Movies Like Clam Shack Blues
If you liked Clam Shack Blues (2023), a comedy and drama movie directed by Matt Ott, 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.
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A River Runs Through It (1992)
★ 7/10Also dramaThe Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend…
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Bait (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaMartin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has repurposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a getaway for London…
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Death at a Funeral (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and dramaA myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death.
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Force of Evil (1950)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaLawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring…
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The Whales of August (1987)
★ 7/10Also dramaTwo aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
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Pleasantville (1998)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and dramaGeeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when…
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Indian Summer (1993)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaA group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the…
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Undercurrent (1946)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaAfter a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael…
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About Schmidt (2002)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and comedyA recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and dramaIn 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
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My Girl (1991)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and dramaVada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J…
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It Runs in the Family (2003)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaThis is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
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Charlie & Boots (2009)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaAfter a family tragedy, Charlie and his estranged son, Boots, try to put their differences aside and head off on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula - they overcome many…
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Fred Claus (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaFred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the…
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and dramaA timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
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Hard Truths (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedyPansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her…
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedyAs the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.
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In Your Dreams (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyStevie and her little brother Elliot journey into the wildly absurd landscape of their own dreams to ask the Sandman to grant them the perfect family.
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The Reivers (1969)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaIn turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.
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Swimming with Men (2018)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaA man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.