Movies Like Harold and Maude
If you liked Harold and Maude (1971), a comedy and drama movie directed by Hal Ashby, 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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Something's Gotta Give (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and comedyWhen perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach house in the Hamptons, they find that her mother, playwright Erica Barry, also…
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The Leisure Seeker (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceA runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.
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Liberal Arts (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and comedyNewly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he buries his head in a book, life keeps pulling Jesse back. When his favorite college…
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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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Stealing Home (1988)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceBilly Wyatt, a former high school and minor-league baseball player, receives a telephone call from his mother revealing that his former child-sitter, and later in his teens, his first love, Katie Chandler, has died…
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Dying Young (1991)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceAfter she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in…
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Beginners (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romanceOliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years…
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In Good Company (2004)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaDan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made…
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Eternity (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also romance and comedyIn an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades…
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The In Between (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also romance and dramaAfter surviving a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, a teenage girl believes he's attempting to reconnect with her from the after world.
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Life in a Year (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and romanceA 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
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The Bachelors (2017)
★ 7/10Also comedy and dramaAfter the early death of his wife, a mourning father moves with his teenage son across the country for a private school teaching job. Their lives begin to transform due to two unique women, who help them embrace life…
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Posthumous (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaAfter false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has a profound effect on him.
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Catch and Release (2006)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaFor a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends.
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Lost in Translation (2003)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedyTwo lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from…
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaTwo married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling…
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Death at a Funeral (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and dramaA myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death.
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Elizabethtown (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaDrew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when…
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P.S. I Love You (2007)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romanceA young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
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The Apartment (1960)
★ 8.2/10Also comedy and dramaBud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although…