Movies like The Intouchables (2011)

Name: The Intouchables
Released: 2011

10 films to watch after The Intouchables, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

1

The Upside (2019)

Fit 75%

Shares Comedy and Drama with The Intouchables.

Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his young son. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom.
2

Fly Me Away (2021)

Fit 66%

Shares Comedy and Drama with The Intouchables.

Thomas, a blasé young man, spends his nights in clubs and his days in bed. Until his father, Dr. Reinhard, fed up with his son’s escapades, cuts him off completely and forces him to take care of one of his young patients. Mar- cus, 12, was born with a serious congenital disorder. He lives with his mother in the poor suburbs of Paris and spends his days either at the hospital or in a center for sick children. This encounter will disrupt their lives and change them both, profoundly and forever.
3

Forrest Gump (1994)

Fit 62%

Shares Comedy and Drama with The Intouchables.

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
4

Billy Elliot (2000)

Fit 61%

Shares Drama and Comedy with The Intouchables.

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
5

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Fit 55%

Shares Drama with The Intouchables.

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
6

Lost in Translation (2003)

Fit 52%

Shares Drama and Comedy with The Intouchables.

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
7

Talk to Her (2002)

Fit 51%

Shares Drama with The Intouchables.

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
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Stan & Ollie (2018)

Fit 51%

Shares Comedy and Drama with The Intouchables.

With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public
9

55 Steps (2018)

Fit 47%

Shares Drama with The Intouchables.

The inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they're in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case.
10

Three Colors: Red (1994)

Fit 43%

Shares Drama with The Intouchables.

Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.