20 best movies like SMILF (2017)

List of the best movies like SMILF (2017): War Dogs, Beatriz at Dinner, Jane Wants a Boyfriend, The Late Bloomer, Dear White People, Trainwreck, The Details, All About Nina, Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Django Unchained.

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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
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

    Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide, and neither will ever be the same.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    A young woman with Asperger's tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    A sex therapist goes through puberty after the successful removal of a benign tumor resting against his pituitary gland. He experiences all the changes and effects of puberty over a three-week period.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

    At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Japan
    Duration02:33

      Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      Nina Geld's passion and talent have made her a rising star in the comedy scene, but she's an emotional mess offstage. When a new professional opportunity coincides with a romantic one, she is forced to confront her own deeply troubled past.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genreaction, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:27

      Jean-Claude Van Damme is a global martial arts & film sensation, also operating under the simple alias of "Johnson" as the world's best undercover private contractor. Retired for years, a chance encounter with a lost love brings him back to the game. This time, he'll be deadlier than ever. Probably.

      Markimdb: 8.4
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:45

        With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA, China
        Duration01:29

        A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since their mom died.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        Businessman Wesley Deeds is jolted out of his scripted life when he meets Lindsey, a single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA

        Punk-rocker turned suburban mom, Kelly, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn’t yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been dealt. When the two strike up an unlikely friendship, it's the perfect spark needed to thrust them both back to life.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:41

        It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:31

        Set nearly a decade after the finale of the original series, this revival follows Lorelai, Rory and Emily Gilmore through four seasons of change.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        Dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating, strangers Naima and Sergio make a pact to spend 24 straight hours together in an attempt to fast forward their relationship.

        Markimdb: 4.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:37

        In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, "accidentally" reads her teenage daughter's racy journal, she realizes just how wide their communication gap has grown.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:59

        In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:36

        A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        Nicole and Chase live next door to each other but are worlds apart. However, they plot a scheme to date each other in order to attract the interest and jealousy of their respective romantic prey. But in the mist of planning a gala centennial celebration, Nicole and Chase find that the one they always wanted was closer than they ever thought.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:47

        On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?

        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: 5
        Genrethriller, comedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        Beatle is a quirky loner who refuses to live by society's rules. Her business cards read "Towing/Assassination," and she even has a hit man infomercial to go along with it. Her only human contact is with her psychiatrist and the stripper/hooker she employs once a week. Everything changes the night she meets Athena Klendon, a suicidal blonde with a secret. With a demented killer on their tail, courtesy of Athena's crooked former employer, the two quickly strike a bargain. Athena will change her life insurance policy to reflect Beatle as the beneficiary in exchange for her own execution. And while they wait for the paperwork to come through, Beatle will provide room and board and get some extra help on her infomercial. The two have no idea that Detective Holt has been on their case reviewing their every move. Just when he thinks he's got Beatle pinned beyond a shadow of a doubt, this comedic mystery takes a wild and unexpected turn.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration02:19

        Single mom Laura, along with her awkward 14 year-old son Henry is forced to drive Jack, her estranged, care-free pot dealing father across country after he's kicked out of yet another nursing home.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        A Jewish man and a jewish woman meet and while attracted to each other find that their worlds are very different. She is the archetypical Jewish-American-Princess, very emotionally involved with her parents world and the world they have created for her while he is much less dependent on his family. They begin an affair which brings more differences to the surface.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        When Elliot, a brash 23-year-old living carefree in New York City, meets the sensible Mia and receives a damning diagnosis all in the same week, his world is turned completely upside down. But as their love blossoms amidst the chaos of his treatment, they discover that Elliot's illness is not the real test of their relationship – it's everything else.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

        Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?

        Markimdb: 7
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:11

        While on the run from the police, Steve Railsback hides in a group of moviemakers where he pretends to be a stunt man. Both aided and endangered by the director he avoids both the police and sudden death as a stuntman. The mixture of real danger and fantasy of the movie is an interesting twist for the viewer as the two blend in individual scenes.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:47

        Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrethriller, comedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        Each member of a group of people has a connection to a self-help book authored by a reclusive former football coach.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Sweden
        Duration02:00

        The story of teenager Billy Bloom who, despite attending an ultra conservative high school, makes the decision to run for homecoming queen.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA

        A group of single moms are brought together in the aftermath of an incident at their children's school.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other through their triumphs and tragedies, they congregate at Truvy’s beauty shop to ponder the mysteries of life and death, husbands and children - and hair and nails - all the important topics that truly unite and celebrate women.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:33

        Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountrySlovakia, Czech Republic

        The principal of an elementary school calls a special parents meeting after it’s alleged that the seemingly empathetic and kindly-looking teacher Mrs. Drazděchová uses her students to manipulate their parents.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

        A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:57

        A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrethriller, comedy, drama
        CountryThailand
        Duration01:02

        Welcome to an exam-cheating business run by Lynn, a straight-A student who gets the idea for her business after helping Grace and Pat. Grace is a prominent school activist who can’t get the grades she needs. Pat is a filthy-rich boy who believes money can buy anything. Lynn’s business skyrockets and the money starts to flood in as scores of students offer her cold hard cash in exchange for exam answers.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell and the quick-witted Kimberly, the stage is set for a tempestuous love affair that unfolds like a puzzle. As the film zigzags back and forth in time-from a meteor shower in LA, to an encounter in a Paris hotel room, to a fateful phone call-an unforgettable portrait of a relationship emerges.

        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: 6.6
          Genremelodrama, drama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:29

          Morgan is the inspiring story of Morgan Oliver, a gay young athlete determined that a bicycle accident that left him paralyzed will not change him. He takes a chance on love when he meets Dean Kagen on a basketball court. Dean helps Morgan train for the same race in which he had his accident. But when he sees that Morgan will risk everything to win, Dean walks out. Left alone to face the race and demons that caused his accident, Morgan teeters between what he needs and what he wants. Can he find the strength to pull himself back up again?

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:48

          Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA, Mexico
          Duration02:09

          An aging Latin lover gets dumped by his sugar mama and must fend for himself in a harsh world.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA

          After surviving a plane crash a young conservative woman suffers a crisis of faith.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryGermany

          A romantic drama set in 1961 that follows a young studio extra's ambitious efforts to reunite with the French girl he loves after being separated by the construction of the Berlin Wall.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:49

          It's a movie for everyone whose life has been thrown off-course, out of whack, or simply not turned out the way they planned it. In other words, it's a movie for everyone, period. Set in suburban Long Island in the summer of 2002, with the psychic wounds of 9/11 still fresh, A Little Help is a story that takes a comic, searching and profoundly empathetic look at a few pivotal months in the life of dental hygienist Laura Pehlke (Jenna Fischer)-an ordinary woman whose life suddenly flies off the rails-and her heroic efforts to re-establish a sense of security and normalcy for herself and her son.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:03

            The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.

            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: 6.6
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
            CountryUSA, Argentina
            Duration02:24

            Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires working a very dangerous scheme when Jess -- now an accomplished femme fatale -- unexpectedly shows up. Her appearance throws Nicky for a loop at a time when he cannot afford to be off his game.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:44

            The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private.




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