20 movies like Oldboys, ordered by similarity : It's Kind of a Funny Story(2010), Elling(2001), Shower(1999), Jackie(2016), Common Places(2002), My Life as a Dog(1985), It's a Wonderful Life(1946), Vodka Lemon(2003), The Disaster Artist(2017), Kings and Queen(2004), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel(2011), Transamerica(2005) ...
6.5/10
Drama, Comedy
Denmark|Sweden
2009
95 Minutes
Kristian Halken Robert Hansen Laura Christensen Leif Sylvester Ole Thestrup Elith Nykjær Jørgensen Niels Skousen Bodil Jørgensen Ralph Carlsson Shanti Roney Nikolaj Steen
older man criminal john emotional sweden bus men road trip team transformation
Now in his fifties, Vagn leads a solitary life and plays football with a group of similarly aged men, some even older. After being left behind at a petrol station by his teammates on their ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2010
100 Minutes
Ryan Fleck Keir Gilchrist Zach Galifianakis Emma Roberts Viola Davis Lauren Graham Jim Gaffigan Zoë Kravitz Aasif Mandvi Jeremy Davies Karen Chilton
teen boy mental patient teen girl doctor mentor endearing emotional amusing mental institution prep school suicide mental illness friendship meaning of life self-discovery therapy fall transformation rise 2010s
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
7.5/10
Comedy, Drama
Norway
2001
84 Minutes
Per Christian Ellefsen Sven Nordin Per Christensen Jørgen Langhelle Marit Pia Jacobsen Hilde Olausson Ola Otnes
son mentally challenged person friend roommate amusing touching charming offbeat apartment mental institution restaurant oslo, norway friendship mental illness phobias poetry roommates adventure discovery transformation
When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, Elling, a sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and... See full summary »
7.5/10
Drama
China
1999
95 Minutes
Zhu Xu Pu Quanxin Jiang Wu Li Ding Feng Shun He Bing Du Peng Sui Yongqing
young man businessman father brother mentally disabled person heartwarming quirky emotional beijing china bathhouse city apartment cultural differences family business aging marriage class distinctions transformation
A young wealthy businessman's icy attitude toward his working-class background is about to thaw as he is forced to reconnect with his elderly father and mentally challenged younger brother, who together run a public bathhouse.
Biography, Drama, History
2016
99 Minutes
Natalie Portman Peter Sarsgaard Greta Gerwig Billy Crudup John Hurt Richard E. Grant John Carroll Lynch Beth Grant Max Casella Caspar Phillipson
jacqueline kennedy john f. kennedy lyndon baines johnson lady bird johnson president husband brooding dreamy emotional gripping washington, d.c. government offices home assassination mourning death single mothers legacy regret fall
The assassination of JFK is seen through the eyes of Jackie Kennedy. The days leading up to the tragedy and the immediate aftermath are chronicled, as experienced by the First Lady, wife of the charismatic president and mother of two small children.
7.6/10
Drama
Spain|Argentina
2002
112 Minutes
Federico Luppi Mercedes Sampietro Arturo Puig Carlos Santamaría Yael Barnatán Valentina Bassi Claudio Rissi María Fiorentino
professor wife son lawyer husband emotional tender argentina college apartment household farm retirement unhappy marriage father/son relationship abandonment business writing fall transformation
In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1985
100 Minutes
Anton Glanzelius Tomas von Brömssen Melinda Kinnaman Anki Liden Kicki Rundgren Ing-Marie Carlsson Leif Ericsson Christina Carlwind
boy friend emotional gripping sweden small town abandonment transformation 1950s
A boy (Anton Glanzelius), obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle (Tomas von Brömssen) in 1959 Sweden.
8.6/10
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1946
129 Minutes
James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore Thomas Mitchell Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Frank Faylen Ward Bond Gloria Grahame H.B. Warner Frank Albertson
angel friend wife uncle businessperson banker heartwarming emotional charming new york state store small town christmas big business suicide marriage money ambition fall rescue
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
France|Italy|Switzerland|Armenia
2003
90 Minutes
Romen Avinian Lala Sarkissian Ivan Franek Armen Marutyan Astrik Avaguian Rousanne Mesropian Zahal Karielachvili
widower father poor person bar owner kurd widow charming touching quirky graveyard bar armenia village bus friendship small-town life bereavement romance sympathy soviet union
In a remote, isolated Yazidi Kurdish village in post-Soviet Armenia, Hamo, a widower with a pitiful pension and three worthless sons, travels daily to his wife's grave. There he meets the ... See full summary »
7.4/10
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.
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.
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA|United Arab Emirates
2011
124 Minutes
Judi Dench Maggie Smith Bill Nighy Penelope Wilton Tom Wilkinson Celia Imrie Ronald Pickup Dev Patel Tena Desae Sid Makkar
older woman older man retiree friend nurse indian touching uplifting amusing retirement home india england retirement friendship aging relocation culture clash discovery adventure transformation
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.
7.4/10
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
103 Minutes
Felicity Huffman Kevin Zegers Fionnula Flanagan Graham Greene Burt Young Elizabeth Peña Bianca Leigh Jon Budinoff Carrie Preston Maurice Orozco
transsexual son rancher mother therapist emotional uplifting positive los angeles new york city prison phoenix car road trip father/son relationship car theft sexual abuse sex change sexual identity transformation
A preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
7.0/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2015
106 Minutes
Al Pacino Annette Bening Jennifer Garner Bobby Cannavale Christopher Plummer Josh Peck Melissa Benoist Giselle Eisenberg
john lennon aging musician rocker man amusing moving madcap united states aging music music business new life change growing up discovery transformation wretched excess temptation 2010s
An aging rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old letter written to him by John Lennon.
7.6/10
Drama
USA
1948
108 Minutes
mental patient husband psychiatrist disturbing emotional gripping mental institution united states household mental illness marriage romance childhood psychoanalysis fall love transformation 1940s
A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.
6.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2009
93 Minutes
Robin Wright Keanu Reeves Alan Arkin Julianne Moore Winona Ryder Maria Bello Monica Bellucci Zoe Kazan Ryan McDonald Blake Lively Robin Weigert
private double mother emotional settlement retirement home troubled past marriage journey transformation 2000s
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
6.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1968
114 Minutes
Sandy Dennis Anthony Newley Theodore Bikel Burr DeBenning Sandy Baron Marj Dusay Martin West Virginia Vincent King Moody Robert Gibbons
sick person free spirit businessman emotional moving tender brooklyn, n.y. apartment love affair heartbreak terminal illness love transformation 1960s
A woman lures emotionally crippled men into affairs, then helps them repair their lives.
6.9/10
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
92 Minutes
Josh Hartnett Radha Mitchell Gary Cole Sheila Kelley Erica Leerhsen John Carroll Lynch Nate Mooney Rusty Schwimmer Robert Wisdom Allen Evangelista
autistic person doctor boss taxi driver love interest savant intense inspiring emotional new york city apartment zoo taxi mental illness husband/wife relationship mathematics accident relationships therapy love
A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1951
122 Minutes
Marlon Brando Vivien Leigh Kim Hunter Karl Malden Rudy Bond Nick Dennis Peg Hillias Wright King Richard Garrick Mickey Kuhn Charles Wagenheim
sister husband wife emotional tense sultry new orleans city apartment abuse disillusionment family marriage mental illness fall rivalry 1950s
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
Drama
2008
96 Minutes
Reza Naji Hamid Aghazi Maryam Akbari Kamran Dehghan Schabnam Akhlaghi Neshat Nazari Hassan Rezaee Ponya Salehi
laborer wife deaf child father taxi driver businessman emotional amusing powerful tehran, iran countryside ostrich farm road construction site journey poverty unemployment city vs. country mistaken identity father/daughter relationship
The kind and generous nature of a former ostrich farmer (Reza Naji) starts to erode after he takes a job in the city driving a motorcycle taxi.
5.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
91 Minutes
Melanie Lynskey Linas Phillips Timm Sharp Tobin Bell Lauren Weedman Artemis Pebdani Jay Duplass Reagan Yates
man mentally impaired person brother girlfriend father woman cheeky emotional fascinating house park hospital store restaurant bedroom mental impairment growing up family love jealousy
A developmentally delayed 40 year old man named Shonzi is sent to live with his brother Todd. But when Shonzi develops a crush on Todd's new girlfriend Lindsay, he threatens to reveal past ... See full summary »
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