Movies and TV shows like The Shrink Next Door

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The Shrink Next Door (2021)
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The Shrink Next Door (2021)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 341 min.
TV show
Story: Inspired by the true story of Marty and the therapist who turned his life around...then took it over. When he first meets Dr. Ike, Marty just wants to get better at boundaries. Over 30 years, he'll learn all about them—and what happens when they get crossed.
Style: psychological, funny, thought provoking, serious, realistic, dark comedy
Plot: psychiatrist, psychological manipulation, psychotherapist, psychological trauma, domination, psychotherapy, self discovery, mental illness, introspection, doctor patient relationship, behavior control, character change, power relations, character study, changing lives, doctors and patients, human nature, bad influence, life turned upside down, transformation, privacy invasion, mentally unstable, apocalypse, friendship, mental health ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york

Most similar movies to The Shrink Next Door

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, realistic and serious films and TV series with plots about doctors and patients, psychiatrist, psychology, power relations, psychologist, therapy and doctor patient relationship mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres. Some movies like The Shrink Next Door: Trigger (2018), In Treatment (2008), Sybil (1976), HAPPYish (2015), The Red Room (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Trigger (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Fashionable uptown Moscow: psychologist Artem practices "provocative therapy", convinced that the fastest and most effective cure is to brutally confront his patients with their fears. Yet his own life is in chaos after he was sentenced to ...
Style: captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: psychotherapy, entrapment, psychological manipulation, investigation, shock treatment, psychologist, psychotherapist, self discovery, false accusation, father son relationship, uncover truth, life turned upside down ...
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100%
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In Treatment (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set within the highly charged confines of individual psychotherapy sessions and centering around Dr. Paul Weston, a psychotherapist who exhibits an insightful, reserved demeanor while treating his patients—but displays a crippling insecurity while ...
Style: psychological, captivating, emotional, tense, clever ...
Plot: psychologist, therapist, introspection, doctors and patients, psychotherapy, psychotherapist, patient, emotional breakdown, psychology, self involved, power relations, haunted by the past ...
Time: 2020s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
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28%
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Sybil (1976)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 198 min.
TV show
Story: The true story of a young woman named Sybil, whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed at least 13 different personalities.
Style: psychological, touching, disturbing, emotional, depressing ...
Plot: mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, split personality, psychology, mental disorder, psychiatrist, children, child abuse, women, psychiatry, illness, mental health ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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HAPPYish (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Thom Payne is a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a ...
Style: cynical, realistic, humorous, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Plot: midlife crisis, boss and employee, workplace situations, workplace, depression, unfulfillment, self discovery, introspection, couples, happiness, love, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Red Room (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: A therapy-situated series that will explore every day problems of every day people. Based on a book by Dr. Gülseren Buğdayıcıoğlu.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychology, psychiatry, therapy, therapist, psychotherapy, psychological manipulation, doctors and patients, relationship problems, doctor, marital problem ...
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23%
Without Secrets (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: About a psychotherapist and his relationships with his patients and his family.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: psychoanalysis, patient, doctors and patients, psychotherapist, psychotherapy, psychoanalyst, lifestyle, psychology, relationships, psychological trauma, family relations, doctor patient relationship ...
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23%
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Huff (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Huff is an American television comedy-drama series produced by Sony Pictures Television for Showtime. The series was created by Bob Lowry and features Hank Azaria as Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt, a psychiatrist whose life changes abruptly ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, sentimental, funny ...
Plot: psychiatrist, sexual perversion, dysfunctional family, self fulfillment, direction and purpose, mental disorder, family relations, sanity, family problems, life is a bitch, fighting illness, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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In Treatment (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Set in an office of a psychoanalyst, the series follows the professional and personal day-to-day work of therapist Theo. Displayed daily, each episode of the plot is marked by the story of one of his patients, and the last episode of the week will ...
Style: psychological, serious, clever, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot: clinic, haunted by the past, introspection, workplace, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, human nature, psychotherapist, therapy, psychology, power relations, secret ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Shrink (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.
Style: realistic, psychological, depressing, emotional, serious ...
Plot: suicide, mental illness, therapist, psychiatrist, hollywood, character study, loneliness, life philosophy, widower, suicide attempt, haunted by the past, power relations ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Sybil (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.
Style: psychological, touching, heartbreaking, sad, disturbing
Plot: mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, psychology, child abuse, mental disorder, child rape, children, mental health, psychiatrist, patient, mentally unstable, domineering mother ...
Place: nova scotia
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20%
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Mental (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Colombia, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Mental is a television series produced by Fox's subsidiary Fox Telecolombia, which aired in the summer and fall of 2009 on FOX international channels for Latin America, Europe and Asia, starring Chris Vance and Annabella Sciorra. Mental was ...
Style: realistic, medical drama, psychological, captivating, serious
Plot: psychology, medical, prodigy, mental disorder, mental institution, hospital, psychiatrist, treatment, delusion, patient, mentally unstable, workplace situations ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Pure (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Marnie is not OK. She's had x-rated thoughts for the last 3672 days and she doesn't know why or what they mean. When she jumps on a coach to London, she doesn't know a soul, not even herself, but in the city she will build a new life.
Style: funny, psychological, light, ironic, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: sexual relations, mental health, sexual fantasy, mental illness, new life, lesbian, coworker relationship, friendship, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, aspiration, illness ...
Place: london
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20%
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style: psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience: teens, date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, scientist, mathematician, imaginary friend, nobel prize, obsession, prodigy ...
Time: year 2001, 60s, 20th century, 1940s, 2000s ...
Place: boston, harvard university, new jersey, persia, detroit ...
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100%
Waking Madison (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A woman suffering from multiple personality disorder tries to piece back together her life.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, realistic, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: mental illness, confined, mentally unstable, twists and turns, doctors and patients, power relations, dissociative identity disorder, dominatrix, psychiatrist, dishonesty, friendship, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Awakenings (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, ...
Style: inspirational, motivational, sentimental, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: mental illness, mental institution, hospital, illness, doctors and patients, medical, psychiatry, fighting illness, hopes, medicine, disability, patient ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 1930s, 60s, year 1969
Place: america, new york, usa, bronx new york city
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19%
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BeTipul (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: BeTipul is an Israeli television drama revolving around the personal and professional life of an Israeli psychologist, Reuven Dagan, played by Assi Dayan. The series portrays a psychologist who treats patients at his clinic five days a week and then ...
Style: psychological, clever, emotional, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: self discovery, introspection, lifestyle, ambition, psychotherapy, relationship vs career, individualism, workplace, human nature, doctors and patients, self fulfillment, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line ...
Style: psychological, depressing, serious, crying, heartbreaking ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: mental illness, coming of age, suicide, insanity, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, mental institution, teenage girl, borderline personality disorder, female protagonist, psychiatric ward, psychology ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, 60s
Place: usa
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19%
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Web Therapy (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story: Web Therapy is an improvised online series starring Lisa Kudrow as Fiona Wallice, a therapist who has conceived of a new form of therapy: the titular "web therapy".
Style: humorous, entertaining, psychological, satirical, thought provoking ...
Plot: therapy, psychotherapy, therapist, psychoanalysis, doctors and patients, unconventional method, doctor, psychology, social satire, psychoanalyst, satire, psychologist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Antwone Fisher (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and ...
Style: inspirational, touching, sincere, emotional, thought provoking ...
Plot: psychiatrist, redemption, african american, child abuse, family reunited, u.s. navy, human spirit, honest, black, justice, survival, transformation ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa, mexico, san diego california, cleveland ohio
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19%
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Physical (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sheila Rubin is a quietly tortured, seemingly dutiful housewife supporting her smart but controversial husband’s bid for state assembly. But behind closed doors, she has her own darkly funny take on life; she’s battling a complex set of personal ...
Style: captivating, psychological, humorous, exciting, independent film ...
Plot: aerobics, housewife, character change, lifestyle change, family relations, husband wife relationship, female protagonist, life philosophy, coping, relationship problems, marital problem, family problems ...
Time: 80s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Red Band Society (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Children and teenagers become friends in a hospital where they are all patients. Together they try to escape the sad reality to create their own world with their own codes , while the nursing staff do their best to bring them a little happiness ...
Style: touching, captivating, compassionate, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage life, medical, doctors and patients, teenager, friendship, sick child, medicine, anorexia, child cancer, youth, hospital, friends ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Soul Mechanic (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: How do you deal with anger? Where does happiness actually come from? These questions are at the heart of Fix You, a touching drama about a quirky psychiatrist on a mission to help people heal, and a rising star whose emotional wounds run deep. Lee ...
Style: psychological, emotional, sincere, humorous, captivating
Plot: psychiatrist, mental health, psychiatry, healing, doctor patient relationship, hospital, doctor, psychiatric patient, emotional manipulation, doctors and patients, medical
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18%
Life After Fat (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Life After Fat is a comedy-drama web series filmed in New York City, focusing on Maddie, a 24 year old thrift store employee who loses 90 lbs over the course of a year. For the first time in her life, she feels noticed, and attractive, which ends up ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, sincere, tragicomedy ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: self discovery, physical appearance, city life, feminism, weight loss, women, self esteem, introspection, fat woman, strong female presence, twentysomething life, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Shrinking (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 33 min.
TV show
Story: Jimmy is struggling to grieve the loss of his wife while being a dad, friend, and therapist. He decides to try a new approach with everyone in his path: unfiltered, brutal honesty. Can he help himself by helping others? Will it bring him back into ...
Style: satirical, thrilling, psychological, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: ethics, changing lives, death of wife, loss of loved one, psychotherapist, loss of partner, loss of wife, family problems, satire, therapist, loss, disorder ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Finding Ola (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: After a life-altering event, Ola embarks on a journey of self-discovery while dealing with the challenges of raising two children and making ends meet.
Style: captivating, disturbing, entertaining, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: life, female protagonist, changing lives, lifestyle change, introspection, self discovery, family relations, kids and family, mother child relationship, muslim, married, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Everything Must Go (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Style: touching, realistic, feel good, humorous, talky ...
Plot: friendship, addiction, salesman, unemployment, alcohol abuse, bittersweet, loneliness, tragedy, character study, self discovery, starting over, marital problem ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa, texas, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Shortly after graduating from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Geralyn Lucas lands her dream job working for 20/20. Lucas is then diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27 and has a dilemma - whether to have a lumpectomy ...
Style: serious, psychological, touching, humorous, realistic
Plot: breast cancer, introspection, human spirit, chemotherapy, terminal illness, hopes, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, husband wife relationship, cancer, female protagonist, bare breasts ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays is a Canadian television sitcom that debuted on CBC Television in 2011. Described by the National Post as a cross between What About Bob? and Frasier, the show stars Matt Watts as Michael, a neurotic young man who ...
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, light, sitcom ...
Plot: psychiatrist, introspection, friendship, doctors and patients, therapy, workaholic, betrayal, exploitation, hopes, dishonesty, office, gain trust ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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OM CITY (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: OM CITY is the critically acclaimed, award-winning original series that follows the harried life of Grace (Jessie Barr), a yoga teacher in NYC, and her attempts to bring the humans of New York OM.
Style: satirical, semi serious, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot: yoga, yoga instructor, finding yourself, female protagonist, lifestyle, introspection, social issues, satire, social problems, self discovery, city life, coming of age ...
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Crazylove (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Letty Mayer, young and beautiful, has a cherished job as a teacher, a successful attorney boyfriend, and a tight knit family that is excited about her sister's impending wedding. But inside Letty there¹s an anxiety that¹s building. Suddenly ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, independent film
Plot: schizophrenic, introspection, opposites attract, couple relations, couples, losing-it hero, mentally unstable, prodigy, hopes, doctors and patients, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, nervous breakdown ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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