, addiction, hollywood, drug addiction, dysfunctional family, rehabilitation, drug abuse, domineering mother, women, female protagonist, depression, drug ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them, they realize the key to fixing their lives may ...
Style:
depressing, melancholic, psychological, sincere, dark comedy ...
Plot:
estrangement, adultery, gay, siblings, suicide attempt, depression, lgbtq, gay interest, lgbt, gay brother, mental illness, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain, usa, los angeles, new york, california
Similarity:
41%
213K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Style:
philosophical, satirical, cerebral, clever, absurd ...
Plot:
depression, satire, twins, filmmaking, siblings relations, writer's block, mentally unstable, imagination, loser, existentialism, loner, writers ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, new york, california, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the ...
Style:
meditative, depressing, emotional, psychological, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
prison, coming of age, dysfunctional family, murder, teacher, prison life, writers, family relations, theft, parents and children, investigation, loss of sibling ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
california, paris france, italy, phoenix arizona, los angeles ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.
Style:
dark comedy, clever, black comedy, sexy, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
high school, teacher, writers, single father, loneliness, life & death, father son relationship, grief, family drama, caught masturbating, suicide, life philosophy ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa, nebraska, seattle
Similarity:
41%
127K
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
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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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:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the ...
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, compassionate, melancholic ...
Plot:
drug addiction, redemption, addiction, introspection, alcoholics anonymous, drug abuse, recovery, yuppie, rehabilitation, drug, drinking, recovering drug addict ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, philadelphia, new jersey, california
Similarity:
41%
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:
40%
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 ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, nothing goes right, loser, gay, honest, obsessive quest, escapades, coming of age, suicide attempt, journey ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
california, arizona, los angeles, nebraska, north america ...
Similarity:
40%
18K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, ...
Style:
sincere, depressing, touching, realistic, indie film ...
Plot:
addiction, rehabilitation, alcoholic, support group, alcohol abuse, teacher, depression, introspection, irresponsible, recovery, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
nervous breakdown, rehabilitation center, rehabilitation, drug abuse, mental institution, parents and children, family problems, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, addiction, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
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:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.
Style:
dark comedy, depressing, cynical, clever, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, mental illness, dark humor, addiction, fall in love, depression, existentialism, youth, teenage life, eccentric family, eccentricity ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, new jersey, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Carlos wants to be an actor. But his father, Pepe, wants him to work in the family business, that is, male prostitution. Carlos decides that he will be one of his father's boys until he can get his foot in the door in Hollywood.
Style:
independent film, emotional, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
male prostitution, older woman younger man, gay interest, male prostitute, coming of age, mental illness, dysfunctional family, rent boy, age difference, older woman younger man relationship, suicide, tragedy ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, latin america, usa, mexico ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Style:
sincere, depressing, sexy, emotional, dark comedy ...
Plot:
weatherman, midlife crisis, family drama, dysfunctional family, hopes, relationship vs career, family problems, father son relationship, solitude, character study, father, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with ...
Style:
independent film, cult classic, dark comedy, talky, art house ...
Plot:
drinking, drug addiction, addiction, drunk, small town, self discovery, coming of age, alcohol abuse, older man younger woman relationship, countryside, loner, drunkenness ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A teen coming-of-age romantic dramedy about a media-obsessed geek and the most beautiful and twisted girl in school.
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suicide, found footage, hopes, coming of age, teenage love, obsession, media, misfit, love and romance, introspection, high school life, filmmaking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
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:
sentimental, compassionate, surreal, stylized, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
doctor, redemption, dark humor, life philosophy, depression, family drama, hospital, alter ego, introspection, parents and children, life is a bitch, chases and races ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.
Style:
emotional, psychological, touching, grim, meditative ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, suicide, addiction, mother-in-law, mental illness, road trip, death of wife, character study, life is a bitch, disorder, solace, social misfits ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, alabama
Similarity:
39%
6K
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, inspirational, feel good, uplifting ...
Plot:
father son relationship, hospital, family bonds, aging, family drama, doctor, parents and children, hopes, family life, terminal illness, dysfunctional family, redemption ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, san francisco, california
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After a heart attack, Abbie Polin (Crystal), a New York doctor, goes to Los Angeles to see his father, Abe (King), who works in Hollywood as the "king of the extras." Their relationship has been strained for several years. This was the ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
father son relationship, heart attack, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, flashback, surgeon, death of father, father son estrangement, doctor, hollywood, parent child relationship, bittersweet, estrangement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A suicidal man who can't kill himself agrees to finance his terminally ill neighbor's bucket list of fantasies if, at the end, the neighbor will kill him.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, gloomy, humorous ...
Plot:
drug, suicide, drug addiction, hospital, death, drinking, fish, bowling, male nudity, voyeur, mental health, dealing with death ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
39%
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