Movies Like J’aime la vie

If you liked J’aime la vie (2023), a drama and comedy movie directed by Mathias Sercu, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Almost Christmas (2016)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.
2
My Mother's Wedding (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama
Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected…
3
It Runs in the Family (2003)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
4
Fathers and Daughters (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
5
SubUrbia (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
6
Marvin's Room (1996)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
7
Rookie of the Year (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
When the cast comes off his once broken arm, a 12-year-old boy can throw a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, and the Chicago Cubs want him as their new pitcher.
8
Ana (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy
Ana meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse.
9
The Farewell (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama
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…
10
Another Year (2010)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedy
During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
11
Afterlife of the Party (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.
12
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian…
13
The Parts You Lose (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
14
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama
When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
15
House of Strangers (1949)
★ 7/10Also drama
Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business…
16
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!
17
Young Adult (2011)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama
A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
18
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?
19
Interiors (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment…
20
The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.