Movies like The Station Agent
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The Station Agent (2003)
79K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Style:
sincere, sentimental, touching, humorous, tragicomedy, feel good, psychological, captivating, realistic, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
loneliness, friendship, bittersweet, depression, small town, grief, melancholy, loner, train, new in town, loss, solitude, troubled, prejudice, railway, mail, eccentricity, lifestyle, friends, journey, social misfits, loss of child, human nature, small town life, antisocial behavior ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
nebraska, usa, new jersey, canada, manhattan new york city, newfoundland
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Most similar movies to The Station Agent
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, melancholic and weird films with plots about friendship, loneliness, depression, storytelling, coming of age, life philosophy and bittersweet mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Station Agent: Lars and the Real Girl (2007), Paper Man (2009), Lost in Translation (2003), The Visitor (2007), Terri (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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%
21K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his ...
Style:
touching, tricky, psychological, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, self discovery, midlife crisis, relationships, small town, imaginary friend, life philosophy, character study, loneliness, depression, creativity ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
long island, atlantic ocean, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, cerebral, intellectual, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
loneliness, midlife crisis, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, friendship, character study, alienation, fish out of water, melancholy, unlikely couple, actor, hotel room ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, yale university, america ...
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
Style:
depressing, philosophical, touching, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
immigrant, life, professor, destiny, loneliness, self discovery, friendship, jazz, arrest, lawyer, midlife crisis, existentialism ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
new york, connecticut, michigan, senegal, manhattan new york city ...
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terri, a pajama-clad, disaffected high school student learns how to engage the world with the help of Mr. Fitzgerald, his assistant principal.
Style:
melancholic, compassionate, mumblecore, clever, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, friendship, bullying, small town, loneliness, existentialism, teenage life, character study, eccentricity, misfit, physical appearance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ted Morgan has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decides to go home and face the people he feels are responsible for ...
Style:
emotional, inspirational, dark comedy, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, gay, relationships, brutality, loneliness, midlife crisis, suicide, closeted homosexual, down syndrome, guilt, dark humor, family relations ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
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%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, 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, uplifting, dramatic, sad ...
Plot:
disability, friendship, cerebral palsy, life, youth, character study, life philosophy, loneliness, human spirit, friends, disabled, mental disorder ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
europe, dublin ireland, ireland
Similarity:
100%
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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, 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:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, independent film, intense, talky ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
holiday, road trip, food, dysfunctional family, family drama, cancer, eccentric family, dialogue, reconciliation, parents and children, family feud, nothing goes right ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, tokyo ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
china, phoenix arizona, west virginia, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark, USA, France, Germany
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 ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
mentor protege relationship, homelessness, homeless, friendship, heart attack, failed suicide, friends, redemption, social misfits, misfit, drifter, human nature ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, san francisco, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
Style:
dark comedy, melancholic, touching, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, pets, eccentricity, depression, rescue, infidelity, human nature, couple relations, dark humor, relationships, african american, single woman ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
16K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An unlikely friendship between two misfit neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Style:
sad, touching, sentimental, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
terminal illness, best friend, friendship between men, friendship, male friendship, bromance, medication, dying, destiny, life philosophy, tragedy, buddies ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A film based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, in which a young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather ...
Style:
touching, road movie, tragicomedy, scenic, sentimental ...
Plot:
holocaust, closeted homosexual, on the road, culture clash, journey, self discovery, collector, road trip, prejudice, judaism, dog, friendship ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe, europe, odessa ukraine, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
67%
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:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for ...
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, psychological, surreal, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
self discovery, simulated reality, video surveillance, alternate reality, fictional reality show, dystopia, freedom, hidden camera, utopia, paranoia, consciousness, loneliness ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s, future
Place:
florida, persia, america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, sentimental, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
friendship, elderly, terminal illness, road trip, journey, unlikely friendships, human spirit, bucket list, life changing, dying, philosophy, motivation ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
cote d'azur, usa, africa, johannesburg south africa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
67%
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:
dark comedy, depressing, talky, black comedy, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
mental illness, high school, small town, emotional breakdown, drinking, hometown, divorce, depression, borderline personality disorder, thirtysomething life, hate crime, old love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota, new jersey, california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, touching, atmospheric, cute ...
Plot:
alienation, brother brother relationship, dating, suicide attempt, sibling relationship, loneliness, depression, hospital, dreaming, estrangement, family relations, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Peter is a medical student about to graduate and begin his residency. When his professor fails him, he winds up in bed with an actress and singer named Bogart rolling through Los Angeles. He accompanies her to the redwoods of northern California, ...
Style:
sincere, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
weed, marijuana, self discovery, medical student, wilderness, family relations, loneliness, fish out of water, addiction, stoner, eccentric family, disorder ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
california, northern california, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, teen, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cancer, adolescence, friendship, terminal illness, teenager, coming of age, dying, leukemia, friends, teenage boy, illness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
22%
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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:
22%
97K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sad, visually appealing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay father, gay interest, grief, gay relationship, relationships, father son relationship, male male relationship, love, dog, self discovery ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 2000s, year 1971, year 2003 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new york, seattle
Similarity:
22%
24K
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:
emotional, independent film, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pregnancy, painting, small town, art, artist, culture clash, eccentricity, cheerleader, painter, newlyweds, jealousy ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, chicago, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
55K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Taiwan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Style:
bleak, thought provoking, serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
loner, grief, antisocial behavior, depression, trauma, arson, life is a bitch, family problems, rebelliousness, youth, family drama, dealing with death ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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, thought provoking, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, eccentric woman, suicide, orphan, self discovery, friendship, eccentricity, depression, flood, female protagonist, aunt niece relationship, grief ...
Time:
year 1987, 20th century, 50s, 1950s, 70s
Similarity:
21%
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:
touching, road movie, realistic, feel good, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, asthma, single mother, road trip, friendship, single parent, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, motel, on the road, human nature, starting over ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
san diego california, california, arizona, missouri, north carolina ...
Similarity:
21%
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