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Movies Like Um Mundo Catita

If you liked Um Mundo Catita (2007), a comedy and drama movie directed by João Leitão and Filipe Melo, 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. 3CQ

    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…

  4. 4The House of Tomorrow

    The House of Tomorrow (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy

    The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.

  5. 5Welcome to the Dollhouse

    Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama

    An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.

  6. 6Class Act

    Class Act (1992)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is ajuvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought…

  7. 7Bingo: The King of the Mornings

    Bingo: The King of the Mornings (2017)

    ★ 8/10Also comedy and drama

    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…

  8. 8A Night at the Opera

    A Night at the Opera (1935)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy

    The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and…

  9. 9Somewhere in Queens

    Somewhere in Queens (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it…

  10. 10Savage House

    Savage House (2026)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

    Against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – Sir Chauncey Savage and Lady Savage blindly pursue a better life. It's not without a tinge of irony that their family name…

  11. 11A King in New York

    A King in New York (1957)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.

  12. 12Bad Apples

    Bad Apples (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    A struggling primary school teacher is forced to take drastic action because of a foul-mouthed, violent student, and uncovers how her community will turn a blind eye to the most outrageous events to preserve harmony…

  13. 13On 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…

  14. 14The Clique

    The Clique (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.

  15. 15The Onion Movie

    The Onion Movie (2008)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits…

  16. 16Life During Wartime

    Life During Wartime (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos.

  17. 17For a Good Time, Call...

    For a Good Time, Call... (2012)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    College "frenemies" Lauren and Katie move in together after losing a relationship and rent control, respectively. Sharing Katie's late grandmother's apartment in New York City, the girls bicker with each other until…

  18. 18Critical Care

    Critical Care (1997)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care…

  19. 19The Moment

    The Moment (2026)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    A rising pop sensation navigates fame and industry pressures while preparing for her arena tour debut, revealing the transformation of underground culture into mainstream success.

  20. 20And They Say I Am the Crazy One

    And They Say I Am the Crazy One (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    Young, intense and authentic, Dani just wants a normal life. However, since she was a child, she has been misaligned with her world.

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