Movies Like Joyride

If you liked Joyride (2022), a comedy and drama movie directed by Emer Reynolds, 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
I'm Your Woman (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama
A woman is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.
2
The Snapper (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.
3
Flora and Son (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama
Single mom Flora is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max. Her efforts to keep him out of trouble lead to a beat-up acoustic guitar, a washed-up LA musician, and harmony for this frayed Dublin…
4
Adam & Paul (2004)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama
Adam and Paul are two young junkies living in Dublin and perpetually on the lookout for their next fix. During their search, they encounter various unsavoury characters and make some futile attempts at petty theft. As…
5
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and comedy
In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.
6
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
Changeling (2008)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and drama
Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her…
8
The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
★ 7/10Also drama and crime
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
9
Lilies of the Field (1963)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict…
10
Calm with Horses (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama
In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between…
11
The Kitchen (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama
The mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands — proving…
12
Bad Boys (1983)
★ 7/10Also crime and drama
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile…
13
Death to Smoochy (2002)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crime
Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuchsia rhinoceros. As Smoochy…
14
Intermission (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crime
A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to…
15
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and crime
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
16
Freeway (1996)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and crime
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to…
17
Bandit (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama
After escaping a Michigan prison, a charming career criminal assumes a new identity in Canada and goes on to rob a record 59 banks and jewellery stores while being hunted by a rogue task force. Based on the true story…
18
The Town (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama
A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.
19
Pixie (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crime
To avenge her mother's death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destiny.
20
Cleveland Abduction (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.