Movies Similar to The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

No Thank You(2014)

Heli Valkonen is desperately in love with her husband. But Matti is just not in the mood. He is only interested in playing computer games, dressed in worn out fleece pants. For him, a shoulder massage is the highest form of intimacy. When subtle hints, nice words and fetching clothes won't help, Heli resorts in direct, and increasingly direct action - in vain.

4.9

Gypo(2005)

Gypo is the story of a working class family in Margate, Kent, a town where immigrants have become the focus of most of the public's discontent. The film tells the story of the a couple of weeks in this family's life, beginning when a young Czech girl, Tash, comes to visit. The film is made in the Dogme95 tradition, so no costumes, no lighting, no props or sets, which gives the film a gritty texture appropriate to the story.

5.5

Life as a House(2001)

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.

7.1

Autumn Milk(1989)

With the death of her mother, eight-year-old Anna ends her childhood: From now on, she has to look after the nine-member family. Deprivation-rich years, which also find no end when Anna marries: Her husband Albert must be a soldier in the Second World War, and the pregnant Anna has to work hard in the farm and care sick relatives. Lonely and exposed to the harassment of the tyrannical mother-in-law, she waits for Albert, with no certainty that he will ever return.

8.0

Marked for Death(1990)

Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug lord who vows that Hatcher and his family are now marked for death.

6.1

White Squall(1996)

In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline. But the youthful crew are about to get some unexpected instruction in survival when they get caught in the clutches of a white squall storm.

6.3

War and Peace(1956)

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

6.7

The Ballad of Hortensia(2024)

A narcissistic comedian wakes up in the opposite sex body following an automobile accident.

0.0

Rocco & Sjuul(2023)

Fifty years after being dance partners in their twenties, two pensioners find themselves torn between romance and their disapproving families when they reconnect and fall head over heels in love.

5.7

Fallen(1998)

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

6.8

The Age for Love(1931)

A comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her and marries a woman who does.

0.0

Sideways(2004)

Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.

7.1

A Good Year(2006)

Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.

6.7

RV(2006)

Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the Munro family – led by dysfunctional patriarch, Bob – prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending two weeks together in one seriously small space has a way of cramping their style.

5.9

Ricochet(1991)

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

6.1

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood(2002)

A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.

6.1

Convoy(1978)

Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace is hip to the truckers' tactics, and begins tricking the drivers through his own CB broadcasts. Facing constant harassment from the law, Rubber Duck and his pals use their radios to coordinate a vast convoy and rule the road.

6.3

New Life(2016)

Benjamin Morton's life changed forever the day he met the little girl next door. Ava was and always would be the girl of his dreams. From the innocence of a childhood friendship, through adolescent attraction, their love strengthens and grows. When life takes a turn neither of them expected, their entire future is called into question.

6.7

Ember in the Woods(2023)

Connie's plans to take her niece Shayna for a cabin getaway in the deep woods are spoiled when her dark past rears its ugly head. She travels there alone and encounters a troubled young woman who has been stranded in the wilderness.

0.0

Parole Girl(1933)

A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.

5.9