Movies like The Idea of You
The Idea of You (2024) is a music movie directed by Michael Showalter. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Something's Gotta Give (2003)
★ 6.6 · 1,844 votes · Drama, Comedy, Romance
When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach house in the Hamptons, they find that her mother, playwright Erica Barry, also plans to stay for the weekend. Erica is scandalized by the relationship and Harry's sexist ways. But when Harry has a heart attack while there, and the doctor prescribes bedrest, his only option is to stay at the Barry home. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
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2. Harold and Maude (1971)
★ 7.6 · 1,255 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.
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3. Better Man (2024)
★ 7.6 · 946 votes · Music, Drama
Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.
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4. Forrest Gump (1994)
★ 8.5 · 30,662 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
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5. Danny Collins (2015)
★ 6.7 · 600 votes · Music, Comedy, Drama
An ageing hard-living 1970s rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon.
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6. The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
★ 6.6 · 812 votes · Drama, Romance, Comedy
Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.
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7. My Policeman (2022)
★ 7.5 · 795 votes · Drama, Romance
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
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8. The World to Come (2021)
★ 7.0 · 425 votes · Romance, Drama, Western
In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier.
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