Movies Like Frownland

If you liked Frownland (2008), a comedy and drama movie directed by Ronald Bronstein, 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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   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

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   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.

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   Class Act (1992)

   ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

   Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is ajuvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought…

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   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.

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   The Happiest Millionaire (1967)

   ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama

   A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her…

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   Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

   ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

   When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

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   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…

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   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.

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   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.

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    Afterlife of the Party (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.

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    Chang Can Dunk (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress his crush, Kristy, but to gain the…

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    Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of…

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    A King in New York (1957)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.

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    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.

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    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…

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    Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    ALOHAAAAA! Internationally acclaimed comedian, Gabriel Iglesias, returns to Comedy Central with his latest stand-up special taped at Honolulu’s Hawaii Theatre Center. Watch as Fluffy brings the house down yet again in…

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    How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class.

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    LaRoy, Texas (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.

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    The Comedy (2012)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father's estate, a restless, aging New Yorker passes time with his friends in games of mock sincerity, irreverence, and recreational cruelty towards those around them.

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    Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    Puppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their rambunctious, mischievous puppies present one challenge after another. But when their human owners end up in trouble, the…