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Movies that feel likeTwo Is a Family (2016)

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.

If you loved Two Is a Family, the closest films we have are Instant Family (2018), Taxi (2015) and Instructions Not Included (2013). All three share Two Is a Family's contemplative and witty 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).

🍅 43% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Hugo Gélincontemplativewittyplayful
8 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Kino Film Collection

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

Common ground: parenting

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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

Contemplative where it counts, witty underneath

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

Playful drama, and it commits to that

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

Comedy with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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

Both lean on wit more than on drama

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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Gloria
2013 · dir. Sebastián Lelio
🍅 100%★ 6.9comedy · drama

Playful comedy in both cases

Gloria is a 58-year-old divorcée. Her children have all left home but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. Determined to defy old age and loneliness, she rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification – which only leads to repeated disappointment and enduring emptiness. But when Gloria meets Rodolfo, an ex-naval officer seven years her senior, she begins to imagine the possibility of a permanent relationship.

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No manches, Frida
2016 · dir. Nacho G. Velilla
🍅 13%★ 5.5comedy

Comedy built on wit, twice over

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Two Is a Family does

After being released from prison, Zequi, a bank robber, sets out to recover money buried by his accomplice; but is horrified to learn that a high school gymnasium is now over the site where the loot is hidden.

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Irrational Man
2015 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 47%★ 6.6drama · comedy

Contemplative drama in both cases

On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.

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

Both work the same play

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

Cut from the same drama cloth

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

Both play comedy straight

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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Chef
2014 · dir. Jon Favreau
🍅 87%★ 7.3comedyPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: parents and children

When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.

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