Movies Like Demolition
If you liked Demolition (2016), a comedy and drama movie directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, 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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Uncle Frank (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaIn 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.
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Love Liza (2002)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaFollowing the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.
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28 Days (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaAfter getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of…
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Parting Glances (1986)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and dramaMichael and Robert, two gay men living in Brooklyn, spend their last day together before Robert leaves for Africa on work assignment. Michael still has feelings for his friend Nick, who has AIDS.
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Short Cuts (1993)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and comedyMany loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a…
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Dinner at Eight (1933)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and dramaAn ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and…
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The Opposite of Sex (1998)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaA 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.
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This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and comedyWhen their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a…
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Good Grief (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaWhen his husband unexpectedly dies, Marc's world shatters, sending him and his two best friends on a soul-searching trip to Paris that reveals some hard truths they each needed to face.
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After Hours (1985)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and dramaDesperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
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Shiva Baby (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and dramaCollege student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
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Very Bad Things (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyKyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes…
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21 Grams (2003)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaPaul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together…
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Funny People (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaFamous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring…
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Mikey and Nicky (1976)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaNick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long…
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Boys on the Side (1995)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaAfter breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los…
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The Thing with Feathers (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaFollowing the death of his wife, a young father's hold on reality crumbles, and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
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The Pretty One (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaWhen her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place. But, as she eases into the life she has always wanted, she must decide between continuing the lie or revealing herself.
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Mainstream (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaA young woman thinks she’s found a path to internet stardom when she starts making YouTube videos with a charismatic stranger – until the dark side of viral celebrity threatens to ruin them both.