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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009), Life During Wartime (2009), My First Mister (2001), About Schmidt (2002), The Joneses (2009), The Land of Steady Habits (2018), Happy, Happy (2010) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)

6.4/10 Comedy, Drama, Romance

After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.

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Life During Wartime (2009)

Life During Wartime (2009)

6.4/10 Comedy, Drama

Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos.

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My First Mister (2001)

My First Mister (2001)

7.2/10 Comedy, Drama

A 17-year-old girl has a troubled relationship with a 49-year-old man.

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About Schmidt (2002)

About Schmidt (2002)

7.1/10 Comedy, Drama

A man upon retirement, embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.

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The Joneses (2009)

The Joneses (2009)

6.5/10 Comedy, Drama, Family

A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors.

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The Land of Steady Habits (2018)

The Land of Steady Habits (2018)

6.2/10 Drama, Comedy

After leaving his wife and his job to find happiness, Anders befriends a drug-addicted teen, sending him down a path of reckless and shameful behavior.

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Happy, Happy (2010)

Happy, Happy (2010)

8.5/10 Comedy, Drama

Though contentedly married to her loveless high-school sweetheart, a cheerful housewife (Agnes Kittelsen) lands in hot water when a risque encounter goes too far.

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The Go-Getter (2007)

The Go-Getter (2007)

4.2/10 Drama, Comedy

Mercer (Lou Taylor Pucci), distraught after his mother's death, steals a car from a car wash in Oregon. He flees the state, bound for California, in search of his estranged half brother, Arlen (Jsu Garcia). Shortly into Mercer's journey, a cell phone rings inside the stolen car; it turns out that both the phone and the car belong to Kate (Zooey Deschanel). But, instead of calling the police, Kate and Mercer build a relationship through a series of long talks over the course of his road trip.

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Little Children (2006)

Little Children (2006)

7.5/10 Drama, Romance

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations in suburban Massachusetts.

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Taking Off (1971)

Taking Off (1971)

7.4/10 Comedy, Drama

While searching for their runaway teenage daughter, the parents rediscover life's joys as they get acquainted with a self-help group for parents of vanished children.

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Kings and Queen (2004)

Kings and Queen (2004)

7.1/10 Comedy, Drama

Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.

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The Good Girl (2002)

The Good Girl (2002)

6.4/10 Drama, Romance

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

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Metroland (1997)

Metroland (1997)

6.4/10 Comedy, Drama

The sudden reappearance of his best friend Toni, after a ten year absence, causes Chris to remember his past, to question some of his lifestyle decisions and to re-evaluate his life and marriage to Marion.

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Ashby (2015)

Ashby (2015)

6.4/10 Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance

High-school student Ed Wallis enters into a friendship with his neighbor, Ashby, a retired CIA assassin who only has a few months left to live.

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Young Adult (2011)

Young Adult (2011)

6.2/10 Comedy, Drama

Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.

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Holy Smoke (1999)

Holy Smoke (1999)

5.9/10 Comedy, Drama

Ruth's been brainwashed by a guru in Delhi, India. Her parents in Sydney hire a specialist in reversing this. Ruth is tricked to return to Australia and is isolated in an outback cabin with the specialist. It gets messy.

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Five Days Without Nora (2008)

Five Days Without Nora (2008)

8.9/10 Comedy, Drama

A woman's suicide just before Passover creates many complications for her ex-husband (Fernando Luján) and their family.

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Other People (2016)

Other People (2016)

8.5/10 Drama, Gay & Lesbian, Comedy

After breaking up with his boyfriend, a struggling New York writer (Jesse Plemons) returns to Sacramento, Calif., to take care of his terminally ill mother (Molly Shannon).

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