Movies like The Cabbage Soup
The Cabbage Soup (1981) is a comedy movie directed by Jean Girault. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
★ 7.4 · 4,880 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
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2. Arrival (2016)
★ 7.6 · 20,018 votes · Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
★ 7.5 · 12,331 votes · Adventure, Sci-Fi, Family
An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.
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4. Mars Attacks! (1996)
★ 6.4 · 6,093 votes · Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
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5. Men in Black (1997)
★ 7.2 · 15,309 votes · Action, Adventure, Comedy
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
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6. Chocolat (2000)
★ 7.0 · 3,593 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.
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7. The Family (2013)
★ 6.4 · 3,195 votes · Crime, Comedy, Action
After ratting out his Mafia cohorts, Giovanni Manzoni and his family enter the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a sleepy town in France. Despite the best efforts of their handler to keep them in line, Giovanni (now called Fred Blake), his wife and children can't help but resort to doing things the "family" way. However, their dependence on such old habits places everyone in danger from vengeful mobsters.
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8. Family Resemblances (1996)
★ 7.4 · 330 votes · Comedy
An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.
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9. The Brand New Testament (2015)
★ 6.7 · 1,799 votes · Comedy, Fantasy
God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad...
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