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Movies Like The Enormity of Life

If you liked The Enormity of Life (2021), a comedy and drama movie directed by Eric Swinderman, 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. 1Just 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…

  2. 2Snow Angels

    Snow Angels (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student…

  3. 3Barefoot

    Barefoot (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as…

  4. 4Numb

    Numb (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel…

  5. 5Charlie Bartlett

    Charlie Bartlett (2008)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one…

  6. 6About Last Night...

    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.

  7. 7Enemies, a Love Story

    Enemies, a Love Story (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.

  8. 8Breaking & Exiting

    Breaking & Exiting (2018)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    Harry, a charming house thief, gets more than he bargains for during an attempted burglary when he stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her from herself, sending both of them into a darkly comedic journey of self…

  9. 9Irreplaceable You

    Irreplaceable You (2018)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

    A stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childhood sweetheart Sam, who's clueless when it comes to dating.

  10. 10The Giant Mechanical Man

    The Giant Mechanical Man (2012)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama

    An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.

  11. 11Lilith

    Lilith (1964)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    Vincent Bruce, a war veteran, begins working as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a private psychiatric facility for wealthy people where he meets Lilith Arthur, a charming young woman suffering from…

  12. 12Cyrus

    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…

  13. 13David and Lisa

    David and Lisa (1962)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people…

  14. 14Blind

    Blind (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A 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.

  15. 15An Unmarried Woman

    An Unmarried Woman (1978)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    A 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.

  16. 16Is This Thing On?

    Is This Thing On? (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to…

  17. 17Jack Goes Boating

    Jack Goes Boating (2010)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered on two working-class New York City couples.

  18. 18In the Land of Women

    In the Land of Women (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy

    After 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…

  19. 19Shadows in the Sun

    Shadows in the Sun (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and comedy

    An aspiring young writer tracks a literary titan suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters.

  20. 20Young People Fucking

    Young People Fucking (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by…

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