Movies like The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) — a adventure, comedy and drama film directed by Wes Anderson — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like parent child relationship, red cap and dysfunctional family. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Parenthood 1989★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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End of Sentence 2019★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Adventure
Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see each other again following the trip. After revelations surface about an old flame of Frank’s wife and a charming hitchhiker with plans of her own intervenes, father and son find themselves drawn together in unexpected ways.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
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Wildflower 2023★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Moonfleet 1955★ 6.5
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) 2017★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Confirmation 2016★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Igby Goes Down 2002★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Captain Fantastic 2016★ 7.9
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Limbo 1999★ 6.6
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Traumatized by a fishing boat accident many years before, Joe Gastineau has given up his hopes for a life beyond the odd jobs he takes to support himself. That quickly changes when nomadic club singer Donna de Angelo and her troubled teen-age daughter enter Joe’s life. Both mother and daughter fall for Joe, increasing the friction between them. The tension continues to build when Joe invites them on a pleasure cruise up the Alaskan coast, discovering too late that the trip may cost them their lives.
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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Rudderless 2014★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Chumscrubber 2005★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. Everyone in town is too self consumed to worry about anything else than themselves. And everybody is on some form of drug just to get through their days.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nowhere 1997★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Hole in the Head 1959★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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China Seas 1935★ 6.3
Shares: Adventure, Drama
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sun Dogs 2017★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Adventure
A man eager to serve his country but rejected by the Marines pairs up with a young runaway to form an unlikely team on a misguided adventure.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Adults 2023★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid confrontations and revelations as his carefully constructed façade of his adulthood gives way to old childhood conflicts.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Treasure 2024★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Code 3 2025★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Grandma 2015★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel