20 movies like Old Joy, ordered by similarity : The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants(2005), Hera Pheri(1975), Is Anybody There?(2008), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood(2002), Mauvaises fréquentations(1999), Off the Black(2006), Vincent Wants to Sea(2010), The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey(2007), The Color of Friendship(2000), Somers Town(2008), Because of Winn-Dixie(2005), Giant Little Ones(2018) ...
Drama
USA
2006
76 Minutes
Will Oldham Daniel London Tanya Smith Robin Rosenberg Keri Moran
father friend hippie emotional intricate endearing wilderness oregon mountain parenthood friendship road trip memory camping drugs discovery transformation 2000s
Two old pals reunite for a camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
120 Minutes
Amber Tamblyn Alexis Bledel America Ferrera Blake Lively Jenna Boyd Bradley Whitford Nancy Travis Rachel Ticotin Mike Vogel Michael Rady Leonardo Nam
teen girl friend love interest father grandfather grandmother amusing emotional maryland south carolina mexico greece friendship family romance traveling coming of age teen angst transformation discovery
Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
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
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
116 Minutes
Sandra Bullock Ellen Burstyn Fionnula Flanagan James Garner Cherry Jones Ashley Judd Shirley Knight Angus Macfadyen Maggie Smith Jacqueline McKenzie Katy Selverstone
friend daughter playwright mother fiancé husband emotional touching heartwarming amusing new york city louisiana wedding kitchen small town beach memory parent/child relationship motherhood marriage
After years of mother-daughter tension, Siddalee receives a scrapbook detailing the wild adventures of the "Ya-Yas", her mother's girlhood friends.
Drama
France
1999
98 Minutes
Maud Forget Lou Doillon Micheline Presle Ariane Ascaride Robinson Stévenin Maxime Mansion Delphine Rich François Berléand Cyril Cagnat Dan Martin
high-school student friend boyfriend girlfriend teen girl teen boy emotional dark melodramatic hedonistic school party france nightclub sexual awakening friendship relationships first love loss of innocence prostitution
Delphine is a sweet innocent young girl, her new best friend pulls her into a world where she falls in love with a local pretty boy. Working her hardest to make him love her drags her into prostitution.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Nick Nolte Trevor Morgan Sonia Feigelson Rosemarie DeWitt Sally Kirkland Timothy Hutton Michael Higgins Noah Fleiss Marlyne Afflack Whitney Bashor James Ponsoldt
alcoholic student friend father emotional melodramatic endearing cemetery inner city house disillusionment death family dysfunction father/son relationship loneliness illness discovery transformation 2000s
An aging, disillusioned alcoholic (Nolte) gets a younger friend (Morgan) and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.
Drama
Germany
2010
96 Minutes
Karoline Herfurth Heino Ferch Katharina Müller-Elmau Karin Thaler Tim Seyfi Florian David Fitz Johannes Allmayer Ulrich Boris Pöppl
father therapist friend man cop amusing emotional touching sad germany italy sea therapist's office funeral car journey friendship chase epilepsy road trip
A young man suffering from Tourette's syndrome absconds from an institution with two other inhabitants to travel to Italy to fulfill his mother's last wish.
Other, Drama
UK
2007
90 Minutes
Tom Berenger Joely Richardson Luke Ward-Wilkinson Lia Williams Jenny O'Hara Ronald Pickup Elliot Cowan Derek Riddell
woodworker mother son young boy dead person friend engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming charming creative family home friendship relationships christmas emotion art adventure discovery
When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, ... See full summary »
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.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2008
75 Minutes
Thomas Turgoose Kate Dickie Piotr Jagiello Perry Benson Ireneusz Czop Elisa Lasowski Ben Porter Steven Hillman
teen boy best friend father love interest waitress photographer emotional bleak midlands london household coming of age friendship father/son relationship poverty family discovery escape 2000s
A black-and-white study of a social environment in London, concentrating on a pair of unlikely new friends and the girl they both fancy.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
2005
105 Minutes
AnnaSophia Robb Jeff Daniels Cicely Tyson Eva Marie Saint Dave Matthews Courtney Jines Elle Fanning Nick Price Luke Benward Lara Grice Julia LaShae
young girl dog father townsperson librarian friend emotional mushy florida small town trailer park supermarket library store loneliness friendship father/daughter relationship abandonment adoption alcoholism
A mischievous dog befriends a lonely young girl in a new town and helps her make new friends.
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.
Drama
USA
1993
93 Minutes
Phoebe Cates Bridget Fonda Tim Roth Eric Stoltz Alicia Witt Rich Wheeler Scott Johnson
salesman painter best friend girlfriend ex-girlfriend boyfriend quirky witty endearing arizona small town house desert small-town life self-discovery moving friendship love abandonment adventure
Nick is a feckless television salesman who gets fired and impulsively decides that he and his girlfriend, Beth, will move to Butte, MT, which he's read is "the city of the future." "I read ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
103 Minutes
James Franco Dave Franco Seth Rogen Zac Efron Alison Brie Paul Scheer Hannibal Buress Jerrod Carmichael Zoey Deutch Nathan Fielder Ari Graynor
director actor audience acting teacher friend filmmaker amusing hilarious emotional endearing passionate offbeat hollywood, calif. film set theater field restaurant apartment following your dreams filmmaker
When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Nick Robinson Josh Duhamel Jennifer Garner Tony Hale Katherine Langford Alexandra Shipp Logan Miller Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Keiynan Lonsdale Joey Pollari Miles Heizer
teen boy teenager family member friend love interest amusing cheeky emotional endearing heartwarming positive house high school coming out growing up teen romance family relationships friendship growing up
Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
2003
106 Minutes
Alice Teghil Sergio Castellitto Margherita Buy Carolina Iaquaniello Federica Sbrenna Claudio Amendola Galatea Ranzi Flavio Bucci Antonio Carnevale Paola Tiziana Cruciani Silvio Vannucci
teacher father mother young girl friend government official engaging spirited witty touching small town rome high school shopping mall cemetery rally father/daughter relationship new school friendship politics
Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.
Drama
USA
1996
88 Minutes
Lili Taylor Anna Grace Bruklin Harris Aunjanue Ellis Ramya Pratt Guillermo Díaz Ernestine Jackson Stephanie Berry Nathaniel Freeman Asia Minor Michael Imperioli
teen girl rape victim friend ex-boyfriend rapist unwed mother tender gutsy raw emotional new jersey high school baseball field diner classroom suicide troubled youth rape friendship female bonding
A look at a group of girl friends coming-of-age during their senior year of high school in urban America. Nikki and Emma have a heart to heart talk one evening about how much they'll miss ... See full summary »
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2006
78 Minutes
Matt McGrath Judah Friedlander Alan Cumming Amy Sedaris Jim Fyfe Jerry Grayson Deborah Harry Katie Kreisler Joie Lee
father husband young boy mother childhood friend bartender endearing playful spirited house car amusement park bar trailer florida road trip self-discovery friendship family responsibility
A man stuck in the reveries of his youth tracks down the boyhood friend he once tormented, only to find that simpler times were more complicated than he thought.
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.