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Movies that feel likeThe Farewell (2019)

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

If you loved The Farewell, the closest films we have are Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Obvious Child (2014) and Little White Lies (2010). All three share The Farewell'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 Igby Goes Down (2002).

🍅 97% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Lulu Wangwittyplayfulcontemplativeromantic
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Crazy Rich Asians
2018 · dir. Jon M. Chu
🍅 91%★ 6.9comedy · romanceMax

Both are working the same pair: wedding, east asian lead

The difference: Trades the stillness of The Farewell for an angle of its own

An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous.

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Obvious Child
2014 · dir. Gillian Robespierre
🍅 90%★ 6.7comedy · romance

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Sits closer to romance than The Farewell does

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

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Little White Lies
2010 · dir. Guillaume Canet
🍅 41%★ 7.1comedy · drama

Contemplative where it counts, romantic underneath

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they've been telling each other.

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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2001 · dir. Karan Johar
🍅 100%★ 7.5comedy · dramaNetflixPrime Video

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.

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Igby Goes Down
2002 · dir. Burr Steers
🍅 75%★ 6.8comedy · dramaPrime Video

Playful drama in both cases

Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.

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Definitely, Maybe
2008 · dir. Adam Brooks
🍅 71%★ 7.1comedy · romanceApple TV+

Common ground: relationship

When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.

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Minha Vida em Marte
2018 · dir. Susana Garcia
★ 6.5comedy · romance

Comedy built on romance, twice over

Fernanda is married to Tom, with whom she has a five-year-old daughter, Joana. The couple is in the midst of wear and tear caused by living together for many years, which generates constant friction. Who helps Fernanda to overcome the crisis is her partner Aníbal, inseparable partner during the arduous journey between saving the marriage or putting an end to it.

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Isi & Ossi
2020 · dir. Oliver Kienle
★ 6.4romance · comedyNetflix

Drama with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Isi and Ossi couldn't be any more different: She's a billionaire's daughter from Heidelberg, he's a struggling boxer from the nearby town of Mannheim. But when Isi meets Ossi, the two quickly realize that they can take advantage of one another: She dates the broke boxer to provoke her parents and get them to fund a long-desired chef training in New York. He tries to rip off the rich daughter to finance his first professional boxing match. Their plans soon develop into emotional chaos that challenges everything the two believe to know about money, career and love.

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This Is 40
2012 · dir. Judd Apatow
🍅 52%★ 6.2comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: family relationships

Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.

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Rich in Love
2020 · dir. Bruno Garotti
★ 6romance · comedyNetflix

Both lean on play more than on comedy

Working incognito at his rich dad's company to test his own merits, Teto falls for Paula and tells her he grew up poor, a lie that spins out of control.

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A Rainy Day in New York
2019 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 46%★ 6.4comedy · romancePrime Video

Drama built on romance, twice over

Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

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Long Shot
2019 · dir. Jonathan Levine
🍅 82%★ 6.8comedy · romance

Both working the same comedy territory

Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter — much to the dismay of her trusted advisers.

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