Movies like Simon
If Simon's mix of friendship, thailand and terminal illness stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Simon's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Big Chill
1983 · Directed by Lawrence Kasdan · 105 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, marijuana · Also comedy and drama
Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.
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The Upside of Anger
2005 · Directed by Mike Binder · 118 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, marijuana · Also comedy and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a…
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Clouds
2020 · Directed by Justin Baldoni · 121 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: terminal illness, cancer
Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.
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The Station Agent
2003 · Directed by Tom McCarthy · 88 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: friendship · Also drama and comedy · From the same decade (2000s)
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
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The Last Word
2017 · Directed by Mark Pellington · 108 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: friendship · Also comedy and drama
A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, and the result is a life-altering friendship.
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Paper Man
2009 · Directed by Kieran Mulroney · 110 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: friendship · Also comedy and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his…