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Movies that feel likeThe Intouchables (2011)

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

If you loved The Intouchables, the closest films we have are The Bucket List (2007), 50/50 (2011) and Elling (2001). All three share The Intouchables' contemplative and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Queen (2014).

🍅 75% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Éric Toledanocontemplativewittyplayfulwarm
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The Bucket List
2007 · dir. Rob Reiner
🍅 40%★ 7.3drama · comedy

Opposites from different worlds teaching each other to live

The difference: Terminal-diagnosis sentiment, broader strokes

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.

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50/50
2011 · dir. Jonathan Levine
🍅 93%★ 7.6comedy · drama

Friendship as the medicine no doctor prescribes

The difference: Cancer comedy, younger and rawer

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

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Elling
2001 · dir. Petter Næss
🍅 85%★ 7.4comedy · drama

One thread runs through both: male friendship

40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.

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The Terminal
2004 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 61%★ 7.4comedy · dramaParamount+

An outsider's charm dissolving an institution's cold rules

The difference: Spielberg whimsy, one-location fable

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

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Ghost World
2001 · dir. Terry Zwigoff
🍅 93%★ 7.3comedy · drama

Prickly outsiders finding odd companionship on the margins

The difference: Deadpan and melancholy — the warmth arrives in small doses

Two quirky, cynical, teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives following high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle-aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.

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That's Life
1998 · dir. Massimo Venier
★ 7comedy

Strangers thrown together on the road, bickering into friendship

The difference: A minor Italian comedy that's hard to even track down

While on the run from the police, an unlikely companionship blossoms between a funny con man who just broke out of jail, the bumbling cop whose car he seized at gunpoint, and a nitpicking civilian he unwittingly took hostage.

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Dumb and Dumber To
2014 · dir. Bobby Farrelly
🍅 31%★ 5.6comedy

A mismatched pair whose loyalty outlasts every disaster

The difference: Lowbrow gags on repeat — 31% on RT, none of the heart

20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.

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Queen
2014 · dir. Vikas Bahl
🍅 90%★ 8.1comedy · drama

A feelgood reinvention powered by unexpected friendships

The difference: A Bollywood solo journey — self-discovery over odd-couple sparks

Rani, a 24-year-old homely girl, decides to go on her honeymoon alone when her fiancé calls off the wedding. Traveling around Europe, she finds joy, makes friends, and gains new-found independence.

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Son of Rambow
2007 · dir. Garth Jennings
🍅 73%★ 7comedyParamount+

An unlikely pair whose friendship redraws both their worlds

The difference: A small British childhood story — whimsy, not wit under pressure

Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to make his own action-packed video epic.

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Let's Be Cops
2014 · dir. Luke Greenfield
🍅 18%★ 6.4comedyStarz

Two stalled lives jolted awake by a shared reckless lark

The difference: A broad dude comedy — 18% on RT, friendship played for dumb laughs

Best pals Ryan and Justin are stalled in their respective careers -- a fact that is painfully driven home when they go to a college reunion. Dressed as police in the mistaken belief that they were to attend a costume party, Ryan and Justin find that the uniforms earn them much respect and attention. Although Justin is uncomfortable with the idea, Ryan decides to continue with the charade, putting them both in increasingly dangerous situations. When these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.

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The Intern
2015 · dir. Nancy Meyers
🍅 59%★ 7.1comedyParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: friendship

The difference: Easier on the stillness than The Intouchables

70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

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Green Book
2018 · dir. Peter Farrelly
🍅 77%★ 8.2drama · comedy · historyNetflix

Two men from different worlds trading lessons on a long ride

The difference: Its feel-good race politics drew real controversy

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

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