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Movies Like The Argument

If you liked The Argument (2020), a comedy and drama movie directed by Robert Schwartzman, 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. 1Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play

    Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play (2017)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama

    In trouble with the local authorities, Mabel Simmons, notoriously known as Madea, is on the run from the law. With no place to turn, she moves in with her friend Bam who is recovering from surgery. Unbeknownst to Bam…

  2. 2Hooking Up

    Hooking Up (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the…

  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. 4On 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…

  5. 5Family 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.

  6. 6Somewhere 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…

  7. 7Landline

    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.

  8. 8Match

    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…

  9. 9The Joneses

    The Joneses (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors.

  10. 10About Alex

    About Alex (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to…

  11. 11The Kids Are All Right

    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…

  12. 12Kabluey

    Kabluey (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Leslie is left with few options when her husband is sent back to war in the Middle East. A modest amount of help arrives in the form of his brother, Salman, who is less than prepared to care for the couple's two…

  13. 13The 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.

  14. 14The Beanie Bubble

    The Beanie Bubble (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    Ty was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women turned his stuffed animals into a defining '90s trend. This behind-the-scenes look at history's biggest toy craze is a wild story about what—and…

  15. 15The War of the Roses

    The War of the Roses (1989)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house…

  16. 16Band Aid

    Band Aid (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.

  17. 17Night Always Comes

    Night Always Comes (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.

  18. 18Barbarians at the Gate

    Barbarians at the Gate (1993)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fail on account of market rumours.

  19. 19Judy & Punch

    Judy & Punch (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy

    In the anarchic town of Seaside, nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resurrect their marionette show. The show is a hit due to Judy's superior puppeteering but Punch's driving ambition and…

  20. 20¿Y cómo es él?

    ¿Y cómo es él? (2022)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama

    Thomas is a meek man on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Despite his situation he decides to fake a work trip to go to Vallarta to confront Jero, a taxi driver who is sleeping with his wife.

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