Movies like The Big Chill
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The Big Chill (1983)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the weekend unfolds, the friends catch up with each other, play the music of their youth, reminisce, smoke marijuana, and pair off with each other.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, clever, witty, talky, funny, inspirational, atmospheric, touching, intellectual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, funeral, group of friends, suicide, midlife crisis, regret, grief, yuppie, husband wife relationship, death of friend, mourning, reunited friends, relationships, coming of age, female nudity, vietnam war, friends, society, bittersweet, death, friend, catastrophe, drugs, time travel, loneliness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 60s, 70s, 1960s
Place:
south carolina, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, melancholic, talky and reflective films with plots about loneliness, dialogue, drinking alcohol, storytelling, runaway, relationships and mentor mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Big Chill: The Upside of Anger (2005), Diner (1982), The Station Agent (2003), Nine Lives (2005), About Alex (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, melancholic, witty, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dysfunctional family, friendship, suburban life, mother daughter relationship, neighbor, suspense, parenthood, family relations, couples, starting over, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, michigan, california, detroit
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, sentimental, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, food, christmas, diner, gambling debt, adulthood, adolescence vs adulthood, love and romance, couples, twentysomething life, lifestyle ...
Time:
50s, year 1959, 20th century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, new jersey
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Style:
tragicomedy, sentimental, humorous, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
loneliness, bittersweet, friendship, solitude, depression, small town, society, loss, melancholy, prejudice, death, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, manhattan new york city, canada, newfoundland
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Style:
emotional, talky, intense, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pregnancy, friendship, women, abortion, family relations, multiple storylines, couples, family problems, couple relations, human nature, love and romance ...
Place:
new jersey, los angeles
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A circle of twenty-something friends reunite for a weekend away to console a suicidal member of their group. Yet, despite their best efforts to enjoy themselves, a tinderbox of old jealousies, unrequited love, and widening political differences ...
Style:
inspirational, atmospheric, surreal, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, depression, suicide attempt, relationships, suicide, friends, group of friends, life philosophy, writer's block, anxiety, introspection, college graduate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york state, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
It is New Year's weekend and the friends of Peter (Fry) gather at his newly inherited country house. Ten years ago, they all acted together in a Cambridge University student comedy troupe, but it's less clear how much they have in common ...
Style:
sentimental, witty, touching, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, friends, new year's eve, justice, redemption, weekend, aids, thirtysomething life, adulthood, family problems, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england, london, europe
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.
Style:
talky, realistic, witty, bleak, stylized ...
Plot:
life & death, college, friendship, bittersweet, bullying, brutality, catastrophe, working class, british, character study, multiple storylines, loneliness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
london, new jersey, tokyo, europe, england
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39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with ...
Style:
talky, gloomy, art house, entertaining, thought provoking ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, drugs, suburbs, drug addiction, addiction, small town, self discovery, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, alcoholic, transformation, loner ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's long- ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, talky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
small town, father son relationship, redemption, justice, self discovery, family relations, parents and children, elderly, aging, retirement, generation gap, family reunited ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, new york state, usa, hawaii
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with Scarlet, ...
Style:
feel good, road movie, humorous, witty, touching ...
Plot:
self discovery, friendship, introspection, road trip, research, on the road, movie star, mentor, job interview, friends, stranger, actor's life ...
Place:
los angeles, california, tokyo, usa
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38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring stand-up comic Ira.
Style:
funny, humorous, melancholic, tragicomedy, touching ...
Plot:
comedian, loneliness, cancer, character study, redemption, midlife crisis, destiny, dark humor, sarcasm, life philosophy, old love, supportive friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, san francisco
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.
Style:
depressing, cynical, humorous, thought provoking, talky ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, coming of age, dysfunctional family, addiction, depression, existentialism, dark humor, youth, teenage life, eccentric family, character study, eccentricity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, chicago illinois, new jersey, washington d.c., connecticut ...
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The concurrent sexual lives of best friends Jonathan and Sandy are presented, those lives which are affected by the sexual mores of the time and their own temperament, especially in relation to the respective women who end up in their lives.
Style:
sexy, controversial, cynical, talky, witty ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
mate swapping, sex, college, relationships, friendship, love triangle, coming of age, battle of the sexes, sexual content, friends, depression, lust ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, 60s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
new york, california, usa, asia, vietnam
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death and mull over their lives in the present and in flashback, revealing the truth behind their complicated lives. Who is the mysterious Joanne and what's the real story behind ...
Style:
talky, clever, emotional, sexy, satirical ...
Plot:
transvestism, women, lgbt, friendship, small town, lgbtq, nude, obsession, wartime, fighting the system, doctors, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, southern usa
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37%
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:
humorous, depressing, melancholic, stylized, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, betrayal, writers, eccentric family, hopes, follow your dream, prank, family relations, disorder, dysfunctional family, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, california, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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, psychiatrist, hollywood, drugs, therapist, character study, psychology, loneliness, life philosophy, suicide attempt, widower ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.
Style:
clever, melancholic, thought provoking, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, high school, writers, single father, father son relationship, grief, loneliness, life & death, life philosophy, suicide, character study, loss of child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
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37%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over ...
Style:
touching, intellectual, sentimental, clever, feel good ...
Plot:
writers, multiple storylines, melancholy, smoking, friendship, redemption, photographer, dark humor, summer, philosophy, gangsters, father son relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1990
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Style:
witty, humorous, feel good, visually appealing, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
loneliness, suicide, murder, investigation, death, dysfunctional family, greed, eccentricity, fantasy world, obsession, lawyer, satire ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, texas, southern usa
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Mike Leigh’s much praised 2010 tragicomical drama. During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Style:
emotional, touching, meditative, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, character study, jealousy, family life, everyday life, parents and children, suffering, marriage, loneliness, desperation, divorce ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, paris france, ireland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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:
feel good, touching, unusual plot structure, poignant, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
vengeance, adaptation, catastrophe, hospital, brutality, police investigation, cancer, coming of age, irish, parenthood, death, college ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
pittsburgh, usa
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Style:
depressing, melancholic, humorous, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
midlife crisis, complex characters, loneliness, depression, twists and turns, parents and children, human nature, adultery, teenage life, suicide, cancer, nude ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, california, usa, manhattan new york city
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.
Style:
touching, thought provoking, humorous, feel good, melancholic ...
Plot:
slacker, loneliness, midlife crisis, twists and turns, everyday life, naivete, loser, parents and children, character change, immature, existentialism, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, california, usa, new orleans
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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:
psychological, witty, ironic, humorous, clever ...
Plot:
hipster, older woman younger man relationship, friendship, marriage, coming of age, midlife crisis, couples, introspection, baby, writers, husband wife relationship, childless couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, california, usa
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36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Style:
realistic, sincere, emotional, depressing, semi serious ...
Plot:
weatherman, midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, introspection, relationship vs career, father son relationship, family problems, solitude, character study, hopes, father, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Style:
talky, humorous, witty, ironic, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
thanksgiving, infidelity, sisters, dysfunctional family, family relations, writers, audition, love triangle, opera, midlife crisis, love, artist ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
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36%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three salesmen working for a firm that makes industrial lubricants are waiting in the company's "hospitality suite" at a manufacturers' convention for a "big kahuna" named Dick Fuller to show up, in hopes they can ...
Style:
talky, clever, witty, philosophical, road movie ...
Plot:
hotel, salesman, business, hotel room, marketing, religion, drugs, midlife crisis, christian, existentialism, life & death, crime gone awry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, kansas, usa, xian
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36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Marital infidelity, religion, a guy in heaven wearing a Wizards jersey, anal fetishes, cigarettes and schizophrenia, ghosts, and how it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Style:
humorous, intellectual, witty, melancholic, philosophical ...
Plot:
infidelity, friendship, fetish, self discovery, life philosophy, character study, introspection, buddies, couple relations, ghost, food, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
new jersey
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36%
Genre: 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, emotional, realistic, feel good, thought provoking ...
Plot:
friendship, alcohol abuse, salesman, addiction, unemployment, bittersweet, loneliness, character study, tragedy, self discovery, starting over, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, new jersey, texas, usa, phoenix arizona
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36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When ...
Style:
witty, inspirational, stylized, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
small town, coming of age, friendship, friends, runaway, old love, relationships, love, destiny, society, love and romance, social differences ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe
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