Movies Like Advice to the Lovelorn
If you liked Advice to the Lovelorn (1981), a comedy and drama movie directed by Harry Falk, 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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Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and tv movieIn what might be his most personal and introspective hour yet, Bill offers hilarious takes on everything from male sadness to dating advice.
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Lying to Be Perfect (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and tv movieNola Devlin is an unassuming, frumpy magazine editor who is overlooked and teased by her coworkers. Though, when she is behind the glow and anonymity of her computer screen, she becomes the famous advice columnist…
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Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and dramaF. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fail on account of market rumours.
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Hooking Up (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaBailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the…
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...First Do No Harm (1997)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movieWhen Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she…
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Psych: The Movie (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and tv movieThe ambitious friends come together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. A comedic thrill-ride follows, as the wild and unpredictable Psych team pursues the bad guys, justice … and…
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Ricky Gervais: Mortality (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedy and tv movieRicky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
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Madea Goes to Jail - The Play (2006)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and dramaMadea returns in another hilarious story in which she gets sent to the big house. But regardless of the circumstances, she gives her trademark advice and wisdom to her friends and family as they learn the importance of…
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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaWhen a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!
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Psych 3: This Is Gus (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and tv movieIn preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the future of his career.
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TalhotBlond (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movieThomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
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Clear History (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and tv movieNathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.
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Girl in the Box (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and tv movieThe true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
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Taylor Tomlinson: Look at You (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and tv movieBreakups. Therapy. Bangs. Taylor's gone through some stuff since her quarter-life crisis, and she spins her mental health journey into insightful comedy.
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Afterlife of the Party (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and dramaA social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.
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Teen Spirit (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedyAmber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.
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Alley Cats Strike (2000)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedyA group of hip retro teenage outsiders become involved in an interschool bowling rivalry.
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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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Dave Chappelle: The Closer (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and tv movieAs he closes out his slate of comedy specials, Dave takes the stage to try and set the record straight — and get a few things off his chest.
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Jack Whitehall: I'm Only Joking (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and tv movieJack Whitehall hits the stage with hilarious tales about happy couples, life in hotels, human stupidity and his well-traveled father.