Movies Like The Bothersome Man
If you liked The Bothersome Man (2006), a comedy and drama movie directed by Jens Lien, 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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Kinds of Kindness (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and dramaA triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman…
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Family Weekend (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaA 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
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The Clique (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaA young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
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Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and comedyDispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.
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Hooking Up (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaBailey 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…
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Heavy Traffic (1973)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and dramaA white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an…
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Enter the Void (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy and dramaThis psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police…
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O Lucky Man! (1973)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and fantasyAn ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
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Somewhere in Queens (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaLeo 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…
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Fritz the Cat (1972)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaIn late 1960s New York City, fed up with monotonous college life and police repression, free-spirited Fritz, an impenitent seducer and unrestrained party-animal, decides to explore the world. And just like that, as he…
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Happiness (1998)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and dramaThe lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
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Small Apartments (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaWhen a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters…
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Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedyRestless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry is a sullen businessman married to Mary, a writer who is unsatisfied with their relationship. Mary begins an affair with Jerry, a smug…
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Life Is Sweet (1991)
★ 7/10Also comedy and dramaJust north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is…
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Totally F***ed Up (1994)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and dramaGay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers.
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Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and dramaIn the emotionally charged, wild and humorous world of sixteen year old James Whitman, his struggle to overcome anxiety and depression involve seeking advice from Dr. Bird - a giant imaginary pigeon therapist.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and comedyRaoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate…
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Dope (2015)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedyMalcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure…
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Troop Zero (2019)
★ 7/10Also comedy and dramaIn rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troupe of Birdie…
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Band Aid (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaA couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.