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Similar to The End of Us

Appropriate Behavior

“Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities.”

6.4TMDB / 106.5IMDb / 1043%Match
Released
14 Mar 2015
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
Persian, English
Director
Desiree Akhavan

Appropriate Behavior (2015) shares a 43% thematic match with The End of Us, overlapping on Relationship. Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities.

Why it matches The End of Us

Shared genres

Appropriate Behavior (2015) lists 3 genres — Comedy, Drama, Romance — and 3 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

43%

With 1 overlapping theme and 3 shared genres, Appropriate Behavior (2015) lands in the mid-range 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 Appropriate Behavior an average of 6.4 / 10 across 79 votes.

IMDb audience score

IMDb — a broader, mainstream audience — rates it 6.5 / 10 (5.1K votes). Comparing the two platforms tells you whether the film resonates more with cinephiles or general viewers.

Popularity signal

Current TMDB popularity index: 6.1 — 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

Appropriate Behavior — released on 14 Mar 2015, running 1h 30m, in Persian, English.

Direction & writing

Directed by Desiree Akhavan. Written by Desiree Akhavan.

On screen

Desiree Akhavan
Rebecca Henderson
Halley Feiffer
Ryan Fitzsimmons
Anh Duong

Studios

Parkville Pictures

FAQ

Is Appropriate Behavior similar to The End of Us?

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Our engine rates Appropriate Behavior a 43% 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 Appropriate Behavior released?

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Appropriate Behavior was released in 2015 and runs 1h 30m.

How is Appropriate Behavior rated?

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Appropriate Behavior holds 6.4 / 10 on TMDB (79 votes) and 6.5 / 10 on IMDb (5.1K votes).

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