Movies Like Solitary Man
If you liked Solitary Man (2009), a comedy and drama movie directed by David Levien and Brian Koppelman, 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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Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedyAn affair with a 19-year old actor helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy after she moves home to her parents’ house following her divorce.
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Petulia (1968)
★ 6/10Also drama and romanceDr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's…
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Blind (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceA novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
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The Drama (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and comedyA happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
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Revolutionary Road (2008)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceA young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
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Enemies, a Love Story (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaA ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
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Young People Fucking (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaOn a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by…
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In the Land of Women (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedyAfter a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of the mother and daughters who live…
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Cyrus (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaWith John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before…
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The Roses (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and dramaLife seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while…
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Love & Sex (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaWhen her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back…
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The Good Girl (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and comedyA discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaAfter her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
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Heartburn (1986)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaShe's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.
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Love Don't Co$t a Thing (2003)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and dramaA high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.
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The Best You Can (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceCynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside…
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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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Rosaline (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also romance and dramaLeft heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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Numb (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaHudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel…
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XX/XY (2002)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedyThree friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.