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Movies that feel like Instant Family (2018)

If you loved Instant Family, the closest films we have are Daddy's Home (2015), Two Is a Family (2016) and Horrible Bosses 2 (2014). All three share Instant Family's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.

πŸ… 82% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sean Anderswittyplayfulcontemplative
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If Instant Family hit the spot, these will too

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Daddy's Home
2015 Β· dir. Sean Anders
πŸ… 30%β˜… 6.2comedy

Sean Anders working the same nerve twice

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the affection of the kids.

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Two Is a Family
2016 Β· dir. Hugo GΓ©lin
πŸ… 43%β˜… 7.3drama Β· comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: parenting

A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.

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Horrible Bosses 2
2014 Β· dir. Sean Anders
πŸ… 35%β˜… 6.3comedy

Sean Anders directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as Instant Family

Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.

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Bingo: The King of the Mornings
2017 Β· dir. Daniel Rezende
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.9comedy Β· drama

One thread runs through both: a true story

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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The Disaster Artist
2017 Β· dir. James Franco
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· drama

Common ground: a true story

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

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Taxi
2015 Β· dir. Jafar Panahi
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· drama

Both land wit and play at once

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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Magic Mike
2012 Β· dir. Steven Soderbergh
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.1drama Β· comedy

Comedy with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.

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Hit the Road
2021 Β· dir. Panah Panahi
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama

Witty drama, and it commits to that

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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Hustle
2022 Β· dir. Jeremiah Zagar
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.3drama Β· comedy

Playful comedy in both cases

After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.

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I, Tonya
2017 Β· dir. Craig Gillespie
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5drama Β· comedy

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

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August: Osage County
2013 Β· dir. John Wells
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama

Comedy built on wit, twice over

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.

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Instructions Not Included
2013 Β· dir. Eugenio Derbez
πŸ… 63%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· drama

Both lean on play more than on drama

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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