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Movies Like I'm an actrice

If you liked I'm an actrice (2004), a comedy and drama movie directed by Maïwenn, 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. 1Family 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.

  2. 2Landline

    Landline (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

  3. 3Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated mother and let go of her painful past.

  4. 4Real 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…

  5. 5In a World...

    In a World... (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voice-over star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to…

  6. 6Fatherhood

    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.

  7. 7Blockers

    Blockers (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    When three parents discover that each of their daughters have a pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.

  8. 8SubUrbia

    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.

  9. 9An Irish Goodbye

    An Irish Goodbye (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and comedy

    In rural Northern Ireland, following the untimely death of their mother, a young man with Down syndrome and his estranged brother discover her unfulfilled bucket list.

  10. 10Match

    Match (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    A Seattle couple travel to New York to interview colorful former dancer Tobi for research on a dissertation about dance. But soon, common niceties and social graces erode when the questions turn personal and the true…

  11. 11CQ

    CQ (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi…

  12. 12My Own Love Song

    My Own Love Song (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

  13. 13Me and You and Everyone We Know

    Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

    Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged. Meanwhile, Richard’s sons—one a…

  14. 14Treasure

    Treasure (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and comedy

    A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.

  15. 15Don't Think Twice

    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.

  16. 16Stage Door

    Stage Door (1937)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama

    A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.

  17. 17Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

  18. 18'night, Mother

    'night, Mother (1986)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    A mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it.

  19. 19Shiva Baby

    Shiva Baby (2021)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama

    College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.

  20. 20A Taste of Honey

    A Taste of Honey (1961)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her…

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