Movies like The Invite: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Invite (2026) — a comedy, drama and romance film directed by Olivia Wilde — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Invite most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like husband wife relationship, san francisco, california and dark comedy. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Roses 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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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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Young People Fucking 2007★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by angst and miscommunication. Mia and Eric are exes, making sure they are over each other. Jaime and Ken work together and this is a first date. Inez and Gord invite his roommate, Dave, to join them. By the time each couple has gone through a prelude, foreplay, sex, an interlude, orgasm, and afterglow, they've answered basic questions: can sex be anonymous, are we bored, is our marriage really finished, does anyone tell the truth, and how do we make someone happy?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee 2009★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Best You Can 2025★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside down by the arrival of sharp but chronically underachieving security guard Stan Olszewski in this smart rom-com that reunites Bacon and Sedgwick on screen for the first time in 20 years.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Enemies, a Love Story 1989★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Drama 2026★ 6.9
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Why Did I Get Married Again? 2026★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
The couples reunite for the destination wedding of Marcus and Angela's daughter, bringing drama old and new as they ask, "Why did we get married again?"
Stream in India on Netflix
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Is This Thing On? 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Voicemails for Isabelle 2026★ 8.3
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
A young woman's hilariously confessional voicemails to her late sister are unknowingly redirected to a stranger, who begins to fall in love from afar.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Manhattan 1979★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Woman of the Year 1942★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Friendship 2025★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor Austin, and his attempts to make an adult male friend threatens to ruin both of their lives.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Friends with Kids 2012★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide to have a child together without becoming a couple. By becoming "time-share" parents, they reason, they can experience the joys of parenthood without significantly curbing their personal freedom. However, when Julie and Jason both become involved with others, they discover that they secretly harbor romantic feelings for each other.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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In the Land of Women 2007★ 5.9
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of the mother and daughters who live across the street.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Heartburn 1986★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Carnal Knowledge 1971★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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About Last Night... 1986★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love Accidentally 2022★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Alexa and Jason are competing for a position at an advertising firm when their partners break up with them. Alexa mistakenly texts Jason, and they start a phone-only relationship. When they meet and the truth comes out, will true love prevail?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Diary of a Mad Housewife 1970★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now