Movies like Mullet
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Mullet (2001)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Eddie returns to his home town on the south coast of New South Wales. Having left for the city without explanation a few years previously, he tries to pick up the pieces of his life and fit back in to the lives of those he left, including his ex-girlfriend Tully and brother Pete.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, touching, humorous, clever, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, offbeat
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
homecoming, small town, starting over, prodigy, parents and children, family life, love and romance, couples, family problems, eccentric family, hopes, bittersweet, weakness, friendship, adultery, optimism, brother brother relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, prodigal son, alienation, fishing, australian aboriginal, family relations, small town life, sex ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
australia, sydney australia
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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 family relations, parents and children, family life, couples, family problems, love and romance and bittersweet mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Mullet: The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008), Mary and Rhoda (2000), Bruno (2000), Mind the Gap (2004), Diggers (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The old friends from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Mary and Rhoda, are reunited, only to discover that Mary has a daughter named Rose and Rhoda's daughter is named Meredith.
Style:
sitcom, talky, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, homecoming, family life, looking for love, family relations, family problems, college, estrangement, couples, starting over, hopes, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, france, paris france
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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 ⇓
61%
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 ⇓
60%
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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 ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, touching, witty ...
Plot:
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.
Style:
talky, witty, realistic, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
family relations, suburbs, parents and children, siblings relations, family life, love and romance, husband wife relationship, family history, irony, hypocrisy, food, restaurant ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Austria
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:
cynical, semi serious, touching, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
family relations, eccentric family, lifestyle, love and romance, family problems, parents and children, hollywood, brother brother relationship, narcissism, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, corpse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A tender story from Australia highlights the realistic ups and downs of an Australian family in the year following a parent's emergency medical procedure.
Style:
uplifting, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, couple relations, lifestyle, youth, introspection, family problems, thirtysomething life, adolescence vs adulthood, eccentric family, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Empty Nest tells the story of a couple who have to struggle to find themselves after their children grow up and move out. It starts out as a fairly simple story of a couple but becomes complicated by a series of events that may or may not be ...
Style:
humorous, touching, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
aging, couple relations, couples, family relations, family life, parents and children, midlife crisis, love and romance, elderly, leaving home, college, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jon, a middle-aged professor is going to get married tomorrow, for the second time, to one of his ex-students half his age. But it's not all roses. First, there's his cranky mother-in-law-to-be who violently opposes the marriage and who ...
Style:
witty, feel good, touching, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
wedding, island, unlikely couple, love affair, family feud, love and romance, hopes, couple relations, buddies, starting over, couples, eccentric family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Suspension from school, the loss of a friend, a broken heart and lack of inspiration lead to Maude's downfall in this romp through teenage error. Your teenage years are never easy… but for Maude, things couldn't be worse. Within one ...
Style:
semi serious, witty, realistic, humorous, stylized ...
Plot:
family life, siblings relations, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, dysfunctional family, parents and children, love and romance, family problems, eccentric family, best friends, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In this Canadian comedy-drama, Shirley Cooperberg heads a Montreal Jewish family. During her husband's operation, her brood arrives at the hospital -- failed writer Eli, neurotic Susan, and successful theatrical producer Edward. An onslaught of ...
Style:
talky, realistic, semi serious, clever, witty ...
Plot:
family relations, hospital, couples, family problems, siblings relations, parents and children, looking for love, eccentric family, homecoming, infidelity, dysfunctional family, family in crisis ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A retired teacher and a soap star leave their routines and the men in their lives behind and embark on a weekend trip.
Style:
touching, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, fall in love, friendship, on the road, looking for love, human nature, introspection, best friends, hopes, parents and children, family business, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the beautiful area of ​​Paris, Maria and José Ribeiro lived for almost thirty years on the ground floor of a Haussmann building, in their dear little lodge.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic
Plot:
concierge, family problems, nothing goes right, family life, homecoming, couples, disorder, society, getting home, friendship, couple relations, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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:
introspection, eccentric family, family life, estrangement, family problems, single parent, dysfunctional family, family gatherings, parents and children, homecoming, dying, terminal illness ...
Place:
usa, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Films like Muriel's Wedding
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Melbourne family is very happy living near the Melbourne airport. However, they are forced to leave their beloved home (by the Government and airport authorities) to make way for more runways. 'The Castle' is the story of how they fight ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, compassionate, talky ...
Plot:
justice, australian, family relations, fighting the system, family life, against the odds, family in crisis, single parent, misfit, parents and children, prejudice, suburbs ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, beirut lebanon, melbourne australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The five daughters of a famous actor, all from different mothers and different nationalities, get together on the 10th anniversary of his death for a celebration of his career.
Style:
tragicomedy, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
haunted by the past, family relations, parents and children, family problems, rivalry, ego clash, family life, strong female presence, family gatherings, siblings relations, estrangement, estate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, humorous, feel good, light, realistic ...
Plot:
bankruptcy, small town, dysfunctional family, family relations, homecoming, family business, family life, lifestyle, unfulfillment, parents and children, friendship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, realistic, touching, clever ...
Plot:
family relations, destiny, couples, family life, love and romance, family problems, parents and children, family in crisis, student life, society, unemployment, social worker ...
Place:
latin america, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When Joan Weldon discovers she is dying of lung cancer, she sets out to reconcile her dysfunctional relationships with her three children, her husband, and along the way, her former best friend. The family's destructive ways are offset by messy ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, sincere
Plot:
self discovery, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, terminal illness, family life, bittersweet, one night stand, husband wife relationship, cancer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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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 ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A wedding invite from an estranged sibiling inspires a grandmother to assemble her family and embark on a roadtrip in a broken down caravan.
Style:
road movie, semi serious, touching, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, family life, siblings relations, on the road, parents and children, love and romance, golden years, gender, human nature, couples, family in crisis ...
Place:
argentina, latin america, brazil
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34%
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 ⇓
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.
Style:
talky, sincere, humorous, mumblecore, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
looking for love, lifestyle, friendship, youth, introspection, computers and web, couple relations, human nature, love and romance, misfit, twentysomething life, sexual relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 ⇓
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Filipino-American high school student Ben (Dante Mercado) works in a comic book shop to earn money to pay his way into Cal Arts. His father, a postman, is determined that his son--who has won a pre-med scholarship to UCLA--will become a doctor. The ...
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semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, witty
Plot:
culture clash, coming of age, high school, friendship, couples, school, looking for love, high school life, love and romance, lifestyle, siblings relations, nightlife ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 ...
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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:
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Place:
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32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The death of the Kimbrough family matriarch affects the three male survivors of the clan. Widower Easy (Bruce Dern) tries to reconnect with his old flame, Marg (Elizabeth Ashley). Eldest son and struggling musician Guy (Jayce Bartok) moves back to ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disability, family problems, young lovers, starting over, estrangement, family life, death in the family, small town life, haunted by the past, countryside, teenage life, homecoming ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, France, Norway
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. But bringing everyone together unleashes a storm of long-repressed dark family secrets.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever, sexy ...
Plot:
favoritism among siblings, sexual abuse, dysfunctional family, fisherman, life is a bitch, family problems, family life, parents and children, family business, family gatherings, elderly, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rikky (Nina Landis) and her brother Pete (Stephen Kearney) struggle to keep their lives from spinning out of control in small town Australia.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
social relations, family relations, vengeance, prodigy, rebelliousness, journalism, youth, misfit, on the road, desert, small town life, village life ...
Time:
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Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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