Movies and TV shows like The Starter Wife

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The Starter Wife (2007)
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The Starter Wife (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 276 min.
TV show
Story: The events of one woman's life following her divorce after years of marriage to a Hollywood studio executive. Based on the best-selling novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer.
Style: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sentimental, romantic comedy
Plot: midlife crisis, divorce, marriage, ex husband ex wife relationship, self discovery, ex couple relations, one more chance, love and romance, couples, ambition, starting over, producer, satire, friendship, party, mother daughter relationship, intimacy, life is a bitch, singleness, strong female presence, gay, sex scene, female friendship, hollywood, little girl ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, california
Keyword: challenge

Most similar movies to The Starter Wife

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and sentimental films and TV series with plots about couples, love and romance, friendship, couple relations, friends, best friend and dating mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Starter Wife: Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014), Men of a Certain Age (2009), Love (2016), If Loving You Is Wrong (2014), Will & Grace (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follows a best-selling author of a self-help book series who is secretly hiding her separation from her husband as she starts to navigate her life as a single woman in her 40's in Los Angeles. She starts to side with and take advice more from ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, erotic, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: starting over, divorce, friends, dating, self discovery, breakup, writer's life, singleness, middle aged, lifestyle change, couple relations, writers ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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100%
Men of a Certain Age (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 942 min.
TV show
Story: Men of a Certain Age is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on TNT on December 7, 2009. The hour-long program stars Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula as three best friends in their late forties dealing with the ...
Style: humorous, realistic, sentimental, touching, sincere ...
Plot: group of friends, midlife crisis, friendship, family relations, bonding, family life, parenthood, old friend, salesman, age difference, marriage, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Love (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Rebellious Mickey and good-natured Gus navigate the thrills and agonies of modern relationships.
Style: humorous, realistic, talky, sincere, witty ...
Plot: couples, dating, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, love and romance, junkie, hollywood, friendship, marriage, relationship problems, fraud, sex ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
If Loving You Is Wrong (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the relationships of a group of husbands and wives that live and love on the same street. While the neighbors come from very different backgrounds, their lives are similar – raising children, dealing with exes, worrying about money and ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, soap opera ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: friendship, starting over, family relations, love and romance, looking for love, marriage, family problems, couples, parents and children, couple relations, family life, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Will & Grace (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: gay, best friend, roommate, friendship, dating, gay friend, gay straight relations, lawyer, lgbtq, supportive friend, love and romance, platonic ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, idaho
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27%
 7.4
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Love Bites (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Love Bites is an American television series originally planned for the 2010–11 television season on the NBC network that eventually aired as a summer replacement series. It premiered in its regular Thursday night time slot at 10:00 pm Eastern/9:00 ...
Style: semi serious, talky, realistic, humorous, anthology ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: sexual exploration, lifestyle, looking for love, sexual activity, sexuality, couple relations, casual sex, singleness, twentysomething life, love and romance, female protagonist, flirting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
An Unmarried Woman (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
Style: sentimental, psychological, humorous, emotional, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: female nudity, divorce, midlife crisis, breakup, marital separation, starting over, self discovery, couple relations, betrayal, fall in love, family relations, family problems ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Togetherness (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive.
Style: sitcom, humorous, offbeat, light, sincere ...
Plot: friendship, couple relations, relationship vs career, couples, buddies, ambition, hopes, follow your dream, love and romance, family relations, depression, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Molly Dodd — a mid-30s, divorced woman living in New York — faces the comedy and drama of a widely changing career, difficulties of apartment living, love life and its consequences, and more.
Style: sitcom, realistic, offbeat, humorous, touching ...
Plot: feminist, dating, family relations, singleness, love and romance, couples, interracial relations, pregnancy, woman, single mother
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Single Ladies (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Single Ladies is an American comedy-drama television series on VH1 that debuted on May 30, 2011, as a two-hour television film. Created by Stacy A. Littlejohn and produced by Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment, the series chronicles the ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: friendship, fashion, looking for love, couple relations, lifestyle, love triangle, dating, society, social differences, black, black cast, best friend ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Maneater (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: Beautiful, fashionable and fun, Clarissa Alpert is a shallow socialite whose speed dial is a veritable Rolodex of Hollywood power players. Staring her 32nd birthday directly in the eyes, though she will admit only to being 28, the spoiled ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, cute ...
Plot: fall in love, couples, thirtysomething life, family relations, social differences, hollywood, society, journey, friendship, rivalry, producer, blonde ...
Time: 21st century
Place: beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Divorce (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A couple goes through a long, drawn-out divorce.
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: divorce, relationships, marriage, marital separation, husband wife relationship, love and romance, family problems, marriage crisis, male female relationship, crumbling marriage, family drama, family relations ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Happily Divorced (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Happily Divorced is an American sitcom created by Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson. Inspired by their experiences, the series, which became TV Land's third original scripted series following Hot in Cleveland and Retired at 35, ran from ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, talky, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lifestyle, love and romance, gay husband, couples, homosexual, couple relations, divorce, father daughter relationship, marriage, dating, daily life, women ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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My Boys (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: My Boys is an American television sitcom that debuted on November 28, 2006, on TBS. The show deals with a female sports columnist in Chicago, Illinois and the men in her life including her brother and her best friend. The show was canceled by TBS on ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty
Audience: girls' night
Plot: journalism, singleness, looking for love, best friend, media, ex couple relations, couples, buddies, newspaper, lifestyle, clubbing, friendship between men ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Married (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Married is a half hour comedy about being miserably in love. Russ and Lina Bowman can barely remember what life was like before kids, debt, and suburbia rained on their romance -- but every once in a while, in between the arguments about their ...
Style: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, dark comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: marriage, couple relations, marital problem, couples, friendship, family life, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, save the day, marital crisis, marriage crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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HAPPYish (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Thom Payne is a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a ...
Style: cynical, realistic, humorous, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Plot: midlife crisis, boss and employee, workplace situations, workplace, depression, unfulfillment, self discovery, introspection, couples, happiness, love, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Love, American Style (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Love, American Style is a comedic television anthology, which was produced by Paramount Television and originally aired between 1969 and 1974. For the 1971 and 1972 seasons it was a part of an ABC Friday prime-time lineup that also included The ...
Style: anthology, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: couples, couple relations, love affair, looking for love, fall in love, love and romance, male female relationship, love, wealth, marriage, parents, rich ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Cashmere Mafia (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cashmere Mafia is an American television comedy-drama which ran on ABC from January 6, 2008 to February 20, 2008. The series was created by Kevin Wade, who also served as executive producer alongside Darren Star, Gail Katz, Jeff Rake and Michael ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sincere, anime ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: ambitious woman, female protagonist, friendship, relationship vs career, lifestyle, workplace, love and romance, female friendship, best friend, ambition, couple relations, gender ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Sex and the City (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York ...
Style: sitcom, sexual, witty, stylized, erotic ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot: female friendship, everyday life, couple relations, up and down relationship, looking for love, sexual intercourse, sex, love, sexual exploration, friendship, friends, looking for sex ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
What About Brian (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Serial monogamist Brian O'Hara hits his mid-30s and suddenly realizes he's the last bachelor standing in his circle of friends. Not averse to the happily ever after his friends have achieved, Brian wonders whether he'll ever find Mrs. ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: group of friends, friendship, romantic rivalry, marriage, looking for love, fear of commitment, couples, unlikely couple, couple relations, adolescence vs adulthood, family life, singleness ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy' (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, sitcom
Plot: rising to stardom, ambition, actor's life, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, couple relations, showbiz, workplace, filmmaking, hollywood, comedian, celebrity culture ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Treatment (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Jake Singer is at loose ends in NYC, and neck deep in psychoanalysis with the outrageous Dr. Morales when he meets the enigmatic and beautiful widow Allegra Marshall.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, romantic comedy ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, going straight, crumbling marriage, family problems, losing-it hero, rehabilitation, love and romance, doctors and patients, couples, social differences, custody, midlife crisis ...
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Ex List (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Ex List is an American comedy-drama television series based on the Israeli series The Mythological X created and written by Sigal Avin. The Americanized version, developed by Diane Ruggiero and produced by Fox Television Studios, premiered on ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, romantic, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: dating, love and romance, lifestyle, looking for love, friends, singleness, thirtysomething life, male female relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, colleague, relationships, romantic obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Matters of Life & Dating (2007)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Linda Dackman has been diagnosed with breast cancer, but this does not prevent she from seeing the positive side of life and continue their quest for Prince Charming.
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, witty ...
Plot: lifestyle, looking for love, couples, support group, physical appearance, singleness, breast cancer, dating, love and romance, friends, best friend, biopic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.6
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Divorce (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The series is about three men aged between 35 and 45 who are in the middle of a divorce. They decide to temporarily live together. They share joys and sorrows, and a deeply rooted friendship grows. The story revolves around everything that a divorce ...
Style: buddy comedy, suspenseful, suspense, humorous
Plot: ex husband ex wife relationship, marital problem, friendship between men, friendship, friend, divorce, marriage, marital separation, female nudity, roommate, husband wife relationship, divorced man
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.9
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Sensitive Skin (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: Bittersweet comedy about a 61-year-old former model trying to cope with life in London.
Style: sentimental, humorous, touching, sincere, witty ...
Plot: aging, family relations, self discovery, art gallery, parents and children, couples, dark humor, society, rivalry, friendship, model, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.5
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Martin (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Martin is an American sitcom produced by HBO Independent Productions that aired for five seasons, from August 27, 1992 to May 1, 1997 on Fox. The show is both titled after and stars actor-comedian Martin Lawrence along with supporting characters ...
Style: sitcom, funny, parody, independent film, semi serious ...
Plot: african american, black, black sitcom, radio, urban, black cast, exodus, black girl, american culture, 40 year old, blues, friendship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.3
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NY-LON (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Michael and Edie are worlds apart. He's a Londoner, a city high flyer; she's a New Yorker, immersed in the indie music scene. One chance look, one coincidence in a million, and both their worlds are changed forever. Can you have a ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, rom com ...
Audience: date night
Plot: stock broker, lifestyle, love affair, love and romance, opposites attract, couples, bohemian life, couple relations, long distance relationship, city life, education, dating ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, new york, europe, usa, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Monarch of the Glen (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where he is told he is the new Laird of Glenbogle.
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, sentimental, satirical ...
Plot: country estate, friendship, love triangle, fish out of water, social differences, love and romance, family relations, couples, family problems, working class, family life, parents and children ...
Time: 90s
Place: scotland, europe, london, england, scottish highlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Celeste and Jesse met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in their friends’ minds as the perfect couple – she, a high-powered businesswoman and budding ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, independent film, mumblecore, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: couples, friendship, divorce, breakup, love story, dysfunctional family, honest, happy ending, best friend, love, lifestyle, starting over ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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