Movies Like Postcards from the Edge (1990)

Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 comedy, drama film from Mike Nichols with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Beautiful Boy and Hillbilly Elegy.

Comedy Drama

Beautiful Boy

2018

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

7.6

MagicScore

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

6.7

MagicScore

A Million Little Pieces

2019

A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.

6.1

MagicScore

28 Days

2000

After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction.

6.2

MagicScore

Trainspotting

1996

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

8.0

MagicScore

Ben Is Back

2018

19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.

6.6

MagicScore

Rachel Getting Married

2008

A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

6.3

MagicScore

Being Charlie

2015

Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he's given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. There, he meets a beautiful but troubled girl, Eva, and is forced to battle with drugs, elusive love and divided parents.

6.1

MagicScore

Amy

2015

A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

7.6

MagicScore

#10

The Trip

2021

In this honest and deeply personal account of living with addiction, a young man talks about the realities and challenges of living in the Anishinaabe community of Kitcisakik and the hope he still harbours for himself and his people.

6.1

MagicScore

#11

Priscilla

2023

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

6.8

MagicScore

#12

August: Osage County

2013

An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.

6.9

MagicScore

#13

Tab Hunter Confidential

2015

Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and spent his Hollywood years in a precarious closet that repeatedly threatened to implode and destroy him. Tab Hunter himself shares first hand, for the first time, what it was like to be a studio manufactured movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and the consequences of being someone totally different from his studio manufactured image.

7.3

MagicScore

#14

The Florida Project

2017

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

7.4

MagicScore

#15

Four Good Days

2021

A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse.

6.8

MagicScore

#16

Holiday Heart

2000

After losing his police officer lover, Christian drag queen Holiday Heart meets 12-year-old Niki and her drug-addicted mother, Wanda. Heart finds relief from heartache and a renewed sense of purpose when he steps in as a father figure to Niki and welcomes the two women into his life. But when Wanda becomes romantically involved with her drug dealer, Silas, it may endanger Niki and threaten to destroy the makeshift family.

6.8

MagicScore

#17

Echo Valley

2025

Kate lives a secluded life—until her troubled daughter shows up, frightened and covered in someone else's blood. As Kate unravels the shocking truth, she learns just how far a mother will go to try to save her child.

6.4

MagicScore

#18

The Souvenir

2019

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

6.1

MagicScore

#19

Go Ask Alice

1973

A 15-year-old girl in late 1960's America is inadvertently sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs. She eventually seeks help.

5.5

MagicScore

#20

Frances

1982

The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Postcards from the Edge?

The top films similar to Postcards from the Edge by MovieMagicScore are Beautiful Boy (7.6), Hillbilly Elegy (6.7), A Million Little Pieces (6.1). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Postcards from the Edge worth watching?

Postcards from the Edge holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 280 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Postcards from the Edge?

Postcards from the Edge (1990) is a comedy, drama film directed by Mike Nichols, starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid.

Where can I find more recommendations like Postcards from the Edge?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Postcards from the Edge

This ranked list pairs Postcards from the Edge (1990), a comedy and drama film from Mike Nichols, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Meryl Streep take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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