20 movies like Manna From Heaven, ordered by similarity : Screen Door Jesus(2003), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot(2018), Conversations With My Gardener(2007), As Good as It Gets(1997), A Prairie Home Companion(2006), Solitary Man(2009), All About My Mother(1999), Little Sister(2016), Duane Hopwood(2005), The Savages(2007), Please Give(2010), Broken Flowers(2005) ...
Comedy
USA
2001
110 Minutes
Seymour Cassel Gabrielle Burton Shelley Duvall Jill Eikenberry Louise Fletcher Frank Gorshin Faye Grant Harry Groener Shirley Jones Cloris Leachman Wendie Malick
nun card dealer con artist relative airy melodramatic quirky buffalo, n.y. neighborhood church financial windfall family dysfunction reconciliation redemption religion temptation wretched excess transformation discovery 2000s
What happens when you get a "gift from god" (a financial windfall), but, many years later, find out it was just a loan -- due immediately....
Comedy, Drama
USA
2003
115 Minutes
Myk Watford Anjanette Comer Buck Taylor Alaina Kalanj Cliff Stevens Josh Berry Mark Dalton Silvia Moore Richard Dillard Cynthia Dorn Scarlett McAlister
matron neighbor security guard mayor seductress banker quirky amusing uneasy texas small town household church bar jesus christ faith religion racism media miracles
An eclectic cast of characters intertwines and collides around themes of faith, religion and race in a small East Texas town. Screen Door Jesus tells the story of the church-going, but not ... See full summary »
Comedy, Biography, Drama
France|USA
2018
113 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Jonah Hill Rooney Mara Jack Black Carrie Brownstein Beth Ditto Kim Gordon Udo Kier
handicapped person alcoholic artist friend girlfriend family member inspiring intense emotional powerful quirky witty portland, ore. house doctor's office ambulance street strip club artistic struggle therapy
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Comedy, Drama
2007
109 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Jean-Pierre Darroussin Fanny Cottençon Alexia Barlier
painter gardener artist former classmate man friend amusing heartwarming charming uplifting lighthearted melodramatic france paris rural community countryside garden lake friendship relationships
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
1997
138 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Helen Hunt Greg Kinnear Cuba Gooding Jr. Skeet Ulrich Shirley Knight Yeardley Smith Lupe Ontiveros
writer artist neighbor waitress psychiatrist dog quirky emotional new york city apartment diner romance friendship homosexuality confrontation obsessive-compulsive disorder redemption discovery love transformation
A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Comedy
USA
2006
105 Minutes
Meryl Streep Lindsay Lohan Kevin Kline Woody Harrelson Garrison Keillor Lily Tomlin Tommy Lee Jones Virginia Madsen John C. Reilly Maya Rudolph L.Q. Jones
singer cowboy manager musician detective quirky touching minnesota theater city pregnancy suicide friendship show business affair redemption fall transformation discovery 2000s
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
89 Minutes
Michael Douglas Brian Koppelman Mary-Louise Parker Jenna Fischer Jesse Eisenberg Imogen Poots Ben Shenkman David Costabile Susan Sarandon Danny DeVito Olivia Thirlby
business owner car dealer middle-aged man girlfriend ex-wife daughter amusing endearing dark new york city apartment college restaurant park boston divorce bad behavior midlife crisis adultery family
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
Comedy, Drama
Spain|France
1999
99 Minutes
Cecilia Roth Eloy Azorín Marisa Paredes Penélope Cruz Candela Peña Antonia San Juan Rosa María Sardá Toni Canto
single mother transvestite actress nun lesbian witty emotional melodramatic madrid street apartment cemetery theater death depression redemption drug addiction friendship show business discovery
Young Esteban wants to become a writer and also to discover the identity of his second mother, a trans woman, carefully concealed by his mother Manuela.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
91 Minutes
Addison Timlin Ally Sheedy Keith Poulson Peter Hedges Barbara Crampton Kristin Slaysman Molly Plunk Rhonda Hansome
nun mother father brother friend family member cheeky hilarious creative church convent north carolina house street car religion love acceptance self-confidence identity
Young nun Colleen is avoiding all contact from her family, returning to her childhood home in Asheville NC, she finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth/metal posters.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
91 Minutes
David Schwimmer Janeane Garofalo Judah Friedlander Susan Lynch Dick Cavett Steve Schirripa Jerry Grayson Bill Buell John Krasinski Ramya Pratt Rachel Covey
card dealer alcoholic ex-wife casino owner best friend daughter somber offbeat melodramatic bleak moving charming atlantic city, n.j. casino bar house boardwalk courtroom alcoholism drunken driving
A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2007
113 Minutes
Laura Linney Philip Seymour Hoffman Philip Bosco Peter Friedman Gbenga Akinnagbe David Zayas Cara Seymour Tonye Patano
sister playwright brother professor author father emotional somber amusing sun city, ariz. funeral buffalo, n.y. nursing home siblings dementia family death dysfunction aging discovery
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2010
90 Minutes
Catherine Keener Amanda Peet Oliver Platt Rebecca Hall Ann Morgan Guilbert Sarah Steele Lois Smith Thomas Ian Nicholas
husband wife teen girl young woman sister grandmother quirky hysterical melodramatic new york city apartment antique shop conflict of interest infidelity teen angst business husband/wife relationship guilt transformation wretched excess
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Drama, Comedy
France|USA
2005
107 Minutes
Bill Murray Jeffrey Wright Sharon Stone Frances Conroy Jessica Lange Tilda Swinton Julie Delpy Mark Webber Chloë Sevigny Christopher McDonald Alexis Dziena
retiree girlfriend neighbor designer animal trainer real estate agent amusing winsome offbeat house car suburbia retirement nostalgia investigation family mystery discovery quest 2000s
As the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor moves Don to embark on a cross-country search for his old flames in search of answers.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
92 Minutes
Aaron Eckhart Maria Bello Cameron Bright Adam Brody Sam Elliott Katie Holmes David Koechner William H. Macy J.K. Simmons Robert Duvall Kim Dickens
lobbyist reporter son senator mother cheeky hedonistic playful washington, d.c. united states immorality satire lying parenthood redemption tobacco fall transformation discovery 2000s
Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year old son.
Comedy
USA
2004
109 Minutes
Zach Braff Ian Holm Ron Leibman Cliff "Method Man" Smith Natalie Portman Ann Dowd Denis O'Hare Peter Sarsgaard Michael Weston Jean Smart Jill Flint
actor girl father friend quirky offbeat amusing heartwarming new jersey small town cemetery reunion death family romance relationships love transformation discovery 2000s
A quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
124 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Hope Davis Dermot Mulroney Kathy Bates Len Cariou Howard Hesseman June Squibb Harry Groener
orphan insurance salesman salesman daughter retiree widower quirky witty emotional amusing sad heartwarming kansas colorado museum office cemetery death redemption aging
A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
Comedy
USA
1985
104 Minutes
Rosanna Arquette Madonna Aidan Quinn Mark Blum Robert Joy Laurie Metcalf Anna Levine Will Patton Peter Maloney Steven Wright John Turturro
housewife musician young woman husband young man mobster cheeky hilarious quirky new york city battery park disco street east village mistaken identity personal ads jewelry theft amnesia murder marital problems
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a kooky character she's read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.
Comedy, Drama
USA|UK
2005
90 Minutes
John Hawkes Miranda July Miles Thompson Brandon Ratcliff Carlie Westerman Natasha Slayton Najarra Townsend
single father teenager young boy artist neighbor quirky winsome offbeat suburbia united states father/son relationship new love divorce aspirations relationships love growing up discovery 2000s
A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2001
108 Minutes
Gene Hackman Anjelica Huston Ben Stiller Gwyneth Paltrow Luke Wilson Owen Wilson Danny Glover Bill Murray Seymour Cassel Kumar Pallana Grant Rosenmeyer
mother father adopted daughter tennis player son neighbor amusing confident quirky hotel house new york city family dysfunction divorce moving affair secret reunion discovery love
The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.
Comedy
USA
2002
97 Minutes
Pierre Reynaldo Rey Sacha Kemp Maurice Patton Tanya Boyd
loser thief homeless person ex-girlfriend friend neighbor cool hilarious sultry los angeles neighborhood house street jail backyard windfall greed robbery sexual advances popularity
Dre Mitchell is about to find out that being rich, or at least having everyone think you are rich can be a bitch. A thief steals cash from an armored truck crash and stashes the loot in ... See full summary »
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|Italy|Japan
2010
98 Minutes
Stephen Dorff Elle Fanning Chris Pontius Michelle Monaghan Laura Chiatti Simona Ventura Benicio Del Toro Lala Sloatman
actor daughter father party girl mother stripper dreamy offbeat melodramatic engaging touching dark hollywood, calif. hotel ice-skating rink italy car city father/daughter relationship debauchery
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.