Movies like Where'd You Go, Bernadette

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   I Used to Be Funny

   Strong story similarity

   2024 · 106 min · Comedy · Drama

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   Sam, an aspiring stand-up comedian and au pair struggling with PTSD, weighs whether to join the search for Brooke, a missing teenage girl she used to nanny. As she fights to recover from her trauma and return to the stage, memories of her deep bond with Brooke rush back—making it impossible to ignore her disappearance.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Asteroid City

   Strong story similarity

   2023 · 105 min · Comedy · Drama

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   In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Midnight Sun

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 92 min · Drama · Romance

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   Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era
   • similar audience response

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   Is This Thing On?

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 121 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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   As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Certain Women

   Strong story similarity

   2016 · 107 min · Drama

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   Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Carol

   Shared cast

   2015 · 118 min · Drama · Romance

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   In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • a principal cast member
   • a closely matched era

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   The Friend

   Similar atmosphere

   2025 · 119 min · Comedy · Drama

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   New York City writer Iris finds her comfortable, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane named Apollo. The huge dog immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Mother's Day

   Strong story similarity

   2016 · 118 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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   Three generations come together in the week leading up to Mother's Day.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Remarkably Bright Creatures

   Strong movie match

   2026 · 114 min · Drama · Mystery

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   Through unlikely bonds formed during night shifts at a local aquarium, Tova, an elderly widow, learns of a life-changing discovery that may bring her joy and wonder once again.

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    The Family Fang

    Strong story similarity

    2016 · 106 min · Comedy · Drama · Mystery

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    A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era

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