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Movies that feel like The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

If you loved The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, the closest films we have are The Darjeeling Limited (2007), The Triplets of Belleville (2003) and Daddy's Home (2015). All three share The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 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.

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

πŸ… 73% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Wes Andersonepicwittyplayfulcontemplative

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The Darjeeling Limited
2007 Β· dir. Wes Anderson
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7.2adventure Β· drama Β· comedy

The same hand behind both of them: Wes Anderson

Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).

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The Triplets of Belleville
2003 Β· dir. Sylvain Chomet
β˜… 7.7animation Β· comedy Β· drama

Both land scale and wit at once

The difference: Played as animation first

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sistersβ€”an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaireβ€”to rescue him.

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

The same two preoccupations: parents and children, and rivalry

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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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Bottle Rocket
1996 Β· dir. Wes Anderson
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.9comedy Β· crime Β· drama

Wes Anderson directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Not nearly as epic

Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a harebrained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.

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Bajrangi Bhaijaan
2015 Β· dir. Kabir Khan
πŸ… 89%β˜… 8.1comedy Β· drama Β· adventure

The same mix in both: play, then stillness

A young mute girl from Pakistan loses herself in India with no way to head back. A devoted man with a magnanimous spirit undertakes the task to get her back to her motherland and unite her with her family.

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The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 Β· dir. Wes Anderson
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8.1comedy Β· drama

Comedy built on wit, twice over

The difference: Without the same scale

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protΓ©gΓ©. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

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Pieces of April
2003 Β· dir. Peter Hedges
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7comedy Β· drama

Common ground: dysfunctional family

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

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The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 Β· dir. Wes Anderson
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· drama

One thread runs through both: dysfunctional family

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.

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The Favourite
2018 Β· dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.5history Β· comedy Β· drama

Both are built on the same subject: rivalry

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

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Vice
2018 Β· dir. Adam McKay
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.2drama Β· comedy Β· history

Drama with a pulse of scale, in both cases

George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive rΓ©sumΓ© includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

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πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.1drama Β· comedy

Both lean on play more than on adventure

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

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

Contemplative comedy in both cases

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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