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Movies that feel like Tolo Tolo (2020)

If you loved Tolo Tolo, the closest films we have are Paper Planes (2014), Fala Sério, Mãe! (2017) and Dangal (2016). All three share Tolo Tolo's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his Apulia. However, after one month, the restaurant went bankrupt and he chose to emigrate to Africa to escape from debt. Here he adapts to being a waiter in a resort in Kenya, but at the outbreak of a civil war he decides to embark on a stowaway trip on a boat for migrants to Europe and chooses to do it with his African friends. However, he would not like to return to Italy, but rather to go to Liechtenstein where banking secrecy is in force and there is a lower tax burden than in Italy.

5.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Checco Zalonewittyplayfulcontemplativewarmcozy

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Paper Planes
2014 · dir. Robert Connolly
🍅 85%6.2comedy · family · drama

The same mix in both: wit, then play

Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-doubt to do so.

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Fala Sério, Mãe!
2017 · dir. Pedro Vasconcelos
6.1comedy · family

Warm where it counts, cozy underneath

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as Tolo Tolo

Ângela Cristina, mother of teenager Maria de Lourdes, has to deal with the difficulties and delights of guiding her daughter during one of the most complicated stages of life.

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Dangal
2016 · dir. Nitesh Tiwari
🍅 89%8.3drama · family · comedy

Comedy with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.

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Alibi.com
2017 · dir. Philippe Lacheau
🍅 67%6.5comedy · family

Family built on wit, twice over

Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppable stratagems and stagings to cover their clients. But meeting Flo, a pretty blonde who hates men who lie, will complicate Greg's life, which begins by hiding the true nature of his activity. During the presentation to parents, Greg understands that Gérard, the father of Flo, is also one of their clients.

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Just Another Christmas
2020 · dir. Roberto Santucci
6.7comedy · drama · fantasy

Playful drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Tolo Tolo does

After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.

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English Vinglish
2012 · dir. Gauri Shinde
🍅 83%7.8comedy · drama · family

Both lean on stillness more than on comedy

In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

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CJ7
2008 · dir. Stephen Chow
🍅 49%6.4comedy · drama · family

Warm drama in both cases

A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much, much more once the young boy starts to play with it.

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Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011 · dir. Mark Waters
🍅 47%6comedy · family

Family built on comfort, twice over

Tom Popper is a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland — and the rest of his world upside-down.

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A Letter to Momo
2012 · dir. Hiroyuki Okiura
🍅 80%7.2comedy · fantasy · animation

Witty comedy in both cases

A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.

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Help! I'm a Fish
2000 · dir. Michael Hegner
6adventure · animation · comedy

Playful drama in both cases

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Three children are accidentally transformed into fish after consuming a potion made by an eccentric scientist. The kids end up in the sea, with one problem: they must find and drink the antidote within 48 hours, or forever remain as fish.

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · dir. Taika Waititi
🍅 97%7.8adventure · comedy · drama

Contemplative family in both cases

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.

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Cheaper by the Dozen
2003 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 25%5.9comedy · family

Both work the same warmth

The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Kate, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.

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