20 movies like The Squid and the Whale, ordered by similarity : Your Friends & Neighbors(1998), The Pumpkin Eater(1964), Shadowlands(1993), The World of Apu(1959), Win Win(2011), American Splendor(2003), We the Animals(2018), Stand by Me(1986), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017), Iris(2001), Eat Pray Love(2010), Custody(2017) ...
7.3/10
Drama
USA
2005
80 Minutes
Jeff Daniels Laura Linney Jesse Eisenberg Owen Kline William Baldwin Halley Feiffer Anna Paquin Adam Rose
professor writer teen boy young boy ex-wife ex-husband emotional quirky raw brooklyn, n.y. house university museum divorce writers parenthood teen angst siblings aspirations growing up
Follows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1998
99 Minutes
Amy Brenneman Aaron Eckhart Catherine Keener Nastassja Kinski Jason Patric Ben Stiller Josh Dotson Lola Glaudini
husband wife writer professor lover doctor witty disturbing emotional raw united states city household art gallery hotel adultery marital problems love triangle bad behavior sex
Unhappy couples fall apart and hop into other beds with other people.
7.2/10
Drama
UK
1964
110 Minutes
Anne Bancroft Peter Finch James Mason Cedric Hardwicke Alan Webb Richard Johnson Maggie Smith Eric Porter
wife husband friend ex-husband psychiatrist father-in-law raw brooding emotional london windmill house psychiatrist's office hospital street marriage divorce infidelity mental illness parenthood
Londoner Jo and her third husband Jake live with six of her children but the marriage is strained by numerous factors. Her doctor thinks Jo uses childbirth as a rationale for sex. Jo's issues leave her in a fragile mental state.
7.3/10
Drama
UK
1993
130 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Debra Winger Edward Hardwicke Michael Denison Joseph Mazzello John Wood Robert Flemyng Peter Howell Peter Firth
writer poet son professor wife tender endearing sad oxford university pub england tragic death illness writers marriage may-december romance c.s. lewis discovery love transformation
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.
8.5/10
Drama
India
1959
103 Minutes
Alok Chakravarty Soumitra Chatterjee Sharmila Tagore Swapan Mukherjee
writer husband wife friend son emotional touching india calcutta, india marriage aspirations disillusionment grief growing up discovery love transformation 1950s
This final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2011
106 Minutes
Paul Giamatti Amy Ryan Bobby Cannavale Jeffrey Tambor Burt Young Melanie Lynskey Alex Shaffer Margo Martindale David Thompson Mike Diliello Nina Arianda
attorney coach wife daughter young boy wrestler charming heartwarming new jersey high school household courtroom wrestling aspirations competition teen angst family law growing up rivalry
A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.
7.4/10
Comedy, Biography, Drama
USA
2003
100 Minutes
Paul Giamatti Robert Pulcini Earl Billings James Urbaniak Judah Friedlander Robert Pulcini Toby Radloff Hope Davis Joyce Brabner Donal Logue Molly Shannon
writer wife friend engaging playful quirky cleveland ohio household writers romance blue collar comic books underdog love 2000s
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
6.9/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Raúl Castillo Sheila Vand Evan Rosado Isaiah Kristian Josiah Gabriel Michael Pemberton Amelia Campbell Giovanni Pacciarelli
brother mother father boy friend bleak brash emotional endearing moving house woods lake park upstate new york family dysfunction family relationships brother relationship growing up escape
Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
8.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1986
89 Minutes
Wil Wheaton River Phoenix Corey Feldman Jerry O'Connell Kiefer Sutherland Casey Siemaszko John Cusack Gary Riley
boy brother writer father friend bully brooding endearing oregon woods swamp junkyard youth expedition family dysfunction male bonding coming of age growing up discovery rivalry
After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
7.1/10
Drama, History, Biography
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Luke Evans Rebecca Hall Bella Heathcote Connie Britton Monica Giordano JJ Feild Chris Conroy Oliver Platt Maggie Castle Alexa Havins Sharon Kubo
professor writer inventor lover wife emotional sultry powerful passionate intricate inspiring harvard university massachusetts house stage classroom womanhood comic books threesome marriage
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
7.0/10
Drama
UK|USA
2001
90 Minutes
Judi Dench Jim Broadbent Kate Winslet Hugh Bonneville Penelope Wilton Juliet Aubrey Samuel West Timothy West Eleanor Bron Joan Bakewell Kris Marshall
writer philosopher student husband wife emotional endearing oxford, england household university aging love devotion iris murdoch love 1990s
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
5.8/10
Romance, Drama
USA
2010
140 Minutes
Julia Roberts James Franco Javier Bardem Richard Jenkins Viola Davis Billy Crudup Mike O'Malley Tuva Novotny Luca Argentero Giuseppe Gandini Andrea Di Stefano
writer love interest healer monk ex-husband husband emotional lighthearted uplifting italy india household monastery restaurant bali divorce romance aspirations meaning of life new love
A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
James Dean Natalie Wood Sal Mineo Jim Backus Ann Doran Corey Allen William Hopper Rochelle Hudson Virginia Brissac Nick Adams Jack Simmons
teenager girlfriend friend rival mother father dark emotional los angeles police station household abandoned building observatory teenage rebellion teen angst generation gap alienation family dysfunction accidental death growing up
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
114 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Meryl Streep Chris Cooper Tilda Swinton Cara Seymour Brian Cox Judy Greer Maggie Gyllenhaal Ron Livingston Jay Tavare Stephen Tobolowsky
screenwriter writer twin thief waitress quirky frenetic household jungle movie set restaurant new york city swamp evolution movie making robbery romance writer's block obsession pursuit
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
7.2/10
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.
5.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1984
114 Minutes
Drew Barrymore Ryan O'Neal Shelley Long Sam Wanamaker Allen Goorwitz Sharon Stone David Paymer David Graf
father mother daughter director writer filmmaker melodramatic emotional hollywood, calif. household divorce family dysfunction childhood work vs. family infidelity parenthood love discovery 1980s
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
7.2/10
Drama
UK|Sweden|USA
2017
100 Minutes
Glenn Close Jonathan Pryce Christian Slater Annie Starke Harry Lloyd Max Irons Alix Wilton Regan Karin Franz Körlof Michael Benz Twinnie-Lee Moore
wife husband writer emotional brooding solemn rousing house party college lecture hall sacrifice talent dreams deferred career writing compromising situation love rise underdog
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1997
88 Minutes
David Strathairn Bonnie Bedelia Saul Rubinek Caroleen Feeney Julie Harris
academic professor husband wife girlfriend musicologist emotional tense witty massachusetts college town household marital problems academia egoism jealousy bad behavior rivalry 1990s
Wes and Nancy are a married academics couple. One day they host Nancy's long-ago lover Matt and his current sexy girlfriend Kim. Matt is a musician and Kim is a computer specialist who ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1982
125 Minutes
Albert Finney Diane Keaton Dana Hill Peter Weller Karen Allen Viveka Davis Tracey Gold Tina Yothers George Murdock Leora Dana Irving Metzman
husband wife daughter pretty woman contractor intense emotional california countryside household infidelity marital problems parenthood deception love temptation discovery 1980s
A mother of four is abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. Husband, wife and children struggle to survive the seemingly inevitable divorce.
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