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Movies Like Children of the Bride

If you liked Children of the Bride (1990), a drama and comedy movie directed by Jonathan Sanger, 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. 1Mr. Morgan's Last Love

    Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and comedy

    A widowed professor living in Paris develops a special relationship with a younger French woman.

  2. 2Don't Think Twice

    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.

  3. 3The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  4. 4Best Man Down

    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.

  5. 5It Runs in the Family

    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

  6. 6Fast Girls

    Fast Girls (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

  7. 7Better 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.

  8. 8Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

    Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy

    All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

  9. 9The Christmas Shoes

    The Christmas Shoes (2002)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second…

  10. 10Eleanor the Great

    Eleanor the Great (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

  11. 11Hard Truths

    Hard Truths (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedy

    Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her…

  12. 12The Locket

    The Locket (1946)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

  13. 13The Happiest Millionaire

    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…

  14. 14The Trouble with Angels

    The Trouble with Angels (1966)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and…

  15. 15Sound of Christmas

    Sound of Christmas (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Lizzie is a young piano teacher working at a music school while trying to save enough money for a Steinway piano. The school is gearing up for their major Christmas fundraiser and she has committed much of her time to…

  16. 16Nobody's Fool

    Nobody's Fool (1994)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and comedy

    A rascally man nearing retirement juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family…

  17. 17Cul-de-sac

    Cul-de-sac (1966)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.

  18. 18Jonathan

    Jonathan (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.

  19. 19Last Ride

    Last Ride (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

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

  20. 20Free Rein: The Twelve Neighs of Christmas

    Free Rein: The Twelve Neighs of Christmas (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    As Bright Fields preps for its Mistletoe Ball, a broken ornament leads Zoe to a family secret, while Gaby finds herself at the mercy of new boss Mia.

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