Movies like $5 a Day
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$5 a Day (2008)
4K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After being released from jail, the son of a con man joins his father on the road.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, entertaining, light, independent film, offbeat, crying
Plot:
betrayal, on the road, family relations, terminal illness, dishonesty, cons and scams, parents and children, estrangement, father son relationship, road trip, inheritance, loss of job, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, con artists, brain tumor, skinny dipping, woman seduces a man, dancing, revenge, cheating wife, seduction, hotel, restaurant, hospital, jealousy ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new mexico, atlantic city, las vegas, los angeles, brooklyn new york city, albuquerque new mexico, michigan ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and touching films with plots about family relations, parents and children, love and romance, on the road, road trip, couples and dysfunctional family mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like $5 a Day: The Open Road (2009), Beautiful Joe (2000), The Talent Given Us (2004), The Overbrook Brothers (2009), Father of Invention (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Minor leaguer Carlton Garret takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legendary baseball player Kyle Garret when Carlton’s mother becomes sick. Once reunited, Carlton struggles to deal with the series of misadventures ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
father son relationship, baseball, road trip, fiancee, father son reunion, family relations, parents and children, on the road, estranged son, dysfunctional family, nothing goes right, family problems ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
columbus ohio, houston texas, usa, ohio, memphis
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An extremely nice guy falls for a really bad girl
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, independent film
Plot:
mistaken identity, love and romance, gangster, couple relations, dishonesty, on the run, society, terminal illness, seduction, mob boss, road trip, tumor ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, nevada, las vegas, bronx new york city
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 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, humorous, touching, witty ...
Plot:
eccentric family, on the road, family relations, elderly, family in crisis, cross country, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, friend, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new york, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Road movie about two brothers who drive to Texas to find out the truth behind their parents.
Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, emotional, entertaining ...
Plot:
family relations, adoption, family problems, siblings relations, on the road, brother brother conflict, road trip, family secret, father son relationship, secret, sibling rivalry, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, colorado
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Nearly a decade after a faulty product landed him in prison, an arrogant inventor is determined to restore his reputation and rebuild his fortune. But first, he has to convince his estranged daughter that he's worthy of a second chance.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, feel good, light ...
Plot:
business, father daughter relationship, family relations, parents and children, technology gone awry, redemption, businessman, nothing goes right, fish out of water, lifestyle, disorder, father and daughter ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.
Style:
road movie, touching, humorous, hilarious, melancholic ...
Plot:
road trip, salesman, overprotective mother, highway, travel, family relations, single parent, parents and children, parent child relationship, protective parent, drinking, mother ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, middle east, las vegas, new jersey, san francisco
Similarity:
25%
92K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, cult classic, sexy, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship between men, casino, womanizer, aspiring actor, sex, comedian, dancing, friendship, depression, breakup, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, relationships ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas, new york, wisconsin ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After a heart attack, Abbie Polin (Crystal), a New York doctor, goes to Los Angeles to see his father, Abe (King), who works in Hollywood as the "king of the extras." Their relationship has been strained for several years. This was the ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
father son relationship, heart attack, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, flashback, surgeon, death of father, father son estrangement, doctor, hollywood, parent child relationship, bittersweet, estrangement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. Aware that his family doesn't think highly of him, he tries to spark a relationship with ...
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, semi serious, disturbing, controversial ...
Plot:
toy store, nothing goes right, dark humor, lifestyle, love and romance, looking for love, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, disorder, collector, parents and children, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A sly riff on the Prodigal Son story, Mika Kaurismaki's latest — about a joyless workaholic concert pianist who ends up on a wild ride with his long-lost rapscallion father — is a funny and cogent analysis of machismo, abandonment issues ...
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, road movie, captivating ...
Plot:
on the road, father son relationship, family relations, absent father, estrangement, parents and children, road trip, dysfunctional family, getting home, legacy, survival, nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Style:
talky, semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dysfunctional family, police detective, family relations, family problems, hopes, estrangement, couples, single parent, cons and scams, eccentric family, family life, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
usa, venice beach california, las vegas, brazil, los angeles ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Pompous and self-absorbed Kyle, is unhappily stuck in his life, longing to relive the success of his first novel. His not-so-desirable life rapidly unravels forcing him to return home to his wildly eccentric family with his tail between his legs. ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
fall in love, love and romance, couples, terminal illness, wooing, family relations, writer's life, couple relations, eccentric family, estrangement, unfulfillment, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A New York accountant (Ron Silver) sets out to grant his dying mother's last wish--to meet film star Greta Garbo. Sidney Lumet's bittersweet 1984 comedy also stars Anne Bancroft, Catherine Hicks, Carrie Fisher, Harvey Fierstein, Howard Da ...
Style:
sad, semi serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
brain tumor, hollywood, aging, tumor, grief, terminal illness, last wish, unfulfillment, gays and lesbians, nothing goes right, obsession, love and romance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Philippines, Brazil, Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Gentle Colin 'Col' Lawes happily lead a quiet life, running a news agency with his soiled-rotten wife Sandra and playing competition darts in the Atletic Arms team. Colin catches her committing adultery with team captain Geoff, a cop, who ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, sentimental, funny ...
Plot:
love, infidelity, self discovery, obsessive quest, love and romance, couples, on the road, countryside, relationships, romantic rivalry, romantic triangle, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Charlie gets released from an insane asylum and moves in with Miranda, the young daughter he left behind. Charlie believes that there is treasure hidden beneath the local Costco, so he puts together a plan to unearth the loot. By convincing Miranda ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
treasure hunt, mental illness, father daughter relationship, family relations, musician, hopes, obsession, child as adult, eccentricity, estrangement, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school....only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
Style:
road movie, funny, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
road trip, mischievous children, prank, holiday, culture clash, nothing goes right, foe turned friend, working class, unlikely friendships, reluctant partners, partner, thanksgiving ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, georgia, usa, australia, london
Similarity:
21%
970
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After he's fired from his job -- by his mother, no less -- Bob Funk agrees to quit drinking, see a therapist, and eventually report to a new boss, who might just be the woman of his dreams.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
therapist, couples, boss and employee, addiction, layoff, boss, family relations, workplace, parents and children, fall in love, starting over, mother ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
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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:
touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, homecoming, hopes, family problems, couples, family relations, love and romance, estrangement, family life, eccentric family, parents and children, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three women take a road trip to Santa Barbara in order to deliver the ashes of one of their dead husbands to his resentful daughter. Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden hijacks her two best friends and sets off in a vintage ...
Style:
touching, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, road movie ...
Plot:
friendship, on the road, family relations, parents and children, elderly, death in the family, mother daughter relationship, promise, road trip, longing, stepmother, female leader ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
idaho, utah, california, nevada, usa ...
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-grandfather, a grandfather, a father in his twenties and a son who is about 7 years old. When the oldest member passes away, the trio heads out on the ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, road movie, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
redemption, family relations, self discovery, family gatherings, human nature, parents and children, estrangement, father son relationship, road trip, death, dysfunctional family, aging ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004
Place:
new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico, los angeles, arizona ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Eddie, a poor street conman, has his 'guess in which briefcase' trick ruined by Manhattan lifestyle magazine deputy editor Hallie Galloway. Due to a bet with her boss, she must transform Eddie into a dashingly eligible bachelor for a ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
love and romance, eligible bachelor, cons and scams, power relations, fall in love, couples, dishonesty, smuggling, party, transformation, theft, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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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, feel good, sentimental, semi serious ...
Plot:
on the road, father son relationship, family relations, parents and children, self discovery, love and romance, husband wife relationship, escapades, food, vegetable, senior citizen, aging ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Josh's life is pretty much in the toilet. He's a failed NYC indie rocker, and a failing booking agent. But he finds the potential of a small victory in a really bad idea. He decides to purchase a 1985 Lazy Boy on eBay, just like the one ...
Style:
mumblecore, road movie, melancholic, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
road trip, wedding, on the road, family relations, parents and children, introspection, hopes, love and romance, self discovery, brother brother relationship, gift, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Grandfather's wife unexpectedly leaves him for another man and this sparks a series of events. His son and grandson arrive from abroad and set of for a journey to find a woman dear to each of them.
Style:
humorous, emotional, road movie, captivating, light ...
Plot:
family relations, aging, on the road, parents and children, family problems, musician's life, father son relationship, musician, teenager, father son reunion, husband wife relationship, road trip ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Like many adolescent boys, Roy Darpinian had the hots for movie divas, and one in particular was his wet dream as half of America's in the 1950s: Marilyn Monroe. The difference is, one summer holiday he actually decided to enlist his spineless ...
Style:
crying, road movie, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids
Plot:
hollywood, coming of age, friendship, on the road, obsession, childhood friend, road trip, teenage boy, small town, flashback, college student, skinny dipping ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1993, 60s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The youngest son of a legendary Hollywood producer, a Robert Evans type, accepts a bribe from his father to document his death.
Style:
semi serious, cynical, touching, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, eccentric family, family problems, lifestyle, love and romance, parents and children, hollywood, narcissism, brother brother relationship, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, corpse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman struggles to escape the clutches of her overbearing, co-dependent mother, while gradually falling for a sexy, sophisticated attorney.
Style:
romantic, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot:
birthday, marriage proposal, dating, birthday present, surprise birthday party, birthday party, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, elopement, self doubt, roommate, dancer, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
santa monica california, usa, california, paris france, boston ...
Similarity:
19%
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