Comedy drama movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant comedy drama movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out comedy drama, feel good, realistic, humorous, semi serious and clever films and TV shows about / with storytelling, mentor, life philosophy, dialogue, relationships, depression, bittersweet, catastrophe, redemption and destiny plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as comedy drama: The Truman Show (1998), Our Idiot Brother (2011), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Filth (2013), Captain Fantastic (2016), Big Mood (2024), The Descendants (2011), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Terminal (2004), Inseparable Bros (2019).
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List of comedy drama movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for ...
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, psychological, surreal, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
self discovery, simulated reality, video surveillance, alternate reality, fictional reality show, dystopia, freedom, hidden camera, utopia, paranoia, consciousness, loneliness ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s, future
Place:
florida, persia, america, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Everybody has the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother Ned, an erstwhile organic farmer whose ...
Style:
humorous, sweet, independent film, light, comedy drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
lesbian, marijuana, dog, hippie, golden retriever, relationships, stupidity, dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, parole officer, family relations, woman urinating ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, long island, new jersey, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an English ...
Style:
feel good, touching, funny, sweet, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
cross dressing, divorce, comedy of errors, nanny, gender, kids and family, children, custody battle, transvestism, transvestite, childhood, parenting ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
bay area, san francisco, california, usa, north america
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122K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
Style:
cynical, black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, sexual ...
Plot:
addiction, insanity, drug abuse, antisocial behavior, dark humor, losing-it hero, corruption, manipulation, self destructing, drug, cocaine, corrupt cop ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
scotland, hamburg germany, edinburgh scotland, britain, new orleans
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A father living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest with his six young kids tries to assimilate back into society.
Style:
philosophical, intellectual, cerebral, emotional, sad ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
road trip, home schooling, family drama, dysfunctional family, teenage girl, capitalism, parenthood, children, survivalist, socialism, precocious child, funeral ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 90s, near future, 21st century
Place:
washington state, nebraska, new mexico, xian, oregon
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Maggie and Eddie spent their 20s living in each other's pockets, but the closer they get to the new decade Maggie makes an unwelcome return as Eddie questions their friendship and whether he'll survive in the future.
Style:
comedy drama, psychological, satirical, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
personal growth, female friendship, mental disorder, problem, friends, lifestyle, girlfriend, friendship, women, satire, relationship problems, female protagonist ...
Place:
united kingdom
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron, Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Style:
touching, depressing, sad, poignant, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
infidelity, teenage daughter, bittersweet, dying mother, family drama, grief, father daughter relationship, family relations, beach, dysfunctional family, cheating wife, death ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, iran, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their ...
Style:
romantic, funny, feel good, romantic drama, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
fashion, fashion industry, women, city life, journalism, workplace intrigue, strong female character, workplace situations, career woman, relationship vs career, designer, journalist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, miami, boston, france ...
Is relevant?
531K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly
Plot:
airport, stranded, loneliness, culture clash, nothing goes right, happy ending, destiny, fish out of water, aviation, passenger, life philosophy, fictional country ...
Time:
year 2004, 1900s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, america, canada, romania ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Se-ha who is a physically handicapped and Dong-gu who is a mentally handicapped are not their own brothers. But while living 20 years together, the two became indispensable to each other. One day, the mother of Dong-gu suddenly visits him and acts ...
Style:
comedy drama, sincere, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
disability, friendship, physical disability, handicapped, empathy, brotherhood, mental disorder, wheelchair bound, socially awkward, care, social issues, relationships ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sincere, black comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, cheerleader, childhood, character study, redemption, family relations, nursing, parents and children, siblings relations, sibling relationship ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, poland, new york, usa, phoenix arizona ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting ...
Style:
sexy, touching, sexual, independent film, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
lesbian, gender, coming of age, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, glbt, lgbt, sapphic, family relations, biological father, lesbian couple ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, buenos aires argentina, southern california, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother ...
Style:
touching, emotional, feel good, humorous, comedy drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
coach, lawyer, parenthood, dysfunctional family, adolescence, responsibility, wrestling, coming of age, character study, bonding, contests and competitions, family problems ...
Time:
y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, california
Is relevant?
138K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Poland, Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim's parents invite Zachary's parents to their Brooklyn apartment to deal with the incident in a civilized manner.
Style:
talky, black comedy, ironic, tense, dark comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
marriage, psychology, dark humor, satire, dialogue, bully, family drama, parenthood, elevator, family relations, husband wife relationship, family problems ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, africa
Is relevant?
152K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
Style:
sexy, teen, homoerotic, entertaining, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
dancing, friendship, nightclub, strip club, dancer, stripper, friends, american dream, male nudity, male stripper, nightlife, party ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Takuya and Rika work at the same travel agency in Tokyo and are both happily introverted and single. But their company is opening a new branch in Alaska next year, and employees without a spouse will be recruited to work there. Desperate to avoid ...
Style:
anime, romantic comedy, comedy drama, seinen, romantic
Plot:
job, office worker, workplace romance, travel agency, workplace, fake relationship, marriage, slice of life, escapades, couple relations, marriage of convenience, bachelor ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is an American musical television series loosely based on the film, which ran on CBS from September 19, 1982 to March 23, 1983.
Style:
comedy drama, romantic, romantic comedy, lighthearted, humorous ...
Plot:
brothers, choreography, adaptation, love story, small town, wooing, ranch, reconciliation, sibling relationship, child care, marriage, 16 year old ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Beachcombers is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that ran from October 1, 1972 to December 12, 1990 and is the longest-running dramatic series ever made for English-language Canadian television. In all, 387 episodes were produced.
Style:
comedy drama, feel good
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, small town life, seaside town, working class, police, pirate, pirate ship, small town, business rivalry, diner, collector, police officer ...
Place:
british columbia, vancouver, canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
An unconventional comedy spiked with a touch of magical realism that follows four friends in their twenties as they navigate life at the unpredictable, emotional, but illuminative hour of 4 a.m. Dealing with themes of life and death, love and ...
Style:
comedy drama, emotional, semi serious, psychological, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, coming of age, friends, love affair, satire, fall in love, teenager, lifestyle, love interest, adolescence, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Family, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Assorted Gems is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Go Na-eun, Lee Tae-gon, So Yi-hyun, Lee Hyun-jin and Lee Il-min. It aired on MBC from September 5, 2009 to February 21, 2010 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 50 episodes.
Style:
family comedy, comedy drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family drama, siblings, parent child relationship, family problems, siblings relations, brother sister relationship, lifestyle, large family, brother brother conflict, family life, parents and children, family conflict ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A sexy renegade male chauvinist rock singer by day, a bossed around, lousy dressed and demurring husband by night.
Yuichi, the handsome, sexy, and a great rock singer, is known by his fans as 'The Wolf', a fearlessly independent musician ...
Style:
comedy drama, romantic comedy, entertaining, dramatic, funny ...
Plot:
secret relationship, pop singer, pop star, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, idol, cultural icon, couple relations, love, love affair, marriage, youth, couples ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Starlings is a British comedy-drama written by Steve Edge and Matt King who also play the roles of Fergie and Uncle Loz. It is one of the few new television comedy series that has been commissioned and aired on Sky1.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, comedy drama ...
Plot:
grandfather, family life, family relations, couples, family problems, parents and children, couple relations, dysfunctional family, elderly man, working class, british, family conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and ...
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, political, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
working class, unemployment, seaport, friendship, society, redemption, small town, working conditions, job seeking, self esteem, life is a bitch, breaking point ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iberian peninsula, europe, galicia, switzerland, spain ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Style:
dramatic, entertaining, emotional, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
twists and turns, con artists, mental illness, heist, cons and scams, plot twist, greed, partner, con men, life philosophy, slick, psychology ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Is relevant?
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
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, melancholic, romantic, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
memory, amnesia, relationships, surrealism, loneliness, existentialism, melancholy, love, love story, dream, memory loss, couples ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, future, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
persia, america, usa, north america, new york
Is relevant?
216K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
Style:
road movie, sentimental, dark comedy, melancholic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
road trip, wine, couples, vineyard, on the road, vacation, divorce, infidelity, food, affair, midlife crisis, wedding ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
california, san francisco, los angeles, bay area, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Style:
philosophical, cult classic, confusing, art house, surreal ...
Plot:
existentialism, depression, death, writers, theater, twists and turns, schizophrenic, loneliness, philosophy, writer's life, mental illness, actor ...
Time:
year 2008, 90s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.
Style:
sexy, teen, entertaining, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dance, stripper, strip club, male stripper, male objectification, bare chested male, nightclub, male friendship, hopes, sex, male bonding ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
savannah georgia, florida, usa, california, rome italy
Is relevant?
219K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jasmine French used to be on the top of the heap as a New York socialite, but now is returning to her estranged sister in San Francisco utterly ruined. As Jasmine struggles with her haunting memories of a privileged past bearing dark realities she ...
Style:
depressing, psychological, realistic, cynical, philosophical ...
Plot:
depression, riches to rags, starting over, narcissism, suicide, family drama, relationships, tragedy, mental health, sisters, mission, high society ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, new york, california, usa, new jersey
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