20 best movies like Dear Diary (1993)

List of the best movies like Dear Diary (1993): The Lady in the Van, The Postman, Box of Moonlight, Money for Nothing, Come As You Are, Patch Adams, I Vitelloni, Shirley Valentine, The Intouchables, The Clink of Ice.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:52

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
CountryItaly, France, Belgium

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryJapan, USA
Duration01:04

Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business trip, rents a car, and heads out looking for a lake he remembers from his childhood. But his wandering takes him into the life of Kid, a free-spirited young man who helps Al escape from the routine of everyday life and find freedom to enjoy himself.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryBelgium
Duration01:50

Three young guys like wine and women. They tested wine with pleasure, but the second they have never been able to taste. Under the guise of a wine tour, the three plans a trip to Spain to finally have sex. Nothing will stop them. Certainly not the fact that the first guy is blind, the second is in a wheelchair and the third is completely paralyzed.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:55

Patch Adams is a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humour is the best medicine and he's willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it means risking his own career.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryItaly, France

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:48

Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountryFrance
Duration01:52

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryFrance
Duration01:27

An alcoholic writer is visited by an incarnation of his cancer.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, France
Duration01:23

Two young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, music
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:12

1994, a small town in central Scotland. Best mates Johnno and Spanner, despite being total opposites, have a deep bond. Now on the cusp of adulthood, life is destined to take them in different directions – Johnno’s family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. But this summer is going to be different for them, and for the country. The explosion of the free party scene and the largest counter-cultural youth movement in recent history is happening across the UK.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military, biography
CountryUSA, Cambodia, Romania
Duration02:11

    Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryItaly, France, Belgium
    Duration01:18

    A summer day in Italy. The camera follows the deaf-mute Giacomo and a childhood girlfriend Stefi closely – in the woods, by the river – without wanting to disrupt the mystery of their relationship, between restrained sensuality and childhood games.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:26

      Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring stand-up comic Ira.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:05

      Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance

      Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France
      Duration02:24

      The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryItaly, France
      Duration01:56

      A dark comedy centering on the lives of a Neapolitan based family whose father, a fish merchant, is so infatuated with the reality TV show "Grande Fratello" (the Italian version of "Big Brother") he starts living his life as if he were on it.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryUSA, China
      Duration02:10

      Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:33

      After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:35

      A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryGermany, Belgium

      The true story of a young woman whose lust for life means she is determined to be so very much more than just another cancer patient.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:01

      A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:14

      Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy, the power of prayer in India and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryItaly
      Duration01:42

      Leo falls in love with Beatrice, a slightly older high-school student who has leukemia.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryIndia
      Duration03:04

      Sanju explores some of the most crucial chapters from movie star Sanjay Dutt’s dramatic and controversial real life. It gives a lowdown on his tryst with drugs and his trials and tribulations in the Arms Acts case and the 1993 Mumbai blasts.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryItaly
      Duration01:45

      Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. Along the way, they end up knowing each other and entering each other's lives. A twist at the end puts everything into perspective.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryFrance, USA
      Duration01:47

      THE EXTRA MAN is a sophisticated and moving comedy from filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. THE EXTRA MAN follows Louis Ives (Paul Dano), a lonely dreamer who fancies himself the hero of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. When a deeply embarrassing incident forces him to leave his job at an exclusive Princeton prep school, Louis heads to New York City to make a fresh start. He quickly finds a 9 to 5 job at an environmental magazine, where he encounters an entrancing, green-obsessed co-worker Mary (Katie Holmes).

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
      Duration01:37

      With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryItaly
      Duration02:23

      A luminously beautiful biopic of the celebrated eighteenth-century Italian poet, essayist and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi, who created immortal verse whilst struggling with a debilitating illness.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryUSA, France, Japan, Italy
      Duration02:24

      An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, while is depicted his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryArgentina, Spain
      Duration01:54

      Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971. Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old boy with an angelic face, but a vocational thief as well, who acts ruthlessly, without remorse. When he meets Ramón, they follow together a dark path of crime and death.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama
      CountryIsrael, Germany, France

      A young Arab is caught between cultures as he is sent to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Israel in the 1980s.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography
      CountryFrance, Belgium
      Duration02:19

      Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette's quest for freedom through writing and on Simone's conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:55

      After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Robin's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, adventure, family, biography
      CountryGermany
      Duration02:11

      A family of a German linguist lives with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, adventure, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA

      Three young men with disabilities embark on a road trip to a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs to lose their virginity and embrace their independence. Inspired by a true story and remake of the Belgian film Hasta La Vista

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:17

      An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with Scarlet, a cashier who is about to interview for a new job. The actor rediscovers the essence of his craft while helping Scarlet gain the confidence she needs to change her life.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      The Whole Wide World tells the story of Novalyne Price, an attractive feisty West Texas schoolteacher and her bittersweet, romantic and turbulent relationship with Robert E. Howard, the great pulp fiction writer of the 1930's.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:20

      The story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama, biography
      CountrySpain, France, Italy
      Duration02:05

      The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. It is the story of Ramón’s relationships with two women: Julia a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising and her NY agent 'the Countess' sends her to his ranch in CA to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean, one of the cowgirls at the beauty- ranch.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:22

      An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.




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