20 movies like J.T. LeRoy, ordered by similarity : Down to the Bone(2004), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot(2018), After Louie(2017), Lautrec(1998), My Art(2016), Conversations With My Gardener(2007), Lady Bird(2017), Carol(2015), Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench(2009), Adaptation(2002), As Good as It Gets(1997), Me and You and Everyone We Know(2005) ...
Drama
2018
108 Minutes
Kristen Stewart Laura Dern Jim Sturgess Diane Kruger Kelvin Harrison Jr. Courtney Love James Jagger Stella Maxwell Adam Hurtig David Lawrence Brown Alicia Johnston
author artist impostor quirky moving new york united states false identity alter ego transformation 2000s
A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be the celebrated author JT LeRoy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
2004
101 Minutes
Vera Farmiga Hugh Dillon Clint Jordan Taylor Foxhall
drug addict husband child nurse wife moving raw upstate new york new york city rehabilitation program addiction daunting task marriage new love mother/child relationship love transformation temptation rescue 2000s
A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.
6.9/10
Comedy, Biography, Drama
France|USA
2018
113 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Jonah Hill Rooney Mara Jack Black Carrie Brownstein Beth Ditto Kim Gordon Udo Kier
handicapped person alcoholic artist friend girlfriend family member inspiring intense emotional powerful quirky witty portland, ore. house doctor's office ambulance street strip club artistic struggle therapy
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
5.6/10
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Alan Cumming Zachary Booth Sarita Choudhury Patrick Breen Justin Bond Wilson Cruz Everett Quinton Anthony Johnston David Drake Joey Arias
artist activist friend lover aids victim profound cool creative emotional endearing raw artist's studio new york city apartment artistic struggle aids activism dating homosexuality relationships
After Louie explores the contradictions of modern gay life and history through Sam, a man desperate to understand how he and his community got to where they are today.
6.7/10
Biography, Drama
France|Spain
1998
127 Minutes
Régis Royer Elsa Zylberstein Anémone Claude Rich Jean-Marie Bigard Helene Babu Claire Borotra Alexandra Pandev Amanda Rubenstein Florence Viala Micha Lescot
toulouse-lautrec artist wealthy man aristocrat frenchman woman engaging charming creative emotional lighthearted melodramatic villa france paris artist's studio café nightclub art ambition
Life, passion, love...all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec's art. His artistic development among the masters of the postimpressionism.
Comedy, Drama
2016
86 Minutes
Parker Posey Lena Dunham John Rothman Joshua Safdie Robert Clohessy Barbara Sukowa Al Thompson Grace Dunham Laurie Simmons Benjamin Eakeley Garland Hunter
artist friend dog man amusing charming emotional endearing cheeky creative new york city gallery office garden restaurant artistic struggle creative process creative block friendship small town
Frustrated by her lack of recognition, a middle-aged artist leaves the city for upstate New York to regain her creative spark.
Comedy, Drama
2007
109 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Jean-Pierre Darroussin Fanny Cottençon Alexia Barlier
painter gardener artist former classmate man friend amusing heartwarming charming uplifting lighthearted melodramatic france paris rural community countryside garden lake friendship relationships
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
7.2/10
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
6.0/10
Musical, Romance, Drama
USA
2009
82 Minutes
Jason Palmer Desiree Garcia Sandha Khin Frank Garvin Alma Prelec Andre Hayward
trumpeter graduate student musician girlfriend dancer creative offbeat charming moving new york city boston subway park bench romance cheating romantic dilemma breakup music love
After connecting with the shy Madeline, a jazz trumpeter embarks on a quest for a more gregarious paramour, but through a series of twists and turns punctuated by an original score, the two lovers seem destined to be together.
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.
7.7/10
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
1997
138 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Helen Hunt Greg Kinnear Cuba Gooding Jr. Skeet Ulrich Shirley Knight Yeardley Smith Lupe Ontiveros
writer artist neighbor waitress psychiatrist dog quirky emotional new york city apartment diner romance friendship homosexuality confrontation obsessive-compulsive disorder redemption discovery love transformation
A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
7.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA|UK
2005
90 Minutes
John Hawkes Miranda July Miles Thompson Brandon Ratcliff Carlie Westerman Natasha Slayton Najarra Townsend
single father teenager young boy artist neighbor quirky winsome offbeat suburbia united states father/son relationship new love divorce aspirations relationships love growing up discovery 2000s
A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.
7.9/10
Drama
USA
1959
125 Minutes
Lana Turner John Gavin Sandra Dee Dan O'Herlihy Susan Kohner Robert Alda Juanita Moore Mahalia Jackson Troy Donahue
actress caretaker daughter playwright detective engaging moving melodramatic new york city california beach house ambition career fame identity mother/daughter relationship race relations pursuit rise
An aspiring white actress takes in an African-American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.
7.6/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2001
108 Minutes
Gene Hackman Anjelica Huston Ben Stiller Gwyneth Paltrow Luke Wilson Owen Wilson Danny Glover Bill Murray Seymour Cassel Kumar Pallana Grant Rosenmeyer
mother father adopted daughter tennis player son neighbor amusing confident quirky hotel house new york city family dysfunction divorce moving affair secret reunion discovery love
The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1978
93 Minutes
Diane Keaton Geraldine Page E.G. Marshall Kristin Griffith Mary Beth Hurt Richard Jordan Maureen Stapleton Sam Waterston Henderson Forsythe
mother father sister actress artist author brooding dark touching family home apartment new york divorce family transformation love 1970s
Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Argentina
2007
111 Minutes
Jorge Adrián Espíndola Armando Hernández Jesús Ochoa Paola Mendoza Eugenio Derbez Leonardo Anzures Jean Brassard Barbara Danicka
son con artist father prostitute police officer gritty moving powerful new york city mexico restaurant father/son relationship illegal immigration prostitution identity theft impersonation smuggling adventure growing up pursuit
A Mexican boy smuggles himself to Brooklyn to meet his long-lost father - only to have his identity stolen upon arrival by an impostor who seeks to steal the fathers' fortune.
7.6/10
Drama
USA
2002
134 Minutes
Edward Norton Philip Seymour Hoffman Barry Pepper Rosario Dawson Anna Paquin Brian Cox Tony Siragusa Levani Outchaneichvili Misha Kuznetsov Isiah Whitlock Jr. Michael Genet
drug dealer girlfriend teacher gangster father dark solemn sad new york city nightclub bar apartment prison family absence drug trade male bonding new york city love transformation
Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.
6.0/10
Drama
USA
2001
98 Minutes
Eleanor Hutchins Larry Fessenden Holly Ramos Jonah Leland Barbara Sicuranza Amanda Vogel Macha Ross Kristin Di Spaltro Will Keenan Michael Joseph Buscemi
single mother son artist writer roommate old friend endearing engaging amusing emotional new york city apartment brooklyn, n.y. bar parenthood music friendship drug addiction responsibility temptation
Five "disreputable" women from Brooklyn meet in the late-afternoon hours to throw back half-price drink specials and bitch uninhibitedly about life, libidos and lactation.
7.1/10
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2004
94 Minutes
Anthony Mackie Roger Robinson Larry Gilliard Jr. Aunjanue Ellis Duane Boutte Daniel Sunjata Alex Burns Ray Ford Bradley Cole Michael Duvert
painter poet author playwright father uplifting endearing new york city homeless shelter studio harlem renaissance homosexuality homophobia art mentorship historical events underdog growing up discovery 2000s
A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
6.3/10
Comedy, Biography, Drama
UK
2017
90 Minutes
Geoffrey Rush Armie Hammer Clémence Poésy Tony Shalhoub James Faulkner Sylvie Testud Philippe Spall Kerry Shale Attila G. Kerekes
artist writer amusing brooding charming cheeky confident creative fascinating engaging inspiring incredible intense passionate raw united kingdom london artistic struggle art portraiture
The story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
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