Movies like Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark (1975)
The best movies like Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark (1975) are Rudderless (2014), Flashbacks of a Fool (2008) and This Is Where I Leave You (2014). If Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMagnolia (1999)7.7/10 from 4,233 votes
- NewestBob Trevino Likes It (2025)Released 2025
Rudderless (2014)
A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFlashbacks of a Fool (2008)
An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970s Britain.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThis Is Where I Leave You (2014)
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnd When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJoe Bell (2020)
The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMr. Church (2016)
A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMass (2021)
Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRemember Me (2010)
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Girl (1991)
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. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMagnolia (1999)
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIf Only (2004)
After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), Ian Wyndham, a grief-stricken British businessman living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBob Trevino Likes It (2025)
Lily Trevino unexpectedly befriends an online stranger who shares her self-centered father’s name. This new Bob Trevino’s support could transform her life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCollateral Beauty (2016)
Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Big Chill (1983)
Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisManchester by the Sea (2016)
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Music Never Stopped (2011)
Henry struggles to bond with his estranged son, Gabriel, who suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the beliefs and interests that caused their physical and emotional distance, Henry must learn to embrace his son's choices and try to connect with him through music.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStealing Home (1988)
Billy Wyatt, a former high school and minor-league baseball player, receives a telephone call from his mother revealing that his former child-sitter, and later in his teens, his first love, Katie Chandler, has died. Wyatt returns home to deal with this tragedy, reminiscing over his childhood growing up with his father, Katie, and best friend Alan Appleby.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sense of an Ending (2017)
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaise Your Voice (2004)
A coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for a summer session at a performing arts academy in Los Angeles. In the academy, she experiences a whole new way of life in the big city, far from the small town lifestyle she's used to.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThings We Lost in the Fire (2007)
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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What are the best movies like Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark?
The closest matches to Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark are Rudderless (2014), Flashbacks of a Fool (2008) and This Is Where I Leave You (2014). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark?
Start with Rudderless (2014), the closest match to Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark.
What is the highest-rated movie like Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark?
Magnolia (1999), rated 7.7/10 by 4,233 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark?
Bob Trevino Likes It (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark?
Yes: Rudderless (2014), Flashbacks of a Fool (2008) and This Is Where I Leave You (2014).
How are movies similar to Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Un petit Examen, and Not So Damned Petit Either, or, The Light Shining Over the Dark, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.