Movies Like Mack & Rita
If you liked Mack & Rita (2022), a comedy and fantasy movie directed by Katie Aselton, 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 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaFour young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and…
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Grandma (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaSelf-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her…
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Girl Asleep (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and comedyThe world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen, she can’t bear to leave her childhood; it contains all the things that give her comfort in an incomprehensible new world. She floats in a…
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I'll See You in My Dreams (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedyA sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected…
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The Clique (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaA 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.
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Darby and the Dead (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and fantasyAfter Darby Harper suffered a near-death experience as a child, she gained the ability to see ghosts. To combat the existential boredom of high school, she runs a side business counseling local spirits in her spare…
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Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaAt her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets. Given a second chance to relive her youth, she must decide whether to change the…
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Wilson (2017)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaMiddle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug, and obsessed with his past.
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While We're Young (2015)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaAn uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.
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Parenthood (1989)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and dramaThe story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in…
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Harry and Tonto (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and dramaHarry Coombes is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a…
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaAfter returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best…
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A Boy and His Dog (1975)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedySet in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in…
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Being John Malkovich (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and dramaOne day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
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House of D (2004)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaIn the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression…
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Juniper (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and comedyWhen a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
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Horns (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and fantasyIn the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
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Judy & Punch (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedyIn the anarchic town of Seaside, nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resurrect their marionette show. The show is a hit due to Judy's superior puppeteering but Punch's driving ambition and…
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The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and dramaTwo high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.
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Danny Collins (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and dramaAn ageing hard-living 1970s rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon.