Movies Like The Theory of Flight
If you liked The Theory of Flight (1999), a drama and comedy movie directed by Paul Greengrass, 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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The Theory of Everything (2014)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and romanceOnce a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very…
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2 Hearts (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also romance and dramaWhen illness strikes two people who are polar opposites, life and death bring them together in surprising ways.
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Five Feet Apart (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also romance and dramaSeventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an…
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Supernova (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and dramaSam and Tusker, partners of 20 years, are traveling across England in their old RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time…
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Elizabethtown (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaDrew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when…
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The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceDue to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
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Ana (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedyAna meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse.
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Dark Victory (1939)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceSocialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele…
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The Upside (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and dramaPhillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his…
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceTold from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
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The Leisure Seeker (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceA runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.
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Tim (1979)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and dramaHandsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until she had found Tim. At first they are friends. But soon they become…
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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and dramaAfter the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Across the country, an engaged woman becomes convinced that they belong together, despite their never…
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The Other Sister (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaA mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.
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Catch and Release (2006)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaFor a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends.
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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and dramaA conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.
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Chéri (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedyThe son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
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He Said, She Said (1991)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaWomanising, 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…
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Iris (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceTrue story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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A Man Called Otto (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and dramaWhen a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.