Movies Like Words in Your Hair

If you liked Words in Your Hair (2019), a comedy and drama movie directed by Alexandre Steiger, 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
Solid Serenade (1946)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Tom ties up Spike and sneaks into the courtyard of the glamorous Toodles Galore with his bass, hoping to woo her with his song, much to the annoyance of a sleeping Jerry.
2
Olla (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and comedy
After answering an ad on a dating website for Eastern European women, Olla leaves Ukraine and heads to French suburbia to move in with Pierre, who lives with his elderly mother. However, the suburbia cannot temper her…
3
Memorable (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also drama
Aging painter Louis and his wife Michelle struggle to cope with Louis' advancing dementia.
4
Ride Away (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama
From the Atlantic to the Black Sea, Mathias and Philippe, two old friends, embark on a bicycle journey that Mathias’s son made before his tragic death. The two men ride through the ordeals with tenderness, humor and…
5
The Bodyguard (1944)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Spike the bulldog, grateful to Jerry for getting him out of the dogcatcher's van, offers to help the little mouse any time he whistles. Tom, Jerry's feline tormentor, seeks to overcome this new disadvantage.
6
All Fired Up (1982)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he plans to take advantage that Pauline, his eldest daughter now fully responsible for…
7
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.
8
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…
9
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…
10
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.
11
Bye Bye Morons (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths…
12
Sea Scouts (1939)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.
13
Casanova Cat (1951)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
Tom heads for a big city penthouse to become acquainted with a rich pretty female cat that lives there. He brings her Jerry as a gift and does some humiliating things to Jerry. Jerry, in turn, attracts the attention of…
14
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.
15
In the Soup (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
16
A Knight for a Day (1946)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
By accident, Cedric (Goofy), replaces his master, Sir Loinsteak, in the armor just before the joust with champion Sir Cumference.
17
The Trip to Italy (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama
Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern England, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy.
18
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.
19
It Must Be Heaven (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.
20
No Time for Nuts (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.