Movies like Detours
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Detours (2016)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own.
Style:
road movie, feel good, light, humorous, captivating
Plot:
road trip, love, infidelity, one night stand, cheating wife, on the road, dating, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, highway, extramarital affair, marriage, middle age romance, sexual attraction, highway travel, gay, travel, lawyer, food, divorce, running, beach, hotel, alligator, driver ...
Place:
florida, new york, atlantic ocean
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Most similar movies to Detours
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, light, road movie and feel good films with plots about road trip, friendship, family relations, on the road, restaurant, love and road mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Detours: The Guilt Trip (2012), Miss Stevens (2016), Heartlands (2002), My Best Friend's Wife (2001), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
light, road movie, humorous, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
road trip, overprotective mother, salesman, mother son relationship, twists and turns, travel, family relations, single parent, parents and children, parent child relationship, protective parent, jewish ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas, new jersey, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A high school English teacher becomes a weekend chaperone for three students at a drama competition.
Style:
captivating, humorous, light, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
road trip, teacher, coming of age, flirting, monologue, english teacher, depression, dead mother, competition, teacher student relationship, remote control, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
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, captivating ...
Plot:
cheating on husband, love, infidelity, self discovery, obsessive quest, couples, love and romance, on the road, countryside, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic triangle ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two friends are about to learn that they are "Grownups."
Style:
humorous, sexy, entertaining, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
swinger, extramarital affair, wife swapping, swinger couple, best friend, friendship, adultery, infidelity, sexual fantasy, couple relations, thirtysomething life, looking for sex ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new jersey, san francisco, new york, england, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
Style:
feel good, road movie, light, funny, touching ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
road trip, thanksgiving, travel, holiday, train, buddy, snow, airplane, on the road, railway, husband wife relationship, airport ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, illinois, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Style:
road movie, feel good, funny, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night
Plot:
road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, honest, gay, obsessive quest, family relations, escapades, nothing goes right, coming of age, parenthood, drugs ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, new mexico, arizona, albuquerque new mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
Style:
road movie, talky, sentimental, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
road trip, wine, vacation, friendship, infidelity, divorce, fall in love, vineyard, couples, on the road, food, travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, san francisco, los angeles, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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 ⇓
63%
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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, family relations, fiancee, father son reunion, parents and children, on the road, estranged son, dysfunctional family, nothing goes right, disorder ...
Place:
usa, houston texas, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the 'no-fly' list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey ...
Style:
funny, buddy comedy, road movie, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
road trip, stupidity, hitchhiker, getting home, weed, slacker, marijuana, screwball, odd couple, bonding, stoners, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, dallas texas, texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Awkward, isolated and disapproving of most of the people around her, a precocious 19-year-old genius is challenged to put her convictions to the test by venturing out on to the NYC dating scene, in this adaptation of Caren Lissner’s best-selling ...
Style:
romantic, humorous, light, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
genius, therapy, father daughter relationship, dating, friendship, strong female lead, society, introspection, coming of age, women, happy ending, love ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Following the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip to spread his ashes. Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan is in the glove compartment, in tupperware, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.
Style:
road movie, humorous, captivating, exciting, light
Plot:
death, death of friend, road trip, friendship, nature, funeral, terminal illness, on the road, woman, cancer, dead sister, secret ...
Place:
scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh ...
Style:
road movie, touching, sentimental, emotional, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
lesbian, aids, friendship, road trip, pregnancy, women, gay, lgbtq, african american, violence, lgbt, bittersweet ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, pittsburgh, new york, pakistan, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
Style:
light, feel good, entertaining, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
twins, brother brother relationship, fraternal twins, craziness, unknown father, road trip, father son relationship, fool, parents and children, brothers, father and son, family relations ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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, secret, father son relationship, sibling rivalry, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Single mom Laura, along with her awkward 14 year-old son Henry is forced to drive Jack, her estranged, care-free pot dealing father across country after he's kicked out of yet another nursing home.
Style:
humorous, sincere, light, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
marijuana, road trip, estranged father, grandfather grandson relationship, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, teenage boy, dating, school, boy, single mother, dog ...
Place:
california, seattle, los angeles, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Marleen (Jella Haase) is 20, but can't choose, what to do with her life. Her older brother (Matthias Schweighöfer) traveled the world for years but never has been to the Antarctic. He is at home for a few days, but the ticket for the next ship ...
Style:
road movie, light, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
coming of age, death of brother, road trip, mother daughter relationship, hitchhiker, last wish, family relations, society, car, father daughter relationship, loss of brother, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
antarctica, hamburg germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
François Sim considers himself worthless and he may have good reasons for that. Hasn't he lost his job as well as his wife Caroline? Isn't he unable to relate to Lucy, his teenage daughter? Didn't he, when he was eighteen miss out on ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, light, humorous, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
divorced man, dentist, ex wife, father daughter relationship, depression, salesman, new job, parents and children, family relations, job, escapades, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An army ranger and his dog embark on a road trip along the Pacific Coast Highway to attend a friend's funeral.
Style:
emotional, semi serious, captivating, satirical, feel good ...
Plot:
police dog, dog, post traumatic stress disorder, escapades, satire, animals, road trip, friendship, human animal relationship, animal human communication, unlikely friendships, breaking the law ...
Time:
future, year 2015
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, washington state, portland oregon, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After finding out that her husband cheated on her, Lise and her two daughters Ditte and Sigrid decides to go on vacation to Malta. The two sisters are very different and tries to cheer the mother up in very different ways. All inclusive is a movie ...
Style:
emotional, humorous, psychological, captivating
Plot:
vacation, parent child relationship, divorce, hotel, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, infidelity, family relations, love, friendship, female nudity, one night stand ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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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 ⇓
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, entertaining, art house
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
teenager, infidelity, sister sister relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, women, family problems, parents and children, escapades, lifestyle, family relations, life turned upside down ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Disparate individuals rationalize their infidelities.
Style:
sexy, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
infidelity, friendship, sex, looking for sex, singleness, sexual relations, love affair, dishonesty, womanizer, couples, introspection, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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:
humorous, sentimental, touching, semi serious, road movie ...
Plot:
friendship, on the road, family relations, elderly, parents and children, death in the family, mother daughter relationship, road trip, promise, female leader, hitchhiker, friends ...
Place:
california, idaho, nevada, usa, borneo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron, Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Style:
touching, depressing, thought provoking, emotional, sad ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
infidelity, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, teenage daughter, marriage, dying mother, family relations, cheating wife, bittersweet, greed, parenthood, estate ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Films like Lady Bird
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nina is a 20 years old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, an autoritarian and conservative man. Trini is of the same age and has lost her mother. For both Valladolid and their families have nothing to offer and therefore they ...
Style:
road movie, captivating, feel good, light, humorous
Plot:
travel, youth, society, lifestyle, self discovery, friendship, life philosophy, human nature, beautiful scenery, escapades, teacher, wealth ...
Place:
spain, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.
Style:
road movie, funny, absurd, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, identity, stupidity, nothing goes right, stolen identity, sarcasm, escapades, foul language, bounty hunter, women's prison, dishonesty, cons and scams ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
florida, colorado, miami, usa, missouri ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman at a crossroads traveling to Cannes along with her successful film producer husband, finds herself on a two-day road trip with his business associate. What follows is a carefree journey replete with diversions involving picturesque sites, ...
Style:
road movie, sentimental, captivating, thought provoking, humorous ...
Plot:
travel, life, on the road, french, wine, love, film producer, husband wife relationship, fall in love, food, love and romance, male female relationship ...
Place:
france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Three men struggle to save their relationship while traveling across country in search of a doctor they believe will make one of them well.
Style:
road movie, allegory, light, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, male nudity, menage a trois, road trip, threesome, illness, gay subtext, gay interest, lgbtq, gay relationship, love and romance, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with ...
Style:
road movie, feel good, touching, inspirational, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
food, cooking, chef, cooking and food, road trip, father son relationship, parent child relationship, happy ending, restaurant owner, starting over, business, divorce ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, new orleans, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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