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Movies Like Eyes of Salt

If you liked Eyes of Salt, a drama and comedy movie directed by James Pratt, 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. 1On the Rocks

    On the Rocks (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy

    Faced with sudden doubts about her marriage, a young New York mother teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband.

  2. 2The Way Way Back

    The Way Way Back (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water…

  3. 3Igby Goes Down

    Igby Goes Down (2002)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young…

  4. 4I Love My Dad

    I Love My Dad (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.

  5. 5The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

    The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama

    An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

  6. 6The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his…

  7. 7A Hole in the Head

    A Hole in the Head (1959)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.

  8. 8First Match

    First Match (2018)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.

  9. 9Embattled

    Embattled (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

  10. 10I Never Sang for My Father

    I Never Sang for My Father (1970)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.

  11. 11Me and You and Everyone We Know

    Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

    Single 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…

  12. 12Landline

    Landline (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

  13. 13Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated mother and let go of her painful past.

  14. 14The Beautiful Country

    The Beautiful Country (2004)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.

  15. 15Nothing in Common

    Nothing in Common (1986)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedy

    A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

  16. 16City Island

    City Island (2009)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and comedy

    The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the…

  17. 17Camp Nowhere

    Camp Nowhere (1994)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his friends, he realizes that they are…

  18. 18Somewhere in Queens

    Somewhere in Queens (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Leo 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…

  19. 19A Thousand and One

    A Thousand and One (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so…

  20. 20Last Ride

    Last Ride (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law.

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