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Movies that feel likeGifted (2017)

Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

If you loved Gifted, the closest films we have are Suck Me Shakespeer (2013), Day of the Wacko (2002) and The Disaster Artist (2017). All three share Gifted'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 Hit the Road (2021).

🍅 73% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Marc Webbcontemplativewittyplayful
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If Gifted hit the spot, these will too

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Suck Me Shakespeer
2013 · dir. Bora Dağtekin
★ 6.9comedy

The same two preoccupations: teacher, and school

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Gifted does

Ex-con Zeki Müller goes undercover as a teacher at a below average Gymnasium to find money he'd stashed prior to incarceration.

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Day of the Wacko
2002 · dir. Marek Koterski
★ 8.1comedy · drama

One thread runs through both: teacher

It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 49 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school lessons and later goes home swearing and calling his neighbours' names. The worst pain for him is the next 5 minutes of living. He doesn't accept himself and even everyday contacts with others cause his aggression. Though constantly dreaming of a romantic love, he is not bold enough to make his dreams come true. The desperate Miauczynski personalizes our own fears and obsessions, which have become so visible recently.

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The Disaster Artist
2017 · dir. James Franco
🍅 90%★ 7.3comedy · dramaRent or buy

The same mix in both: stillness, then wit

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

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Bingo: The King of the Mornings
2017 · dir. Daniel Rezende
🍅 85%★ 7.9comedy · drama

Playful drama, and it commits to that

1980s. Brazilian television exploding in color and auditorium programs not so politically correct. In the middle of this fervor, Augusto Mendes, a young rising actor, seeks his place in the sun. From porn studios to soap operas, he finally finds success and fame when he becomes "Bingo", a TV host clown from one of the audience leader TV shows for children. It turns out that behind the rice powder and red nose, nobody knows who he is.

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Instant Family
2018 · dir. Sean Anders
🍅 82%★ 7.3comedy · dramaStarz

Contemplative comedy in both cases

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.

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Two Is a Family
2016 · dir. Hugo Gélin
🍅 43%★ 7.3drama · comedy

Drama with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.

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Taxi
2015 · dir. Jafar Panahi
🍅 96%★ 7.3comedy · drama

Comedy built on play, twice over

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…

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Instructions Not Included
2013 · dir. Eugenio Derbez
🍅 63%★ 7.5comedy · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.

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Hit the Road
2021 · dir. Panah Panahi
🍅 95%★ 7.2comedy · drama

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

A chaotic family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, Mom tries to laugh when she's not holding back tears, and the youngest keeps exploding into car karaoke. Only the older brother is quiet.

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Hustle
2022 · dir. Jeremiah Zagar
🍅 94%★ 7.3drama · comedyNetflix

A streak of play through both

After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.

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The Descendants
2011 · dir. Alexander Payne
🍅 87%★ 7.3comedy · drama

Both working the same drama territory

With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.

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Babylon
2022 · dir. Damien Chazelle
🍅 57%★ 7.1drama · comedyHuluParamount+

Both play comedy straight

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.

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