Movies Like The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
If you liked The Very Private Life of Mister Sim (2015), a comedy and drama movie directed by Michel Leclerc, 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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Somewhere in Queens (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaLeo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it…
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Family Weekend (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaA 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
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The Sweet Escape (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and dramaMichel, a fifty year old man, graphic designer, decides to change the urban lifestyle and go on an adventure. Fascinated by airmail, he dreams at Jean Mermoz when he's on scooter. One day, Michel sees a picture of a…
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In the Soup (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and dramaAn aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
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The Baker's Wife (1938)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and dramaIn this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. She departs with a shepherd the night after Aimable produces his first breads. Aimable is so…
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The Clique (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaA young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
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Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also comedyIn 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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Ricky Gervais: Mortality (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedyRicky 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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Bloody Oranges (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaSimultaneously, a retired couple overwhelmed by debt tries to win a dance contest, as the minister of economy is suspected of tax evasion, and a teenage girl encounters a sexual maniac, while a young lawyer attempts to…
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The King of Algiers (2023)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaOmar, better known as Omar the Strawberry, is an old-fashioned bandit. Forced to flee to Algeria, he makes a living out of petty crime, accompanied by his famous sidekick Roger. After decades of ruling the French…
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Accident Man (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyMike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
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Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedyRestless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry is a sullen businessman married to Mary, a writer who is unsatisfied with their relationship. Mary begins an affair with Jerry, a smug…
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A Very Curious Girl (1969)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and comedyTreated as an outcast and exploited by the villagers of a small town, a young woman liberates herself through sex, which she uses as a tool of economic gain and an instrument of revenge against those who have wronged…
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Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyWith a hitman’s gun aimed at him, Finch tells the story of how he broke out of jail, fell in love, and took the identity of a man wanted by the Mafia.
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Hard to Die (1990)
★ 6/10Also comedyWhile doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series…
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Art School Confidential (2006)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaStarting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that…
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaAfter returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best…
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Mexicali (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaA former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
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Pretty Persuasion (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also comedyA 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
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Jawbone (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaA former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…