Movies like Awkward Thanksgiving

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Awkward Thanksgiving (2014)
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Awkward Thanksgiving (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Thanksgiving is a time when families get together to eat good food and share in the spirit of thankfulness. That's of course, a best case scenario. Some families are so tangled in a web of drama from financial issues, relationships, and so on that lead to big blow outs or worse, long awkward silences. This is the story of one of those families.
Style: sincere, humorous, serious, captivating, crying, independent film
Plot: thanksgiving, holiday, family relations, dysfunctional family, criminal, drug use, father son relationship, sister sister relationship, money, compulsive gambler, parents and children, relationship problems, family problems, eccentric family, relationships, male female relationship, loneliness, depression, marijuana, internet, restaurant, on the road, drug dealer, old man, stoner ...
Place: ohio

Most similar movies to Awkward Thanksgiving

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, captivating, realistic and semi serious films with plots about family relations, family problems, parents and children, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, relationships and male female relationship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Awkward Thanksgiving: Depression: The Movie (2012), Life During Wartime (2009), See You in Valhalla (2015), Pieces of April (2003), Last Weekend (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Depression: The Movie (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Four people deal with all the pain and sadness they have and find the root cause.
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: twenty something, gay slur, murder, drug use, suburbs, serial killer, midlife crisis, twists and turns, female nudity, bare breasts, crossdresser, nudity ...
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Life During Wartime (2009)
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, dark comedy, psychological, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, father son relationship, loneliness, family relations, character study, sisters, family problems, couple relations, pedophile, parents and children, haunted by the past, family life ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: florida, new jersey, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
See You in Valhalla (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: After the bizarre death of her brother, Johana Burwood must return home after four years, to face her strange siblings, her out of touch father and her very touchy past.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, humorous
Plot: family problems, parents and children, brother sister relationship, secret past, family secret, relationship problems, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, family life, kids and family ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Pieces of April (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her ...
Style: realistic, emotional, intense, talky, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: holiday, thanksgiving, road trip, family drama, food, dysfunctional family, cancer, eccentric family, loneliness, reconciliation, parents and children, family feud ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Last Weekend (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: family problems, eccentric family, parents and children, siblings relations, dark humor, family gatherings, gay, friendship, dysfunctional family, lgbtq, lgbt, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
3 Days with Dad (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The last thing Eddie Mills wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad. But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy family, an overbearing step-mother, and his bear of a father. Once there, Eddie is confronted with a ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, light
Plot: life, relationship problems, family relations, overbearing parent, domineering mother, confronting the past, parents and children, relationships, dealing with the past, revelation, family problems, father son relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Momma's Man (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In Momma's Man an adult decides to escape the pressures of life and return to his old bedroom at his parents' house. An odd premise, but executed with skill and tenderness.
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, mumblecore, sincere ...
Plot: midlife crisis, introspection, family problems, family relations, love and romance, eccentric family, family life, parents and children, unfulfillment, pregnancy, relationship problems, living together ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Chronically Metropolitan (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A cynical and clever coming of age film about first time novelist Fenton Dillane, who, unannounced returns to New York City to confront his family, his ex- girlfriend and a few lingering childhood fears.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, feel good
Plot: unrequited love, family relations, writers, father son relationship, relationship problems, lifestyle, lovers reunited, dysfunctional family, family problems, getting home, writer's life, family reunited ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Open Road (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 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, estrangement ...
Time: year 2009
Place: columbus ohio, usa, houston texas, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Birds of America (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister cause about town.
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, family saga ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, estrangement, family problems, couples, youth, vengeance, family gatherings, parents and children, couple relations, introspection, lifestyle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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We Broke Up (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Lori and Doug break up right before Lori's sister's wedding and decide to pretend they're still together for the weekend as to not disrupt the fun.
Style: captivating, semi serious, disturbing, psychological, romantic comedy ...
Plot: crumbling marriage, breakup, wedding, family problems, relationships, posing as husband and wife, marital separation, family relations, deception, male female relationship, relationship problems, marital problem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a New England dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving, past demons reveal themselves as one son returns for the first time in three years.
Style: emotional, touching, sentimental, melancholic, intense ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, human nature, crumbling marriage, estrangement, eccentric family, siblings relations, family life, parents and children, dealing with death, bookstore, snow ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: new england, usa, massachusetts, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Lies I Told My Little Sister (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After the death of her oldest sister, a 30 year old globe-trotting nature photographer is guilted onto a family trip to Cape Cod - along with the younger sister she used to torment. Amid recriminations, revelations, a very weird shopkeeper and an ...
Style: entertaining, light, captivating
Plot: relationships, photograph, photographer, family relations, family problems, sister sister relationship, photography, travel, problem solving, sisters, relationship problems, family conflict ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Friendsgiving (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Newly-divorced actress Molly, her recently-dumped lesbian best friend Abby and Molly’s mother Helen host a dysfunctional, comical and chaotic Thanksgiving dinner for their motley crew of close friends and strange acquaintances.
Style: entertaining, captivating, humorous, light, funny ...
Plot: thanksgiving, friend, mother daughter relationship, relationships, large family, family relations, holiday, celebration, humour, male female relationship, women, gay ...
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
In Memory of My Father (2005)
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: semi serious, cynical, humorous, touching, entertaining ...
Plot: family relations, eccentric family, family problems, love and romance, lifestyle, parents and children, hollywood, narcissism, brother brother relationship, dysfunctional family, corpse, funeral ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Four Cousins and a Christmas (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four cousins are excited to celebrate Christmas with each other until their estranged grandfather summons them home for their beloved grandmother’s memorial.
Style: psychological, satirical, disturbing, captivating
Plot: christmas, family problems, family relations, cousin cousin relationship, family reunited, sisters, sister sister relationship, eccentric family, relationships, satire, grandmother, grandfather ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Bootleg Dad (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ian discovers that André, a former soap opera star and current alcoholic is his real father. Ian decides to go work at his ruined mascot business where he finds a place populated by extravagant people and discovers the meaning of fatherhood.
Style: captivating, entertaining, sincere
Plot: parenthood, teenager, fatherhood, humour, search for father, family relations, father, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, paternity revealed, absent father ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Vicious Kind (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.
Style: independent film, black comedy, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: love triangle, thanksgiving, dysfunctional family, small town, adultery, infidelity, cheating, family relations, self destructing, betrayal, mistrust, couple relations ...
Time: 2000s
Place: connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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The Daytrippers (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great, until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband. Concerned, she goes to her mother for advice. Eliza, her parents, her sister Jo and Jo's boyfriend all pile into a station ...
Style: independent film, hilarious, talky, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, marriage, adultery, family relations, infidelity, love, thanksgiving, night, bickering, drunkenness, chance meeting, on the road ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Automatic Hate (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When Davis Green's (Joseph Cross) alluring young cousin Alexis (Adelaide Clemens) appears on his doorstep one night, he discovers that a side of his family has been kept secret from him. Against his father’s wishes, Davis travels to rural, ...
Style: captivating, psychological, mumblecore
Plot: sex between cousins, cousins incest, cousin cousin relationship, family secret, overheard conversation, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, dark secret, sister sister relationship, female nudity, male protagonist, brother brother conflict, open ending ...
Place: new york state, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Like Father (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a workaholic young executive, is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father. The two depart as strangers, but over the course of a few ...
Style: light, sweet, sincere, touching, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: father daughter relationship, workaholic, father daughter reunion, father daughter conflict, parents and children, family relations, father and daughter, breakup, relationships, humour, family reunited, travel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
My Daddy is in Heaven (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Becca, Adam and their 5-year-old daughter Acie are a perfect family until a tragic accident during a 4th of July celebration kills their father. Struggling with grief, Becky decides she needs to leave the family farm and all its memories. She leaves ...
Style: sincere, captivating, entertaining, christian film
Plot: family life, family problems, relationship problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, mother and daughter, family relations, family tragedy, love affair, father daughter relationship, relationships, tragic event ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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 8K
Lonesome Jim (2005)
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, love and romance, hopes, life is a bitch, couple relations ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: indiana, usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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The Talent Given Us (2004)
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: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, touching ...
Plot: on the road, eccentric family, family relations, elderly, cross country, family in crisis, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, friend, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Boundaries (2018)
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: sincere, humorous, captivating, thought provoking, light ...
Plot: grandfather grandson relationship, marijuana, road trip, dating, boy, estranged father, teenage boy, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, school, dog, single mother ...
Place: california, san francisco, los angeles, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
The Year of Getting to Know Us (2008)
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: realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, hopes, homecoming, couples, family problems, parents and children, family relations, couple relations, estrangement, eccentric family, family life, love and romance ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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Marine Life (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Marine Life revolves around the choatic family life of June, a middle-aged lounge singer and mother. Aging and twice divorced, lounge singer June Nordstrom tries to cope with her fading beauty, her troubled offspring, her waning career and her young ...
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, love affair, family life, couples, family problems, single parent, love and romance, youth, child as adult, midlife crisis, parents and children ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, disturbing, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, teenager, adolescence, family relations, teenage life, eccentric family, social differences, parents and children, self discovery, single parent, sex aid ...
Time: 70s, year 1998, year 1976, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Brooklyn Lobster (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a tradition in Brooklyn for over 65 years. Manned by an eccentric crew and serving the best seafood in the state
Style: emotional, humorous, captivating, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot: family business, family relations, save the day, family problems, restaurant, working class, estrangement, parents and children, bank, siblings relations, family in crisis, society ...
Time: year 2005
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
My Father's Bike (2012)
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: emotional, humorous, road movie, captivating, light ...
Plot: family relations, aging, parents and children, on the road, 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 ⇓
17%
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