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Movies that feel like Confessions of an Invisible Girl (2021)

If you loved Confessions of an Invisible Girl, the closest films we have are Burning Betrayal (2023), A Writer's Odyssey (2021) and The Little Stranger (2018). Most of the picks below share Confessions of an Invisible Girl's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

When the clever but socially-awkward Tetê joins a new school, she'll do anything to fit in. But the queen bee among her classmates has other ideas.

5.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Bruno Garottiwittyplayfulcontemplative
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Burning Betrayal
2023 · dir. Diego Freitas
4.2drama · mystery · romance

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

The difference: Not nearly as witty

Babi discovers a betrayal by her long-term partner and decides to embark on a new adventure in life. On this journey, she meets judge Marco and they begin to live a story permeated by a lot of sexual tension.

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A Writer's Odyssey
2021 · dir. Lu Yang
🍅 93%6.2fantasy · action · adventure

Contemplative comedy in both cases

The difference: Without the same wit

Lu Kongwen is the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor. But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning to accept a mission from Tu Ling to kill the author.

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The Little Stranger
2018 · dir. Lenny Abrahamson
🍅 64%5.5mystery · horror

Contemporaries, and it shows

The difference: Played as mystery first

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?

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Housekeeping
1987 · dir. Bill Forsyth
🍅 92%7.2comedy · drama

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: 34 years apart, and the 1980s show

In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.

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

Comedy built on wit, twice over

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

Playful drama, 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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Let the Sunshine In
2017 · dir. Claire Denis
🍅 87%6comedy · drama · romance

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The difference: Leans further into romance

Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.

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

Playful drama in both cases

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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Caramelo
2025 · dir. Diego Freitas
7.1comedy · drama

Both work the same stillness

After a life-changing diagnosis, a promising chef finds hope and humor with the help of a fur-midable dog friend.

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

Comedy of the same temperament

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

Both working the same drama territory

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

Comedy in the same key

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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