20 movies like Uncle Joe Shannon, ordered by similarity : Almost Famous(2000), Is Anybody There?(2008), Unlovable(2018), Mo' Better Blues(1990), Hera Pheri(1975), Round Midnight(1986), Hope Springs Eternal(2018), Shadows(1958), The Girlfriends(1955), The Color of Friendship(2000), A Dog's Way Home(2019), Butterfly(1999) ...
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1978
115 Minutes
Burt Young Doug McKeon Madge Sinclair Bobby Cassidy Martin Beck Jason Bernard Bert Remsen Allan Rich
musician young boy friend hotel owner emotional touching hotel hospital jazz club depression friendship grief jazz father figure cancer discovery underdog 1970s
A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crippled youngster and together they battle obstacles through each other's encouragement.
7.9/10
Comedy, Drama, Music
USA
2000
122 Minutes
Billy Crudup Frances McDormand Kate Hudson Jason Lee Patrick Fugit Anna Paquin Fairuza Balk Noah Taylor Zooey Deschanel John Fedevich Bijou Phillips
journalist young boy musician rock star mother groupie touching tender amusing bus concert stage hotel hospital tour bus musicians music road trip romance drugs jealousy
A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
Drama
2008
92 Minutes
Michael Caine Bill Milner Anne-Marie Duff David Morrissey Rosemary Harris Elizabeth Spriggs Leslie Phillips Peter Vaughan Linzey Cocker Sylvia Syms Ralph Ineson
young boy magician magician's assistant best friend friend teenager charming playful engaging suspenseful witty friendship best friends relationships unlikely friendship magic adventure discovery growing up mystery
A death-obsessed youth (Bill Milner) befriends an aging magician (Michael Caine) who longs to join his wife in the afterlife.
6.0/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
80 Minutes
Charlene deGuzman John Hawkes Melissa Leo Paul James Ellen Geer Jake McDorman Josh Fadem Josh Ruben
ex-boyfriend sex addict musician recluse friend sponsor heartwarming hilarious emotional tense house garage party car group therapy sex addiction love friendship lifestyle changes music
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1990
127 Minutes
Denzel Washington Spike Lee Wesley Snipes Joie Lee Cynda Williams Giancarlo Esposito Robin Harris Bill Nunn Richard Williams John Turturro Ruben Blades
saxophonist trumpeter manager teacher singer friend cool brooding emotional nightclub new york city backstage street jazz club jazz power struggle love triangle debt friendship music industry
Jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam makes questionable decisions in his professional and romantic lives.
6.8/10
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
India
1975
164 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Saira Banu Kimi Katkar Vinod Khanna Sulakshana Pandit Deepa Sahi Shilpa Shirodkar
young man young woman friend best friend father girlfriend amusing gripping thrilling intense emotional moving india city house bungalow restaurant street friendship best friends
Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.
Drama
1986
130 Minutes
Dexter Gordon François Cluzet Gabrielle Haker Sandra Reaves-Phillips Lonette McKee Christine Pascal Herbie Hancock Martin Scorsese Philippe Noiret Alain Sarde Palle Mikkelborg
saxophonist musician fan daughter uplifting dark emotional inspiring new york city paris bar jazz club addiction alcoholism jazz friendship aging music transformation fall
A jazz saxophonist (Dexter Gordon) from New York has a friend (François Cluzet) on the Left Bank of 1959 Paris.
4.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
78 Minutes
Mia Rose Frampton Stony Blyden Beau Brooks Lauren Giraldo Pej Vahdat Beth Lacke Juliette Angelo Kate Rachesky
cancer patient survivor boyfriend friend family member amusing endearing moving touching charming high school cafeteria hospital doctor's office gym classroom survival new life second chance friendship
When 18 year old Hope Gracin suddenly finds herself in remission from end-stage cancer, she must learn to live without an expiration date.
Drama
1958
81 Minutes
Hugh Hurd Lelia Goldoni Ben Carruthers Anthony Ray Dennis Sallas Tom Allen David Pokitillow Rupert Crosse David Jones Pir Marini Victoria Vargas
trumpeter jazz singer white man african-american brother boyfriend cool intense emotional new york city jazz club museum race family success jazz love relationships discovery transformation
Two brothers (Hugh Hurd, Ben Carruthers) and a sister (Lelia Goldoni) live in fringe worlds in Manhattan.
Drama
1955
105 Minutes
Eleonora Rossi Drago Valentina Cortesa Gabriele Ferzetti Franco Fabrizi Yvonne Furneaux Madeleine Fischer Anna Maria Pancani Ettore Manni
entrepreneur wealthy woman friend fiancé emotional passionate italy turin, italy rome hotel friendship female bonding love triangle romance infidelity love discovery 1950s
While working at a boutique, a woman (Eleonora Rossi Drago) makes new friends who have complicated relationships.
Drama
2000
83 Minutes
Carl Lumbly Penny Johnson Shadia Simmons Lindsey Haun Anthony Burnett Travis Davis Erik Todd Dellums Ahmad Stoner Melanie Nichols King Susan Danford Michael Kanev
congressman father friend foreign exchange student daughter charming endearing touching washington, d.c. south africa farm race relations culture clash friendship family apartheid violence growing up transformation discovery
A black family (Carl Lumbly, Penny Johnson, Shadia Simmons) receives a white South African exchange student, raised in apartheid, into its home in 1977.
6.7/10
Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama
China|USA
2019
96 Minutes
Ashley Judd Jonah Hauer-King Edward James Olmos Alexandra Shipp Chris Bauer Barry Watson Wes Studi Motell Foster John Cassini Brian Markinson Patrick Gallagher
dog puppy pet owner boy veteran stranger charming touching emotional heartwarming house mountain woods hospital city dog travel lost dog homecoming human-animal friendship
A female dog travels four hundred miles in search of her owner throughout a Colorado wilderness.
7.6/10
Drama
Spain
1999
95 Minutes
Fernando Fernán Gómez Manuel Lozano Uxía Blanco Gonzalo Martin Uriarte Alexis de Los Santos Guillermo Toledo
teacher friend young boy father touching madrid school garden cemetery fascism betrayal freedom friendship politics growing up discovery 1930s
For Moncho, it's an idyllic year: he starts school, he has a wonderful teacher, he makes a friend in Roque, he begins to figure out some of the mysteries of Eros, and, with his older ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Drama, Music
USA
2017
100 Minutes
aspiring musician texan friend musician townsperson cowboy charming confident emotional engaging inspiring positive texas nashville, tenn. town stage music stage aspirations country music big break
An aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2007
96 Minutes
Elliot Page Michael Cera Jennifer Garner Jason Bateman Allison Janney J.K. Simmons Olivia Thirlby Rainn Wilson
teenager stepmother boyfriend friend teacher musician playful creative witty touching school hospital household suburbia pregnancy abortion divorce disillusionment music discovery
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding the unborn child.
7.2/10
Drama
Canada
2018
94 Minutes
Josh Wiggins Darren Mann Taylor Hickson Maria Bello Kyle MacLachlan Niamh Wilson Hailey Kittle Peter Outerbridge Stephanie Moore Kiana Madeira Olivia Scriven
best friend girlfriend mother father partygoer tense emotional touching intense high school party swimming pool house classroom convenience store friendship love growing up teen romance teen culture
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
7.6/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
99 Minutes
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Seth Rogen Anna Kendrick Bryce Dallas Howard Philip Baker Hall Anjelica Huston Serge Houde Andrew Airlie
cancer patient therapist mother father best friend victim heartwarming emotional hilarious hysterical apartment family home doctor's office nightclub cancer friendship dating mortality struggle relationships
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Drama
2008
107 Minutes
Sophie Okonedo Sam Neill Alice Krige Tony Kgoroge Ella Ramangwane Faniswa Yisa Hannes Brummer Jeremy Crutchley Jonathan Taylor Terri Ann Eckstein Bongani Masondo
mother father daughter boyfriend friend classmate intense emotional south africa household school racism apartheid south africa parent/child relationship acceptance sandra laing discovery rise underdog
A South African woman (Sophie Okonedo) appears to be black despite being born to white parents (Sam Neill, Alice Krige).
7.0/10
Drama
France
1998
111 Minutes
Mathieu Amalric Virginie Ledoyen François Cluzet Jeanne Balibar Alex Descas Mia Hansen-Løve Arsinée Khanjian Nathalie Richard
dying person friend girlfriend lover editor emotional sad touching sultry france paris hospital countryside city mortality love triangle dying young friendship sex writing
A story about the transition from late youth to early maturity, the film follows several friends and lovers as they come to make decisions on how to live their lives--getting a job more in ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama
Australia
2017
115 Minutes
Simon Baker-Denny Samson Coulter Ben Spence Elizabeth Debicki Richard Roxburgh Rachael Blake Miranda Frangou Jacek Koman Megan Smart Brock Fitzgerald
young boy surfer friend family member powerful inspiring emotional passionate australia ocean house truck coming of age growing up surfing friendship relationships discovery growing up love
After developing an interest in surfing, a teenage boy and his friend forge an unlikely friendship with an older surfer.
8.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA|China
2018
130 Minutes
Viggo Mortensen Mahershala Ali Linda Cardellini Sebastian Maniscalco Dimiter D. Marinov Mike Hatton P.J. Byrne Joe Cortese Maggie Nixon Von Lewis Jon Sortland
pianist driver bodyguard bouncer musician emotional touching amusing creative moving stage club car jail bar racism unlikely friendship unlikely allies travel music
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
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