Movies like The Art of Racing in the Rain
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The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
48K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Enzo, a family dog with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind, evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, the race-car driver Denny Swift.
Style:
sad, touching, exciting, tense, sentimental, captivating, offbeat, feel good, emotional, crying ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
dog, racing, flashback, golden retriever, car, auto racing, girl dog relationship, child custody, friendship, father daughter relationship, animal, car race, race, husband wife relationship, time jump, flash forward, terminal illness, american abroad, repeated scene, cancer, car racing, lawyer, serial killer, bear, best friend ...
Place:
washington d.c., seattle, washington state, mongolia, seattle washington
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Most similar movies to The Art of Racing in the Rain
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, feel good, realistic and sentimental films with plots about friendship, dog, family relations, storytelling, mentor, life philosophy and husband wife relationship mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Art of Racing in the Rain: Ford v Ferrari (2019), Arthur the King (2024), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), A Dog's Purpose (2017), As Good as It Gets (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the ...
Style:
inspirational, realistic, captivating, exciting, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
racing, car, car racing, racecar driver, car race, talented, auto mechanic, race car, rise to the top, race, desire for fame, auto racing ...
Time:
60s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1959, 2010s ...
Place:
france, los angeles, italy
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Over the course of ten days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond is forged between pro adventure racer Michael Light and a scrappy street dog companion dubbed Arthur. As the team is pushed to their outer limits of endurance in the race, Arthur ...
Style:
tense, light, feel good, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
dog, lost dog, animal, animal life, animal human communication, pets, animal protagonist, adventure hero, adventurer, human animal relationship, airport, working class ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
denver colorado, maryland, indiana, illinois, puerto rico ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, teen, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cancer, adolescence, friendship, terminal illness, teenager, coming of age, dying, leukemia, friends, teenage boy, illness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, sad, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, adult
Plot:
dog, animal, human animal relationship, life & death, happy ending, reincarnation, transformation, police dog, life philosophy, love, death, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
dog, mental illness, neighbor, friendship, writers, gender, artist, love story, depression, gay, single mother, waitress ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, maryland, baltimore ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In this second heartwarming and hilarious sequel to the popular favorite, Air Bud masters two new starring roles: soccer (real football) player and fatherhood. Loaded with laughs and cool soccer action, Buddy teams up alongside U.S. women's ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sentimental, touching, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, pets, sport team, golden retriever, soccer, ambition, friendship, rivalry, best friend, family relations, contests and competitions, animal life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
21K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA, Singapore, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Aruba, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young boy and a talented stray dog with an amazing basketball playing ability become instant friends. Rebounding from his father's accidental death, 12-year-old Josh Framm moves with his family to the small town of Fernfield, Washington. The ...
Style:
light, inspirational, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, teens, pre-teens, kids ...
Plot:
dog, golden retriever, pets, basketball, animal, friendship, happy ending, childhood, unlikely friendships, young heroes, human spirit, contests and competitions ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington state, seattle, washington d.c., usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
352K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Style:
touching, inspirational, tragicomedy, independent film, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
cancer, friendship, terminal illness, happy ending, relationships, chemotherapy, meaning of life, doctor, hopes, buddies, patient, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2011, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state, iran, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
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52K
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:
feel good, emotional, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
police dog, dog, satire, escapades, desert, road trip, human animal relationship, friendship, animal, death of friend, animal human communication, troublemaker ...
Time:
future, year 2015
Place:
oregon, california, san francisco, los angeles, washington state ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife, seems to be having trouble too, and thinks it would be best if the two would just split up. After the break up, Macon meets a ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dog, dysfunctional marriage, depression, eccentricity, grief, travel, writers, loss of son, death of son, loneliness, dysfunctional family, breakup ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place:
usa, paris france, maryland, london, baltimore ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, sad, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, coming of age, childhood, small town, child's point of view, childhood memory, friendship, animal, boy, american football, children, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, oxford university
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Despite grumpy 59 year-old Ove being deposed as president of his condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she ...
Style:
touching, ironic, feel good, compassionate, scenic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
love, loneliness, suicide attempt, swedish, destiny, unlikely friendships, elderly man, friendship, mentor, pregnant woman, neighbor neighbor relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, year 2014
Place:
spain, scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style:
sentimental, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, death, adultery, husband wife relationship, single mother, mother daughter relationship, grief, hospital, death of daughter ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
nebraska, houston texas, texas, new york, louisiana ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, serious, touching, uplifting
Plot:
car race, racing, drag racing, auto racing, motor racing, race, biopic, auto mechanic, race car, driving, car, car racing ...
Time:
year 1983, 60s, 70s, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.
Style:
touching, emotional, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
terminal illness, tragic love, tragic romance, formula 1, near death experience, road trip, love, racing, racecar driver, auto racing, self discovery, ambition ...
Time:
70s
Place:
europe, france, paris france, florence
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
racing, race, auto racing, classic car, car, motor racing, children, auto mechanic, driving, car chase, redneck, race car ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, birmingham alabama
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Drama - Sean, a young thirty-something coffee shop owner, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He desperately wants to have a baby before he dies, and asks his best friend Kristy to bear his child. - John Riedlinger, Amy Colon, Patrick Coyle
Style:
touching, uplifting, sentimental, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, family relations, best friend, terminal illness, pregnancy, tragic hero, couples, family problems, youth, hopes, life is a bitch, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, sweet, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love and romance, friendship, couple relations, infidelity, writers, book, love, happy ending, crumbling marriage, teacher, passion, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2007, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, england
Similarity:
40%
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97K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sad, visually appealing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, gay father, gay interest, grief, gay relationship, relationships, father son relationship, male male relationship, love, dog, self discovery ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 2000s, year 1971, year 2003 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new york, seattle
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sarah Huttinger's return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her – and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers – as she uncovers secrets that suggest ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, semi serious, sentimental, light ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, love affair, love story, relationships, young lovers, dysfunctional family, bridesmaid, infidelity, life is a bitch, love and romance, youth, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2005, 90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1997
Place:
california, usa, san francisco, pasadena california, los angeles ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
This heart wrenching drama is about a beauty shop, in Louisana owned by Truvy, and the tragedies of all of her clients.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, sweet, sad, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
female friendship, friendship, christmas, wedding, small town, southern belle, halloween, family relations, best friend, strong female character, life philosophy, wedding ceremony ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship.
Style:
touching, teen, rough, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
volleyball, friend, teenage girl, female athlete, friendship, high school, teenager, party, dancing, gymnasium, mother daughter relationship, unhappiness ...
Time:
year 2014, year 2011
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of people in Los Angeles are brought together thanks to their canine friends.
Style:
rom com, sweet, touching, feel good, light ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
animal, dog, human animal relationship, dog training, pets, family relations, pet dog, owner dog relationship, animal human communication, society, host, lifestyle ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
love story, love and romance, death, terminal illness, couples, loss of spouse, starting over, lost love, letter, grief, life philosophy, widow ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
ireland, seattle, europe, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An elderly, yet young-at-heart man, moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
hospital, insomnia, orphan, funeral, social worker, doctor, roommate, boy, father daughter relationship, old man, single father, widower ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
columbus ohio, pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Style:
sexy, humorous, talky, surreal, semi serious ...
Plot:
sleepwalking, mental disorder, love and romance, lifestyle, couples, adolescence vs adulthood, adulthood, loser, marriage, mental illness, sleeping, road trip ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, pennsylvania, maryland ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman struggles to escape the clutches of her overbearing, co-dependent mother, while gradually falling for a sexy, sophisticated attorney.
Style:
romantic, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot:
birthday, marriage proposal, dating, birthday present, surprise birthday party, birthday party, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, elopement, self doubt, roommate, dancer, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
santa monica california, usa, california, paris france, boston ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, scenic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love, couples, true love, fall in love, happy ending, love and romance, couple relations, destiny, love story, enemies to lovers, hospital, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 1946, year 1989, year 1988, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, south carolina
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends him a border collie that's undisciplined ...
Style:
touching, humorous, sentimental, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
dog, midlife crisis, pet owner relationship, marital problem, lifestyle, pets, friendship, parents and children, deadend life, spouse leaving, artists and showbiz, animal training ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When single mom Megan Nolan moves to a new town, she feels guilty for uprooting her ten-year-old daughter Caitlin. Seeing that the little girl's only friend is a neighbor's dog, Megan decides to adopt a shelter pet for Caitlin. She ...
Style:
feel good, touching, captivating, light, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing
Plot:
dog, parents and children, fall in love, family relations, hopes, single parent, pets, friendship, couples, animal, holiday, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
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