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Movies that feel like August: Osage County (2013)

If you loved August: Osage County, the closest films we have are Sunshine Cleaning (2008), Pieces of April (2003) and Instructions Not Included (2013). All three share August: Osage County's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI and OVID and others, checked against today's data.

An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.

🍅 67% Rotten Tomatoes7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John Wellswittyplayfulcontemplative
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Sunshine Cleaning
2008 · dir. Christine Jeffs
🍅 74%6.8comedy · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: suicide

A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service.

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Pieces of April
2003 · dir. Peter Hedges
🍅 83%7comedy · drama

Both are built on the same subject: dysfunctional family

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

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Instructions Not Included
2013 · dir. Eugenio Derbez
🍅 63%7.5comedy · drama

Witty and playful in the same breath

Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.

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Gloria
2013 · dir. Sebastián Lelio
🍅 100%6.9comedy · drama

Comedy built on stillness, twice over

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Gloria is a 58-year-old divorcée. Her children have all left home but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. Determined to defy old age and loneliness, she rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification – which only leads to repeated disappointment and enduring emptiness. But when Gloria meets Rodolfo, an ex-naval officer seven years her senior, she begins to imagine the possibility of a permanent relationship.

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Taxi
2015 · dir. Jafar Panahi
🍅 96%7.3comedy · drama

Both lean on wit more than on drama

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…

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The Trip
2011 · dir. Michael Winterbottom
🍅 89%7comedy · drama

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

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Soul Kitchen
2009 · dir. Fatih Akin
🍅 73%7.2drama · comedy

Contemplative drama in both cases

In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

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Le Week-End
2013 · dir. Roger Michell
🍅 89%6.4comedy · drama

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.

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Hit the Road
2021 · dir. Panah Panahi
🍅 95%7.2comedy · drama

Drama with a pulse of play, in both cases

A chaotic family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, Mom tries to laugh when she's not holding back tears, and the youngest keeps exploding into car karaoke. Only the older brother is quiet.

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Bingo: The King of the Mornings
2017 · dir. Daniel Rezende
🍅 85%7.9comedy · drama

Both run contemplative where it counts

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 soap operas, he finally finds success and fame when he becomes "Bingo", a TV host clown from one of the audience leader TV shows for children. It turns out that behind the rice powder and red nose, nobody knows who he is.

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Whisky
2004 · dir. Juan Pablo Rebella
🍅 100%7.1comedy · drama

Both know what they want from comedy

When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship.

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My Life as a Zucchini
2016 · dir. Claude Barras
🍅 99%7.8animation · comedy · drama

Drama of the same temperament

The difference: Leans harder into animation than August: Osage County does

After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.

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