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Movies that feel likeThe Trip (2011)

When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

If you loved The Trip, the closest films we have are Hit the Road (2021), Pieces of April (2003) and Gloria (2013). All three share The Trip'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 Adrift in Tokyo (2007).

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Michael Winterbottomwittyplayfulcontemplative
7 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · MUBI

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Hit the Road
2021 · dir. Panah Panahi
🍅 95%★ 7.2comedy · drama

Common ground: road trip

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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Pieces of April
2003 · dir. Peter Hedges
🍅 83%★ 7comedy · drama

One thread runs through both: road trip

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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Gloria
2013 · dir. Sebastián Lelio
🍅 100%★ 6.9comedy · drama

Both land wit and play at once

Gloria is a 58-year-old divorcée. Her children have all left home but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. Determined to defy old age and loneliness, she rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification – which only leads to repeated disappointment and enduring emptiness. But when Gloria meets Rodolfo, an ex-naval officer seven years her senior, she begins to imagine the possibility of a permanent relationship.

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Le Week-End
2013 · dir. Roger Michell
🍅 89%★ 6.4comedy · dramaPrime Video

Contemplative comedy in both cases

Nick and Meg Burrows return to Paris, the city where they honeymooned, to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary and rediscover some romance in their long-lived marriage. The film follows the couple as long-established tensions in their marriage break out in humorous and often painful ways.

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Whisky
2004 · dir. Juan Pablo Rebella
🍅 100%★ 7.1comedy · drama

Drama built on wit, twice over

When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship.

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Adrift in Tokyo
2007 · dir. Satoshi Miki
★ 7.2comedy

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Trades the stillness of The Trip for an angle of its own

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

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The Invisible Woman
2009 · dir. Cláudio Torres
★ 6.3comedy

Drama with a pulse of wit, in both cases

A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist!

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Taxi
2015 · dir. Jafar Panahi
🍅 96%★ 7.3comedy · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on comedy

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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The Boss of It All
2006 · dir. Lars von Trier
🍅 74%★ 6.6comedy

Drama built on play, twice over

The owner of an IT firm wants to sell his business for profit; however, when he started his firm, he invented a nonexistent president to hide behind when unpopular steps needed to be taken. When potential purchasers insist on negotiating with 'The Boss' face to face, the owner hires a failed actor to play the part.

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Caramelo
2025 · dir. Diego Freitas
★ 7.1comedy · dramaNetflix

The shared currency is stillness

After a life-changing diagnosis, a promising chef finds hope and humor with the help of a fur-midable dog friend.

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Soul Kitchen
2009 · dir. Fatih Akin
🍅 73%★ 7.2drama · comedy

The comedy is handled with the same confidence

In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

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Head Over Heels
2010 · dir. Roberto Santucci
★ 5.7comedy

Comedy of the same temperament

After being left by her husband and fired from her work, a workaholic, thirtysomething businesswoman is forced to go through a big change in her life and becomes a partner on a decadent sex shop.

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