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Brigsby Bear (2017)
19K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.
Style:
funny, mysterious, touching, psychological, cult classic, captivating, semi serious, dark, experimental, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friends, filmmaking, new life, adaptation, police, costumed hero, parents and children, happy ending, isolation, adult as child, teenager, magical, captive, dysfunctional family, wisdom of life, held captive, mental health, siblings, abduction, bear, party, kidnapping, secret, arrest, friend ...
Time:
year 2017
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Most similar movies to Brigsby Bear
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, touching and realistic films with plots about coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family relations, friends, friendship and youth mostly in Comedy, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Brigsby Bear: Welcome Matt (2021), This Is the Night (2021), The Meyerowitz Stories (2017), My Horrible Year! (2001), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Matt, a well known writer and director, suffers a traumatic experience, that leads to him being deathly afraid to go outside. Therefore he decides to attempt to write, direct, and star in a feature film, all from his apartment.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, traumatic memory, confined space, psychological trauma, agoraphobia, filmmaking, social isolation, traumatic experience, satire, post traumatic stress, director, isolated place ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1982, as all of Staten Island anticipates the opening of a blockbuster boxing movie, an Italian-American family must confront its greatest challenges.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, weird
Plot:
gay, teenage crush, teenage boy, teenager, family problems, life is a bitch, teenage protagonist, family secret, dysfunctional family, teenage life, gay interest, friend ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
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88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, father son relationship, gay couple, father daughter relationship, relationships, coming of age, love, friendship, society, family relations, friends, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
new york, indiana, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A teenage girl plots to keep her parents' marriage together, erroneously thinking they're considering divorce.
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, youth, couple relations, best friend, lifestyle, love and romance, babies and infants, coming of age, family problems, teenage life, siblings relations, crumbling marriage ...
Similarity:
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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:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia's inheritance from her deceased grandfather, the only item she's received is an antique sword that he believed to be proof that the South won the Civil War.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
sword, pawnshop, inheritance, relic hunter, antique dealer, antique shop, private investigation, satire, investigation, relic, confederacy, ex girlfriend ...
Place:
birmingham alabama, tennessee
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore.
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
obsessive quest, follow your dream, friendship, youth, society, aging, lifestyle, family relations, teenage life, filmmaking, parents and children, hollywood ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Charlie gets released from an insane asylum and moves in with Miranda, the young daughter he left behind. Charlie believes that there is treasure hidden beneath the local Costco, so he puts together a plan to unearth the loot. By convincing Miranda ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
treasure hunt, mental illness, father daughter relationship, family relations, musician, hopes, obsession, child as adult, eccentricity, estrangement, obsessive quest, escapades ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, new jersey
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Karen Cooper wants to domineer her family and believes she's its pillar. In fact she does everything wrong. Thus she messes up all their lives and futures, rather then help her loved-ones.
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, emotional, entertaining ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, parents and children, lifestyle, family relations, teenage life, family problems, wooing, youth, love and romance, adolescence vs adulthood, single parent, pregnancy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, captivating, surreal ...
Plot:
heroes, gangster, escapades, danger, parents and children, police, yakuza, filmmaking, samurai, asian, moving, asteroids and comets ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
84%
230
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a country (alluded to be Chile) under dictatorship, a police night raid comes up with a few usual anti-regime suspects. They are sent to a camp in the middle of nowhere. Their friends on the outside start to plan their escape.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating
Plot:
escape, politics, society, dictator, political prisoner, isolation, rebelliousness, abduction, kidnapping, friend, police, night ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, latin america, chile
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young shut-in takes an imaginary road trip inside his apartment, based on mementos and memories of a European trek from years before.
Style:
surreal, captivating, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
odd couple, friendship, isolation, friends, partner, haunted by the past, wilderness, on the road, buddies, introspection, escapades, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, poland
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Rob Lawson's perpetual quest for success is interrupted when his estranged daughter shows up pregnant, challenging him to be a father before he becomes a grandfather.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, estrangement, family problems, couples, parents and children, river, pregnancy, unfulfillment, self discovery, moral dilemma, dysfunctional family, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
Style:
touching, teen, sexy, sweet, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
summer, teenager, coming of age, vacation, friendship, shyness, loneliness, teenage girl, youth, dysfunctional family, teenage boy, childhood ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, california
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that could follow.
Style:
road movie, sweet, psychological, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, abortion, pregnant girl, coming of age, women, teenage girl, marriage proposal, schoolgirl, pregnant girlfriend, girlfriend, moral dilemma, breakup ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
missouri
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.
Style:
allegory, humorous, captivating, sincere, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
misfit, magic, women, hopes, grownups, adaptation, parents and children, family relations, society, ambition, youth, dishonesty ...
Time:
2010s, 90s
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic ...
Style:
independent film, emotional, sweet, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
self discovery, direction and purpose, father son relationship, justice, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, happy ending, redemption, tragedy, cancer, actor's life, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his ...
Style:
touching, tricky, psychological, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, self discovery, midlife crisis, relationships, small town, imaginary friend, life philosophy, character study, loneliness, depression, creativity ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
long island, atlantic ocean, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Motherhood is a comedy written and directed by Katherine Dieckmann, and stars Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver. Shot on location in New York’s West Village, focuses on the dilemmas of motherhood, such as marriage, work, and self, ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
best friend, family life, friendship, disorder, family relations, friends, couples, lifestyle, couple relations, parents and children, mother, blog ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ivy League Freshman, Aaron Milton (17) gets a different kind of education when he falls for Linda (34) a vivacious former wild-child who has returned to college to straighten out her life. The curriculum gets more challenging when Aaron meets ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, erotic, independent film, light ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, love triangle, sex scene, male virgin, coming of age, nude model, female nudity, voyeur, nudity, sexual attraction, love and romance, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A retired New York City couple drive across country to reconnect with their reclusive son, joined by their two unmarried daughters.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, witty ...
Plot:
eccentric family, on the road, family relations, elderly, family in crisis, cross country, parents and children, family problems, estrangement, dysfunctional family, friend, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new york, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Comedian Henry Phillips is lured to LA by a renowned TV producer who wants to bring his story of failure to the screen. But when a major network gets involved, Henry must decide whether he wants to make jokes for a living, or be the butt of them.
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, captivating, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
songwriter, comedian, satire, ambition, musician, stand up comedy, television producer, mishap, showbiz, musician's life, lifestyle, behind the scenes ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story centres on a group of teenagers street cast in their neighbourhood and selected to play in a feature film during the summer. The film tells the story of this film shoot and of the connections that will be formed during it.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, thrilling, feel good ...
Plot:
teenager, child cancer, mischievous children, teenage boy, teenage life, satire, teenage protagonist, teamwork, children, interview, filmmaking, bullying ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Desperate to get out from under her overprotective mother, a home-schooled teen runs off to live with her dad, and forms a bond with his much-younger boyfriend.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, dysfunctional family, gay father, family relations, father daughter relationship, parents and children, eccentric family, disorder, follow your dream, workplace, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.
Style:
touching, sentimental, psychological, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dysfunctional family, aunt, youth, candy store, grandmother, mental health, bike, family relations, coming of age, brother, family problems, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, year 1993, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers.
Style:
ironic, sentimental, humorous, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
adaptation, artist, couples, society, self discovery, lifestyle, bittersweet, love, ambition, loneliness, fashion, art ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, tokyo
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career and reconnecting with his kids. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes missing on a ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, self discovery, family relations, family problems, parents and children, siblings relations, bittersweet, parent child relationship, family drama, love, reconciliation, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
It’s been more than 10 years since our last appointment at Calvin’s Barbershop. Calvin and his longtime crew, including Eddie, are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes. Most noticeably, our once male-dominated sanctuary is ...
Style:
inspirational, sincere, semi serious, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
barbershop, black, urban, friends, coworker relationship, african american, customer, father son relationship, family life, burglar, business venture, barber ...
Place:
indiana, chicago
Similarity:
82%
313
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Quitters tells the story of the Raymans, a wealthy Jewish family that's falling apart. The son, Clark, is a bright and curious high schooler with a talent for manipulation. As his mother May enters treatment for a pill addiction, and he and his ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, independent film
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, youth, family problems, family life, parents and children, life turned upside down, social relations, disorder, innocence lost, high school life, girl man relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
During the summer of 1999, a group of teenagers, through interconnected narratives, live through their last day of high school and prepare for the future. Holly, once the new girl in school, does whatever it takes to remain popular. Dawn, who is ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, youth, coming of age, high school prom, hardcase students, junior high school, underage drinking, juvenile delinquency, love and romance, teenage life, teenage love, friends ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
82%
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