Movies Like Four Shades of Brown
If you liked Four Shades of Brown (2004), a comedy and drama movie directed by Tomas Alfredson, 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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Cake (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAfter having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
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The Double (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaAn awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
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Barney's Version (2010)
★ 7/10Also comedy and dramaThe picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
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The Last Word (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and dramaA retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, and the result is a life-altering friendship.
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Almost Christmas (2016)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaA dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.
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On the Count of Three (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaVal has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best…
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and dramaOn an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian…
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Family Weekend (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaA 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
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A Dog Year (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaJon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends him a border collie that's undisciplined…
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About Alex (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaWhen 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…
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Imaginary Heroes (2004)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and dramaMatt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to…
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August: Osage County (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and dramaAn intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother…
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Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and dramaA society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
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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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It Runs in the Family (2003)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaThis is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
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SubUrbia (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaA group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
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Savage House (2026)
★ 7/10Also comedy and dramaAgainst 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…
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Corner Office (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and dramaIn this office satire, Orson, a straight-laced employee, retreats to a blissfully empty corner office to get away from his lackluster colleagues. But why does this seem to upset them so much?
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The Good Half (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaRenn 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 Chumscrubber (2005)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and dramaThe Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he…