20 best movies like The Upshaws (2021)

List of the best movies like The Upshaws (2021): The One and Only Ivan, Tully, Dear Sidewalk, The Unbelievable Truth, Judah Friedlander: America Is the Greatest Country in the United States, Peeples, Detention, Dark Horse, Freaky Friday, Arizona.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA

Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives, it touches something deep within him. Ruby is recently separated from her family in the wild, which causes him to question his life, where he comes from and where he ultimately wants to be.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:11

Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

Dear Sidewalk tells the story of Gardner, a 24 year old mail-carrier, who is struggling to contend with his identity as his quarter-life crisis is in full swing. His regimented routine is thrown out the window when he meets Paige, a divorcee, enduring a mid-life crisis of her own. In this relationship there exists a synchronicity, as they find, despite their age difference, they're both confronting existential problems surrounding identity, love, and the choices in front of them.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did...

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, documentary
CountryUSA

Deadpan comic and self-proclaimed world champion Judah Friedlander performs over several nights in New York, explaining why America is No. 1.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:35

The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at their Sag Harbor vacation home only to find them desperately in need of therapy.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

As a killer named Cinderhella stalks the student body at the high school in Grizzly Lake, a group of co-eds band together to survive while they're all serving detention.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:26

Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his father while pursuing his hobby of collecting toys. Aware that his family doesn't think highly of him, he tries to spark a relationship with Miranda, who recently moved back home after a failed literary/academic career. Miranda agrees to marry Abe out of desperation, but things go awry.

Markimdb: 3.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, musical
CountryUSA

When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom’s big wedding.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrethriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:15

Set in the midst of the 2009 housing crisis, the life of Cassie Fowler, a single mother and struggling realtor, goes off the rails when she witnesses a murder.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA

The elderly resident of a small remote town panic when the EPA announces mandatory changes to their chemical plant could cause a dramatic increase in sexual libido. The sheriff tries to maintain order and decency but mayhem ensues.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voice-over star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:29

High school senior Tara is so painfully shy that she dreads speaking to anyone in the hallways or getting called on in class. But in the privacy of her bedroom with her iPod in hand, she rocks out -- doing mock broadcasts for Miami's hottest FM radio station, which happens to be owned by her stepfather. When a slot opens up at The SLAM, Tara surprises herself by blossoming behind the mike into confident, "Radio Rebel" -- and to everyone's shock, she's a hit!

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryGermany, USA
Duration02:25

The romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genreaction, comedy, drama
CountryUSA

Jake Carter and another former Marine, Luke Trapper, join forces to rescue a kidnapped girl from a gang of international criminals.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality TV show.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

Love for the same woman causes conflict between an over-achieving blind athlete and the brother who made him that way.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:09

Josh Greenberg is a naive romantic on a desperate quest for love. When his longtime girlfriend dumps him, Josh enters the dating scene, a nightmarish hellscape of untold horror. Despite the agony, Josh continues his search in the hopes of finding someone who will make all the misery worth it.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Canada

NYC-based copy editor, Alex, is sent to Ridgeline Resort, an extreme sports outpost, to write a story for a travel writing competition. At first, she fails at everything – much to the chagrin of Cole, an extreme sports enthusiast who thinks this city girl should head back to New York. But when Alex offers to assist Cole with his local arts festival, he reluctantly obliges to be her guide as she faces her fears doing one extreme sport after the next.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, documentary
CountryUSA

Comedy juggernaut Dave Chappelle's fourth Netflix Special, taped on November 20th, 2017 at Los Angeles' Comedy Store.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA, Canada

A young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

A documentary about the often funny, sometimes sad, but always outrageous lives of the residents of a southern trailer park.




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