Movies Like Too Afraid of Life or Splat

If you liked Too Afraid of Life or Splat (1988), a drama and comedy movie directed by Juan Carlos Tabío, 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
Daddio (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
A woman taking a cab ride from JFK airport engages in a conversation with the driver about the important relationships in their lives.
2
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama
A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among others.
3
Inseparables (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy
Felipe a wealthy businessman who has been quadriplegic, due to an accident, is looking for a therapeutic assistant. There are several highly qualified, but he decides to take the assistant of his gardener, Tito who has…
4
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama
A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
5
Patricia, A Hidden Passion (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedy
Patricia is a successful couples therapist. Your marriage is going through a bad time. But when she meets a student, Pablo will transform her own beliefs about sex.
6
Class (1983)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the…
7
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…
8
¡Que viva México! (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedy
After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.
9
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and drama
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
10
Don't Air Your Dirty Laundry In Public (2020)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and comedy
Lupita and Toña work as housemaids at the Ruíz Palacio’s house, an aristocratic Mexican family. For a long time they have been mistreated and poorly paid. They’re now fed up with the abuse and lack of respect they get…
11
Better Living Through Chemistry (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedy
A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
12
Bendita Suegra (2023)
★ 8.4/10Also comedy
Andrea, a successful veterinarian who loves her job and is in a relationship with Lucio, an up-and-coming lawyer who grew up in the country. Lucio has some news for Andrea: his mother is turning 60 and is throwing a…
13
Official Competition (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama
When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavour. Completing the all-star team are…
14
Learning to Drive (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and comedy
As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to…
15
Benny & Joon (1993)
★ 7/10Also comedy and drama
A mentally ill young woman finds love with an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
16
Sin tetas no hay paraíso (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
Catalina is a young, beautiful girl living in extreme poverty with her brother Bayron and her mother Hilda. She becomes obsessed with getting breast implants to get social status and money. She leaves her boyfriend…
17
Goodbye Solo (2009)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
A man planning to commit suicide hires a taxi driver to take him to his jumping-off point.
18
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…
19
Don't Think Twice (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
20
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama
Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes…