Movies like Everybody Has a Plan (2012)
The best movies like Everybody Has a Plan (2012) are Goodbye (2019), Rojo (2018) and 7th Floor (2013). If Everybody Has a Plan hooked you with its drama and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedAmores Perros (2000)7.7/10 from 3,054 votes
- NewestFinestkind (2023)Released 2023
- In SpanishGoodbye (2019)Also in Spanish
Goodbye (2019)
Seville, Spain. Juan Santos, a convicted petty criminal, gets out of jail for a day to celebrate with Triana, his wife, the first communion of their daughter Estrella.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRojo (2018)
A small town in an Argentinian province, 1975. The life of Claudio, a successful lawyer, gets complicated when he has a stupid quarrel with a stranger in a crowded restaurant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this7th Floor (2013)
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sebastián, a successful lawyer, leaves his ex-wife's condo, located on the seventh floor of an apartment building, to take his two children to school. While they run down the stairs, he uses the elevator. Once on the ground floor, Sebastián awaits the arrival of the children.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Aura (2005)
A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Summit (2017)
At a summit for Latin American presidents in Chile where the region's geopolitical strategies and alliances are in discussion, Argentine president Hernán Blanco endures political and family drama that will force him to face his own demons.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisMoon of Avellaneda (2004)
The story of a social and sports club in a Buenos Aires neighborhood and of those who try to save it from being closed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Official Story (1985)
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhite Elephant (2012)
While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aries shantytown, a troubled priest finds solace in a young, atheist social worker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSon of the Bride (2001)
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThesis on a Homicide (2013)
Roberto is a Law professor whose life is thrown into chaos when he becomes convinced that one of his best students has committed a brutal murder. Determined to uncover the truth, he begins a personal investigation…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCarancho (2010)
Sosa is a lawyer who haunts hospital waiting rooms hoping to represent the victims of traffic accidents in insurance claims. When he falls in love with ambulance medic Luján, he tries to leave this dark business but the shady law firm that he works for won’t let him off that easily.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChronicle of an Escape (2006)
The true story of four men who narrowly escaped death at the hands of Argentina's military death squads in 1977. Claudio Tamburrini is a goalie for a minor-league football team when he is abducted by members of the Argentine military police and taken to an unofficial detention center on the false suspicion that he is a terrorist. As he is tortured by intelligence agents looking for information he doesn't have, Tamburrini fully expects to be killed. After many sessions of brutal torture, Tamburrini and his fellow captives Guillermo and Tano are being readied for execution when, in a final desperate act, Tamburrini dives out a window during a rainstorm.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Son (2019)
Painter Lorenzo's life spirals out of control as he fears his wife is trying to isolate him from their infant son.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHeroic Losers (2019)
In a town in the Northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a group of neighbors is organized to recover the economy of the area, but when the corralito is implemented in the country and they suffer a fraud, their hopes disappear. Now, they will unite to recover the lost money and give the blow of their lives to their greatest enemy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Crimes That Bind (2020)
When her son is accused of raping and trying to murder his ex-wife, Alicia embarks on a journey that will change her life forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChinese Take-Away (2011)
A comedy that chronicles a chance encounter between Robert and a Chinese named Jun who wanders lost through the city of Buenos Aires in search of his uncle after being assaulted by a taxi driver and his henchmen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMother (2019)
Ten years have gone by since Elena's six-year old son has disappeared. The last thing she heard of him was a phone call he gave her, saying that he was lost on a beach in France and couldn't find his father. Nowadays, Elena lives on this same beach and manages a restaurant. She is finally beginning to emerge from this tragic episode when she meets a French teenager who strongly reminds her of her lost son. The two of them will embark on a relationship which will sow chaos and distrust around them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAdvantages of Travelling by Train (2019)
After interning her insane husband in a remote psychiatric hospital, book editor Helga Pato returns home by train, where she meets a mysterious man who identifies himself as a psychiatrist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJauja (2014)
A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dark Side of the Heart (1992)
Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak. In Montevideo, he meets a prostitute, Ana, with whom he falls in love. Back in Buenos Aires, he accepts a contract with a publicity agency to get the money for three days of love with her. Will he get what he's searching for when his ideal of love's pleasure is literally going in levitation while making love?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Wrath of God (2022)
Convinced the tragic deaths of her loved ones were orchestrated by a famous novelist she worked for, Luciana turns to a journalist to expose her truth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Replacement (2021)
Spain, 1982. Andrés Expósito, a young police inspector, accepts a posting in Denia, a small town on the Mediterranean coast, in the hope of leading a quieter life and that the natural environment will help improve the fragile health of his daughter; but once in his new post he becomes involved by chance in the investigation of the strange death of the inspector he has come to replace.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShirley (2020)
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmores Perros (2000)
A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Glass House (2001)
When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFoxcatcher (2014)
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigher Ground (2011)
Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, a tight-knit spiritual community is thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBraven (2018)
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSky High (2020)
A commentary on Spanish society dressed as a thriller about the misadventures of a gang of young petty criminals after the real estate crash.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFinestkind (2023)
Two brothers from opposite sides of the tracks are reunited as adults. Desperate circumstances force them into a deal with an organized crime syndicate in Boston, and a young woman gets caught in the middle.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Everybody Has a Plan?
The closest matches to Everybody Has a Plan are Goodbye (2019), Rojo (2018) and 7th Floor (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Everybody Has a Plan?
People who watched Everybody Has a Plan most often go on to Goodbye (2019), Rojo (2018) and 7th Floor (2013).
What is the highest-rated movie like Everybody Has a Plan?
Amores Perros (2000), rated 7.7/10 by 3,054 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Everybody Has a Plan?
Finestkind (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Everybody Has a Plan?
Yes: Goodbye (2019), Rojo (2018) and 7th Floor (2013).
How are movies similar to Everybody Has a Plan chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Everybody Has a Plan, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.