Movies Like Missed Connections
If you liked Missed Connections, a romance and comedy movie directed by Princess Usanga, 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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Little Ashes (2008)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and romanceAbout the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.
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Frida (2002)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceA biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
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Great Expectations (1998)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and dramaLoosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever…
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Ruby Sparks (2012)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romanceCalvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby…
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Maudie (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and romanceCanadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
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An Unmarried Woman (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romanceA wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
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Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaHenry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
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House of D (2004)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaIn the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression…
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Candy (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceA poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of…
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New York Stories (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaThree tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola)…
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Still Breathing (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and dramaTwo lost souls: she a con-artist in L.A.; he a puppeteer in San Antonio have the same dream linking each with the other. He travels to L.A. to find this woman he has become obsessed with. She resists, afraid of his…
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Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
★ 7/10Also comedy and dramaSingle dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged. Meanwhile, Richard’s sons—one a…
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The Art of Getting By (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceGeorge, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred…
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Forrest Gump (1994)
★ 8.5/10Also comedy and dramaA man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one…
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The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedyThe staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
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CQ (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaA young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi…
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Doing Life (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also romance and dramaA single mother and an incarcerated man forge an unlikely bond through heartfelt letters, unlocking a door to redemption, hope and love against all odds.
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Somewhere in Time (1980)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romanceYoung writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from…
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(Untitled) (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedyA fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art.
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romanceTwo girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.