20 movies like The Odd Couple, ordered by similarity : Elling(2001), Ladies of Leisure(1930), Phffft!(1954), Manhattan(1979), Living Out Loud(1998), Men Are Such Fools(1938), The First Wives Club(1996), Room for Rent(2017), Late Night(2019), The Owl and the Pussycat(1970), Three Men and a Cradle(1985), Peter's Friends(1992) ...
Comedy
USA
1968
105 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau John Fiedler Herbert Edelman Monica Evans Carole Shelley David Sheiner Larry Haines
cop writer roommate divorcée hilarious witty touching new york city apartment gambling divorce roommates dating friendship suicide rivalry transformation 1960s
Two friends try sharing an apartment, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.
Comedy, Drama
Norway
2001
84 Minutes
Per Christian Ellefsen Sven Nordin Per Christensen Jørgen Langhelle Marit Pia Jacobsen Hilde Olausson Ola Otnes
son mentally challenged person friend roommate amusing touching charming offbeat apartment mental institution restaurant oslo, norway friendship mental illness phobias poetry roommates adventure discovery transformation
When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, Elling, a sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1930
98 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Ralph Graves Marie Prevost Lowell Sherman Nance O'Neil George Fawcett
artist prostitute friend father mother roommate melodramatic cheeky mushy new york city apartment studio staircase ship class conflict romance family art attempted suicide wealth
An upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.
Comedy
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Judy Holliday Jack Lemmon Kim Novak Jack Carson Luella Gear Donald Randolph Donald Curtis Arny Freeman Eddie Searles
husband wife best friend woman actor mother hilarious touching apartment club restaurant street city marriage friendship divorce dating dance love rivalry
While pursing new companions, a former married couple keep running into one another all over town.
Drama, Comedy
USA
1979
96 Minutes
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Mariel Hemingway Michael Murphy Meryl Streep Anne Byrne Karen Ludwig Michael O'Donoghue Tisa Farrow Helen Hanft Bella Abzug
writer teenager ex-wife friend lover witty playful touching new york city apartment central park delicatessen dating may-december romance loneliness loss love triangle new york city growing up love
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
93 Minutes
Holly Hunter Danny DeVito Queen Latifah Martin Donovan Richard Schiff Elias Koteas
divorcée janitor singer massage therapist friend engaging playful touching new york city apartment building elevator nightclub divorce friendship life lessons self-discovery loneliness discovery love transformation
Judith Nelson quit her medical studies to marry. Years later, her husband, a physician, divorces her to be with another doctor. Deeply frustrated, she now lives alone in her luxury ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
70 Minutes
Wayne Morris Priscilla Lane Humphrey Bogart Hugh Herbert Penny Singleton Johnnie Davis Mona Barrie Marcia Ralston Gene Lockhart Kathleen Lockhart Donald Briggs
secretary advertising executive radio station manager roommate fiancée copywriter amusing melodramatic spirited tender new york city advertising office nightclub ship apartment ambition marriage sexism gender roles jealousy
Linda Lawrence rises from secretary to account executive in an advertising agency. She falls in love with ex-football star Jimmy Hall and marries him. Radio man Harry Galleon will push her ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1996
102 Minutes
Goldie Hawn Bette Midler Diane Keaton Maggie Smith Sarah Jessica Parker Dan Hedaya Stockard Channing Victor Garber Stephen Collins Elizabeth Berkley Marcia Gay Harden
friend ex-husband interior decorator socialite daughter mafioso amusing emotional quirky hysterical new york city funeral apartment bar store city apartment reunion suicide divorce friendship
Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
2017
89 Minutes
Brett Gelman Mark Little Mark McKinney Stephnie Weir Carla Gallo Patrick J. Adams Tom Anniko Erik Athavale
mother father lottery winner roommate stranger amusing hilarious uneasy tense house basement living room roommates parent/child relationship relationships living together living arrangements living with parents transformation rivalry
Broke ex-lottery winner Mitch convinces his parents to rent out a room in their home to a stranger named Carl. But Carl turns out to be a mysterious man who has a hidden agenda.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
102 Minutes
Emma Thompson Mindy Kaling John Lithgow Hugh Dancy Reid Scott Denis O'Hare Max Casella Paul Walter Hauser John Early Luke Slattery Ike Barinholtz
talk show host writer co-worker friend amusing hilarious cheeky inspiring uplifting new york city television studio office stage women comedy unlikely allies unlikely friendship friendship working woman transformation
A late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.
Comedy
USA
1970
98 Minutes
Barbra Streisand George Segal Robert Klein Allen Goorwitz Roz Kelly Jacques Sandulescu Jack Manning Grace Carney Barbara Anson Kim Chan Stan Gottlieb
writer prostitute promiscuous man neighbor old man amusing playful charming new york city apartment building city life friendship roommates eviction unlikely romance temptation love rivalry 1970s
A stuffy author enters into an explosive relationship with his neighbor, a foul-mouthed, freewheeling prostitute.
Comedy
France
1985
106 Minutes
Roland Giraud Michel Boujenah André Dussollier Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu Dominique Lavanant Marthe Villalonga Annick Alane Josine Comellas
baby bachelor womanizer gangster roommate mother amusing madcap lighthearted tender paris apartment party france drug trafficking fatherhood change of lifestyle childcare friendship roommates
Jacques, Pierre, and Michel are three adult friends who enjoy single life until they find themselves stuck - with a baby.
Comedy, Gay & Lesbian
1992
100 Minutes
Kenneth Branagh Emma Thompson Stephen Fry Alphonsia Emmanuel Hugh Laurie Phyllida Law Alex Lowe Rita Rudner Tony Slattery Imelda Staunton Alex Scott
friend songwriter wife writer television star designer witty touching charming england country house friendship reunion miscarriage affair unhappy marriage holidays transformation growing up 1990s
Theatrical British pals from college have a revealing New Year's party at one's (Stephen Fry) country estate.
Comedy
UK|USA
1993
100 Minutes
waiter book critic dominatrix yuppie bartender busboy quirky cheeky thrilling emotional city canada apartment dating sex friendship homosexuality serial murders roommates love
A tough female district attorney is investigating a man who picks out women from public places by posing as a famous photographer, then takes pictures of them, then pushes on their ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1967
109 Minutes
Dick Van Dyke Debbie Reynolds Jason Robards Jean Simmons Van Johnson Joe Flynn Shelley Berman Martin Gabel Lee Grant Tom Bosley Emmaline Henry
husband wife friend ex-wife marriage counselor car dealer witty engaging fiery los angeles nightclub house suburbia divorce marriage new love reconciliation love rivalry wretched excess
After 17 years, things have become too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up. After meeting other people, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
2004
108 Minutes
Ishmael Butler Bonz Malone Anita Kopacz Andre Royo Michael C. Maronna Reg E. Cathey Adrian Martinez
gambling addict chef college dropout daughter ex-wife graffiti artist tender amusing inspiring brooklyn, n.y. apartment street family home new york city nightclub slackers roommates ambition music friendship
Two best friends - a graffiti artist with hip-hop dreams and an obnoxious loudmouth with a cooking show addiction - share one main goal in life: to avoid work at all costs.
Comedy
USA
1967
95 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Peter Falk Elaine May Nina Wayne Eddie Mayehoff David Hartman Severn Darden Alan DeWitt
man friend wife mistress stockbroker offbeat amusing endearing new york city apartment law office manhattan bridge suicide divorce marriage love triangle relationships love rescue transformation
Harry is a barely functional human. He meets an old friend who is having marital problems as Harry is about to leap off of a bridge. His friend decides that Harry is the man to take his ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA|France|Germany|Japan|Italy|Spain
1992
93 Minutes
Steve Buscemi Seymour Cassel Jennifer Beals Pat Moya Will Patton Sully Boyer Steven Randazzo Francesco Messina Jim Jarmusch Carol Kane Stanley Tucci
writer neighbor con artist producer actor director offbeat playful witty gritty new york city apartment restaurant street film set aspirations filmmaking unrequited love unlikely allies petty crime
New Yorker Adolpho Rollo is your classic head-movie auteur. In his mind, he's creating deathless classics of the screen. Back in the real world, he can't pay the rent on the downtown grothole he calls home.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
103 Minutes
James Franco Dave Franco Seth Rogen Zac Efron Alison Brie Paul Scheer Hannibal Buress Jerrod Carmichael Zoey Deutch Nathan Fielder Ari Graynor
director actor audience acting teacher friend filmmaker amusing hilarious emotional endearing passionate offbeat hollywood, calif. film set theater field restaurant apartment following your dreams filmmaker
When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.
Fantasy, Comedy, Action, Adventure
USA|Canada
2019
132 Minutes
Zachary Levi Mark Strong Asher Angel Jack Dylan Grazer Djimon Hounsou Grace Fulton Ian Chen Jovan Armand Faithe Herman Cooper Andrews Marta Milans
teenager disabled boy bully foster mother superhero friend amusing emotional endearing uplifting hilarious cheeky philadelphia convenience store subway foster home school classroom superhuman abilities saving the world
A newly fostered young boy in search of his mother instead finds unexpected super powers and soon gains a powerful enemy.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
2003
106 Minutes
Alice Teghil Sergio Castellitto Margherita Buy Carolina Iaquaniello Federica Sbrenna Claudio Amendola Galatea Ranzi Flavio Bucci Antonio Carnevale Paola Tiziana Cruciani Silvio Vannucci
teacher father mother young girl friend government official engaging spirited witty touching small town rome high school shopping mall cemetery rally father/daughter relationship new school friendship politics
Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.