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Movies Like The Joint

If you liked The Joint, a drama and comedy movie directed by Lulu Forti, 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. 172 HOURS

    72 HOURS (2026)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    To save his career, a 40-year-old ad exec joins a crew of twentysomethings for a wild Miami bachelor party after they mistakenly add him to a group chat.

  2. 2SubUrbia

    SubUrbia (1997)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

  3. 3CQ

    CQ (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A 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…

  4. 4Family Weekend

    Family Weekend (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

  5. 5Wildflower

    Wildflower (2023)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama

    The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help.

  6. 6Mickybo and Me

    Mickybo and Me (2005)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and comedy

    The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the consequence that they run away to Australia.

  7. 7Landline

    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.

  8. 8Project X

    Project X (2012)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.

  9. 9Savage House

    Savage House (2026)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

    Against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – Sir Chauncey Savage and Lady Savage blindly pursue a better life. It's not without a tinge of irony that their family name…

  10. 10Girl Asleep

    Girl Asleep (2015)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen, she can’t bear to leave her childhood; it contains all the things that give her comfort in an incomprehensible new world. She floats in a…

  11. 11All About Nina

    All About Nina (2018)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    Nina Geld's passion and talent have made her a rising star in the comedy scene, but she's an emotional mess offstage. When a new professional opportunity coincides with a romantic one, she is forced to confront her own…

  12. 12Totally F***ed Up

    Totally F***ed Up (1994)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    Gay, 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.

  13. 13About Alex

    About Alex (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to…

  14. 14Better Living Through Chemistry

    Better Living Through Chemistry (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedy

    A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.

  15. 15Young Adult

    Young Adult (2011)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

  16. 16Real Women Have Curves

    Real Women Have Curves (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned…

  17. 17My Own Love Song

    My Own Love Song (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

  18. 18Treasure

    Treasure (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and comedy

    A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.

  19. 1921 & Over

    21 & Over (2013)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    Brilliant student Jeff Chang has the most important interview of his life tomorrow. But today is still his birthday, what starts off as a casual celebration with friends evolves into a night of debauchery that risks to…

  20. 20Duplex

    Duplex (2003)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

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