Movies like Staying Together
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Staying Together (1989)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After their father abruptly sells the beloved family-owned restaurant that has employed them for years, the charismatic McDermott boys - hot-tempered Brian (Quill), lovelorn Kit (Mulroney) and jokester Duncan (Astin) - find themselves at odds with their parents and each other.
Style:
sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
teens
Plot:
restaurant, coming of age, teenager, food, age-gap relationship, infidelity, family business, small town, argument, misfit, alcohol abuse, family relations, parents and children, family life, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, dysfunctional family, society, family problems, immigrants, down on your luck, single parent, americana, family in crisis ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about family relations, parents and children, family problems, dysfunctional family, bittersweet, husband wife relationship and mother son relationship mostly in Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Staying Together: Diggers (2006), Jack (2004), The Vicious Kind (2009), Brooklyn Lobster (2005), This Is Where I Leave You (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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coming of age, friendship, parents and children, social relations, americana, social differences, love and romance, save the day, youth, working class, father son relationship, family relations ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, long island, usa
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95%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jack, in full puberty, not only has to deal with his parents' divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living with a man. He slowly comes to terms with his own feelings when the girl he has a crush on turn ...
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realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
youth, coming of age, family relations, self discovery, family life, parents and children, teenage love, lifestyle, unfulfillment, gender, crumbling marriage, single parent ...
Time:
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94%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.
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sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
love triangle, infidelity, cheating, dysfunctional family, small town, adultery, thanksgiving, family relations, self destructing, betrayal, mistrust, family life ...
Place:
connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a tradition in Brooklyn for over 65 years. Manned by an eccentric crew and serving the best seafood in the state
Style:
humorous, emotional, captivating, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Plot:
family business, save the day, family relations, family problems, restaurant, working class, society, estrangement, siblings relations, family in crisis, bank, parents and children ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and ...
Style:
touching, humorous, emotional, melancholic, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family gatherings, infidelity, homecoming, death of father, children, jewish, family relations, loneliness, life & death, last wish, eccentric family ...
Time:
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Place:
new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno, whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, friendship, family life, parents and children, family problems, prodigy, eccentric family, society, hopes, friends ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An entire family comes of age during the early 1970s.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, clever, offbeat
Plot:
mathematics, coming of age, family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, parents and children, teenage love, family in crisis, youth, society, estrangement ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
ohio, usa, budapest, hungary, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The movie portrays the story of an Italian family emigrated in Germany in the 1970s. Romano (Gigi Savoia), the father, decides to open a pizzeria which, by mutual decision with the wife Rosa (Antonella Attili), will call Solino, leaving his sons ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, offbeat
Audience:
date night
Plot:
family relations, immigrants, restaurant, family business, sibling relationship, working class, fall in love, society, brother brother relationship, sibling rivalry, love triangle, food ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s, 2000s
Place:
germany, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Izzy, the youngest son of a troubled New York family, takes a shine to breaking into people's apartments as a way to get attention.
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, sincere, semi serious ...
Plot:
youth, dysfunctional family, unlikely criminals, young heroes, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, estrangement, family problems, heist, teenage life, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Drama - A NYC psychiatrist is diagnosed with leukemia - and when he finds out he was adopted, he travels to England in search of his birth mother and some answers. - Paul Reiser, Amber Sealey, Lachele Carl
Style:
semi serious, emotional, touching, humorous, realistic
Plot:
adoption, terminal illness, self discovery, uncover truth, introspection, hopes, family problems, parents and children, dysfunctional family, working class, family life, transplant ...
Place:
new york, usa, europe, england, liverpool
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Failing to make it on his own, 27-year-old Jim moves back in with his parents and deals with crippling family obligations.
Style:
touching, emotional, stylized, sincere, humorous ...
Plot:
small town, dysfunctional family, coma, single parent, homecoming, alienation, introspection, writers, family problems, couple relations, love and romance, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, new jersey, usa, new orleans, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Georgia Rule follows a rebellious, uncontrollable teenager who is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her grandmother. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding ...
Style:
melancholic, stylized, sincere, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, teenager, dysfunctional family, small town, family problems, parents and children, redemption, family relations, honest, secrets, confession, justice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
idaho, san francisco, new jersey, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
Style:
emotional, realistic, humorous, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
family relations, redemption, parents and children, down on your luck, addiction, couples, family problems, unfulfillment, hopes, breakup, husband wife relationship, divorce ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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:
humorous, realistic, touching, semi serious, offbeat
Plot:
homecoming, hopes, couples, dysfunctional family, family problems, family life, eccentric family, couple relations, family relations, estrangement, parents and children, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
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44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye. Instead, they find themselves trapped — together — for two weeks.
Style:
touching, realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
Plot:
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Place:
usa, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.
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semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, sentimental ...
Plot:
wedding, estate, family gatherings, eccentric family, nothing goes right, disorder, siblings relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, ex husband ex wife relationship, mental illness, group sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sixteen-year-old Dylan is dying of cancer. When a charitable organization offers to grant Dylan his final wish, the teen has a surprising request: to meet supermodel Nikki Sinclair. Much to his mother's dismay, Dylan, with the help of his best ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, manhattan new york city, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 ...
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Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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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.
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emotional, humorous, witty, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed ...
Style:
talky, cynical, depressing, stylized, melancholic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, wedding, nude, complex characters, family relations, jealousy, secrets, greed, character study, confession, family problems, family gatherings ...
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70s, 21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, funny ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
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touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty
Plot:
coming of age, immigrants, friendship, social misfits, single parent, love and romance, society, lifestyle, family relations, teenage life, parents and children, social differences ...
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40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, offbeat
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, mental illness, family problems, family life, homecoming, parents and children, siblings relations, daydreamer, aging, elderly, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A family with five kids in the 80s get into a crisis when twin brothers fall in love with the same girl.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family relations, twins, coming of age, love triangle, parents and children, teenage love, family in crisis, family problems, small town, fall in love, friendship, rivalry ...
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80s, 20th century
Place:
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36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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