Movies like Kramer vs. Kramer
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) is a drama movie directed by Robert Benton. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Carol (2015)
★ 7.5 · 4,056 votes · Romance, Drama
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
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2. Manhattan (1979)
★ 7.7 · 2,694 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
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3. Blue Valentine (2010)
★ 7.0 · 3,649 votes · Drama, Romance
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.
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4. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
★ 7.8 · 4,541 votes · Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
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5. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
★ 7.7 · 8,528 votes · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
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6. Marriage Story (2019)
★ 7.7 · 7,596 votes · Drama
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
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7. The Book of Henry (2017)
★ 7.5 · 1,383 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Susan, a single mother of two, works as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands.
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8. Boyhood (2014)
★ 7.5 · 5,674 votes · Drama
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
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9. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
★ 7.5 · 1,696 votes · Drama
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
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10. What Maisie Knew (2013)
★ 7.1 · 461 votes · Drama
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
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11. The Gift (2015)
★ 6.7 · 3,616 votes · Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.
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12. The Glass Castle (2017)
★ 7.1 · 923 votes · Drama
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.
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13. The Judge (2014)
★ 7.3 · 4,589 votes · Drama
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
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14. Killer's Kiss (1955)
★ 6.3 · 623 votes · Thriller, Crime, Drama
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
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15. Fathers and Daughters (2015)
★ 7.2 · 1,079 votes · Drama
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
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16. The Son (2022)
★ 6.8 · 611 votes · Drama
A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.
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17. Love Is Strange (2014)
★ 6.3 · 318 votes · Drama
After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.
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