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10 Best Movies Like Instructions Not Included

If you loved Instructions Not Included, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
53 Sundays

53 Sundays

2026★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Instructions Not Included for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When three siblings agree to meet and discuss their aging father's future, their reunion spirals into bickering, bantering and reliving old grudges....

#2
Gloria

Gloria

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Instructions Not Included 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...

#3
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Instructions Not Included for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#4
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 Instructions Not Included 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....

#5
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

2022★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Instructions Not Included for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family....

#6
In the Soup

In the Soup

1992★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Instructions Not Included for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film....

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