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Movies like Where are you, Mia?

The best movies like Where are you, Mia? are Blue in the Face (1995), Smoke (1995) and Laurel Canyon (2003). If Where are you, Mia? hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Blue in the Face (1995)

    A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty of hilarious fun. But when the greedy owner threatens to close the shop for good and turn it into a trendy vegetarian restaurant, the neighborhood proves they'll do just about anything to save their favorite hangout.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Smoke (1995)

    Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Laurel Canyon (2003)

    When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Topsy-Turvy (1999)

    For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Tumbledown (2016)

    A young woman struggles to move on with her life after the death of her husband, an acclaimed folk singer, when a brash New York writer forces her to confront her loss and the ambiguous circumstances of his death.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Factory Girl (2006)

    In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

    Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. To the Bone (2017)

    A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Strange Weather (2016)

    Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  10. The Insider (1999)

    A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Fierce People (2006)

    A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client in New Jersey.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Original Sin (2001)

    A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

    When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)

    In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respectable though her life is, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in her privileged world. One night, a new neighbor catches Diane's eye, and the enigmatic man inspires her to set forth on the path to discovering her own artistry.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. An Unmarried Woman (1978)

    A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. As Good as It Gets (1997)

    A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

    Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Princess Nicotine (1909)

    A smoker falls asleep, and two mischievious fairies play with his pipe. He discovers this, and imprisons them in a cigar box. He removes a flower from the box, which contains a fairy smoking a cigarette. Next, he leaves briefly while his smoking paraphenalia clears itself from the table and the flower reassembles itself into a cigar. He lights the cigar, then breaks a bottle containing the fairy, who interacts with him in various ways reeling from his cigar smoke, building a bonfire that he extinguishes, etc.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  19. Mammal (2016)

    After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Heart of a Dog (2015)

    Musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother and her beloved dog.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  21. Layer Cake (2004)

    When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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  22. Ireneo de Valpo (2024)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

  23. Fag End (2024)

    "Fag End" is an astute representation of the metaphorical death of a mother. The movie revolves around a girl named 'Tania', a victim of smoking and alcohol abuse, going through the process of In vitro fertilization. When it comes to alcohol and smoking, an abuser is overlapped with the tendencies of both alcoholism and chain smoking wherein one is subjected to intense cravings, followed by untoward mental as well as physical detention. Things go downhill one morning, as she relapsed the night before and she suffers a miscarriage. Does it not leave us with the raucous screams of the unborn?

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

  24. Three Haiku Videos (1994)

    A collection of three short “video haikus” by Chris Marker. Yanka / Tchaika observes the Seine beneath a bridge; Owl Gets in Your Eyes features Catherine Belkhodja with an owl superimposed in flight; and Petite Ceinture pays homage to the Lumière brothers by filming empty train tracks along Paris’s disused railway.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

  25. Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992)

    A Japanese salaryman finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is kidnapped by a gang of violent thugs.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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  26. Mr. Untouchable (2007)

    The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord. Follow his life story from his rough childhood to the last days of his life.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

  27. Miss Minoes (2001)

    A cat who turns into a young woman helps a journalist protect their town from a factory boss with an evil plan.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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  28. Cat People (1942)

    A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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  29. [MADO] (2023)

    Starring Masahiko Nishimura, "MADO(Window)" is an extremely closed, socially conscious drama based on a true story of the actual court case known as “Yokohama Secondhand Smoke Trial" in Japan, This is the first feature film directed by a successful commercial director, Mao. Being a son of the plaintiff, he had a great passion for tackling this sensitive issue caused by chemical sensitivities.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

  30. Crows Zero II (2009)

    Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students of Hosen Academy, feared by everyone as 'The Army of Killers.' The two schools, in fact, have a history of bad blood between them. And the simmering embers of hatred are about to flare up again, burning away any last remnants of the truce they had so rigorously observed until now.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Where are you, Mia??

The closest matches to Where are you, Mia? are Blue in the Face (1995), Smoke (1995) and Laurel Canyon (2003). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Where are you, Mia??

Start with Blue in the Face (1995), the closest match to Where are you, Mia?.

What is the highest-rated movie like Where are you, Mia??

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), rated 7.6/10 by 4,632 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Where are you, Mia??

Ireneo de Valpo (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

How are movies similar to Where are you, Mia? chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Where are you, Mia?, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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