Best movies like Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30
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Plot Summary:
Comedy directed by Joseph Jacoby.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Zoe's Having a Baby (2023)
Plot Summary:
Zoe Cain wants a baby. Single, and tired of the saturated NYC dating scene, she decides to go it alone. Using an anonymous sperm donor, the chances are slim but Zoe quickly becomes pregnant. She is elated but things get more than complicated when not one, but two eligible bachelors walk into her life….
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)
Plot Summary:
Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob, and then goes to a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican part of Brooklyn.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, gay cinema, cult film
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Four Letter Words (2000)
Plot Summary:
A study of the post-adolescent male psyche, Four Letter Words gives an often humorous but raw unadulterated look at the views, attitudes, and language of young men in suburban America. The film focuses on a dwindling summer night's party, at which the characters gather for the first time since high school graduation. As the night's activities take their toll, the immaturity level rises, the profanity flies and of course the drunken brawl breaks out. It will be a night to remember although some would wish to forget.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Home (2005)
Plot Summary:
On a hot summer night in Brooklyn, singles and couples converge in a brownstone apartment to flirt, fight, hook up and break up. A dreamy comedy-drama about sex, love and freedom, "Home" packs a lot of stories into just two floors.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Transit (2008)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: experimental
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Good Posture (2019)
Plot Summary:
After breaking up with her boyfriend, Lillian moves in with married couple Julia and Don only to overhear them arguing in the night. The front door slams as Don moves out, and the following days sees Lillian, selfish and irresponsible, having to earn her keep by cooking for Julia, a reclusive, distrustful writer who rarely emerges from her room. Though communicating largely through notes, the odd couple gradually forge a bond and help one another to negotiate the foibles, phobias and obstacles that have long hindered their happiness.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 921
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, disturbing, sentimental, light, sincere
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The Girls' Room (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two college roommates -- prim and proper Grace (Cat Taber) and wild and woolly Casey (Soleil Moon Frye) -- find themselves in a tense rivalry when Casey's conduct almost destroys Grace's engagement to preppie heartthrob Charlie (Wil Wheaton). Not too high-minded to seek revenge, Grace cozies up to Casey's pal Joey (Gary Wolf), setting off a cycle of envy and mistrust that may destroy both women's lives in director Irene Turner's well-paced indie.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Babyfever (1994)
Plot Summary:
Gena is an average woman who is torn between her current boyfriend's desire to marry her and start a family, and the unexpected arrival of an old boyfriend wanting to pick up where they left off. To further complicate matters, she might be pregnant herself. In the mist of this unsettled personal life, Gena leaves her two men to attend a baby shower party for a girl friend and talks with the various female attendees all of whom are facing their own ticking biological clocks.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic, psychological, light, sexy, thought provoking, clever, touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic
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You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (1971)
Plot Summary:
This oddball counterculture comedy/drama follows Zalman King through a series of kooky misadventures while he searches for his life's purpose in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Invisible Ink (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two struggling New York cartoonists must confront the harsh obligations of reality while pursuing their dreams of success.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: parody, feel good, humorous, captivating, semi serious, independent film, mockumentary, cult film
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Quasi (2023)
Plot Summary:
A hapless hunchback who only yearns for love, finds himself in the middle of a murderous feud between the Pope and the King of France when each orders the hunchback to kill the other.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: satirical, slapstick comedy
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New Year's Day (1989)
Plot Summary:
A man returns to his sublet apartment to find the previous tenants, three offbeat young women, still in residence, under the mistaken belief that they have the apartment until the end of New Year's Day.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, heartfelt
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The Pickle (1993)
Plot Summary:
Director Paul Mazursky (Scenes From a Mall) takes a bite out of Hollywood with a hilarious look at the artistic sell-out. Starring Danny Aiello, Dyan Cannon Shelly Winters, Jerry Stiller, Chris Penn, and Ally Sheedy, this merciless comedy exposes the underside of themovie land commercialism with a crisp sense of humor, a knowing edge, and supporting cast boasting the talents of Clotilde Courau, Barry Miller, Little Richard, Spalding Gray, and a host of celebrity cameos. Harry Stone (Aiello) always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry just wanted to get out of debt;and now everyone he's ever known, loved and neglected is standing in line for tickets. In the angst-filled hours before the lights go down for the New York premiere, his mother, children, agent, ex-wives and girlfriend lend their support in this high-pressure comedy. Harry has no choice but to pucker up and laugh along.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 703
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, cult film
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Loving (1970)
Plot Summary:
Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Grace, and also between his career as a successful illustrator and his feeling that he might still produce something worthwhile.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 703
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, disgusting, cult film
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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
Plot Summary:
After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make amends with everyone he has ever hurt.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: compassionate, sentimental, surreal, stylized, thought provoking, tragicomedy, dark comedy, humorous, teen, parody
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: funny, romantic comedy, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, semi autobiographical
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Quiet City (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jamie is 21. She's from Atlanta. She's come to Brooklyn to visit her friend Samantha, but she can't find her. Jamie meets a stranger named Charlie on the subway and spends 24 hours hanging out with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, realistic, captivating, light, atmospheric, sincere, serious, avant garde
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Slaves of New York (1989)
Plot Summary:
Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: ironic, sentimental, humorous, psychological, captivating, touching, offbeat, realistic, experimental, witty
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Queens Logic (1991)
Plot Summary:
When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new found maturity and discover what Queens Logic is all about. This comedy takes a look at friendship, loyalty, and love.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, clever, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, independent film, philosophical, sexy, thought provoking
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Five Aces (1999)
Plot Summary:
Chris Martin has a problem: his impending marriage. Like any other man about to enter into the holy vows of matrimony, Chris has begun to second guess himself. Is married life what he really wants? While his bride-to-be takes care of the wedding plans, Chris returns to the neighborhood of his youth to consider his married future and to spend one last week of bachelorhood with his four high school buddies: Ray, Ash, Todd and Sean. Together, the reunited "Five Aces" enjoy a funny bittersweet week reminiscing about a time when they had all the answers... only nothing turned out the way they planned. As the week's events unfold, the Five Aces begin to realize exactly what life and friends mean to each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Lily & Kat (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set in New York City, the film follows a naive fashion school graduate named Lily who finds her world turned upside down when her reckless best friend Kat announces she’s moving away to London in a matter of days. At a Lower East Side art opening the next night, they meet the enigmatic rising artist Henri, who Lily quickly takes a liking for. With less than seven days left and a new attractor between them, Lily and Kat will find their “unbreakable” friendship put to the test.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, independent film
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City Baby (2013)
Plot Summary:
Sexy. Style-conscious. Extreme love affairs. Complicated friendships. Life happens all too quickly when Cloey is reluctantly plucked from her comfort zone and complete reliance on others is overturned – a secure relationship with her boyfriend unravels, her childhood best friend is moving away and daddy’s (Daniel Baldwin) checkbook closes. City Baby comments on the ladder-climbing mentality of always reaching for the next bigger, better thing – relationship, city, job – when sometimes what's right in front of us is just fine. Scattered with cameos from Portland musicians like Stephen Malkmus of Pavement, live musical performances by Glass Candy and Starfucker, and a thoughtful soundtrack featuring all Portland bands and musicians, City Baby depicts a playground for semi-adults, revolving through the lives of cool kids.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, sexy, independent film, sincere, semi serious, sexual
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1999 (1997)
Plot Summary:
The century is coming to an end, and New York City is freaking out. "1999" takes place at a New Year's Eve party on December 31, 1999. As a group of neurotic characters gather at a Greenwich Village apartment, everyone struggles to come to terms with their identities, relationships, and self-doubts before the millennium turns. The partygoers are astonished and reawakened as passions flare and ignite, gunshots are fired, battling lovers reunite, and as the new century dawns, all are joined in the curious sense that the best is yet to come.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neurotic, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Highball (1997)
Plot Summary:
A newly-married couple tries to build their social life.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 915
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, cynical, semi serious
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Adult Beginners (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young, hipster entrepreneur crashes and burns on the eve of his company’s big launch. With his entire life in disarray, he leaves Manhattan to move in with his estranged pregnant sister, brother-in-law and three year-old nephew in the suburbs — only to become their manny. Faced with real responsibility, he may finally have to grow up — but not without some bad behavior first.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, mumblecore, feel good, hilarious, realistic, independent film
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Celebrity (1998)
Plot Summary:
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the worth of his work. Meanwhile, top TV producer Tony falls for Robin and introduces her to the world of celebrity.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: black and white, stylized, satirical, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, clever, art house, motivational
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Swingers (1996)
Plot Summary:
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, realistic, feel good, cult classic, independent film, clever, witty, talky, sex comedy
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The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: depressing, sincere, talky, dark comedy, absurd, indie film, intellectual, realistic, witty, thought provoking
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5 Flights Up (2014)
Plot Summary:
A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious, sweet, entertaining, comedy drama, humorous, independent film
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Staten Island Summer (2015)
Plot Summary:
Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, romantic, semi serious, sex comedy, realistic, sexy, feel good, melancholic