Movies like The Intervention: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Intervention (2016) — a comedy and drama film directed by Clea DuVall — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Intervention most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like marriage crisis, intervention and getaway. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Band Aid 2017★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Over Your Dead Body 2026★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to "reconnect", but each has secret intentions to kill the other.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1969★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best friends, Ted and Alice Henderson. Not wanting to be rude, the Hendersons play along, but some latent sexual tension among the four soon comes bubbling to the surface, and long-buried desires don't stay buried for long.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Higher Ground 2011★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, a tight-knit spiritual community is thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kinds of Kindness 2024★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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The Overnight 2015★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hooking Up 2020★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the road trip come to light, the unlikely pair force one another to confront their issues, discovering that there might actually be more to love than just sex.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Somewhere in Queens 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mammal 2016★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Family Weekend 2013★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cleveland Abduction 2015★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Your Friends & Neighbors 1998★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Restless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry is a sullen businessman married to Mary, a writer who is unsatisfied with their relationship. Mary begins an affair with Jerry, a smug theater professor and husband of her friend, Terri, who is also a writer. Adding to the adulterous mix are Cary, a callous doctor, and Cheri, an art-gallery assistant.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Happiness 1998★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ricky Gervais: Mortality 2025★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy
Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
Stream in India on Netflix
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In the Soup 1992★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
Stream in India on Brew
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Rise of the Footsoldier 3 2017★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
In the late 1980s, Pat Tate journeys from peddling pills in Marbella to his time in prison, where he solidifies his power before his release to reclaim his turf.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Louis C.K.: Oh My God 2013★ 7.6
Shares: Comedy
Filmed at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ on February 15th and 16th, 2013, Oh My God is Louis C.K.'s fifth stand-up special, his first for HBO since 2007's Shameless, and his first since winning a Emmy Award for writing on his acclaimed show on FX, Louie. Performed in the round in front of a live audience, he discusses such topics as the food chain, animals, divorce, strange anecdotes, broken morality, murder and mortality.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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The Clique 2008★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Walking Tall: Lone Justice 2007★ 5.8
Shares: Drama
In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the agents are executed. However, Kate is only wounded, and her boyfriend Nick believes there is a traitor in the agency and takes her to his ranch to protect her life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Crimes of Passion 1984★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a murderous sex toy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now