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Movies Like The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

If you liked The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), a drama and comedy movie directed by Stephen Hopkins, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1In Good Company

    In Good Company (2004)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made…

  2. 2The Proposal

    The Proposal (2009)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romance

    When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.

  3. 3Great Expectations

    Great Expectations (1998)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever…

  4. 4Stardust Memories

    Stardust Memories (1980)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

  5. 5Sidewalks of New York

    Sidewalks of New York (2001)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with scenes from the six characters' lives…

  6. 6Author! Author!

    Author! Author! (1982)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    While facing the stress of his original play being produced on Broadway, playwright Ivan Travalian deals with having to raise his son, his stepdaughters, and his stepsons.

  7. 7L.A. Without a Map

    L.A. Without a Map (1999)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedy

    An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a…

  8. 8Chéri

    Chéri (2009)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy

    The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

  9. 9Father of the Bride

    Father of the Bride (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy

    A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family.

  10. 10He Said, She Said

    He Said, She Said (1991)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions…

  11. 11Other People's Money

    Other People's Money (1991)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover. However, the raider…

  12. 12Nothing in Common

    Nothing in Common (1986)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedy

    A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

  13. 13Which Brings Me to You

    Which Brings Me to You (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy

    Two romantic burnouts, Jane and Will, are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. After a disastrous hookup in the coatroom, the two spend the next 24 hours together, trading candid confessions of…

  14. 14Hollywood Ending

    Hollywood Ending (2002)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama

    Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or…

  15. 15LOL

    LOL (2012)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy

    In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's…

  16. 16One Day

    One Day (2011)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.

  17. 17You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

    You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling…

  18. 18Father of the Bride

    Father of the Bride (1950)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and romance

    Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

  19. 19A Little Bit of Heaven

    A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    A guarded woman finds out she's dying of cancer but, when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death.

  20. 20Not Easily Broken

    Not Easily Broken (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

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