Movies like The Anniversary Party (2001)
The best movies like The Anniversary Party (2001) are The Details (2012), Personal Velocity (2002) and Women in Trouble (2009). If The Anniversary Party hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTrees Lounge (1996)6.9/10 from 220 votes
- NewestPrice Check (2012)Released 2012
The Details (2012)
When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPersonal Velocity (2002)
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisWomen in Trouble (2009)
Several women (and one girl) in L.A. are hiding something from someone else, or discovering something hidden from them. Maxine, a therapist, discovers her husband cheating on her with the mother of Charlotte, a 13-year old patient. Addy (the other woman) and her sister Doris have withheld from the girl the truth of her parentage. Holly, an adult film actor, isn't telling her friend Bambi how she feels about her, and another actor, Elektra, who discovers she's pregnant, hasn't told the baby's father that she loves him. A stuck elevator, a car crash, mid-air turbulence, a flight attendant, a shotgun-wielding bartender, and her roommate, who's a masseuse, help these women communicate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like this360 (2012)
A disparate group of characters unknowingly bond by the sexual choices they make. Consumed by loneliness, a British businessman ponders a rendezvous with a prostitute. The businessman's wife prepares to call it quits with her younger lover. A Brazilian student breaks up with her boyfriend in London. A recovering alcoholic travels to Phoenix in search of his missing daughter. A paroled sex offender struggles to stay composed when propositioned in a Denver airport. A widower's religious devotion is put to a difficult test.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisWilby Wonderful (2004)
A day-in-the-life dark comedy concerning a group of islanders, their respective secrets, and one man's plan to kill himself quietly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Down to the Bone (2004)
A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLawn Dogs (1997)
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-year-old daughter from one family, forges a friendship with Trent, things suddenly get very complicated.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLiving Out Loud (1998)
Judith Moore is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful doctor, has been having an affair with a younger woman. Judith stews, plans, plots and fantasizes, but she can't decide what to do with her life until she goes out to a night club to see singer Liz Bailey, who is full of advice on life and love. While out on the town, Judith is suddenly kissed by a total stranger, which opens her eyes to new possibilities... which is when she notices Pat, the elevator operator in her building.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDinner with Friends (2001)
A husband and wife reevaluate their marriage after their closest friends, another couple decide to split up after twelve years.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisRelax... It's Just Sex (1998)
A tight-knit group of thirty-somethings -- gay, lesbian and straight -- struggle to live, love and stay friends in modern-day Los Angeles as circumstances conspire to tear them apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Humpday (2009)
Imagine your life is somewhat complete with a house, job, and wife but then your best friend from college comes knocking at your door at 2 AM. During a pot-induced hedonistic party, a plan is hatched between the two friends to create an Art Film of “two really straight men having sex.” If they only knew how much this would affect all of their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisBirds of America (2008)
A regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister cause about town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisPrice Check (2012)
A middle aged, middle class, former music industry executive with a stay-at-home wife and son toils away at a supermarket chain. When a new high energy boss enters the company, she increases his fortunes and responsibilities while also creating tension in both his professional and personal life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisYour Friends & Neighbors (1998)
Restless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry is a sullen businessman married to Mary, a writer who is unsatisfied with their relationship. Mary begins an affair with Jerry, a smug theater professor and husband of her friend, Terri, who is also a writer. Adding to the adulterous mix are Cary, a callous doctor, and Cheri, an art-gallery assistant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSubUrbia (1997)
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMiddle of Nowhere (2008)
The film follows Grace, a young woman whose irresponsible mother blows her college fund on her younger sister's beauty pageant campaign.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisClockwatchers (1997)
Four female temps working for a credit company find their friendship threatened by the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrees Lounge (1996)
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with the seventeen-year-old niece of his ex-girlfriend. This gets him into serious trouble with her father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGeorgia (1995)
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer. Unfortunately it is this very obsession — coupled with her self-destructive tendencies and rampant drug abuse — that keeps her spiraling down the drain.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like this200 Cigarettes (1999)
In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses on New Years Eve.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Oh in Ohio (2006)
Frustrated with their relationship, Priscilla and Jack decide to take a break. While Jack moves into a new place of his own and starts dating a student, Priscilla discovers the joys of self-pleasuring and finds an unusual bedmate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Door in the Floor (2004)
A writer's young assistant becomes both pawn and catalyst in his boss's disintegrating household.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the Soup (1992)
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe House of Yes (1997)
Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend — and she's even more shocked to learn that this friend is his fiance. It soon becomes clear that her obsession with Jackie Kennedy is nothing compared to her obsession with her brother, and she isn't the only member of the family with problems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisElektra Luxx (2011)
A favor for a woman from her past throws the life of a pregnant, retired porn star into chaos.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisLovely & Amazing (2002)
An intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses. Each of the women seeks redemption in her own haphazard way, but whatever salvation they find is illusory and short-lived.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWalking and Talking (1996)
Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPeter's Friends (1992)
After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends from college: married couple Roger and Mary, the lonely Maggie, fashionable Sarah, and writer Andrew, who brings his American TV star wife, Carol. Sarah's new boyfriend, Brian, also attends. It has been 10 years since college, and they find their lives are very different.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThis Girl's Life (2004)
The porn star Moon spends her time working, nursing her widowed father that has Parkinson disease and with her friends Jessie and Martine. Her boss Aronson gives a new contract to Moon to be signed. Moon has a blind date with Jessie's friend Kip and they feel a great attraction for each other. When Jessie asks Moon to test the fidelity of her boy-friend, Moon decides to offer the service to other customers. But when she meets the dangerous Terry, she reevaluates her life and her relationship with Skip.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Anniversary Party?
The closest matches to The Anniversary Party are The Details (2012), Personal Velocity (2002) and Women in Trouble (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Anniversary Party?
People who watched The Anniversary Party most often go on to The Details (2012), Personal Velocity (2002) and Women in Trouble (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Anniversary Party?
Trees Lounge (1996), rated 6.9/10 by 220 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Anniversary Party?
Price Check (2012) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Anniversary Party?
Yes: The Details (2012), Personal Velocity (2002) and Women in Trouble (2009).
How are movies similar to The Anniversary Party chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Anniversary Party, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.