Movies like The Sunshine Boys 1996
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The Sunshine Boys (1996)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two aging comedians who acrimoniously dissolved their act eight years earlier must overcome their differences when they have the chance for a lucrative movie comeback.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat
Plot:
old age, spy, retirement, heart attack, friendship, odd couple, betrayal, friends, couples, showbiz, elderly, partners, siblings relations, human nature, artists and showbiz, golden years, hotel, hospital, family relations, father daughter relationship, director, comedian, makeover, uncle, niece ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and touching films with plots about friendship, couples, friends, love and romance, family relations, golden years and couple relations mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Sunshine Boys: All Together (2011), Checking Out (2005), I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982), 2BPerfectlyHonest (2004), The Talent Given Us (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV ...
Style:
funny, humorous, witty, talky, tense ...
Plot:
aging, suspense, old age, senior citizen, artist, spy, actor, catastrophe, police investigation, relationships, satire, bittersweet ...
Time:
70s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new york, manhattan new york city
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternate to living in a retirement home; joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on the aging population.
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
friendship, aging, couples, family relations, elderly, couple relations, parents and children, friends, golden years, bittersweet, hospital, heart attack ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A famed stage actor reunites his family for a party, and plans to commit suicide after-wards, unless they are able to convince him not to.
Style:
touching, realistic, humorous, sincere, parody ...
Plot:
elderly, family gatherings, family life, lifestyle, siblings relations, homecoming, family problems, actor's life, parents and children, life & death, couples, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
screenwriter, struggling actor, writers, estrangement, alcohol abuse, midlife crisis, hollywood, family problems, couples, family relations, golden years, single parent ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever
Plot:
friends, friendship, love and romance, partners, odd couple, lifestyle, self discovery, couples, disorder, infidelity, dishonesty, nothing goes right ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Movies similar to 5 Flights Up
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A retired New York City couple drive across country to reconnect with their reclusive son, joined by their two unmarried daughters.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
on the road, eccentric family, family relations, elderly, parents and children, cross country, family in crisis, family problems, golden years, estrangement, dysfunctional family, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
George Schneider is an author whose wife had just died. His brother Leo gives him the number of Jennie Malone, and somehow they hit it off. And just when things are moving along, the memory of his first wife comes between them.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Plot:
widower, friendship, death of wife, actress, friends, family relations, couples, family problems, death in the family, fall in love, love affair, couple relations ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set in 1969, Abel Shaddick, a crotchety deli owner, has a grudge against virtually everyone in his upstate New York town of Fairview, particularly against his slacker nephew Stanley who lives behind the shop. Without telling his uncle, Stanley ...
Style:
touching, sincere, uplifting, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
uncle nephew relationship, racism, interracial relations, friendship, golden years, odd couple, society, family life, youth, couples, family relations, friends ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ben's dad Sam shows up one night with a note from Ben's mother (Sam's wife of 46 years), that she has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try to find her, Ben takes Sam on a day trip to see a farmhouse that's for ...
Style:
talky, touching, sentimental, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
golden years, family relations, father son relationship, on the road, parents and children, self discovery, love and romance, husband wife relationship, escapades, food, family life, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Joseph Kotcher, retired salesman, walks out on his son and daughter-in-law after their attempts to put him in a retirement home. He tracks down their babysitter, sacked because she is pregnant, and rents a small house nearby. He finds a new purpose ...
Style:
psychological, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
aging, teenage pregnancy, christmas, senior citizen, orphan, old age, retirement home, pregnancy, teenage life, family life, hospital, parents and children ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont similar movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Divorced couple Charlie and Lisa Hunter once a song writing team decide to spend a weekend in the French countryside to inspire them to write one last song together. But there is one person who isn't too crazy about the idea... Charlie's ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous
Plot:
friends, couples, family relations, unfulfillment, love and romance, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz, breakup, friendship, french countryside, divorced couple, songwriter ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
860
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A newly-married couple tries to build their social life.
Style:
talky, cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
nightlife, friendship, looking for love, celebrity culture, teenage love, twentysomething life, singleness, looking for sex, thirtysomething life, new year, friends, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A newlywed couple's honeymoon is upended by the arrivals of their respective sisters.
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couple relations, crumbling marriage, family relations, couples, love and romance, city life, siblings relations, friendship, society, dysfunctional family, love, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lonely since his wife left him and alienated from his daughter, a cantankerous voice-over artist strikes up an unlikely friendship with his regular deliveryman. Many suburbs away, an elderly widow loses her license to drive and turns to her wry ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, psychological ...
Plot:
couples, friendship, couple relations, love and romance, friends, estrangement, unfulfillment, golden years, lifestyle, aging, loneliness, multiple storylines ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A retired woman hires a dance instructor to give her private dance lessons at her home -- one per week for six weeks. What begins as an antagonistic relationship turns into a close friendship as they dance together.
Style:
touching, humorous, sentimental, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, teachers and students, elderly, self discovery, dancer's life, aging, golden years, widow, dancing, gay, lgbt, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be short-lived.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, clever, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
friendship, hotel, midlife crisis, friends, marriage, casino, dream, divorce, time travel, cult, city, dentist ...
Place:
new york, london, long island, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Five seemingly unrelated people decide to take huge risks in their personal lives in an effort to find happiness.
Style:
semi serious, talky, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
starting over, lifestyle, human nature, family relations, couples, golden years, city life, introspection, single parent, crumbling marriage, love and romance, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 ⇓
48%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Musical dancer on the way out (at 36) Paula McFadden had it swell with actor Tony DeSanti, but instead of taking her to Hollywood he gets a European movie part. He even sublets their (his) New York apartment to Elliot Garfield, who generously lets ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
self discovery, unlikely couple, love and romance, starting over, dancer's life, family relations, couples, showbiz, male female relationship, workplace, single parent, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Gene spends his days canvassing about childhood obesity. One day he canvasses Titty, an emotionally-arrested 19-year-old who has successfully sued his own father to win back a large inheritance and gotten himself disowned in the process. Gene ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, light, feel good ...
Plot:
friends, love triangle, social misfits, friendship, rabbit, bicycle, pig, woman slaps man, knife
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Movies similar to Madea's Big Happy Family
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fischer can't remember the last time he woke up without a hangover. He lives in a church: a real one. Where people baptize, marry, pray and die. It's an ideal situation for a young guy with no aspirations: if he locks up the church, he can ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, psychological ...
Plot:
wedding, church, self discovery, friendship, redemption, odd couple, buddies, addiction, alcohol abuse, coming of age, vandalism, religion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two best friends, garbage truck drivers in Hollywood become celebrities overnight after they find Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Best Supporting Actor Oscar for JERRY MAGUIRE in the trash and suddenly their lives go topsy-turvy.
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hollywood, overnight success, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, once in a lifetime opportunity, buddies, partners, lifestyle, odd couple, showbiz, celebrity culture, working class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Motherhood is a comedy written and directed by Katherine Dieckmann, and stars Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver. Shot on location in New York’s West Village, focuses on the dilemmas of motherhood, such as marriage, work, and self, ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
best friends, friendship, family life, lifestyle, couple relations, family relations, friends, couples, disorder, parents and children, mother, strong female presence ...
Place:
usa, new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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268
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The Flats tells a cautionary tale of friendship and desire played out among a group of 20-somethings transitioning into adulthood. Main character Harper and his buddies make the most of their freedom prior to an impending court-ordered jail ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous
Plot:
love triangle, youth, love and romance, human nature, unemployment, friendship, friendship between men, coming of age, friends, courtroom drama, siblings relations, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
589
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sunny Holiday, an aspiring singing star, abandons his wife and young baby to set off on a nine-month tour of bleak western towns. He takes off with his road manager in a pink Chrysler in search of their own version of the American Dream: a country ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, non-linear, contemplative ...
Plot:
relationship vs career, musician's life, ambition, obsessive quest, performer's life, lifestyle, family problems, on the road, showbiz, artists and showbiz, human nature, crumbling marriage ...
Place:
usa, idaho
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Films like Motherhood
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, talky, not serious, witty ...
Plot:
friendship, aging, life philosophy, elderly, odd couple, partners, couples, retiring, apartment building, father daughter relationship, african american, lie ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the terrors of returning to work with the demands of all around her with humor and insight, while ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, talky, clever, semi serious ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, mother daughter relationship, women, drunkenness, socialite, parent child relationship, rehabilitation, addiction, clinic, dysfunctional family, friendship, terminal illness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An elderly woman searches for her lost dog. Director Roy Watts' 1984 drama stars Lillian Gish, Timothy Bottoms, Candy Clark, O. J. Simpson, Alan Hale Jr. and Jack Carter.
Style:
semi serious, humorous
Plot:
dog, family relations, animal life, friends, friendship, golden years, heroes, journey, fireworks, dog hit by a car
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A downtown Manahattan gin mill plays host to a series of comic vignettes.
Style:
talky, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
bookies, rock, alcohol abuse, aging, human nature, introspection, elderly, female impersonator, gambler, drunkenness, smoking, beer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dark comedy which follows two brothers who are in love with the same woman.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, gloomy
Plot:
estrangement, love triangle, betrayal, love and romance, family relations, dark humor, siblings relations, brother vs brother, sibling rivalry, incest, love affair, two brothers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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