20 movies like Polyester, ordered by similarity : Remember Me, My Love(2003), Montenegro(1981), Please Don't Eat the Daisies(1960), The War of the Roses(1989), Queen of Hearts(1989), Men Are Not Gods(1936), Another Year(2010), Drowning by Numbers(1988), Killer Housewives(2001), Son of Sardaar(2012), Family for Christmas(2015), The Happy Time(1952) ...
Comedy
USA
1981
86 Minutes
Divine Tab Hunter Edith Massey Mink Stole David Samson Joni Ruth White Mary Garlington Ken King Hans Kramm Stiv Bators
housewife theater owner secretary juvenile delinquent daughter husband campy hysterical outlandish baltimore house movie theater drive-in theater affair family dysfunction midlife crisis family wretched excess love temptation
A suburban housewife's world falls apart when she finds that her pornographer husband is serially unfaithful to her, her daughter is pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.
Comedy, Drama
Italy|France|UK
2003
124 Minutes
Fabrizio Bentivoglio Laura Morante Nicoletta Romanoff Monica Bellucci Silvio Muccino Gabriele Lavia Enrico Silvestrin Silvia Cohen Alberto Gimignani Amanda Sandrelli Blas Roca-Rey
husband wife daughter son lover disheartening powerful fiery italy house television studio family dysfunction family secrets affair ambition frustrated desire forbidden love temptation discovery 2000s
In the dysfunctional Italian middle-class family Ristuccia, the middle-aged executive Carlo has a stalled life without passion, bored in his work and having a monotonous life with his wife ... See full summary »
Comedy
Sweden|UK
1981
96 Minutes
Susan Anspach Erland Josephson Per Oscarsson Svetozar Cvetkovic Marianna Jacobi James Marsh John Zacharias Bora Todorovic Lisbeth Zachrisson
housewife husband young man migrant yugoslavian businessman dark disturbing outlandish sweden nightclub house depression boredom free love affair insanity transformation wretched excess forbidden love
A bored wealthy housewife on the verge of insanity cuts loose with some lively Yugoslavian immigrants who delight in their bohemian lifestyle.
Comedy
USA
1960
111 Minutes
Doris Day David Niven Janis Paige Spring Byington Richard Haydn Patsy Kelly Jack Weston Margaret Lindsay
critic housewife singer friend son amusing emotional new york city apartment country house theater street marriage career success jealousy theater love rise rivalry
Drama critic Larry McKay, his wife Kate, and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1989
116 Minutes
Michael Douglas Kathleen Turner Danny DeVito Marianne Sagebrecht Sean Astin Heather Fairfield G.D. Spradlin Peter Donat Trenton Teigen Bethany McKinney
husband wife lawyer son daughter brash amusing dark hysterical madcap house massachusetts auction house law firm divorce marriage marital problems family feud greed rivalry
A married couple try everything to get each other to leave the house in a vicious divorce battle.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1989
112 Minutes
Vittorio Duse Joseph Long Anita Zagaria Eileen Way Vittorio Amandola Ian Hawkes Tat Whalley Ray Marioni Sarah Hadaway Jimmy Lambert
husband wife mother-in-law son jilted lover shop owner touching emotional creative italy small town london coffee shop house true love family immigrants small business luck underdog
Eddie Luca is the youngest son in a family of Italian immigrants who has moved to London. Beginning from nowhere, they open a café in an Italian neighborhood. One day their father loses the... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1936
82 Minutes
Miriam Hopkins Gertrude Lawrence Sebastian Shaw Rex Harrison A.E. Matthews Val Gielgud Lawrence Grossmith Laura Smithson
secretary actor actress critic boyfriend intricate emotional tense london theater trafalgar square leicester square hyde park tower bridge theater criticism love triangle william shakespeare betrayal rivalry
Ann Williams (Miriam Hopkins), secretary to eccentric drama critic T.H. Skeates (A.E. Matthews), is persuaded to alter a ruinous review of Shakespearean actor Edmond Davey (Sebastian Shaw) ... See full summary »
Drama, Comedy
UK|USA
2010
129 Minutes
Jim Broadbent Ruth Sheen Lesley Manville Oliver Maltman Peter Wight David Bradley Martin Savage Karina Fernandez Michele Austin Philip Davis Imelda Staunton
husband friend wife psychiatrist son lawyer amusing moving charming england house family marriage relationships heartbreak matchmaking husband/wife relationship quest love forbidden love
A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.
Comedy
UK|Netherlands
1988
119 Minutes
Bernard Hill Joan Plowright Juliet Stevenson Joely Richardson Jason Edwards Bryan Pringle
matriarch husband daughter sister granddaughter coroner suspenseful dark amusing dreamy family home bathroom swimming pool ocean murder family secrets murder investigation seduction friendship mother/daughter relationship
Three generations of women all share the same problem: marriage woes, and they want to put an end to it.
Comedy
Spain
2001
108 Minutes
Neus Asensi Antonio Resines Nathalie Seseña Karra Elejalde Pere Ponce Carlos Lozano
housewife abusive husband sister cousin messenger lover dark disturbing offbeat amusing madrid suburbia household shop abusive marriage murder plot friendship infidelity femme fatales family
Azucena is tired of her abusive husband Felipe and is desperately in love with Pablo. She sets up a plan to become a widow as soon as possible and it will involve her hypochondriac sister Isabel and her gay cousin Quique.
Romance, Comedy, Action
India
2012
139 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Sanjay Dutt Sonakshi Sinha Juhi Chawla Arjan Bajwa Mukul Dev Vindu Dara Singh Tanuja Rajesh Vivek
young man young woman father mother family member amusing hilarious hysterical lighthearted madcap outlandish india village house bungalow farm big family family family feud mission
A guest tries to stay inside the house of a man who can't kill him unless he's outside, because of believing guest to be equal to God.
Other, Comedy, Fantasy
USA
2015
82 Minutes
Lacey Chabert Tyron Leitso Milli Wilkinson Audrey Smallman Brittney Wilson Keith MacKechnie Jill Morrison Matthew Kevin Anderson James Kirk Sean Tyson Michael St. John Smith
woman college sweetheart santa claus mother husband loved one love interest daughter amusing heartwarming lighthearted suburb home canada christmas love romance family family life motherhood
A band goes into the woods looking for inspiration and get picked off one by one.
Comedy
USA
1952
94 Minutes
Charles Boyer Louis Jourdan Marsha Hunt Bobby Driscoll Linda Christian Kurt Kaszner Marcel Dalio Jeanette Nolan
father mother maid uncle son salesman uplifting charming cheery endearing household school theater canada childhood love family infatuation unrequited love growing up
Spring inspires lessons in love and life for a French family in 1920s Ottawa, especially for teenage Robert, who's blind to the attentions of an American neighbor girl, because he's ... See full summary »
Comedy, Other
USA
1989
97 Minutes
Chevy Chase Beverly D'Angelo Randy Quaid Diane Ladd John Randolph E.G. Marshall Doris Roberts Julia Louis-Dreyfus Mae Questel William Hickey Brian Doyle Murray
father wife son daughter cousin neighbor hysterical madcap cheeky illinois family home shopping mall forest office holidays family traditions father/child relationship career vs. family suburban life houseguest
The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
124 Minutes
Philip Seymour Hoffman Samantha Morton Michelle Williams Catherine Keener Emily Watson Dianne Wiest Jennifer Jason Leigh Hope Davis Tom Noonan Sadie Goldstein Robin Weigert
director wife girlfriend actor brooding intricate new york city warehouse theater theater playwright divorce marriage quest transformation love 2000s
A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Comedy
France
1990
112 Minutes
Tsilla Chelton Catherine Jacob Isabelle Nanty Eric Prat Neige Dolsky Laurence Février
widow nephew housekeeper nanny wife amusing hysterical offbeat paris household auxerre, france aging friendship family love-hate relationship transformation temptation 1990s
Auntie Danielle, supposedly in ailing health but in reality just a nasty old bitch, lives with a paid housekeeper who she regularly abuses. When the housekeeper dies falling off a ladder, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1930
82 Minutes
Fredric March Ina Claire Mary Brian Henrietta Crosman Charles Starrett Arnold Korff Frank Conroy
family matriarch actor actress manager daughter brother melodramatic amusing lighthearted new york city broadway theater family home family acting love retirement theater relationships transformation sacrifice
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany
2005
102 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Michael Caine Hope Davis Michael Rispoli Gil Bellows Gemmenne de la Peña Nicholas Hoult Judith McConnell David Darlow Mike Bacarella Robyn Moler
weather forecaster father author wife daughter boyfriend amusing heartwarming quirky emotional suspenseful chicago newsroom household family home city apartment redemption family dysfunction career vs. family midlife crisis
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Comedy, Drama
France
1985
106 Minutes
nurse pilot physical therapist lover child husband charming melodramatic lighthearted paris airport family home double life marriage deception love triangle relationships family love temptation
Alice seems to lead a quiet life: the first three days of the week, she works in Paris and and meets with friend Philip, and his little boy, Simon. The other two days, she works in a thalassotherapy center.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
97 Minutes
Greg Kinnear Jennifer Connelly Lily Collins Logan Lerman Nat Wolff Patrick Schwarzenegger Liana Liberato Kristen Bell Michael Goodwin
author child parent father daughter son neighbor love interest romantic interest ex-wife engaging lighthearted inspiring playful mushy positive united states house beach bar
An 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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1993
118 Minutes
Johnny Depp Juliette Lewis Mary Steenburgen Leonardo DiCaprio Darlene Cates Laura Harrington Mary Kate Schellhardt Kevin Tighe John C. Reilly Crispin Glover Penelope Branning
young man brother sister mother housewife love interest moving emotional iowa small town countryside household family dysfunction siblings affair rural life mental impairment new love discovery transformation
A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.