20 movies like The Matchmaker, ordered by similarity : Corporate(2017), Samba(2014), Early Summer(1951), The Wind Will Carry Us(1999), The Skeleton Twins(2014), Picture Bride(1994), The Work Wife(2018), The Browning Version(1994), Tracktown(2016), Smoking Room(2002), Dancing in September(2000), Hedi(2016) ...
Drama
USA
2010
112 Minutes
Adir Miller Dror Keren Dov Navon Yarden Bar-Kochba Maya Dagan Tuval Shafir Neta Porat Bat-el Papura Kobi Faraj Yael Levental Tom Gal
matchmaker boy holocaust survivor engaging port city office work marriage change transformation 19th century
Four young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
95 Minutes
Céline Sallette Lambert Wilson Stéphane de Groodt Violaine Fumeau Alice De Lencquesaing Camille Japy Hyam Zaytoun Arnaud Bedouet Charlie Anson Pierre-Loup Silhol Xavier De Guillebon
manager business woman suicide suicidal person bully colleague engaging melodramatic emotional gripping intense bleak office building office work office politics corporate office life happiness bullying change
Emilie, one of the Human Resources Managers at the Esen multinational, has recently been chosen by her superior Stéphane Froncart for her elegant ruthlessness. She indeed has the ability to... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
France
2014
119 Minutes
Omar Sy Olivier Nakache Charlotte Gainsbourg Tahar Rahim Izïa Higelin Youngar Fall Isaka Sawadogo Hélène Vincent Christiane Millet Clotilde Mollet Liya Kebede
worker fly illegal immigrant friend social worker engaging amusing suspenseful emotional heartwarming paris france construction site government offices unemployment office street welfare love organization race against time
Senegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He's arrested and befriends the woman helping him with legal matters as volunteer after a burnout at work. He's released after being told to leave France. Chemistry?
Drama
1951
124 Minutes
Setsuko Hara Chishu Ryu Kuniko Miyake Chikage Awashima Chieko Higashiyama Kuniko Igawa Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
career woman daughter brother mother father businessman emotional moving tokyo family home office city japan marriage tradition independence family working woman love triangle love
Drama
Iran|France
1999
118 Minutes
Behzad Dourani
engineer relative young boy assistant townsperson old woman engaging intricate offbeat emotional iran city rural community village house road cultural differences aging unlikely friendship fitting in
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
91 Minutes
Bill Hader Kristen Wiig Luke Wilson Ty Burrell Boyd Holbrook Joanna Gleason Kathleen Rose Perkins Paul Castro Jr.
twin brother sister husband mother lover charming heartwarming inspiring melodramatic touching city house doctor's office bar gym office family dysfunction estrangement homosexuality
Having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.
Drama
Japan|USA
1994
98 Minutes
Youki Kudoh Akira Takayama Tamlyn Tomita Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Toshirô Mifune Yoko Sugi
wife husband friend boss spokeswoman engaging dreamy moving sad hawaii plantation arranged marriage immigrants worker's rights abusive marriage labor tragic death transformation escape 1910s
Riyo marries a man more than twice her age. She is devastated and labors in the sugar cane field. At the end she is able to love her husband.
Drama
USA
2018
86 Minutes
Cerina Vincent Elizabeth Harnois Kevin Sizemore Preeti Desai Lester Purry Jay Pickett Blaise Brooks Anthony Turk
colleague husband wife copywriter professional engaging striking suspenseful office united states family home workplace affair career work work vs. family escape pursuit 2010s
Erik is totally blind and is solo kayaking the length of the Grand Canyon. In Lava Falls, a large dangerous rapid, he discovers that despite what people might say, barriers can be real and they hurt .. a lot.
Drama
UK
1994
97 Minutes
Albert Finney Greta Scacchi Matthew Modine Julian Sands Michael Gambon Ben Silverstone Maryam d'Abo Jim Sturgess
husband wife teacher lover student schoolboy schoolteacher gripping engaging school england boarding school marriage career failed marriage affair education retirement transformation discovery
On the verge of forced resignation, a strict old-fashioned teacher rethinks his life.
Drama
USA
2016
89 Minutes
Alexi Pappas Alexi Pappas Chase Offerle Rachel Dratch Andy Buckley Rebecca Friday Sasha Spencer Remy Teicher Nick Symmond
athlete coach teammate fan baker confident emotional engaging passionate olympics track house oregon city training work-life balance physical transformation discovery growing up love
A young, talented, and lonely long-distance runner twists her ankle as she prepares for the Olympic Trials and must do something she's never done before: take a day off.
Drama
Spain
2002
89 Minutes
Antonio Dechent Roger Gual Juan Diego Ulises Dumont Eduard Fernández Francesc Garrido Chete Lera Manuel Morón Francesc Orella Vicky Peña
office worker friend boss engaging spirited spain office building office politics smoking culture clash defiance corporate culture underdog quest 2000s
A man tries to get a smoking room approved at the company he works at. While there is initial support from other employees, many end up backing out and change their opinions towards how the company should be run.
Drama
USA
2000
107 Minutes
Nicole Parker Isaiah Washington Vicellous Shannon Malinda Williams Jay Underwood Michael Cavanaugh Mel Jackson Jenifer Lewis Marcia Cross Estelle Harris Juanita Jennings
television producer screenwriter actor network executive actress girlfriend lighthearted witty hollywood, calif. television studio office household street television show business workplace romance egoism workplace politics racial issues transformation
A black female TV producer struggles in Hollywood.
Drama
2016
88 Minutes
Majd Mastoura Rym Ben Messaoud Sabah Bouzouita Omnia Ben Ghali Hakim Boumsaoudi Arwa Ben Smail
dancing girl fiancée mother office worker family member heartwarming family home beach car city tunisia hotel drawing love at first sight arranged marriage spiritual journey road trip conformity love 2010s
Hedi's mother arranges his marriage, his boss sends him on a work trip, and his older brother lectures him on how to behave. But when Hedi meets a woman while away on business, he falls in love as the wedding preparations continue apace back home.
Drama
Japan
1962
115 Minutes
Shima Iwashita Shinichiro Mikami Keiji Sada Chishu Ryu
widower son daughter teen boy suitor fiancé amusing touching solemn tokyo household wedding japan family arranged marriage fatherhood aging father/son relationship responsibility transformation
An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
Romance, Comedy, Drama, Music
Ireland|UK
2016
106 Minutes
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Lucy Boynton Jack Reynor Aidan Gillen Maria Doyle Kennedy Mark McKenna Kelly Thornton Ian Kenny Ben Carolan Percy Chamburuka Karl Rice
teen boy teen girl friend band member parent older brother amusing charming cheeky confident engaging inspiring uplifting dublin harbor street city home high school band
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Japan
2003
102 Minutes
Bill Murray Scarlett Johansson Giovanni Ribisi Anna Faris Fumihiro Hayashi Catherine Lambert Gregory Pekar Richard Allen
movie star newlywed photographer actress calm offbeat engaging quirky tokyo hotel aging boredom marriage friendship disillusionment travel quest transformation love 2000s
A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.
Action, Crime, Drama
India
2012
141 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Sanjay Dutt Rana Daggubati Deepak Tijori Anjana Sukhani Vijay Raaz Nathalia Kaur Lakshmi Manchu
young man police officer police chief gangster don politician gripping thrilling intense powerful india city mumbai street police station office gangsters underworld police work going undercover
A suspended cop joins hands with inspector Mahadev Bhonsle to free the city from underworld.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama
USA
2008
128 Minutes
Sean Penn Emile Hirsch Josh Brolin Diego Luna James Franco Alison Pill Victor Garber Denis O'Hare Joseph Cross Stephen Spinella Lucas Grabeel
harvey milk police officer politician assassin hippie dan white moving emotional engaging san francisco new york city household store assassination politics social change deception homosexuality rise transformation
The story of Harvey Milk and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.
Comedy
2012
145 Minutes
Antonia Thomas Ophelia Lovibond Paul Kaye Luke Newberry Tom Hughes Montserrat Lombard Pippa Haywood Robert Wilfort
office worker boss coworker squatter love interest caller amusing witty engaging hilarious profound touching bristol, england work-life balance office romance office politics satire eviction living arrangements growing up
Drama
UK
2006
98 Minutes
Thomas Turgoose Stephen Graham Jo Hartley Andrew Shim Joseph Gilgun Vicky McClure Rosamund Hanson Andrew Ellis Perry Benson George Newton Frank Harper
skinhead racist young boy ex-convict friend girlfriend disheartening unrestrained touching cleethorpes, england street city racism coming of age working class nationalism father figure gangs growing up rivalry
A young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.
Romance, War, Drama
USA
2009
112 Minutes
Ben Foster Woody Harrelson Samantha Morton Jena Malone Steve Buscemi Michael Chernus Halley Feiffer Peter Friedman Kevin Hagan Jenny Kirlin Sam Kitchin
soldier officer veteran girlfriend mentor widow engaging melodramatic sad hospital office house gym suburb dining room military life returning home post-traumatic stress disorder new life unlikely romance
An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.