Instructions Not Included (2013)

Eugenio Derbez wrote, directed and stars as an Acapulco playboy who is left with a baby and takes her out of Mexico to find her mother in the US. Much of the movie is set across the border, and English and Spanish mix naturally, so it works as a gentle bridge if fully subtitled films still feel daunting. The early slapstick of a clueless bachelor turned father needs no translation. It became the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever at the US box office in 2013. Bring tissues: the final act turns sharply sentimental.