20 best movies like Sitcom (1998)

List of the best movies like Sitcom (1998): Unconditional Love, Betty Fisher and Other Stories, Stupid Boy, Bon Voyage, The Black Lapp, The Divide, The Lobster, The One I Love, The Extreme Tragic Story of Celal Tan and His Family, Shank.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, musical
CountryUSA
Duration02:04

After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryFrance, Canada

Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression. Hoping to bring her out of it, her mother Margot arranges to kidnap another child, Jose, to replace the son Betty lost. Although she knows it's wrong, Betty accepts Jose as her new son. Meanwhile, Jose's mother Carole is looking for her son with the help of her boyfriend Francois and some of his criminal cohorts.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryLuxembourg, France

This coming-of-age drama deals with a young man, realizing who he really is and which things he will never do...

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, detective, military
CountryFrance
Duration01:54

Isabelle Adjani and Gerard Depardieu star in director Jean-Paul Rappenau's amusing farce set on the eve of World War II, which follows the intersecting lives of four Parisians as they cope with the impending invasion of their city by German forces. As the French government braces for impact, the lives of a young writer, a vain movie star, a French politician and a young scientist are examined as they attempt to deal with war and evade German spies.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryNorway
Duration01:27

Anna lives with her father Karl someplace in the outskirts of northern Norway. Karl killed his ex-wife and threw her newborn coloured child into the sea when he discovered that she obviously had been unfaithful. Now Karl is being haunted by her ghost and is developing a serious drinking problem. Anna is looking for the love of her life, but there aren't many bachelors around - until they discovers another small family on the other side of the mountain. They meet a semi-alcoholized widow on Karl's age, her son Peder, and her black adopted son, Ante, that arrived from the sea on a piece of wood.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration02:02

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
Duration01:36

    In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

      On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two to examine themselves, their relationship, and their future.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, family, crime
      CountryTurkey

      Celal Tan is a well-respected constitutional law professor who lives in a provincial city has two children from his first marriage. Many years after the death of his first wife, he married a woman much younger than him, a university student, whose life he has saved in some way. In the third year of their marriage, the extremely tragic story of Celal Tan and his family begins after a big crisis happened in front of the whole family. While trying to hide the secret, the family falls into absurd and tragicomic positions. Regardless of all happenings, Celal Tan tries to keep the family together.

      Markimdb: 3.9
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:34

      Mo Ali’s futuristic knife-crime drama brings the dystopian environment of CHILDREN OF MEN and DISTRICT 13 to London’s East 17. SHANK delivers a ruthless vision of forthcoming urban life, where guns have been superseded by knives and are fiercely wielded by aimless youths. Amidst the chaos is the Paper Chazers gang, a rare morally conscious group who trade scavenged food for money. After Chazers gang member, Junior (Kedar Williams-Stirling), witnesses his brother, murder he must decide whether to get revenge of stick to the gangs moral code... In this superbly paced and artistic film, present-day social issues, and murky city streets, provide a perfect canvas for imagination and action.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA

      A misguided personal trainer struggles to clean up his life after he's sued by one of his clients, knocks up two women and suffers a major heart attack. Stars Jonathan Wade-Drahos, Ryan Bottiglieri, Bruce Dern.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:47

      Mona, a prisoner on work release, meets Clément, a shy actor. Desperate to impress Mona, Clément recruits his extroverted friend, Abel, to help. When Mona becomes more interested in Abel, it sets off a conflict between the two friends. Meanwhile, Mona attempts to keep her past hidden.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryItaly
      Duration01:50

      Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      This is a fast-paced comedy about a 40-year-old gay man who finds himself dating two equally lovable men - a secure 50-year-old who came out later in life, and an adventurous 30-year-old who wasn't looking for a relationship. What he doesn't find out right away is that the two men are, in fact, father and son. And as they say, wackiness ensues.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryCanada

      An unexpected heroine is plunged into a world of forged identities, corporate intrigue and organized crime.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryItaly

      Mattia is about to move to Madrid by his boyfriend Eduard. When the day before leaving for Spain, Eduard announces his arrival in Rome to know the "laws", Mattia must choose whether to finally come clean with his companion, or confess to being a formidable liar.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      A man forced to confront his past when he and his girlfriend end up entangled in a web of lies.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryFrance
      Duration02:03

      They come from all over Eastern Europe: Russia, Romania, Chechnya. They are Eastern boys. The oldest appear no more than 25; as for the youngest, there is no way of telling their age. They hang around the Gare du Nord train station in Paris. They might be prostitutes, but there is no way of knowing for certain. Muller, a discreet man in his late fifties has his eye on one of them - Marek. One afternoon, Muller gathers his courage and speaks to him. The young man agrees to come visit Muller the following day, at his place. However the next day, when the doorbell rings, Muller doesn't have the faintest idea that he has fallen into a trap.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:54

      A story revolving around a dysfunctional family of two brothers who visit their parents and grandfather in Coonoor, and end up falling for the same woman.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryIsrael

      Na'ama is seventeen. She lives in a sleepy suburbia. She is bored. With detached parents and a rebellious older sister, her life at home is a mess. It all changes when a new girl appears at school. She's introduced to a world of drugs, lesbians and sex. She's thrilled. Her life, at last, becomes exciting. Is it going to last? "Barash" is a coming of age story, planted in the heart of Israeli society, about a young woman who struggles to find her self-identity in an environment that has different ideas about sex, drugs and love.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Germany, Belgium
      Duration01:36

      Marion and Mingus both come from failed relationships but, by bringing their children together, they've managed to form a small yet happy family. Tensions in their household soon begin to spike when Marion's jovial father shows up on their doorstep with his randy daughter and her peculiar boyfriend in tow. As the motor-mouthed houseguests shatter every taboo imaginable, the happy couple begin to question their commitment.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      Miss Meadows is a school teacher with impeccable manners and grace. However, underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides a ruthless gun-toting vigilante who takes it upon herself to right the wrongs in the world by whatever means necessary. For Miss Meadows, bad behavior is simply unforgivable.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime, biography
      CountryFrance, USA
      Duration01:38

        Steve Russell is a small-town cop. Bored with his bland lifestyle, Russell turns to fraud as a means of shaking things up. Before long, Russell's criminal antics have landed him behind bars, where he encounters the charismatic Phillip Morris. Smitten, Russell devotes his entire life to being with Morris regardless of the consequences.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUSA

        The Post War II story of Manhattan born Mike Esposito, a practiced tailor of custom mens clothing; a man of dignity and honor, whose developing involvements with the Italian mob wraps him up in a world of moral dilemma and clashing values.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryFrance, Belgium
        Duration01:26

        How to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise? This is the challenge Guillaume took up. The film recounts Guillaume's tragicomic battle from the young age of eight, as he adopts the role of a girl then of a homosexual... until, aged 30, he meets the woman who, after his mother, will become the other woman in his life. Beyond this story of a heterosexual coming-out, the film tells the tale of an actor who never stopped loving women, maybe even a little too much.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, China, Japan
        Duration02:19

        Breaking up with Mark Darcy leaves Bridget Jones over 40 and single again. Feeling that she has everything under control, Jones decides to focus on her career as a top news producer. Suddenly, her love life comes back from the dead when she meets a dashing and handsome American named Jack. Things couldn't be better, until Bridget discovers that she is pregnant. Now, the befuddled mom-to-be must figure out if the proud papa is Mark or Jack.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:44

        A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryGermany
        Duration01:41

        What To Do In Case of Fire? tells the humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists who lived as house squatters in Berlin during its heyday in the 80s when Berlin was still an island in the middle of the former eastern Germany. At the end of the 80s they went their separate ways with the exception of Tim and Hotte, who have remained true to their ideals and continue to fight the issues they did as a group. In 2000, with Berlin as Germany's new capital, an event happens forcing the group out of existential reason to reunite and, ultimately, come to grips with the reason they separated 12 years ago.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryItaly, France, United Kingdom
        Duration02:05

        The story of a normal Italian family in which come out the dreams of those who have lost their possibilities and of those who want to realize them. Carlo and Giulia are a married couple who have each given up their aspirations in order to live an average life. Their 19-year-old son, Paolo, is having trouble finding an identity, while their 18-year-old daughter, Valentina, has already figured out how to use sex to her advantage. The family goes through a crisis when Carlo begins having an affair, Giulia attempt to seduce the director of a local stage production she is in, and Valentina does what she does best to land an audition for a TV show

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrethriller, comedy, drama, detective
        CountryIceland, Poland, Denmark, Germany, France
        Duration01:53

        When Baldwin and Inga's next door neighbours complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryFrance, United Kingdom
        Duration01:30

        Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her devoted ex-boyfriend, James Wildstone, and lives with Peter Simon, a gay screenwriter. When Jacks meets Argentinian photographer's assistant Paolo Sarmiento, she assumes he is gay and tries to bring him and Peter together, unaware that Paolo is straight and in love with her.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        A New York radio personality travels to the small town of Fernville, Indiana in an attempt to uncover a notorious safecracker, believed to be masquerading as one of the town's upstanding citizens.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:28

        In this lively French remake of Humpday, best buds reunite and revive their friendship on a questionable dare. Can two straight guys really make a gay sex film, together?

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:58

        When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson and accidental murder. Escaping, Leopold hides out in the home of his childhood sweetheart Nora Shelley... which she has just rented to unsuspecting law professor Michael Lightcap.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:48

        Steven spends his school days longing for all-star athlete John. But John has a gorgeous girlfriend, and Steven is still in the closet about being gay. The only one who knows the teenager's secret is his friend Linda. After a curious run-in with John in a public restroom, Steven starts to wonder if the jock is straight after all. When they start a romance, it threatens to expose the truth about both of them.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        It's a classic case of opposite attraction: Handsome Ben Bennet (Ethan Sharrett) is a gay, affluent, stylish attorney at the top of the genteel social set in southern Virginia, while Lee Darcy (Chase Conner) is a rough-hewn welder with a secret that he nightly tries to blot out with an excess of liquor.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryItaly

        A Sicilian woman is dishonored by her lover, then goes to London with a pistol intending to murder him.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryIndia

        A team of con men fall for a Begum and her female confidante. Does their love fructify?

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrethriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:44

        In 1900, strong-willed widow Lucy Muir goes to live in Gull Cottage by the British seaside, even though it appears to be haunted. On her very first night she meets the ghost of the crusty former owner, Captain Gregg—and refuses to be scared off. They eventually become friends and allies, after Lucy gets used to the idea of a man's ghost haunting her bedroom.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryFrance

        A group of teenagers living in a housing project in the outskirts of Paris rehearse a scene from Marivaux's play of the same name. Krimo is determined not to take part, but after developing feelings for Lydia, he quickly assumes the main role and love interest in the play.




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