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Movies Like Lonely U

If you liked Lonely U (2012), a comedy and drama movie directed by Lola Randl, 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. 1It 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

  2. 2Chloe 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…

  3. 3The 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.

  4. 4Don't Think Twice

    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.

  5. 5Wild 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…

  6. 6Sometimes Always Never

    Sometimes Always Never (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedy

    Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart…

  7. 7Woman Times Seven

    Woman Times Seven (1967)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Seven mini-stories of adultery: a widow misbehaves at her husband's funeral, a wife turns to streetwalking for revenge, a prudish girl surprises, a neglected wife vies for her husband's attention, a fight over a dress…

  8. 8Head Full of Honey

    Head Full of Honey (2014)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Before eleven years old Tilda's parents can put her beloved grandfather in an old people's home due to his progressing Alzheimer disease, she takes him on one last adventure that subliminally threatens to tear her…

  9. 9Best Man Down

    Best Man Down (2012)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony.

  10. 10Open the Wall

    Open the Wall (2014)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy

    A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.

  11. 11Back on Track

    Back on Track (2013)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy

    A former Olympic champion wants to compete in the Berlin Marathon one last time.

  12. 12Weekend Rebels

    Weekend Rebels (2023)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

    Mirco von Juterczenka's novel "Wir Wochenendrebellen" is the story of a father and his ten-year-old son, who is Asperger's autistic. The boy has set his mind on finally finding his favourite football club. But his…

  13. 13Madea 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…

  14. 14Feel the Beat

    Feel the Beat (2020)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama

    After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.

  15. 15Vielmachglas

    Vielmachglas (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Marleen is in her early 20s, works in a movie theater, still lives at home and is somehow aimless. Her parents torment her with questions about her future and her brother is a high-flyer who has already traveled…

  16. 16Little Sister

    Little Sister (2016)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    After returning to her childhood home, young nun Colleen finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth and metal posters. Her parents are happy enough to see her, but her brother is…

  17. 17All About Me

    All About Me (2018)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedy

    Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians, Hape Kerkeling.

  18. 18Foster

    Foster (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Looking to adopt a child and unable to conceive a child of their own, the Morrisons' lives are turned upside down when a seven-year-old boy unexpectedly shows up on their doorstep.

  19. 19Roll Bounce

    Roll Bounce (2005)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit a different rink.

  20. 20Lost in London

    Lost in London (2017)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    Within the course of a night, Woody Harrelson finds himself in a misadventure in London that winds him up in prison.

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