Movies Like Living Out Loud
If you liked Living Out Loud (1998), a comedy and drama movie directed by Richard LaGravenese, 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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Manhattan (1979)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and dramaManhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
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Unfaithful (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceA New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
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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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Brief Encounter (1945)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and romanceReturning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during…
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Alfie (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaA tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence.
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Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaTina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with…
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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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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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Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaA self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.
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The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceA failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
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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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Friends with Kids (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaIn the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide to have a child together without becoming a couple. By becoming "time-share" parents, they reason, they can…
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Romance & Cigarettes (2006)
★ 6/10Also comedy and romanceIronworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval…
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Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceClaire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigned to protect her.
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An Unmarried Woman (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romanceA wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
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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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Solitary Man (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaA car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
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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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Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and comedyAfter losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he…
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Third Person (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceAn acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship.