Movies like Frances Ha
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Frances Ha (2012)
102K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
Style:
mumblecore, realistic, poignant, sexy, sweet, independent film, black and white, melancholic, witty, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
female friendship, friendship, coming of age, best friend, bittersweet, relationships, female protagonist, dancer, self discovery, dark humor, direction and purpose, profanity, melancholy, young adult, dating, dancing, existentialism, life philosophy, follow your dream, obsession, urban setting, roommate, dancer's life, hipster, friends ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa, paris france, sacramento california, france, japan, california ...
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Most similar movies to Frances Ha
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, realistic, clever and weird films with plots about relationships, friendship, dialogue, drinking alcohol, mentor, drinking and suprisingly clever mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Frances Ha: 500 Days of Summer (2009), Kicking and Screaming (1995), Girls (2012), Manhattan (1979), Mistress America (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom ...
Style:
touching, romantic, sentimental, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
breakup, love, relationships, couples, love story, unrequited love, love and romance, couple relations, manic pixie dream girl, unfulfilled love, life philosophy, heartache ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to ...
Style:
talky, humorous, independent film, melancholic, depressing ...
Plot:
coming of age, college, friendship, slacker, graduation, drinking, campus, lone hero, solitude, buddies, lifestyle, twentysomething life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
82K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
Style:
witty, sexy, realistic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
ambitious, sex scene, friends, young adult, nudity, sex, woman urinating, roommate, city life, female friendship, strong sexual content, oral sex ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, idaho, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
153K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Style:
romantic, intellectual, visually stunning, humorous, meditative ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
dating, couples, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, love and romance, teenage girl, dachshund, lolita, sarcasm, relationships, divorce, 17 year old ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes. MISTRESS AMERICA is a comedy about dream-chasing, ...
Style:
independent film, humorous, depressing, heartbreaking, witty ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, betrayal, coming of age, hopes, writers, female protagonist, eccentric family, follow your dream, prank, disorder, family relations, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
86%
360K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.
Style:
gothic, cute, art house, sexual, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, first love, loss of virginity, father daughter relationship, prom, female protagonist, teenager, closeted homosexual, high school, friendship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 2002, year 2003, near future ...
Place:
sacramento california, california, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray, the oft ignored daughter of a music executive she learns what it means to be an adult while ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, sweet, teen, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
nanny, youth, teenage girl, adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, love story, friends, self discovery, initially antagonists, life is a bitch, lifestyle, city life ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
835K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Audrey Tautou) accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, touching, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
loneliness, love, fall in love, imagination, cafe, lifestyle change, life, optimism, female protagonist, love story, love and romance, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 2001, 90s, 70s, year 1974, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, montmartre paris, quebec
Similarity:
89%
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207K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the ...
Style:
funny, teen, dark comedy, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, friendship, depression, jealousy, teacher, mentor, love triangle, teen angst, adolescence, preparatory school, student ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, y2k, year 1998
Place:
midwest, texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
228K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from ...
Style:
sentimental, funny, indie film, sweet, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
depression, self discovery, melancholy, coming of age, female nudity, paraplegic, love story, love, family relations, relationships, drug, dealing with death ...
Time:
year 2004, near future, medieval times, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, los angeles, new york, usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy Heather. They welcome transfer student Lily into their group which seeks to help severely depressed ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, semi serious, cult classic, clever ...
Plot:
college, depression, relationships, eccentricity, loneliness, best friend, college life, self discovery, female friendship, boarding school, social relations, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new england, seattle, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
47K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a ...
Style:
romantic, teen, sexy, sweet, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, love story, relationships, adolescence vs adulthood, youth, intergenerational friendship, character study, runaway, adolescence, father daughter relationship, marriage proposal, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her entertained. Will a relationship with one of them disrupt the delicate balance of ...
Style:
mumblecore, realistic, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
female pubic hair, friendship, sexual attraction, female nudity, college graduate, looking for love, love triangle, college, lifestyle, introspection, human nature, couples ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
40K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother's assistant.
Style:
sexy, psychological, semi serious, independent film, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, personal assistant, fall in love, depression, musician, starting over, self fulfillment, misfit, mental illness, mentally unstable, love and romance, buddies ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Unsure of what to do next, 23-year-old Marnie tries her best to navigate life after college in this romantic comedy. Still partying like there's no tomorrow, Marnie drags herself out of bed for her miserable temp job and can't decide ...
Style:
mumblecore, clever, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
youth, lifestyle, looking for love, friendship, college, survival, self discovery, relationships, hipster, coming of age, teenager, graduation ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.
Style:
clever, independent film, witty, psychological, ironic ...
Plot:
hipster, couples, friendship, marriage, childless couple, coming of age, baby, midlife crisis, introspection, older woman younger man relationship, writers, aging ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Maggie 's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But one daughter and three years later, Maggie is out of love and ...
Style:
romantic, melancholic, talky, stylized, sentimental ...
Plot:
writers, stepmother, relationships, marriage, divorce, hotel, friendship, marxism, blended family, narcissist, character study, eccentricity ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, quebec, brooklyn new york city, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On his way to Vienna, American Jesse meets Céline, a student returning to Paris. After long conversations forge a surprising connection between them, Jesse convinces Celine to get off the train with him in Vienna. Since his flight to the U.S. ...
Style:
philosophical, sentimental, sexy, intellectual, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love, chance meeting, destiny, lovers, tourist, young lovers, fall in love, relationships, coincidence, love story, teenage girl, stranger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
vienna, austria, europe, france, los angeles ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A stage director and his actor wife struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes.
Style:
sad, romantic drama, thought provoking, rough, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
divorce, marriage, parent child relationship, infidelity, father son relationship, theatre director, troubled marriage, husband wife relationship, husband wife conflict, lawyer, courtroom, mission ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
83%
109K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin ...
Style:
psychological, romantic, independent film, feel good, rom com ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
bittersweet, writer's block, writers, redheaded woman, novelist, loneliness, dream, mental illness, life philosophy, manic pixie dream girl, imaginary character, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
Style:
cult classic, erotic, talky, witty, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
disco, nightclub, friendship, pretending to be gay, jealousy, manic depression, romantic rivalry, venereal disease, cynicism, love triangle, unemployment, friend ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, barcelona, spain ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A 29-year-old lawyer and her lesbian best friend experience a dramatic shift in their longtime bond after one enters a serious relationship
Style:
realistic, humorous, sweet, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian friend, relationships, friendship, couples, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, love triangle, loneliness, best friend, unlikely couple, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, indiana, tokyo, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Captures a generational moment - young people on the cusp of truly growing up, tiring of their reflexive cynicism, each in their own ways struggling to connect and define what it means to love and be loved. Six New Yorkers juggle love, friendship, ...
Style:
melancholic, sweet, touching, independent film, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couples, relationships, coming of age, friendship, love, writers, multiple storylines, existentialism, loneliness, lifestyle, writer's life, cancer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.
Style:
atmospheric, humorous, clever, independent film, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
abortion, pregnancy, kick-butt women, relationships, unwanted pregnancy, nothing goes right, feminist, self discovery, existentialism, drinking, one night stand, introspection ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, indiana, new york, brooklyn new york city, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father to four children/stepchildren, is torn asunder by a chemical spill from a rail car that releases an “Airborne Toxic Event”, forcing Jack to ...
Style:
comedy drama, dark comedy, mind bending, existential, social ...
Plot:
marriage, blended family, professor, drug dealer, evacuation, supermarket, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, fear of death, guts, nazism, nazi ...
Time:
2020s, year 1984
Place:
new hampshire, ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between “friends” and “more than friends” really ...
Style:
sexy, mumblecore, clever, independent film, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
couples, group of friends, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love triangle, relationships, profanity, food, beer, adaptation, lifestyle, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2013, 70s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, heartbreaking, sexy, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lovers, friendship, youth, love hate relationship, game, love story, best friends in love, friends, relationships, childhood love, first love, music box ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, belgium, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic Connecticut.
Style:
sentimental, sweet, teen, melancholic, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
small town, coming of age, pizza, wedding, friendship, food, canceled wedding, adultery, pizzeria, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship, heartbreak ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut, new england, usa, london, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Nora Wilder (Parker Posey), a single, career woman works at a Manhattan boutique hotel where her excellent skills in guest relations lack in the romantic department. If it is not her loving and dominant mother (Gena Rowlands) attempting to set her ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, sweet, light, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
dating, loneliness, friendship, self discovery, looking for love, single, cliche, thirtysomething life, hotel, drinking, coming of age, relationships ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
croatia, paris france, france, new york, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
179K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
love, love and romance, best friends in love, love story, male female friendship, couples, friends in love, friendship, relationships, life philosophy, opposites attract, best friend ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 90s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
iran, scotland, london, paris france, england
Similarity:
100%
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