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Movies that feel likeThe Triplets of Belleville (2003)

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

If you loved The Triplets of Belleville, the closest films we have are Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Babette's Feast (1987). All three share The Triplets of Belleville'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 An Honest Liar (2014).

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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004 · dir. Danny Leiner
🍅 75%★ 7comedy · adventure

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Lighter on stillness

Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey that takes them deep into New Jersey. Somehow, the boys manage to run afoul of rednecks, cops and even a car-stealing Neil Patrick Harris before getting anywhere near their beloved sliders.

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004 · dir. Wes Anderson
🍅 73%★ 7.2adventure · comedy · drama

Contemplative where it counts, epic underneath

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.

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Babette's Feast
1987 · dir. Gabriel Axel
🍅 97%★ 7.7drama · history · comedyMax

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The difference: Played as history first

A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.

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Rose Island
2020 · dir. Sydney Sibilia
🍅 75%★ 7comedy · adventureNetflix

Both lean on play more than on adventure

In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.

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An Honest Liar
2014 · dir. Justin Weinstein
🍅 98%★ 7.4history · comedy · documentaryPrime Video

Contemplative animation in both cases

An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. The film brings to life Randi's intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of the closet at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos.

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Roger & Me
1989 · dir. Michael Moore
🍅 100%★ 7.5documentary · history · comedy

Drama built on scale, twice over

A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

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The Darjeeling Limited
2007 · dir. Wes Anderson
🍅 69%★ 7.2adventure · drama · comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

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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Tokyo Godfathers
2003 · dir. Satoshi Kon
🍅 92%★ 7.8animation · drama · comedy

Both are built on the same subject: adult animation

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

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Ed Wood
1994 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 92%★ 7.8comedy · drama · history

Drama built on play, twice over

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

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There's Still Tomorrow
2023 · dir. Paola Cortellesi
🍅 89%★ 7.7drama · comedy · historyRent or buy

From the 2020s, and it lands the same way

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2020s show

In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life.

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Manitou's Shoe
2001 · dir. Michael Herbig
★ 6.7western · comedy · adventure

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to finance his tribe's new saloon. Unfortunately Santa Maria, who sold the saloon, betrays Abahachi, takes the money and leaves. Soon, the Shoshones are on the warpath to get their money back, and Abahachi is forced to organize it quickly.

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Il Sorpasso
1962 · dir. Dino Risi
★ 8.2drama · comedy · adventure

Both are comedy through and through

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

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