Movies Like Life in Flight

If you liked Life in Flight (2010), a comedy and drama movie directed by Tracey Hecht, 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.

1
Petulia (1968)
★ 6/10Also drama and romance
Dr. 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…
2
Solitary Man (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
3
Cyrus (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama
With 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…
4
Stuck in Love (2013)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedy
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
5
The Roses (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
Life 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…
6
Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedy
An 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.
7
Why Did I Get Married Again? (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance
The couples reunite for the destination wedding of Marcus and Angela's daughter, bringing drama old and new as they ask, "Why did we get married again?"
8
The Intervention (2016)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama
A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their marriage.
9
He Said, She Said (1991)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions…
10
About Last Night... (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
11
Venus (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London…
12
Heartburn (1986)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
She'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.
13
Friends with Kids (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama
In 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…
14
Love & Sex (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
When 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…
15
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda are all married now, but they're still up for a little fun in the sun. When Samantha gets the chance to visit one of the most extravagant vacation destinations on the planet and offers to…
16
The Best You Can (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romance
Cynthia 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…
17
Tortilla Soup (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama
A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life.
18
Take This Waltz (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedy
Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.
19
Revolutionary Road (2008)
★ 7/10Also drama and romance
A 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.
20
The War of the Roses (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama
Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house…