Movies like The Chumscrubber: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Chumscrubber (2005) — a comedy and drama film directed by Arie Posin — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Chumscrubber most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like suicide, california and parent child relationship. 2 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Happiness 1998★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Family Weekend 2013★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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On the Count of Three 2022★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin, is recovering from a failed suicide attempt, so he seems like the perfect partner for executing this double suicide plan. But before they go, they have some unfinished business to attend to.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Glass House 2001★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.
Stream in India on Netflix, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Maps to the Stars 2014★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family chase celebrity, one another, and the relentless ghosts of their pasts. Their fragile ecosystem is disrupted by the arrival of Agatha, the scarred and estranged pyromaniac daughter.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nowhere 1997★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hellion 2014★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other in order to bring Wes home.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Butcher Boy 1998★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Me and You and Everyone We Know 2005★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged. Meanwhile, Richard’s sons—one a teenager, the other 6-years-old—take part in clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Magnolia 1999★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Igby Goes Down 2002★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Flower 2017★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom's new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. When Bob's mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to live with the family, Erica finds her domestic and personal life overwhelmed. With Luke and her sidekicks Kala and Claudine in tow, Erica acts out by exposing a high school teacher's dark secret.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Thousand and One 2023★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so they can build their life together. As the years go by, their family grows and Terry becomes a smart yet quiet teenager, but the secret that has defined their lives threatens to destroy the home they have so improbably built.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Barney's Version 2010★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fat Kid Rules The World 2012★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Short Cuts 1993★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Palindromes 2005★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Somewhere in Queens 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Landline 2017★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Grandma 2015★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel