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Movies Like Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune

If you liked Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune (2009), a comedy and drama movie directed by Akira Ogata, 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. 1Achilles and the Tortoise

    Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

    Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.

  2. 2Lady Windermere's Fan

    Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.

  3. 3Landline

    Landline (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

  4. 4SubUrbia

    SubUrbia (1997)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

  5. 5Family Weekend

    Family Weekend (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

  6. 6Hooking Up

    Hooking Up (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the…

  7. 7Somewhere in Queens

    Somewhere in Queens (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it…

  8. 8CQ

    CQ (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi…

  9. 9It Runs in the Family

    It Runs in the Family (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile

  10. 10Chloe and Theo

    Chloe and Theo (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A young woman, Chloe, living by her wits on the streets of New York City, has a chance meeting with a wise Inuit Eskimo, Theo, who was sent to New York by his elders to provide a message to the people of the world – We…

  11. 11Madea Goes to Jail - The Play

    Madea Goes to Jail - The Play (2006)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama

    Madea returns in another hilarious story in which she gets sent to the big house. But regardless of the circumstances, she gives her trademark advice and wisdom to her friends and family as they learn the importance of…

  12. 12Almost Friends

    Almost Friends (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy

    A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become…

  13. 13Giants and Toys

    Giants and Toys (1958)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

  14. 14A Futile and Stupid Gesture

    A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama

    In a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy empire, molding pop culture in the 1970s.

  15. 15On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

    On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama

    On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian…

  16. 16About Alex

    About Alex (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to…

  17. 17A Dog Year

    A Dog Year (2009)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends him a border collie that's undisciplined…

  18. 18The Good Half

    The Good Half (2024)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland for his mother's funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones, before confronting his problems and trying to face his grief.

  19. 19Savage House

    Savage House (2026)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

    Against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – Sir Chauncey Savage and Lady Savage blindly pursue a better life. It's not without a tinge of irony that their family name…

  20. 20Wild Oats

    Wild Oats (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. She and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of…

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