20 movies like The Jimmy Show, ordered by similarity : Festival(2005), L'économie du couple(2016), Stella Dallas(1937), Kings and Queen(2004), Black Rain(1988), Looking for Eric(2009), Funny Cow(2017), Nine Lives(2005), A Delicate Balance(1973), Samsara(2001), Make Way for Tomorrow(1937), The Tarnished Angels(1957) ...
5.2/10
Drama
USA
2002
96 Minutes
Frank Whaley Carla Gugino Ethan Hawke Lynn Cohen Jillian Stacom
stock boy inventor wife stoner coach comedian amusing bleak melodramatic comedy club supermarket family home failure aspirations inventions stand-up comedy marriage illness underdog discovery
A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.
Comedy, Drama
2005
107 Minutes
Lyndsey Marshal Amelia Bullmore Daniela Nardini Chris O'Dowd Billy Carter Raquel Cassidy Stephen Mangan Jonah Lotan Clive Russell Lucy Punch Gabriel Quigley
struggling actor judge television star competitor assistant comedian madcap suspenseful amusing edinburgh, scotland festival comedy club stage acting jealousy drinking comedy competition fame rivalry
Drama
2016
100 Minutes
Bérénice Bejo Cédric Kahn Marthe Keller Jade Soentjens Margaux Soentjens Catherine Salée Philippe Jeusette Pascal Rogard
wife husband child ex-partner mother father amusing emotional melodramatic heartwarming intense engaging france house relationships love family unhappy marriage money discovery
Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce after 15 years of marriage. Tensions rise when cash-strapped Boris must continue to live with Marie and the two children while trying to figure out how to divide the assets.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck John Boles Dawn O'Day Barbara O'Neil Alan Hale Marjorie Main Edmund Elton George Walcott Gertrude Short Tim Holt Nella Walker
mother wife daughter husband father wealthy man melodramatic uneasy engaging camp massachusetts small town mill family home mother/daughter relationship divorce class distinctions marriage family relationships
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
France
2004
150 Minutes
Emmanuelle Devos Mathieu Amalric Catherine Deneuve Maurice Garrel Nathalie Boutefeu Jean-Paul Roussillon Magalie Woch Hippolyte Girardot Noémie Lvovsky Elsa Wolliaston Geoffrey Carey
father daughter grandchild ex-lover fiancé emotional grenoble, france mental institution family home paris family terminal illness love marriage mental illness transformation quest 2000s
Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.
Drama
1988
122 Minutes
Yoshiko Tanaka Kazuo Kitamura Etsuko Ichihara Shôichi Ozawa Norihei Miki Keisuke Ishida
young woman uncle aunt poor person survivor bleak touching brutal emotional hiroshima, japan village family home city hiroshima bombing radiation illness social standing marriage family underdog
Five years after World War II, Hiroshima's survivors still struggle with the memories of their horrible ordeal.
7.2/10
Drama, Comedy
UK|France|Italy|Belgium|Spain
2009
116 Minutes
Steve Evets Stephanie Bishop Gerard Kearns Stefan Gumbs Lucy-Jo Hudson Cole Williams Dylan Williams Matthew McNulty Laura Ainsworth Max Beesley Kelly Bowland
postal worker son daughter eric cantona gangster ex-wife amusing emotional engaging hospital house post office england soccer family parenthood divorce responsibility hard times discovery
Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
2017
102 Minutes
Stephen Graham Paddy Considine Maxine Peake Alun Armstrong Christine Bottomley Kevin Eldon Tony Pitts Hannah Walters Diane Morgan Adam Gillen John Bishop
comedian woman abusive boyfriend love interest amusing charming confident emotional heartwarming playful northern england comedy club comedy rise to stardom forbidden love temptation transformation underdog quest 20th century
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
6.7/10
Drama
USA|Mexico
2005
112 Minutes
Kathy Baker Amy Brenneman Elpidia Carrillo Glenn Close Stephen Dillane Dakota Fanning William Fichtner LisaGay Hamilton Holly Hunter Jason Isaacs Joe Mantegna
divorcée sick person prisoner old flame teen girl woman tender moving intricate melodramatic jail hospital family home supermarket graveyard mother/daughter relationship family dysfunction estrangement reunion illness
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
6.7/10
Drama
UK|Canada|USA
1973
132 Minutes
husband wife sister daughter friend bleak emotional intense sad connecticut family home small town bedroom family divorce marriage alcoholism grief anxiety love
A well-to-do Connecticut family is upended when the grown daughter's godparents, seized by a nameless terror, decide to come live with them.
7.8/10
Romance, Drama
India|Germany|France|Italy|Switzerland
2001
138 Minutes
Shawn Ku Christy Chung Neelesha BaVora Lhakpa Tsering Tenzin Tashi Jamayang Jinpa Sherab Sangey Kelsang Tashi Tsepak Tsangpo
monk mentor wife servant melodramatic intricate profound india himalayas monastery family home cave countryside crisis of faith spirituality devotion lust marriage new life quest
A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's ... See full summary »
8.2/10
Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Victor Moore Beulah Bondi Fay Bainter Thomas Mitchell Porter Hall Barbara Read Maurice Moscovich Elisabeth Risdon Minna Gombell Ray Mayer
husband wife son daughter daughter-in-law young boy bleak emotional somber family home aging poverty family marriage grief love sacrifice 1930s
An elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1957
87 Minutes
Rock Hudson Robert Stack Dorothy Malone Jack Carson Robert Middleton Alan Reed Alexander Lockwood Chris Olsen Robert Wilke Troy Donahue William Schallert
journalist stunt pilot wife mechanic son showman melodramatic thrilling passionate striking new orleans carnival air show party family home airplane obsession aviation love triangle unhappy marriage
Story of a friendship between an eccentric journalist and a daredevil barnstorming pilot.
Kids & Family, Drama
1957
83 Minutes
Dorothy McGuire Fess Parker Tommy Kirk Kevin Corcoran Jeff York Beverly Washburn Chuck Connors
boy mother father dog brother endearing heartwarming sad texas ranch household childhood friendship family pets farming bravery growing up discovery sacrifice
A teenage boy (Tommy Kirk) grows to love a stray yellow dog while running his Texas homestead with his father (Fess Parker) away.
7.6/10
Drama
West Germany
1976
105 Minutes
Margit Carstensen Brigitte Mira Ingrid Caven Armin Meier Irm Hermann Gottfried John
husband wife daughter son photographer communist disturbing melodramatic profound factory family home dining room street frankfurt, germany workplace violence media circus family grief hostage situation mother/daughter relationship
Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her ... See full summary »
7.2/10
Crime, Drama, Comedy
Brazil
2003
112 Minutes
Murilo Benício Cláudia Abreu Natália Lage Jorge Dória José Wilker Agildo Ribeiro Perfeito Fortuna André Gonçalves Amir Haddad Moska André Barros
vigilante hairdresser thug teen girl friend cop gritty gutsy amusing bleak slum brazil bar salon apartment unexpected success vigilantism love triangle marriage pregnancy
Maiquel has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This little event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which Maiquel goes from nobody to hero to outlaw--all in 24 hours.
7.2/10
Drama
Japan
1983
140 Minutes
Keiko Kishi Yoshiko Sakuma Sayuri Yoshinaga Yûko Kotegawa Juzo Itami Koji Ishizaka
sister wife rebel bank employee accountant daughter amusing charming melodramatic osaka, japan family home sister relationship marriage world war ii occupation shyness social standing adventure love rivalry
The orphaned Makioka sisters look for a husband for their third sister, Yukiko, as the rebellious youngest sister, Taeko, is kept waiting her turn.
7.8/10
Drama
India
1960
98 Minutes
Sharmila Tagore Soumitra Chatterjee Chhabi Biswas Purnendu Mukherjee Karuna Bannerjee Arpan Chowdhury Anil Chatterjee Kali Sarkar Mohammed Israil Khagesh Chakravarti Santa Devi
husband wife father brother nephew sick person solemn touching sad tender rural community family home front porch india healing reincarnation mental illness father/son relationship crisis of faith family
A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali.
7.9/10
Adventure, Crime, Drama
Japan
2018
121 Minutes
Lily Franky Sakura Andô Mayu Matsuoka Kirin Kiki Jyo Kairi Miyu Sasaki Sôsuke Ikematsu
shoplifter man outsider child orphan abusive father engaging playful charming amusing emotional melodramatic japan house prison family happiness shoplifting child abuse crime
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
5.6/10
Drama
USA
1994
110 Minutes
Peter Weller Judy Davis Patrick Bauchau Corbin Bernsen Jonathan Hadary Patricia Heaton Samuel L. Jackson Audra Lindley Paula Marshall Maureen Mueller Tanya Pohlkotte
agent guru husband wife shop owner yuppie brash amusing offbeat dark los angeles shop house desert new age movement self-discovery new life marriage husband/wife relationship open marriage
Episodic story about a yuppie couple who're going broke, and can't decide if they want to stay together - but openly sleep around and experiment with different lifestyles, or not.
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1958
108 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Paul Newman Burl Ives Jack Carson Judith Anderson Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood Larry Gates Vaughn Taylor Patty Ann Gerrity Robert "Rusty" Stevens Brian Corcoran
alcoholic wife father brother mother sister-in-law sultry melodramatic mississippi family home marriage family love money rivalry quest 1950s
Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
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