Brennan Huff and Dale Doback are both about 40 when Brennan's mom and Dale's dad marry. The sons still live with the parents so they must now share a room. Initial antipathy threatens the household's peace and the parents' relationship. Dad lays down the law: both slackers have a week to find a job.… Out of the job search and their love of music comes a pact that leads to friendship but more domestic disarray compounded by the boys' sleepwalking. Hovering nearby are Brennan's successful brother and his lonely wife: the brother wants to help sell his step-father's house, the wife wants Dale's attention, and the newlyweds want to retire and sail the seven seas. Can harmony come from the discord? (Read More)
Themes: | blindness, unemployment, unfaithfulness, divorce, wedding, adultery, money, christmas, infidelity, friendship, love |
Locations: | bicycle, boat |
Characters: | bully, singer, children, doctor, friend |
Story: | female psychologist, hit with a shovel, arm wound, head wound, digging a grave, toilet paper, sitting on a toilet, samurai sword, long underwear, christmas decorations, christmas eve, opera singing, christmas tree, singing in a car, reference to barbara walters, reference to chewbacca, catalina island, reference to ben affleck, stepbrother stepbrother relationship, drum solo, reference to yoda, catering service, rap video, range rover, mangina, asbestos, seeing eye dog, arrested development, drum kit, rebellious youth, seesaw, ice sculpture, fake death, kite flying, frat pack, caterer, moving van, innuendo, aspirin, stage fright, spoiled child, reference to oprah winfrey, surprise during end credits, rudeness, water hose, bear trap, stepmother stepson relationship, forty something, night vision goggles, male male hug, whipped cream, screwball comedy, dove, white rapper, sleepwalking, reference to star wars, stepfather stepson relationship, fart joke, brother in law sister in law relationship, treehouse, lip synching, head injury, bunk bed, urinal, immaturity, male rape, whispering, sailboat, golf club, men's bathroom, buried alive, whale, porn magazine, handshake, surprise after end credits, earphones, drums, reckless driving, family dinner, divorcee, blind man, thirty something, tuxedo, black eye, slacker, scene after end credits, sibling rivalry, sex in a bathroom, drummer, shovel, job interview, karaoke, sexism, rap music, crossbow, remote control, absurd humor, janitor, presumed dead, psychologist, friendship between men, flatulence, therapist, male bonding, scene during opening credits, guitarist, vandalism, wound, falling down stairs, nerd, machismo, therapy, scene during end credits, baseball bat, knocked out, storytelling, fantasy sequence, widower, death of wife, karate, microphone, grave, flash forward, spanking, fishing, toilet, eating, band, wine, drug use, f word, guitar, death of mother, marijuana, birthday, sunglasses, extramarital affair, vomiting, sword, watching tv, punched in the face, slow motion scene, urination, helicopter, food, underwear, dream, beating, song, cell phone, crying, brother brother relationship, erection, singing, title spoken by character, photograph, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, music video, violence, masturbation, kiss, fight, flashback |
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
Themes: | unfaithfulness, divorce, wedding, adultery, money, christmas, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | doctor, friend |
Story: | treehouse, earphones, family dinner, divorcee, shovel, therapist, therapy, widower, death of wife, eating, wine, death of mother, marijuana, extramarital affair, watching tv, urination, food, crying, brother brother relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, kiss |
Themes: | unfaithfulness, adultery, christmas, infidelity, friendship |
Characters: | doctor, friend |
Story: | divorcee, drummer, remote control, therapist, scene during opening credits, machismo, scene during end credits, flash forward, toilet, band, wine, drug use, f word, marijuana, extramarital affair, vomiting, watching tv, punched in the face, slow motion scene, brother brother relationship, erection, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, flashback, kiss, fight, masturbation |
After a fateful mistake costing his career, an ex-soccer player bum meets a shaolin kung fu student trying to spread the word of kung fu. The ex-soccer player helps reconcile with his five brothers, and teaches them soccer, adding shaolin kung fu as a twist.
Themes: | money, love, friendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | singer, children, friend |
Story: | toilet paper, drums, drummer, janitor, falling down stairs, knocked out, flash forward, toilet, eating, band, drug use, guitar, sunglasses, vomiting, sword, watching tv, punched in the face, slow motion scene, urination, food, underwear, dream, beating, song, cell phone, crying, brother brother relationship, singing, photograph, violence, fight, flashback |
Michael and Jenna, having been a couple for three years, want to get married and start a family. These plans seem to be well on their way when Jenna announces that she's pregnant. But Michael is worried that his life and his youth will be over for good. At a wedding of a friend, he meets a free-spir…ited college co-ed, Kim, who opens his eyes and leads him on a dangerous path away from Jenna. Meanwhile, none of the relationships of the people surrounding Michael and Jenna are happy and stable. Michael's friend Izzy is unwilling to let go of his childhood sweetheart Arianna; Kenny is a handsome stud who fears commitment to his latest conquest Danielle; and Chris is a co-worker who is dominated by his neurotic and overbearing wife over raising their newborn son. Even Jenna's parents, Stephen and Anna, are experiencing problems in their long-suffering marriage. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulness, wedding, adultery, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | bicycle, boat |
Characters: | singer, friend |
Story: | fart joke, treehouse, thirty something, flatulence, therapist, machismo, band, wine, drug use, marijuana, extramarital affair, watching tv, punched in the face, underwear, dream, crying, photograph, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, kiss, fight |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul…-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. This is why Hesher (2010) is one of the best movies like Step Brothers (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | money, friendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | bully, singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | singing in a car, urinal, reckless driving, remote control, guitarist, vandalism, therapy, storytelling, death of wife, eating, drug use, f word, guitar, death of mother, marijuana, vomiting, watching tv, punched in the face, slow motion scene, urination, food, underwear, beating, song, crying, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, fight, flashback, violence, masturbation |
Four members of a high school band called Mystery do everything they can to attend a KISS concert in Detroit. In order to make it to the show they must steal, cheat, strip, deal with an anti-rock mom and generally do whatever it takes to see the band that has inspired them to be musicians.
Themes: | money, friendship |
Characters: | singer, friend |
Story: | stage fright, porn magazine, drums, reckless driving, flatulence, vandalism, nerd, microphone, band, wine, drug use, guitar, marijuana, slow motion scene, urination, underwear, beating, song, brother brother relationship, erection, singing, title spoken by character, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, kiss, fight |
Hank, stranded on a deserted island and about to kill himself, notices a corpse washed up on the beach. He befriends it, naming it Manny, only to discover that his new friend can talk and has a myriad of supernatural abilities...which may help him get home.
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | singer, friend |
Story: | earphones, friendship between men, flatulence, scene during opening credits, fantasy sequence, microphone, flash forward, eating, f word, birthday, sunglasses, slow motion scene, urination, food, song, cell phone, erection, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, flashback, masturbation, fight |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Themes: | unfaithfulness, adultery, money, infidelity, love, friendship |
Characters: | singer, friend |
Story: | drums, drummer, guitarist, microphone, eating, band, drug use, f word, guitar, marijuana, birthday, vomiting, watching tv, urination, food, underwear, song, crying, singing, photograph, mother son relationship, family relationships, kiss |
This is the beginning of the eighties and everybody is moving to the beat of Pop music, as the brand-new concept of the music video appears on television for the first time. However, in Dublin, Conor, a teenager with a sensitive heart, is trying to deal with a tense family relationship, reconnect wi…th his older brother while dealing with the hostile environment in his new public school. And then one day, he sees her. Tall, with long chestnut hair, a buttery complexion and big, dark eyes; an enigmatically beautiful girl standing in front of his school's gate, indolently observing people passing by. But who is she and how could a boy ever get noticed by such a distant girl? That's easy. He would form a band. Surprisingly, with every lyric Conor writes, the gap narrows and with every song he plays, her heart fills with affection. In the end, before a sea of opportunities lying ahead of them, what will the future hold for a brave love like this? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulness, adultery, infidelity, friendship, love |
Locations: | bicycle, boat |
Characters: | bully, singer, friend |
Story: | band, earphones, drums, black eye, drummer, scene during opening credits, guitarist, microphone, flash forward, sunglasses, extramarital affair, vomiting, punched in the face, slow motion scene, song, crying, brother brother relationship, singing, title spoken by character, music video, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, flashback, kiss |
Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the… other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again. This is why Youth (2015) is one of the best movies like Step Brothers (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulness, divorce, adultery, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | bicycle, boat |
Characters: | singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | earphones, reckless driving, drummer, guitarist, microphone, grave, eating, f word, birthday, sunglasses, extramarital affair, urination, food, dream, song, singing, title spoken by character, photograph, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, kiss |
It's the dinner shift at Shenanigan's. Dan, the clueless boss, assigns Mitch, 22, a trainee, to Monty, the smooth talker who chases girls for one-night stands. Dean, a waiter, also 22, feels that life is passing him by. Dan offers him the assistant manager job and gives him until midnight to decide.… Other waiters, cooks, and bus boys have their issues and personalities. Bishop, the dishwasher, is their counselor. During this shift, Monty may learn something, Dean makes his decision, Dan makes a play for the not-yet-18 hostess, customers get their comeuppance, the guys all play the in-house homophobic flashing game, the gals demonstrate why they won't, and Mitch gets the last word. (Read More)
Themes: | blindness, friendship |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | arrested development, urinal, men's bathroom, surprise after end credits, sex in a bathroom, rap music, friendship between men, scene during end credits, fantasy sequence, eating, drug use, f word, marijuana, birthday, slow motion scene, urination, food, underwear, dream, cell phone, crying, title spoken by character, photograph, mother son relationship |
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away,… even on a fishing trip. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulness, adultery, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | vandalism, baseball bat, fishing, band, drug use, marijuana, birthday, extramarital affair, vomiting, watching tv, urination, helicopter, underwear, crying, photograph, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships |
Peter Klaven's world revolves around his real estate work and Zooey, his soon-to-be fiancee. After he pops the question, she calls her best friends and they go into wedding planning mode. Peter has no male friends and that poses problems: will he turn out to be a clingy guy, and who will be his best… man? Zooey, her friends, and Peter's brother Robbie offer help that results in awkward moments. Then, at an open house Peter's hosting, he meets Sydney, an amiable, low-key guy. They trade business cards, and Peter calls him to meet for drinks. A friendship develops that's great at first but then threatens Peter's engagement and career. Can guys be friends and couples be in love? (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, friendship, love |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | arrested development, urinal, immaturity, divorcee, thirty something, tuxedo, friendship between men, flatulence, male bonding, machismo, scene during end credits, microphone, eating, band, wine, f word, guitar, marijuana, food, cell phone, brother brother relationship, title spoken by character, photograph, mother son relationship, father son relationship, masturbation, kiss, fight |
Reuben Feffer thinks he's found the love of his life but on his honeymoon he discovers her cheating on him with a scuba instructor. Reuben travels back home to get his life on track. On a night out with best pal, Sandy Lyle, Reuben discovers an old school friend, Polly Prince. Reuben feels a connect…ion straight away, and tries constantly to get her to like him. But it's not going to be easy for Reuben, especially when he spends his days calculating risks, and when someone unexpected turns up. (Read More)
Themes: | blindness, unfaithfulness, wedding, adultery, infidelity, friendship, love |
Locations: | boat |
Characters: | friend, singer |
Story: | sitting on a toilet, caterer, screwball comedy, urinal, sailboat, golf club, men's bathroom, flatulence, storytelling, microphone, spanking, toilet, band, wine, marijuana, extramarital affair, vomiting, slow motion scene, urination, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, kiss |
Born Christmas Day 1960, Zac Beaulieu is the fourth of five sons of Gervais and Laurianne Beaulieu. Zac feels somewhat disconnected to his brothers, all of whom are different from each other. They include the bookworm Christian who is the eldest, the dumb jock Antoine who is third, and the youngest …Yvan. But Zac has the most contempt for his second eldest brother, the shiftless druggie Raymond. To his devout Catholic mother, Zac is her miracle son, both for being born the same day as Jesus Christ (a fact which Zac has always hated), and because a Tupperware-selling mystic once told her that he has the power to heal. Laurianne has always coddled Zac, the two who have a special if unspoken bond. But Zac wants more to please his father, who wants more than anything in his sons that they grow up to be man's men and not sissies. As Zac goes through his mid-teens to early twenties, Zac isn't sure if he can live up to the ideals of either his mother or especially his father. A young man with stress-induced asthma, Zac just wants to be what he considers normal, which includes getting rid of his asthma. But more importantly, he wants to get rid of the underlying thoughts that he has and which most going through puberty have, but that for him are becoming more prevalent as he grows older. This is why C.r.a.z.y. (2005) is one of the best movies like Step Brothers (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, christmas, love |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | singer, doctor |
Story: | christmas tree, bunk bed, earphones, tuxedo, black eye, sibling rivalry, flatulence, storytelling, fantasy sequence, microphone, eating, drug use, marijuana, sunglasses, vomiting, punched in the face, slow motion scene, food, underwear, beating, song, crying, brother brother relationship, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, masturbation, kiss, fight, flashback |
A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods.
Themes: | blindness, friendship, love |
Locations: | boat |
Characters: | singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | digging a grave, male male hug, men's bathroom, earphones, widower, microphone, grave, eating, band, f word, sunglasses, slow motion scene, food, underwear, song, brother brother relationship, erection, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, fight, kiss, masturbation |
Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte…r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
Themes: | divorce, money, infidelity, friendship, love |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | therapy, men's bathroom, tuxedo, psychologist, therapist, guitarist, fantasy sequence, toilet, drug use, guitar, marijuana, vomiting, watching tv, slow motion scene, urination, dream, crying, erection, title spoken by character, photograph, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, masturbation, kiss |
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is …short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, money, love, friendship |
Characters: | singer, friend |
Story: | bunk bed, tuxedo, scene during opening credits, fantasy sequence, microphone, eating, drug use, marijuana, sunglasses, vomiting, slow motion scene, urination, food, underwear, song, crying, singing, title spoken by character, mother son relationship, father son relationship, flashback, masturbation |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did…, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Characters: | singer, friend |
Story: | head wound, singing in a car, guitarist, vandalism, storytelling, microphone, grave, flash forward, fishing, eating, drug use, sunglasses, watching tv, slow motion scene, urination, food, underwear, dream, song, cell phone, crying, brother brother relationship, singing, photograph, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, flashback, kiss |
Buddy was a baby in an orphanage who stowed away in Santa's sack and ended up at the North Pole. Later, as an adult human who happened to be raised by elves, Santa allows him to go to New York City to find his birth father, Walter Hobbs. Hobbs, on Santa's naughty list for being a heartless jerk, had… no idea that Buddy was even born. Buddy, meanwhile, experiences the delights of New York City (and human culture) as only an elf can. When Walter's relationship with Buddy interferes with his job, he is forced to reevaluate his priorities. This is why Elf (2003) is one of the best movies like Step Brothers (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | money, christmas, love |
Characters: | singer, doctor |
Story: | christmas eve, christmas tree, frat pack, whispering, storytelling, toilet, eating, death of mother, vomiting, watching tv, food, underwear, song, brother brother relationship, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, kiss, fight |
MI6's top assassin (Mark Strong) has a brother. Unfortunately for him, he's a football hooligan (Sacha Baron Cohen) from the town of Grimsby. Nobby has everything a man from the poor English fishing town of Grimsby could want - 9 children and the most attractive girlfriend in northern England (Rebel… Wilson). There's only one thing missing in his life: his little brother, Sebastian. After they were adopted by different families as children, Nobby spent 28 years searching for him. Upon hearing of his location, Nobby sets off to reunite with his brother, unaware that not only is his brother an MI6 agent, but he's just uncovered a plot that puts the world in danger. On the run and wrongfully accused, Sebastian realizes that if he is going to save the world, he will need the help of its biggest idiot. (Read More)
Themes: | unemployment, friendship |
Locations: | bicycle, boat |
Characters: | children |
Story: | reference to ben affleck, surprise during end credits, water hose, fart joke, surprise after end credits, scene after end credits, scene during opening credits, falling down stairs, scene during end credits, knocked out, flash forward, fishing, toilet, f word, sunglasses, watching tv, punched in the face, slow motion scene, urination, helicopter, beating, cell phone, brother brother relationship, erection, title spoken by character, photograph, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, fight, flashback, violence |
At 16, Nick Twisp is wry about his teen funk: he lives in Oakland with his sex-addled mother; his father's child support is her meal ticket. While camping in Ukiah, Nick meets Sheeni: for him, it's love at first sight. Nick has to figure out how to get his father a job in Ukiah, then how to get sent… to live with his father, then how to get close to Sheeni, whose religious parents may want her sent away from temptation to a boarding school. There's also Sheeni's all-American boyfriend to contend with. Overwhelmed by the challenges, Nick's about to give up when he conjures an alter ego who whispers revolt into his ear. Nick is not altogether hapless, but can this end well? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulness, adultery, infidelity, friendship, love |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | bunk bed, family dinner, vandalism, scene during end credits, spanking, eating, f word, marijuana, sunglasses, extramarital affair, vomiting, punched in the face, slow motion scene, urination, food, underwear, cell phone, erection, photograph, father son relationship, mother son relationship, kiss, fight, flashback, masturbation |
Sex addict and colonial theme park worker, Victor Mancini, has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mom's hospital bills while she suffers from an Alzheimer's disease that hides the truth about his childhood. He pretends to choke on food in a restaurant and the person who "saves" him will feel …responsible for Victor for the rest of their lives. (Read More)
Themes: | blindness, love, friendship |
Characters: | doctor, friend |
Story: | blind man, sex in a bathroom, drummer, flatulence, vandalism, machismo, storytelling, fantasy sequence, flash forward, toilet, eating, drug use, death of mother, sunglasses, vomiting, watching tv, food, cell phone, crying, mother son relationship, father son relationship, flashback, masturbation |
Lazy court-process clerk and stoner Dale Denton has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver: to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord, h…e panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him--and it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia: incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard the Pineapple Express. (Read More)
Themes: | money, friendship, love |
Characters: | doctor, friend |
Story: | head wound, reckless driving, family dinner, black eye, male bonding, machismo, flash forward, toilet, drug use, f word, marijuana, birthday, punched in the face, slow motion scene, underwear, beating, cell phone, crying, brother brother relationship, erection, title spoken by character, photograph, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, violence, flashback, kiss, fight |
In Mexico City, late teen friends Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are feeling restless as their respective girlfriends are traveling together through Europe before they all begin the next phase of their lives at college. At a lavish family wedding, Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa Cortes, the twenty-som…ething wife of Tenoch's cousin Jano, the two who have just moved to Mexico from Spain. Tenoch and Julio try to impress the beautiful Luisa by telling her that they will be taking a trip to the most beautiful secluded beach in Mexico called la Boca del Cielo (translated to Heaven's Mouth), the trip and the beach which in reality don't exist. When Luisa learns of Jano's latest marital indiscretion straight from the horse's mouth, she takes Tenoch and Julio's offer to go along on this road trip, meaning that Tenoch and Julio have to pull together quickly a road trip to a non-existent beach. They decide to head toward one suggested by their friend Saba, who seems a little confused himself of this beach's location. On the road trip, which ends up not being totally harmonious, the three go on a trip of discovery. For Luisa, she has to figure out what to do with her immediate future based on the news from Jano and a secret she is keeping. And Tenoch and Julio have to figure out what their friendship really means as they grow up. This is why Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001) is one of the best movies like Step Brothers (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, unfaithfulness, divorce, adultery, money, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | boat |
Characters: | singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | immaturity, janitor, psychologist, flatulence, storytelling, microphone, eating, drug use, f word, marijuana, sunglasses, extramarital affair, vomiting, urination, food, underwear, song, crying, erection, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, kiss, masturbation |
Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys' island estate,… and potentially meet the loves of their lives... (Read More)
Themes: | divorce, wedding, unfaithfulness, adultery, christmas, infidelity, love, friendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | frat pack, reference to oprah winfrey, screwball comedy, immaturity, sailboat, family dinner, thirty something, tuxedo, storytelling, microphone, toilet, eating, band, death of mother, birthday, extramarital affair, vomiting, punched in the face, food, underwear, beating, crying, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, kiss, masturbation |
Themes: | money |
Story: | drums, baseball bat, microphone, fishing, eating, band, wine, drug use, guitar, marijuana, watching tv, helicopter, food, underwear, brother brother relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, kiss |
Raimunda, her daughter Paula and her sister Sole travel from Madrid to the windy and superstitious village of Alcanfor de las Infantas to visit the grave of their mother Irene, who died years ago in a fire with her husband. Then they visit Irene's sister Paula, an old senile aunt that raised Raimund…a after the death of her parents that insists to tell them that Irene is alive and living with her; later, they go to the house of her neighbor and friend Agustina, who gives a support to Paula. They return to Madrid, and after a hard day of work, Raimunda meets her daughter completely distraught at the bus stop waiting for her. When they arrive home, Paula tells her mother that she killed her unemployed father Paco, who was completely drunk and tried to rape her. While Raimunda hides his body, Sole calls her to tell that their beloved aunt Paula has died. The next morning, Sole travels alone to the funeral, and when she returns to Madrid, she finds her mother hidden in the trunk of her car. She brings Irene to her apartment, where secrets from the past are disclosed. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulness, adultery, money, infidelity, love |
Characters: | singer, friend |
Story: | caterer, shovel, remote control, flatulence, guitarist, grave, eating, drug use, guitar, death of mother, marijuana, extramarital affair, watching tv, urination, food, song, cell phone, crying, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, family relationships, kiss, masturbation |
Themes: | unfaithfulness, divorce, adultery, infidelity |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | long underwear, men's bathroom, handshake, scene during opening credits, flash forward, drug use, f word, sunglasses, extramarital affair, vomiting, watching tv, helicopter, underwear, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, kiss, fight, flashback |
A chance encounter between a travelling salesman and a lonely hitman triggers a strangely profound relationship which provokes each to act in ways neither would have imagined possible. Fate steps in to form a friendship between two men from irreconcilable worlds that will alter the lives of both for…ever. This is why The Matador (2005) is one of the best movies like Step Brothers (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | money, christmas, friendship |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | sitting on a toilet, christmas decorations, christmas tree, men's bathroom, friendship between men, storytelling, death of wife, flash forward, band, birthday, sunglasses, sword, watching tv, slow motion scene, urination, underwear, cell phone, crying, photograph, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, flashback, kiss |
Danny and Wheeler, well into their 30s, lack something: Danny feels stuck; he's sour and has driven away his terrific girlfriend. Wheeler chases any skirt he sees for empty sex. When they get in a fight with a tow-truck driver, they choose community service over jail and are assigned to be big broth…ers - Danny to Augie, a geek who loves to LARP (Live Action Role Play), and Wheeler to Ronnie, a pint-size foul-mouthed kid. After a rocky start, things start to go well until both Danny and Wheeler make big mistakes. Can the two men figure out how to change enough to be role models to the boys? (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | singer |
Story: | urinal, immaturity, karaoke, male bonding, scene during end credits, storytelling, fantasy sequence, microphone, fishing, guitar, marijuana, sword, urination, food, cell phone, crying, erection, singing, mother son relationship, father son relationship, fight |
Down and out rock star Dewey Finn gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar pr…odigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight. (Read More)
Themes: | money, friendship |
Characters: | singer, friend |
Story: | band, guitar, surprise after end credits, drums, slacker, drummer, guitarist, scene during end credits, toilet, urination, food, song, singing, title spoken by character, family relationships |
To Greg Heffley, middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. It's a place rigged with hundreds of social landmines, not the least of which are morons, wedgies, swirlies, bullies, lunchtime banishment to the cafeteria floor - and a festering piece of cheese with nuclear cooties. To survive the n…ever-ending ordeal and attain the recognition and status he feels he so richly deserves, Greg devises an endless series of can't-miss schemes, all of which, of course, go awry. And he's getting it all down on paper, via a diary - "it's NOT a diary, it's a journal!" Greg insists, preferring the less-sissyfied designation - filled with his opinions, thoughts, tales of family trials and tribulations, and (would-be) schoolyard triumphs. "One day when I'm famous," writes Greg, "I'll have better things to do than answer people's stupid questions all day." So was born the Wimpy Kid's diary. (Read More)
Themes: | christmas, friendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | bully, singer, children, friend |
Story: | toilet paper, sitting on a toilet, porn magazine, janitor, nerd, fantasy sequence, toilet, watching tv, urination, underwear, song, cell phone, brother brother relationship, singing, photograph, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, flashback, fight |
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a… good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter. (Read More)
Themes: | money, christmas, love |
Characters: | singer, children |
Story: | christmas tree, microphone, toilet, eating, wine, death of mother, birthday, vomiting, watching tv, punched in the face, urination, food, underwear, dream, beating, song, singing, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, flashback, violence |
Twelve year old Marcus Brewer lives with his chronically depressed single mother, Fiona Brewer. Both Fiona and Marcus beat to their own respective drummers. Marcus will do whatever he can to make his depressed mother happy, even if it causes himself grief. As such, he realizes that he is perceived a…s different than most kids, as even the self-professed weird kids don't want to hang out with him as he is the target of bullying. Part of the taunts against him are the fact that he sings and speaks to himself without even realizing that he is doing it. Meanwhile, thirty-eight year old Will Freeman is a slacker who has lived comfortably off the royalties of a song written by his deceased father, and as such has never had to work a day in his life. He is a solitary man who places himself as the first and only priority in life. He comes across the idea that dating single moms meets his selfish carnal needs. It is in this capacity that Will meets Marcus, as one of Will's single mother conquests, Suzie, is friends with the Brewers. Trying to escape his life but wanting Will to date Fiona, Marcus infiltrates Will's life, much to Will's chagrin. Will slowly begins to realize that Marcus is more than just a nuisance, but rather someone who needs some guidance navigating through the trials of adolescence and the trials of dealing with a suicidal mother, and perhaps he can be a small part of providing that direction. Conversely, Marcus may be able to show Will the path to becoming a real adult. This is why About A Boy (2002) is one of the best movies like Step Brothers (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | unemployment, unfaithfulness, adultery, christmas, infidelity, friendship |
Characters: | bully, singer, friend |
Story: | lip synching, immaturity, earphones, thirty something, slacker, rap music, guitarist, storytelling, eating, guitar, extramarital affair, watching tv, food, song, crying, singing, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, flashback |
Seventeen year old Jason Slocumb, Jr. - Igby to most that know him - comes from east coast old money, the second son of self-absorbed and controlling Mimi Slocumb and medically-diagnosed schizophrenic Jason Slocum, Sr., the latter who has for several years been institutionalized in a Maryland psychi…atric facility. While Igby's economics-studying Columbia-attending older brother Ollie Slocum has embraced and aspires to continue their wealthy life, Igby has rebelled against it, considering his brother a fascist (although he could soften that label to Republican). Because of Jason's situation, Mimi has largely left the role of male role model for Ollie and Igby to their godfather, D.H. Banes. Igby's rebellion has led to him being kicked out of one prep school after another, the latest, a military academy, from which Igby escapes before he can graduate. As such, Mimi and D.H. arrange for Igby to live in New York with Ollie for the summer while working for D.H. renovating some of his properties, before Mimi arranges for yet another strict school for the fall so that Igby can at least graduate. Igby is largely able to hide out for most of the summer with the help of Rachel, D.H.'s younger heroin addict mistress, and Sookie, a slightly older waitress with who he falls in love. An issue with Sookie and the aftermath of a joint mission with Ollie leads to Igby having a clearer picture of what his immediate future will look like. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulness, money, adultery, infidelity, friendship, love |
Characters: | doctor, friend |
Story: | rebellious youth, caterer, spoiled child, immaturity, storytelling, flash forward, eating, wine, drug use, marijuana, birthday, extramarital affair, vomiting, punched in the face, food, underwear, beating, crying, brother brother relationship, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, fight, flashback, masturbation |
Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden.
Themes: | unfaithfulness, divorce, wedding, adultery, money, infidelity, love, friendship |
Locations: | boat |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | golf club, men's bathroom, reckless driving, falling down stairs, machismo, microphone, eating, drug use, f word, marijuana, sunglasses, extramarital affair, vomiting, watching tv, punched in the face, slow motion scene, urination, helicopter, food, underwear, beating, brother brother relationship, erection, title spoken by character, photograph, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, fight, flashback, kiss, masturbation |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of… honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
Themes: | divorce, wedding, friendship |
Characters: | singer, friend |
Story: | stepmother stepson relationship, rap music, microphone, flash forward, spanking, vomiting, punched in the face, food, underwear, song, cell phone, singing, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, masturbation, kiss |
After Kenny accidentaly kills a cop's diabetic horse by feeding it the food he purchased from a munchie run, he is put in jail and is given a 1 million dollar bail. The rest of the group must bail Kenny out before Nasty Nate gets to him. The group decides to sell marijuana that Thurgood gets through… his job as a janitor at a pharmaceutical lab. They become pals with rap star Sir Smoke-A-Lot and the rivals of dealer Samson Simpson. On the side, Thurgood seeks the love of Mary Jane, an anti-pot daughter of a dealer. What follows is typical pothead behaviour with a ton of cameos. Look carefully. (Read More)
Themes: | money, love, friendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Story: | scene after end credits, crossbow, janitor, scene during opening credits, storytelling, marijuana, sword, watching tv, punched in the face, slow motion scene, urination, food, underwear, photograph, music video, flashback, fight |
Brothers - older Stephen and three years junior Bloom - have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, for who the intricacy of the story used in the con is as important as the positive outcome of the swindle. Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories, the character he… considers the anti-hero. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and who has a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom hits his mid-thirties, he wants to quit the business as he is losing his own identity to that of the characters he portrays; he doesn't know anymore what is real and what is make-believe. Stephen talks him into one last con, the mark to be the eccentric, lonely but beautiful New Jersey heiress, Penelope Stamp. Penelope's primary past-time in life is to, as she calls it, "borrow hobbies": when she sees something she likes, she learns how to do it solely through reading books. As the brothers go through their final con on Penelope, three main problems may occur to thwart the plan. First, the brothers' former mentor and now arch enemy, Diamond Dog, may exact his long awaited revenge on the brothers. Second, Penelope may end up being more unpredictable than all their former marks. And third, Bloom, who has let love slip by in his life, may fall for Penelope. But through the process, no one ever really knows who is conning who. This is why The Brothers Bloom (2008) is one of the best movies like Step Brothers (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulness, adultery, money, infidelity, love, friendship |
Locations: | bicycle, boat |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | handshake, thirty something, karaoke, presumed dead, storytelling, fantasy sequence, flash forward, guitar, extramarital affair, punched in the face, slow motion scene, helicopter, beating, crying, brother brother relationship, singing, title spoken by character, photograph, husband wife relationship, fight, flashback, kiss |
In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept "phil…istines" - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with "philistines". Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song "Hey You" in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulness, divorce, adultery, money, infidelity, love, friendship |
Characters: | singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | whale, earphones, psychologist, therapist, guitarist, therapy, microphone, toilet, eating, guitar, extramarital affair, watching tv, food, underwear, song, crying, brother brother relationship, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, masturbation, kiss, fight |
Peter is a composer and a likable sad sack who's devastated when his girlfriend of five years, Sarah Marshall, the star of a cheesy CSI-style crime show, dumps him. He weeps, he rails, he mopes. Finally, his step-brother Brian suggests Hawaii, so Peter heads for a resort on Oahu where, as he's check…ing in, he sees Sarah and her new beau, Aldous, a polymorphously perverse English rocker. The weeping and moping start again, until Peter is rescued by Rachel, a thoughtful hotel clerk who invites him to a luau and to hang out. Although he constantly runs into Sarah and Aldous, Peter starts to come alive again. Will Sarah realize what she's lost, and what about Rachel? (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, infidelity, friendship, love |
Characters: | singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | toilet paper, stepbrother stepbrother relationship, urinal, scene during end credits, microphone, band, wine, marijuana, sunglasses, watching tv, punched in the face, urination, underwear, song, cell phone, crying, brother brother relationship, erection, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, flashback, fight, kiss, masturbation |
Rod Kimble is a naif, a slacker living in a small US town with his mom, his younger brother, and his stepfather whose respect he craves. He also misses his dead dad, whom he thinks was Evel Knievel's back-up. Rod, a man-child, believes that he is a stunt man. When his stepfather needs an operation, …with help from his brother and his slacker pals, Rod hatches a plan to set a school-bus-jumping record on his moped. First, his crew and he have to raise money to rent the buses and build the ramp. Trouble is, Rod's inept at his chosen career. Looming failure is complicated by the return of Denise, Rod's next-door neighbor and secret heartthrob, who is home from college. Is public humiliation at hand? (Read More)
Themes: | money, love, friendship |
Story: | stepfather stepson relationship, head injury, surprise after end credits, slacker, nerd, fantasy sequence, band, punched in the face, slow motion scene, beating, brother brother relationship, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, flashback |
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best fri…ends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulness, adultery, christmas, infidelity, friendship |
Characters: | doctor, friend |
Story: | christmas eve, men's bathroom, male bonding, machismo, death of wife, marijuana, extramarital affair, vomiting, urination, food, underwear, cell phone, crying, erection, singing, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, kiss, flashback |
Dan is a 51 year old executive who learns that his company is being restructured and he is being demoted. Carter, who is 26, replaces him. Dan who has two teenage daughters with another on the way, decides to suck it up and work for Carter. Dan and Carter's working relationship is tested when Carter… begins a relationship with Alex, who is Dan's daughter. This is why In Good Company (2004) is one of the best movies like Step Brothers (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | unemployment, unfaithfulness, divorce, adultery, infidelity, friendship |
Characters: | doctor, friend |
Story: | rudeness, male male hug, handshake, black eye, drug use, marijuana, birthday, extramarital affair, vomiting, punched in the face, food, cell phone, photograph, husband wife relationship, family relationships |
The college friends Paul, Karen, Bert, Marcy and Jeff rent an isolated cabin in the woods to spend a week together. When they arrive, a man contaminated with a weird disease asks for help to them, but they get in panic and burn the man, who falls in the water reservoir and dies. The whole group, exc…ept Karen, makes a pact of drinking only beer along the week without knowing where the dead body is. When Karen drinks tap water and gets the disease, the group begins their journey to hell. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | hit with a shovel, scene after end credits, scene during end credits, baseball bat, knocked out, storytelling, karate, eating, f word, guitar, marijuana, vomiting, punched in the face, slow motion scene, urination, beating, cell phone, photograph, father son relationship, masturbation, flashback, violence |
Following the death of his father in Mexico, Stephane Miroux, a shy insecure young man, agrees to come to Paris to draw closer to his widowed mother Christine. He lands a boring job at a calendar-making firm and falls in love with his charming neighbor Stephanie. But conquering her is no bed of rose…s for the young man and the only solution he finds to put up with the difficulties he is going through is escape into a dream world... (Read More)
Themes: | love, friendship |
Locations: | boat |
Characters: | singer, friend |
Story: | sleepwalking, fart joke, head injury, earphones, drums, drummer, remote control, flatulence, band, guitar, watching tv, underwear, dream, song, singing, photograph, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, flashback, kiss |
When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help… of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude. (Read More)
Themes: | unemployment, money, divorce, friendship |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | singing in a car, screwball comedy, slacker, absurd humor, friendship between men, vandalism, fantasy sequence, toilet, f word, marijuana, sunglasses, sword, punched in the face, slow motion scene, urination, dream, beating, cell phone, title spoken by character, photograph, husband wife relationship, flashback, fight |
Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It revealed that he was hot on the trail of the $200,000 t…hat went missing with airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper in 1971. They decide to continue his journey, but do not understand the dangers they will soon encounter. (Read More)
Themes: | money, friendship, love |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | singer, friend, doctor |
Story: | marijuana, bear trap, treehouse, male rape, thirty something, rap music, friendship between men, wound, storytelling, fishing, slow motion scene, urination, underwear, song, cell phone, crying, erection, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, fight, violence, kiss |