Movies like The Upside of Anger
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The Upside of Anger (2005)
24K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts to have reservations about where their relationship is headed.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, melancholic, witty, emotional, intense, sincere, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dysfunctional family, friendship, couples, suburban life, neighbor, parenthood, family relations, love and romance, starting over, couple relations, parents and children, fall in love, lifestyle, women, marijuana, housewife, bittersweet, unlikely friendships, loneliness, depression, summer, hospital, radio, marriage, drinking ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, michigan, detroit, california
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Most similar movies to The Upside of Anger
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and touching films with plots about family relations, drinking, drinking alcohol, husband wife relationship, storytelling, runaway and dialogue mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Upside of Anger: Sunshine Cleaning (2008), The Chumscrubber (2005), City Island (2009), Running with Scissors (2006), Mumford (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, sexy, dark comedy, emotional, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
cleaning lady, dysfunctional family, dark humor, suicide, family business, new job, police investigation, family relations, workplace, family problems, single parent, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, bleak, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, dark humor, suburbs, suicide, kidnapping, youth, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, satire, friendship, mistaken identity, high school ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections ...
Style:
feel good, sexy, emotional, independent film, witty ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, teenage boy, audition, eccentric family, character study, warden, deception, family life, family problems, prison, nothing goes right, family relations ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, bronx new york city, new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of ...
Style:
cult classic, stylized, disturbing, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, mental illness, gay interest, dysfunctional family, therapist, mental disorder, unhappy, lgbt, family relations, lesbian, marital problem, drinking problem ...
Time:
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new york, seattle, massachusetts, california, new jersey
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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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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, absurd, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family secret, funeral, family life, eccentric family, death in the family, sarcasm, family feud, parents and children, fall in love, generation gap, lesbian ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
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:
touching, sentimental, sincere, light, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family values, couple relations, parents and children, family life, sisters, guilt, dyslexia, charm, audition, sister, longing ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, florida, pennsylvania, chicago
Similarity:
50%
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%
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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, independent film, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, infidelity, family drama, family gatherings, childhood home, homecoming, children, family relations, loneliness, family home, brother sister relationship, extramarital affair ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of Peter McGowan, a chain-smoking, impotent, insomniac playwright who lives in Los Angeles. Once very successful, he is now in the tenth year of a decade-long string of production failures. He finds himself bonding with a new ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, light, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
midlife crisis, dog, single parent, writers, couple relations, introspection, parents and children, family life, family relations, couples, family problems, unfulfillment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sincere, black comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, cheerleader, childhood, character study, redemption, family relations, nursing, parents and children, siblings relations, sibling relationship ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, poland, new york, usa, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the ...
Style:
weeping, realistic, cult classic, rom com, happy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, funeral, midlife crisis, group of friends, regret, suicide, relationships, reunited friends, yuppie, coming of age, outdoor sex, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 60s, 70s
Place:
south carolina, middle east, usa
Similarity:
67%
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.
Style:
black comedy, independent film, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
love triangle, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, small town, insomnia, adultery, self destructing, infidelity, family relations, erotic scene, forbidden love, extramarital affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
connecticut, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Hal, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route he joins the school debating team, which sends ...
Style:
clever, sincere, teen, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, high school, debate, nothing goes right, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, misfit, contests and competitions, teacher, youth ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a rock band at the top of their game suddenly loses their leader, their direction suddenly becomes questionable. All the band members know is that the leader's clothes were found at the edge of a waterfront and he had not been seen since. ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
musician, culture clash, friends, music band, society, artists and showbiz, disorder, power relations, misfit, love and romance, social differences, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
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:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the late '60s, the self-proclaimed belles of the rock 'n' roll ball, rocked the worlds of every music legend whose pants they could take off -- and they have the pictures to prove it. But it's been more than two decades since ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, humorous, feel good, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, rock star, secret past, odd couple, drug abuse, female protagonist, road trip, female bonding, women, family relations, self discovery, midlife crisis ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
los angeles, phoenix arizona, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Style:
sincere, melancholic, depressing, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
midlife crisis, family drama, complex characters, loneliness, infidelity, depression, human nature, parents and children, adultery, teenage life, sarcasm, cancer ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with ...
Style:
emotional, dark comedy, stylized, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, dysfunctional family, coming of age, family problems, family secret, loneliness, family drama, parenthood, youth, society, lifestyle, loss of son ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, seattle
Similarity:
27%
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:
humorous, witty, sentimental, dark comedy, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, high school, addiction, youth, depression, debate, teenage life, lifestyle, self discovery, teenage crush, grownups ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
oregon, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A film about three high school friends who find their happy-go-lucky existence tarnished forever the instant they get embroiled in a drug-running scheme that goes awry. When things start getting messy, they rue the day they agreed to the venture; ...
Style:
humorous, touching, sentimental, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, heroin, partner, going straight, drug dealing, social misfits, human nature, youth, buddies, redemption, lifestyle ...
Time:
70s, year 1992, 90s, year 1975
Place:
detroit, michigan, canada, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, Denmark, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer ...
Style:
humorous, light, talky, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
politics, coming of age, cheerleader, male nudity, 17 year old, friendship, infidelity, self discovery, single parent, teenage love, best friend, introspection ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, year 1996, 90s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, milwaukee wisconsin, massachusetts, europe ...
Similarity:
27%
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:
27%
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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:
cynical, talky, depressing, melancholic, stylized ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, wedding, nudity, complex characters, family relations, jealousy, greed, secrets, character study, confession, family problems, family gatherings ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, long island, vermont, harvard university
Similarity:
27%
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:
sentimental, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, death, adultery, husband wife relationship, single mother, mother daughter relationship, grief, hospital, death of daughter ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
nebraska, houston texas, texas, new york, louisiana ...
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been swiped by a reporter out to bring him down.
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, cynical, romantic drama ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, infidelity, dishonesty, chase, journalism, self discovery, reporter, expose, talent agent, extortion, diary, writers ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister cause about town.
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, family saga ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, insomnia, family relations, couples, estrangement, family problems, youth, vengeance, family gatherings, parents and children, couple relations, introspection ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, sweet, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love and romance, friendship, couple relations, infidelity, writers, book, love, happy ending, crumbling marriage, teacher, passion, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2007, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, england
Similarity:
25%
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