Movies Like Picking Up & Dropping Off
If you liked Picking Up & Dropping Off (2003), a drama and comedy movie directed by Steven Robman, 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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Blended (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romanceRecently divorced mom Lauren and widowed dad Jim let their friends push them into a blind date, which goes disastrously wrong. Unsurprisingly, neither wants to see the other ever again. However, fate intervenes when…
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Mother's Day (2016)
★ 6/10Also comedy and dramaThree generations come together in the week leading up to Mother's Day.
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Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and dramaCal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been…
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One Fine Day (1996)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and comedyMelanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets…
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Labor Day (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceTwo strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.
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Last Chance Harvey (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceIn London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in the airport pub, Harvey meets Kate, a British…
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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 Burning Plain (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceA trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is…
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Remember Me (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceStill reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as…
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Wicked Minds (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceHolden returns home from college and is surprised to find his overpowering competitive father married to a much younger woman Lana. Holden quickly falls for the beauty and charisma of his step mother. A passionate…
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Love, Classified (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also tv movie and comedyRomance novelist Emilia is a whirlwind who blows back into the lives of her adult children, Taylor and Zach, under the pretense of a book signing arranged by her hometown's local book shop. As Emilia tries to…
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Captain Fantastic (2016)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and comedyDeep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that…
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Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaNatalie allows her classmate Jeff, who has run away from home, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as she…
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Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and dramaEight married college friends plus one other non-friend (all of whom have achieved middle to upper class economic status) go to Colorado for their annual week-long reunion, but the mood shifts when one couple's…
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Enough Said (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and dramaEva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-aged and single, Eva decides to take a…
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Waiting to Exhale (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaCheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it…
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As Luck Would Have It (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also tv movie and comedyWhen Lindsey travels to Ireland to acquire land that is perfect for a resort, she decides to enter the town's matchmaking festival to prove her investment—and win over a handsome local.
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About a Boy (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and comedyWill Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a…
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One Day (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceAfter spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.
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Petulia (1968)
★ 6/10Also drama and romanceDr. 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…