Movies Like The Leisure Seeker (2018)

The Leisure Seeker is a 2018 adventure, drama, romance film from Paolo Virzì with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Vortex and Pick-up.

Adventure Drama Romance

Vortex

2021

Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.

7.1

MagicScore

Pick-up

1975

Sexy hippie chicks Carol and Maureen get more than they bargained for when they hitch a ride with groovy hippie dude Chuck in his nifty mobile bus home. The trio get lost in the Florida Everglades following a fierce rain storm and embark on a startling spiritual journey of self-discovery.

4.4

MagicScore

Common Ground

2002

In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to live with his pension. The crisis in Argentina does not allow Fernando to get a new job, and his wife decides to sell her family's apartment and move to a small farm near Villa Dolores to reduce their expenses. Fernando comes up with the idea to grow lavender and sell the oil to the perfume industry.

7.8

MagicScore

Still Mine

2012

Craig, a fiercely determined New Brunswick farmer, sets out to build a more suitable house for his ailing wife, Irene, despite their children's concerns. As he starts building, he is blindsided by the bureaucratic codes and officials. As Irene becomes increasingly ill, Craig fights back. Based on a true story.

6.9

MagicScore

The Eternal Memory

2023

Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.

8.0

MagicScore

Matinee

1993

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.

6.6

MagicScore

The Beach Bum

2019

An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue who lives large.

5.7

MagicScore

Away from Her

2007

Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.

7.0

MagicScore

The Father

2020

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

8.1

MagicScore

#10

Elizabeth Is Missing

2019

Maud's best friend Elizabeth has disappeared, but as she tries to solve the mystery, dementia threatens to erase all the clues, giving the search a poignant urgency.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

Friends with Benefits

2011

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

True Lies

1994

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

Running Scared

1986

Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.

6.0

MagicScore

#14

Alligator Alley

2000

Two brothers fed up with daily life, quit their blue-collar jobs and with a single-minded determination head off to the paradise promise of Key West! But pool sharks, mermaids, tourist traps, and feisty alligators are just a few of the surprises that threaten to derail their not-so-well made plans.

5.8

MagicScore

#15

Alive Inside

2014

Five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease and dementia—many of them alone in nursing homes. A man with a simple idea discovers that songs embedded deep in memory can ease pain and awaken these fading minds. Joy and life are resuscitated, and our cultural fears over aging are confronted.

7.5

MagicScore

#16

Memoir of a Murderer

2017

A former serial killer with Alzheimer's fights to protect his daughter from her mysterious boyfriend who may be a serial killer too.

7.4

MagicScore

#17

Relic

2020

When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter rushes to the family's decaying home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.

6.1

MagicScore

#18

Nomadland

2021

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

7.2

MagicScore

#19

Some Kind of Heaven

2021

Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America’s largest retirement community strive to find happiness.

7.0

MagicScore

#20

Zombieland: Double Tap

2019

Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Leisure Seeker?

The top films similar to The Leisure Seeker by MovieMagicScore are Vortex (7.1), Pick-up (4.4), Common Ground (7.8). Each shares adventure/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Leisure Seeker worth watching?

The Leisure Seeker holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 485 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Leisure Seeker?

The Leisure Seeker (2018) is a adventure, drama, romance film directed by Paolo Virzì, starring Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Christian McKay.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Leisure Seeker?

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

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About movies like The Leisure Seeker

This ranked list pairs The Leisure Seeker (2018), a adventure and drama and romance film from Paolo Virzì, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Helen Mirren 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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