Movies Like The Art of Being Straight
If you liked The Art of Being Straight (2009), a drama and comedy movie directed by Jesse Rosen, 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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Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedyRestless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry is a sullen businessman married to Mary, a writer who is unsatisfied with their relationship. Mary begins an affair with Jerry, a smug…
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Beach Rats (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceOn the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare cast by his family and a toxic group of delinquent friends. Struggling with his own identity, Frankie begins to scour…
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Alfie (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaA tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence.
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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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Time Is Up (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and dramaVivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceTwo lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.
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Not Easily Broken (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceA car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
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Away We Go (2009)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and comedyVerona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and…
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The Baltimorons (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaA newly sober man's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together.
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A Very Natural Thing (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceWhen David, an ex-monk still in his twenties meets Mark, he falls hard; soon he's asked Mark if they can live together. Things go well for awhile, and then differences in their definition of "commitment" begin to push…
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Happy Together (1989)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romanceChristopher is an ambitious college freshman, striving to become a writer. Through a computer fault he's assigned the same room as Alex, a real party freak and... a girl! He's annoyed and tries to get a different room…
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My Policeman (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romanceIn the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when…
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The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaA close-knit group of gay friends share the emotional roller coster of life, relationships, the death of friends, new beginnings, jealousy, fatherhood and professional success. At various stages of life's disarray…
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Bedrooms and Hallways (1998)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaAt the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members.
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Making Love (1982)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceA perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when the husband confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.
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The Object of My Affection (1998)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and romanceA pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
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How to Please a Woman (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedyWhen her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romanceTeenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to…
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Maurice (1987)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and romanceAfter his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
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Zerophilia (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romanceLuke, a young man insecure about his masculinity, discovers he's a Zerophiliac, with the ability to change sex at will. Join Luke as he journeys into the extraordinary world of Zerophilia where so many crazy questions…