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10 Best Movies Like Official Competition

If you loved Official Competition, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Somewhere in Queens

Somewhere in Queens

2023★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Official Competition for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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 tea...

#2
CQ

CQ

2001★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Official Competition for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a n...

#3
Gloria

Gloria

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Official Competition for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Gloria is a 58-year-old divorcée. Her children have all left home but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. Determined to defy old age and loneliness, she rushes he...

#4
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Official Competition for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair....

#5
¿Y cómo es él?

¿Y cómo es él?

2022★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Official Competition for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Thomas is a meek man on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Despite his situation he decides to fake a work trip to go to Vallarta to confront Jero, a taxi driver who is sleeping wit...

#6
El Diablo El Santo Y El Tonto

El Diablo El Santo Y El Tonto

1985★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Official Competition for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When rancher, Don Trinidad is on his deathbed, he confesses to his fumbling son Rogelio, that he has two other illegitimate sons and that he wishes them to be included in his will....

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