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Movies that feel likeTokyo Godfathers (2003)

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

If you loved Tokyo Godfathers, the closest films we have are My Life as a Zucchini (2016), Pieces of April (2003) and Le Week-End (2013). All three share Tokyo Godfathers' contemplative and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Whisky (2004).

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Satoshi Koncontemplativewittyplayful
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My Life as a Zucchini
2016 · dir. Claude Barras
🍅 99%★ 7.8animation · comedy · drama

The same two preoccupations: alcoholic, and adult animation

After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.

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Pieces of April
2003 · dir. Peter Hedges
🍅 83%★ 7comedy · drama

The same preoccupation in both: holiday

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

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Le Week-End
2013 · dir. Roger Michell
🍅 89%★ 6.4comedy · dramaPrime Video

One thread runs through both: holiday

Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.

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Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
2003 · dir. Rajkumar Hirani
★ 8.2comedy · drama

The same mix in both: stillness, then wit

A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.

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

Drama with a pulse of play, in both cases

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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Whisky
2004 · dir. Juan Pablo Rebella
🍅 100%★ 7.1comedy · drama

Comedy built on stillness, twice over

When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship.

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The Santa Claus Gang
2010 · dir. Paolo Genovese
★ 5.9comedy

Common ground: christmas

The difference: Easier on the stillness than Tokyo Godfathers

On Christmas Eve, three friends dressed as Santa Claus are arrested in what looks like an attempted burglary and charged with being the infamous "Santa Claus Gang". While trying to prove their innocence to the police, the trio explains why they found themselves in such a strange situation...

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The Green Butchers
2003 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
🍅 63%★ 7.2comedy

Both lean on wit more than on animation

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Svend and Bjarne work for a butcher in a small Danish town. Fed up with their boss' arrogance, they decide to start their own butcher shop. After dismal beginnings, an unfortunate accident happens which coincides with a large order of meat. One hasty decision leads to another and soon the business thrives. In the meantime, Bjarne has to deal with his twin brother who has been in coma for years following a gruesome car accident.

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All About My Mother
1999 · dir. Pedro Almodóvar
🍅 98%★ 7.8comedy · drama

Playful drama in both cases

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

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Soul Kitchen
2009 · dir. Fatih Akin
🍅 73%★ 7.2drama · comedy

Contemplative comedy, and it commits to that

In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

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Best in Show
2000 · dir. Christopher Guest
🍅 93%★ 7.5comedyParamount+

Another one that scratches it

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.

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Smoke
1995 · dir. Wayne Wang
🍅 89%★ 7.4comedy · drama

Both lean on play more than on drama

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.

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