Movies Like Long Story Short

If you liked Long Story Short (2025), a comedy and drama movie directed by David Dietl, 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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   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.

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   Ana (2020)

   ★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy

   Ana meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse.

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   Beaches (1988)

   ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

   A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

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   A Man Called Otto (2022)

   ★ 7.7/10Also comedy and drama

   When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.

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   The Upside of Anger (2005)

   ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

   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…

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   Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

   ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

   A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.

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   The Station Agent (2003)

   ★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy

   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.

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   Turner & Hooch (1989)

   ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

   Detective Scott Turner has three days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some 'real' cases—not just misdemeanors. When Amos Reed is murdered, Scott sets himself on the case, but…

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   Benny & Joon (1993)

   ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

   A mentally ill young woman finds love with an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

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    Young Adult (2011)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

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    Rear Window (1954)

    ★ 8.3/10Also drama

    A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

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    Out of Time (2003)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force…

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    Please Give (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    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.

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    Another Year (2010)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and comedy

    During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.

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    Creed III (2023)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is…

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    Don't Think Twice (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.

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    The Big Chill (1983)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama

    Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.

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    Last Vegas (2013)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    Aging pals Billy, Paddy, Archie, and Sam have been best friends since childhood. When Billy finally proposes to his much-younger girlfriend, all four friends go to Las Vegas to celebrate the end of Billy's longtime…

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    The Trip to Italy (2014)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern England, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy.

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    Berlin Blues (2003)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama

    In October 1989, the part of the West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg called SO 36, had been largely shut off by the Wall from the rest of the city for 28 years. A lethargic sub-culture of students, artists, bohemians and…