Similar to The End of Us
Adult Life Skills
There's no badge for growing up
- Released
- 24 Jun 2016
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Language
- English
- Director
- Rachel Tunnard
Adult Life Skills (2016) shares a 32% thematic match with The End of Us, overlapping on Isolation. Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30 and has just moved back to her rural home-town, and into a shed in her mother’s backyard.
Why it matches The End of Us
Shared genres
Adult Life Skills (2016) lists 2 genres — Comedy, Drama — and 2 of them overlap with The End of Us (100%). That multi-genre overlap is why the engine flagged this one above single-genre matches.
Overlapping themes
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Overall match score
With 1 overlapping theme and 2 shared genres, Adult Life Skills (2016) lands in the edge-case of our recommendation set for The End of Us. The 60/40 keyword-vs-genre weighting is what separates this score from a shared-genre coincidence.
How audiences received it
TMDB viewer rating
TMDB viewers have given Adult Life Skills an average of 6.2 / 10 across 71 votes.
IMDb audience score
IMDb — a broader, mainstream audience — rates it 6.3 / 10 (4.3K votes). Comparing the two platforms tells you whether the film resonates more with cinephiles or general viewers.
Letterboxd community
The indie-leaning Letterboxd community rates it 3.50 / 5. Letterboxd tends to reward atmosphere and craft over spectacle.
Popularity signal
Current TMDB popularity index: 5.3 — under the radar. Popularity is a rolling weekly signal, so it reflects present-day discovery, not historical footprint.
The film in context
Where it sits
Adult Life Skills — released on 24 Jun 2016, running 1h 36m, in English.
Direction & writing
Directed by Rachel Tunnard. Written by Rachel Tunnard.
On screen
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FAQ
Is Adult Life Skills similar to The End of Us?
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Our engine rates Adult Life Skills a 32% thematic match with The End of Us, weighted 60% on shared keywords and 40% on shared genres. That places it in the middle of our catalogue of similar films.
When was Adult Life Skills released?
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Adult Life Skills was released in 2016 and runs 1h 36m.
How is Adult Life Skills rated?
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Adult Life Skills holds 6.2 / 10 on TMDB (71 votes) and 6.3 / 10 on IMDb (4.3K votes).
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