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Movies that feel likeA Man Called Ove (2015)

Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally backs into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.

If you loved A Man Called Ove, the closest films we have are The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), PK (2014) and OMG: Oh My God! (2012). All three share A Man Called Ove's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Queen (2014).

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The Banshees of Inisherin
2022 · dir. Martin McDonagh
🍅 96%★ 7.6drama · comedyRent or buy

The same two preoccupations: friendship, and dark comedy

The difference: Easier on the romance than A Man Called Ove

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

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PK
2014 · dir. Rajkumar Hirani
🍅 82%★ 8.1comedy · drama · science fictionNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: friendship

The difference: Takes it somewhere less romantic than A Man Called Ove does

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laughter and letting go.

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OMG: Oh My God!
2012 · dir. Umesh Shukla
★ 8.1comedy · drama

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.

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Digger
2026 · dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
🍅 52%★ 7.5comedy · drama

The same preoccupation in both: dark comedy

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.

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Election
1999 · dir. Alexander Payne
🍅 92%★ 7.2comedy · dramaParamount+

The same mix in both: stillness, then dark humor

A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.

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The Invite
2026 · dir. Olivia Wilde
🍅 96%★ 7.5comedy · drama · romanceRent or buy

Comedy built on romance, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into romance than A Man Called Ove does

Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

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Men & Chicken
2015 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
★ 6.7comedy · drama

Witty drama in both cases

Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.

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Carnage
2011 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 71%★ 7.1comedy · drama

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

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In the Loop
2009 · dir. Armando Iannucci
🍅 94%★ 7.4comedy

Drama with a pulse of dark humor, in both cases

The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.

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Triangle of Sadness
2022 · dir. Ruben Östlund
🍅 71%★ 7.2comedy · dramaNetflix

Both lean on stillness more than on comedy

A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.

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Look Who's Back
2015 · dir. David Wnendt
★ 7comedyRent or buy

Drama with a pulse of wit, in both cases

When Adolf Hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker in present-day Berlin, he is mistaken for a comedian and quickly becomes a media phenomenon.

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Queen
2014 · dir. Vikas Bahl
🍅 90%★ 8.1comedy · drama

Both work the same warmth

Rani, a 24-year-old homely girl, decides to go on her honeymoon alone when her fiancé calls off the wedding. Traveling around Europe, she finds joy, makes friends, and gains new-found independence.

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