Movies Like Take This Waltz
If you liked Take This Waltz (2011), a drama and comedy movie directed by Sarah Polley, 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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Heartburn (1986)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaShe'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.
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You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedyA novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
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Revolutionary Road (2008)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceA 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.
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The Good Girl (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and comedyA discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
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Unfaithful (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceA New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
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Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaTina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with…
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceA married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
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Afterglow (1997)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceLucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corporate exec Jeffrey. When Jeffrey becomes enraptured by Lucky’s wife…
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XX/XY (2002)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedyThree friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
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Love & Sex (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaWhen 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…
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Solitary Man (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaA car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
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Hello I Must Be Going (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedyAn 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.
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The Roses (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and dramaLife 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…
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Little Children (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceThe lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
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The Drama (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and comedyA happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
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Stuck in Love (2013)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedyAn 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.
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Friends with Kids (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaIn 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…
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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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The Invite (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and dramaJoe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it…
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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.