Movies like the trouble with bliss

The Trouble with Bliss (formerly titled East Fifth Bliss) is an American indie comedy film directed by Michael Knowles and starring Michael C. Hall, Chris Messina, Brie Larson, Peter Fonda, and Lucy Liu. It was released on March 23, 2012 in the United States.

Morris Bliss is a 35-year-old man with poor job prospects who lives with his widowed father, and falls into a romantic relationship with the 18-year-old daughter of a former high-school classmate.

Director Michael Knowles knew Douglas Light in passing as they both frequent the same cigar lounge, and approached him about adapting his novel into a screenplay. They met to work on the screenplay several times a week and smoke cigars.