Movies Like The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
If you liked The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991), a drama and romance movie directed by Simon Callow, 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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The Best You Can (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceCynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside…
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Cyrus (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaWith John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before…
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Young People Fucking (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaOn a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by…
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Breaking & Exiting (2018)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaHarry, a charming house thief, gets more than he bargains for during an attempted burglary when he stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her from herself, sending both of them into a darkly comedic journey of self…
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ATL (2006)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedyAs four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
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In Secret (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceIn 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching…
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Blind (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceA novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
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Irreplaceable You (2018)
★ 7/10Also comedy and dramaA stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childhood sweetheart Sam, who's clueless when it comes to dating.
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Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
★ 7/10Also romance and comedyExtrovert Corinne convinces Jane, a shy, talented baker, to commit to a year of bringing cakes to bars, to help her meet people and build confidence. But when Corinne receives a life-altering diagnosis, the pair faces…
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Why Did I Get Married Again? (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceThe couples reunite for the destination wedding of Marcus and Angela's daughter, bringing drama old and new as they ask, "Why did we get married again?"
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Numb (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaHudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel…
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Enemies, a Love Story (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaA ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
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Just Before I Go (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaTed Morgan has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decides to go home and face the people he…
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Dirty Sexy Saint (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and dramaClay Kincaid hates the nickname 'Saint', he got for being too kind to stray animals and desperate people. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn't do…
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How to Please a Woman (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedyWhen her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.
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XX/XY (2002)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedyThree friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
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The Good House (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaWhen wry New England realtor Hildy Good rekindles a romance with her old high-school flame, Frank Getchell, it ignites long-buried emotions and family secrets that propel Hildy toward a reckoning with the one person…
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Mr. Right (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceA girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
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The Trial (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and dramaAfter the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for small town attorney Kent "Mac" McClain... until he's assigned a capital punishment case that begins to transform his life and…
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Jack Goes Boating (2010)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaA limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered on two working-class New York City couples.