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Movies Like Turning 30

If you liked Turning 30 (2011), a comedy and drama movie directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, 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. 1Love & Sex

    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…

  2. 2Just Before I Go

    Just Before I Go (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    Ted Morgan has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decides to go home and face the people he…

  3. 3Newness

    Newness (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

  4. 4Petulia

    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…

  5. 5Family Weekend

    Family Weekend (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

  6. 6Jesus' Son

    Jesus' Son (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

  7. 7Time Is Up

    Time Is Up (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama

    Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.

  8. 8The Clique

    The Clique (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A 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.

  9. 9The Dirty Picture

    The Dirty Picture (2011)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    After running away from home in search of movie stardom, a village girl rises to become a prominent sex symbol.

  10. 10Somewhere in Queens

    Somewhere in Queens (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Leo 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…

  11. 11The Diary of a Teenage Girl

    The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except…

  12. 12Meet Monica Velour

    Meet Monica Velour (2010)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    For Tobe, a nerdy, horny, frizzy-haired cineaste who doesn't quite fit in with the average contemporary teen, the pinnacle of womanhood is Monica Velour, a soft-core actress who reached the zenith of her career in the…

  13. 13The Rules of Attraction

    The Rules of Attraction (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.

  14. 14Monday

    Monday (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?

  15. 15The Man from Elysian Fields

    The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    A 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.

  16. 16Carnal Knowledge

    Carnal Knowledge (1971)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.

  17. 17London

    London (2005)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    London is a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend.

  18. 18Asylum

    Asylum (2005)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

  19. 19Take Me Home Tonight

    Take Me Home Tonight (2011)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin should be well on his way to a successful career at a Fortune 500 company, but instead he rebels against maturity by taking a job at a video store. Matt rethinks his position when his…

  20. 20The Last Time I Saw Paris

    The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic…

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