Films like Mother

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   Deconstructing Harry

   Film · 1997 · also comedy and drama

   Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

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   American Fiction

   Film · 2023 · also comedy and drama

   A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness...

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   The World According to Garp

   Film · 1982 · also comedy and drama

   A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural...

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   Nobel Son

   Film · 2007 · also comedy and drama

   Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley...

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   Best Sellers

   Film · 2021 · also comedy and drama

   A cranky, retired author reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher.

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   The Squid and the Whale

   Film · 2005 · also comedy and drama

   Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' d...

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   The Adults

   Film · 2023 · also comedy and drama

   Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric...

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   Shirley

   Film · 2020 · also drama

   A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

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   About Alex

   Film · 2014 · also comedy and drama

   When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and u...

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    The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

    Film · 2017 · also comedy and drama

    An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

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