Movies like Kolya
If Kolya's mix of friendship, concert and escape stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Kolya's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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King of California
2007 · Directed by Mike Cahill · 93 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: cello, single father, father figure · Also comedy and drama
Charlie gets released from an insane asylum and moves in with Miranda, the young daughter he left behind. Charlie believes that there is treasure hidden beneath the local Costco, so he puts together a plan to unearth…
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Death at a Funeral
2007 · Directed by Frank Oz · 91 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: funeral, parent child relationship · Also comedy and drama
A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death.
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Courageous
2011 · Directed by Alex Kendrick · 129 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: funeral, responsibility
Law enforcement officers Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners stand up to the worst the streets have to offer with confidence and focus.
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Forrest Gump
1994 · Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 142 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, parent child relationship · Also comedy and drama · From the same decade (1990s)
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.
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My Girl
1991 · Directed by Howard Zieff · 103 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: friendship · Also comedy and drama · From the same decade (1990s)
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him.
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Coco
2017 · Directed by Lee Unkrich · 105 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: musician, kids
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · 141 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, best friend
Harry Potter's life is in danger once more as dangerous wizard Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is heading to Hogwarts.
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Thunder Road
2018 · Directed by Jim Cummings · 91 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: funeral · Also comedy and drama
A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Directed by David Yates · 146 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, escape
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality.
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St. Vincent
2014 · Directed by Theodore Melfi · 102 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: friendship
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
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The Firemen's Ball
1967 · Directed by Miloš Forman · 73 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso a Czech comedy
The firemen of a provincial Czechoslovakian town throw a ball in honor of the old chief's retirement. There will be music and dancing, a beauty pageant and a raffle. The whole town will be in attendance.