Movies like Young Adult
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Young Adult (2011)
85K
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:
realistic, talky, depressing, emotional, sincere, semi serious, melancholic, cynical, funny, enigmatic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, high school, small town, childhood sweetheart, borderline personality disorder, emotional breakdown, alcoholic, divorce, narcissism, thirtysomething life, depression, arrested development, old love, jealousy, adolescence, character study, looking for love, lifestyle, identity crisis, hometown, hate crime, self esteem, unfulfilled love, obsessive quest, hopes ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
minnesota, california, new jersey, usa, minneapolis minnesota
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, realistic, weird and talky films with plots about loneliness, runaway, drinking alcohol, dialogue, storytelling, relationships and depression mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Young Adult: The Station Agent (2003), Margot at the Wedding (2007), Muriel's Wedding (1994), Ingrid Goes West (2017), Greenberg (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
tragicomedy, sentimental, humorous, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
loneliness, bittersweet, friendship, solitude, depression, small town, society, loss, melancholy, prejudice, death, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, manhattan new york city, canada, newfoundland
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100%
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 ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, long island, vermont, harvard university
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Muriel’s Wedding is P.J. Hogan’s film debut. A humorous emancipation story of an unemployed woman who evolves from a dreamer into a self sustaining successful woman. An amusing comedy that’s funny, silly, angry and serious.
Style:
funny, light, humorous, feel good, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
wedding, friendship, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, dignity, women, small town, coming of age, leaving home, parenthood, happy ending, destiny ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
australia, sydney australia, bali
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor's friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.
Style:
thought provoking, funny, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
social media, stalker, obsessed fan, instagram, obsession, borderline personality disorder, mental disorder, chase, love interest, lie, secret, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, venice california
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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38K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother's assistant.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, sincere, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, depression, personal assistant, starting over, twists and turns, self fulfillment, fall in love, misfit, mental illness, mentally unstable, buddies, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, new jersey, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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16K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her ...
Style:
road movie, depressing, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
abortion, road trip, lesbian, teenager, pregnancy, aging, teenage pregnancy, grandmother granddaughter relationship, writers, friendship, gay, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight"s Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connect with the women who affect their decisions, dreams and desires.
Style:
feel good, melancholic, heartbreaking, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
friendship, slut, older man younger woman relationship, coming of age, small town, slutty attitude, love story, life philosophy, hometown, unlikely friendships, pianist, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
canada, new jersey, massachusetts, new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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20K
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, enigmatic, psychological, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
superhero, friendship, self discovery, midlife crisis, coming of age, imaginary friend, writers, small town, loneliness, depression, character study, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, long island, atlantic ocean, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
19K
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:
realistic, psychological, depressing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
suicide, mental illness, psychiatrist, hollywood, drugs, therapist, character study, psychology, loneliness, life philosophy, suicide attempt, widower ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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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:
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 ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, addiction, writers, eccentricity, complex characters, character study, family relations, homecoming, unlikely friendships, family problems, artists and showbiz, lifestyle ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey, michigan, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with un-attentive parents and bullies at school.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, cynical, controversial, talky ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, misfit, bullying, dysfunctional family, youth, school, suburbs, teenager, social outcast, childhood, high school, humiliation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
10K
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, sexy, clever, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, friendship, coming of age, small town, cheerleading, school, loneliness, bullying, existentialism, teenage life, eccentricity, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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, psychological, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
high school, coming of age, teenager, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, debate, contests and competitions, nothing goes right, misfit, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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This Is Where I Leave You similar movies
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 ⇓
33%
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:
depressing, melancholic, humorous, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
midlife crisis, complex characters, loneliness, depression, twists and turns, parents and children, human nature, adultery, teenage life, suicide, cancer, nude ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, california, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 ⇓
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solondz's film Happiness (1998).
Style:
disturbing, psychological, melancholic, talky, stylized ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, father son relationship, loneliness, family relations, character study, family problems, couple relations, pedophile, parents and children, family life, haunted by the past, relationships ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
florida, new jersey, israel, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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:
talky, gloomy, art house, entertaining, thought provoking ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, drugs, suburbs, drug addiction, addiction, small town, self discovery, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, alcoholic, transformation, loner ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, sincere, funny, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
art, poetry, workplace, self discovery, coming of age, sex shop, loneliness, writers, creativity, adolescence vs adulthood, workplace situations, transsexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, emotional, compassionate, melancholic ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, depression, dysfunctional family, mental illness, father daughter relationship, character study, redemption, family relations, childhood, nursing, parents and children, siblings relations ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, poland, new york, usa, phoenix arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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:
clever, melancholic, thought provoking, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, high school, writers, single father, father son relationship, grief, loneliness, life & death, life philosophy, suicide, character study, loss of child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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, semi serious, realistic, feel good, poignant ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, gay, midlife crisis, loneliness, closeted homosexual, suicide, relationships, destiny, brutality, guilt, family relations, justice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Buck is a man-child who has lived his existence in a life of kindergarten collages and lollipops. Buck remembers his old childhood friend Chuck, with whom he feels a need to reconnect with after having invited him to his mother's funeral. Buck ...
Style:
psychological, stylized, cynical, humorous, disturbing ...
Plot:
obsession, gay, stalking, friendship, dark humor, childhood friend, mentally unstable, sexuality, love triangle, unrequited love, man child, death of mother ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the Mona Simpson novel, single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sexy, light, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, coming of age, women, teen angst, mother, love, teenager, bittersweet, small town, friendship, nude, interracial romance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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:
feel good, touching, realistic, talky, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, asthma, friendship, loneliness, on the road, starting over, human nature, self discovery, family problems, single parent, love and romance, mother ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, south carolina, santa fe new mexico, louisiana ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
121K
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, melancholic, tragicomedy, touching ...
Plot:
comedian, loneliness, cancer, character study, redemption, midlife crisis, destiny, dark humor, sarcasm, life philosophy, old love, supportive friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
16%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.
Style:
touching, thought provoking, humorous, feel good, melancholic ...
Plot:
slacker, loneliness, midlife crisis, twists and turns, everyday life, naivete, loser, parents and children, character change, immature, existentialism, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, california, usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Mike Leigh’s much praised 2010 tragicomical drama. During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Style:
emotional, touching, meditative, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, character study, jealousy, family life, everyday life, parents and children, suffering, marriage, loneliness, desperation, divorce ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, paris france, ireland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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