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Movies that feel likeThe Invite (2026)

Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

If you loved The Invite, the closest films we have are Last Night (1998), The Rules of the Game (1939) and Digger (2026). All three share The Invite'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 Toscana (2022).

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Last Night
1998 · dir. Don McKellar
🍅 85%★ 7.1comedy · romance · drama

The same preoccupation in both: dark comedy

The difference: 28 years apart, and the 1990s show

Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.

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The Rules of the Game
1939 · dir. Jean Renoir
🍅 97%★ 7.9drama · comedy · romance

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The Marquis de la Chesnaye and his wife host a weekend gala where a variety of complicated romantic and social entanglements between guests and servants lead to tragedy, all against the backdrop of a looming war.

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Digger
2026 · dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
🍅 52%★ 7.5comedy · drama

Both are built on the same subject: dark comedy

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.

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OMG: Oh My God!
2012 · dir. Umesh Shukla
★ 8.1comedy · drama

Contemplative and darkly funny in the same breath

The difference: Trades the romance of The Invite for an angle of its own

A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.

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A Man Called Ove
2015 · dir. Hannes Holm
🍅 91%★ 7.7comedy · dramaNetflixPrime Video

Both lean on romance more than on comedy

The difference: Easier on the tenderness than The Invite

Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally backs into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.

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A New Leaf
1971 · dir. Elaine May
🍅 94%★ 7.3comedy · romance

Romance built on wit, twice over

After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.

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Men & Chicken
2015 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
★ 6.7comedy · drama

Playful drama, and it commits to that

Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.

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About Endlessness
2019 · dir. Roy Andersson
🍅 95%★ 6.8drama · fantasy · comedyRent or buy

Comedy with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than The Invite does

A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments have the same significance as historical events. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.

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Jab We Met
2007 · dir. Imtiaz Ali
🍅 100%★ 7.9drama · comedy · romance

A chance encounter that upends everything a settled life assumed

The difference: A sprawling journey romance — no single combustible evening

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky carefree young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

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All My Friends Are Dead
2020 · dir. Jan Belcl
★ 5.9comedy · drama · thrillerNetflix

Darkly funny drama in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than The Invite does

A group of friends at a New Year’s Eve party go through a whirlwind of events that exposes secrets, breaks hearts — and leads to a shocking outcome.

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Toscana
2022 · dir. Mehdi Avaz
🍅 83%★ 5.7comedy · romance · dramaNetflix

A stalled life reignited by one disarming new connection

The difference: Gentle postcard romance — low stakes and lower voltage

When a Danish chef travels to Tuscany to sell his father's business, he meets a local woman who inspires him to rethink his approach to life and love.

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Take This Waltz
2011 · dir. Sarah Polley
🍅 79%★ 6.5drama · comedy · romanceNetflix

A comfortable marriage tested by the pull of an exciting neighbor

The difference: Aches more than it jokes — longing handled with indie melancholy

Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.

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