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Movies that feel likeFrances Ha (2013)

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

If you loved Frances Ha, the closest films we have are The Edge of Seventeen (2016), The DUFF (2015) and Castaway on the Moon (2009). All three share Frances Ha's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Wall (2012).

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Noah Baumbachwittyplayfulcontemplativewarmlonely
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The Edge of Seventeen
2016 · dir. Kelly Fremon Craig
🍅 94%★ 7.3comedy · dramaPrime Video

The same two preoccupations: friendship, and loneliness

Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.

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The DUFF
2015 · dir. Ari Sandel
🍅 72%★ 6.4romance · comedy

One thread runs through both: friendship

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Frances Ha does

Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together they'll face the school's mean girl and remind everyone that we are all someone's DUFF… and that's totally fine.

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Castaway on the Moon
2009 · dir. Lee Hae-jun
★ 7.9drama · comedy · romance

Common ground: loneliness

The difference: Easier on the warmth than Frances Ha

Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River – only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a new life as a castaway. His antics catch the attention of a young woman whose apartment overlooks the river. Her discovery changes both their lives.

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Mary and Max
2009 · dir. Adam Elliot
🍅 96%★ 8.1animation · comedy · drama

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Frances Ha does

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

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Together
2000 · dir. Lukas Moodysson
🍅 90%★ 7.4drama · comedy · romance

The same mix in both: stillness, then loneliness

Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.

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🍅 94%★ 8drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

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My Blueberry Nights
2007 · dir. Wong Kar-Wai
🍅 45%★ 6.6drama · romancePrime VideoStarz

Comedy built on warmth, twice over

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series of waitress jobs along the way. As Elizabeth crosses paths with a series of lost souls whose yearnings are even greater than her own, their emotional turmoil ultimately helps her gain a greater understanding of her own problems...

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Perfect Days
2023 · dir. Wim Wenders
🍅 96%★ 7.9dramaRent or buy

Lonely drama in both cases

Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.

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Julieta
2016 · dir. Pedro Almodóvar
🍅 84%★ 7.1drama · romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: female friendship

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.

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My Life as a Dog
1985 · dir. Lasse Hallström
🍅 100%★ 7.6drama · comedyMax

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: 28 years apart, and the 1980s show

A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.

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Certain Women
2016 · dir. Kelly Reichardt
🍅 92%★ 6.4dramaParamount+

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

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The Wall
2012 · dir. Julian Pölsler
🍅 76%★ 6.7science fiction · dramaPrime Video

Both lean on loneliness more than on comedy

A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.

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