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Movies Like Invitation

If you liked Invitation (2008), a comedy and drama movie directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia, 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. 1Unplanned

    Unplanned (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, Abby Johnson was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women on their reproductive choices. Her passion surrounding a…

  2. 2Call Jane

    Call Jane (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.

  3. 3If These Walls Could Talk

    If These Walls Could Talk (1996)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in…

  4. 4Never Rarely Sometimes Always

    Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.

  5. 5Palindromes

    Palindromes (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and…

  6. 6Grandma

    Grandma (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her…

  7. 7The Party

    The Party (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Various individuals think they’re coming together for a party in a private home, but a series of revelations results in a huge crisis that throws their belief systems – and their values – into total disarray.

  8. 8Lifemark

    Lifemark (2022)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    David's comfortable world is turned upside down when his birth mother Melissa unexpectedly reaches out, longing to meet the eighteen year old son she's only held once.

  9. 9Double Mommy

    Double Mommy (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    After taking a break for the summer before their senior year, Ryan and Jess rekindle their relationship, and find out that Jess is pregnant with twins. When Ryan's mother demands a paternity test, they find out that…

  10. 10Normal

    Normal (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

  11. 11Unpregnant

    Unpregnant (2020)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy

    After discovering she can’t legally get an abortion in Missouri without her parents’ permission, teenager Veronica convinces her former best friend Bailey to take a road trip to Albuquerque to seek the procedure.

  12. 12Father of the Bride Part II

    Father of the Bride Part II (1995)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife is expecting too. He was planning on selling their home, but that's a plan that—like…

  13. 13Saint Frances

    Saint Frances (2020)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama

    At the start of the summer, Bridget has an abortion just as she lands a much-needed job in affluent Evanston, Illinois — nannying a six-year old.

  14. 14Fatherhood

    Fatherhood (2021)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and comedy

    A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.

  15. 15Citizen Ruth

    Citizen Ruth (1996)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and comedy

    "Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash…

  16. 16On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

    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…

  17. 17Eulogy

    Eulogy (2004)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.

  18. 18Family Weekend

    Family Weekend (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

  19. 19Real Women Have Curves

    Real Women Have Curves (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned…

  20. 20Beyond the Forest

    Beyond the Forest (1949)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts…

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