Movies like Mientras Cupido no está (2025)
The best movies like Mientras Cupido no está (2025) are Homo Argentum (2025), Chinese Take-Away (2011) and It's for Your Own Good (2017). If Mientras Cupido no está hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedWe Are the Nobles (2013)8.0/10 from 569 votes
- Newest27 Nights (2025)Released 2025
- In SpanishHomo Argentum (2025)Also in Spanish
Homo Argentum (2025)
The film consists of 16 shorts that explore, with humor and social criticism, the characteristics of the Argentine identity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIt's for Your Own Good (2017)
Three brothers-in-law try to get their daughters to dump their undesirable boyfriends.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisEasy Money (1983)
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAll the Freckles in the World (2019)
Teen comedy set in the school-year of 1994. José is the new kid on high-school, falling immediately for the popular and freckled Christina. Trying to impress her, he's going to unsuccessfully join the soccer try-outs. Is he shooting way out of his league?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSo Much Love to Give (2020)
A bigamist with one family in Buenos Aires and the other in Mar del Plata sees his life turned upside down when his wives discover what he has hidden from them for so many years and unite to take revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisOld Man Made in Spain (1969)
A widow shepherd who lives at the Aragonese Pyrenees sees how his three young daughters, Cándida, Visi, and Nieves, go to Madrid to find a better life and leave him alone. There they all get married, have sons and forget their father. One day, Marcelino receives a letter from Cándida, who wants him to stay with her family for some time. What she really wants is some help from her father, as she's not able to take care of her ten daughters and her upcoming child. Marcelino goes to Madrid, but, once there, he only finds an unknown, frantic and hostile world, and also three unhappy daughters...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry (2016)
Hawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisClass Rank (2017)
Two high school misfits join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politics and, in the process, learn a thing or two about love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican Dreamer (2022)
In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisChris Rock: Kill the Messenger (2008)
An HBO special edited from three performances from Chris Rock's 2008 comedy tour: London (dark suit, dark shirt), Johannesburg (black suit, white shirt) and New York (shiny jacket). Topics include the ongoing presidential campaign, the possibility of a black president, George W. Bush, gas prices, low-paid jobs, ringtones and bottled water, sex, relationships and the correct use of the n-word
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Kids Are Alright 2 (2022)
A year ago, Ricardo and Felipe, in charge of taking the children to a camp, stayed outside the train leaving the children inside. Clara no longer trusts them and this year she decides to take the children personally with the help of her friend Susana. However, now they will be the ones who, as a result of an accident, are separated from the children.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThunderstruck (2012)
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like this27 Nights (2025)
When a woman is admitted by her daughters to a psychiatric clinic for her carefree ways, an expert must judge if she is ill or simply wants to enjoy life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeld Up (1999)
What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is taken hostage in a stickup at the local Sip and Zip.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLord, Give Me Patience (2017)
An ultraconservative family father must spend a weekend with his dysfunctional children for the burial of his wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTaylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis (2020)
Comedian Taylor Tomlinson is halfway through her 20s — and she's over it. From dating losers to a failed engagement, she takes aim at her life choices.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDuplex (2003)
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Roommate (2024)
Vivi is a young writer who is forced to find a roommate to pay the mortgage on her apartment. What she does not suspect is that Roy, the supposed perfect partner she found, has a peculiar lifestyle: he never pays rent.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEmpowered (2018)
Paz seems to have a perfect life. She has a job, a partner and friends but something's missing. In reality, there are things she is unhappy about. She feels anxious and burdened but can't bring herself to express these feelings. Until one day she turns to a strange therapy that will make her say absolutely everything she thinks. How would your life be if you only said what you think?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisCascabelito (1962)
Two puppeteers with an orphan child, and with the help of a journalist, seek to stand out with their show.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
We Are the Nobles (2013)
Tells the "riches to rags" story of the Nobles, three upper-class twenty-somethings that appear to have no limits to their checkbooks, and no direction in their lives. Until one day, their father tries to teach them a lesson by staging a financial scandal that forces the whole family to escape to an old house in the poor side of town, and leads the "kids" to do what they haven't done before: get jobs.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisV for Victor (2024)
A retired boxer will return to the ring to face his greatest rival, relying on his daughter, his friends and a famous trainer who will teach him to see the sport from new perspectives.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Sor Tequila (1980)
La India María, who is really good at sports, becomes a nun and is always getting in trouble for wanting to help people.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Los mexicanos calientes (2018)
Segment "Niños vírgenes": Story of some very hot students both at school and outside of it. Segment "Bajas pasiones": Adventures of a dwarf and his wanderings thanks to his great friend. Segment "Escuela de platanito": The famous school of "Platanito" and his friends with some very hot classes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
El sexo me da risa 8 (2018)
First story: A parody of Romeo and Juliet told by Radamés de Jesús as Romualdo, and La Wanders Lover as Juliet. Second Story: A typical Mexican story showing the life a henpecked husband lives.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Los Verduleros (1986)
The adventures of two friends, one a chicken vendor in a market and the other a policeman. They have love affairs and capture criminals.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEl día de los albañiles 2 (1985)
Sequel to Day of the Laborer. Roberto and his wife Beatriz work on a construction site, him as a laborer and her selling food. Another laborer El Chalan, seduces neighborhood maids in order to rob the homes where they work. In the neighborhood there is also a serial killer on the loose who preys on prostitutes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEl día de los albañiles 3 (1987)
The masons in the reconstruction of Mexico after the earthquake. Alfonso Zayas works as a bricklayer in a building and his wife has a food stand in the same place. The foreman tries to rape Angelica Chaín (Beatriz), but when he does not succeed, he kills her and chases Pepito, her son, who was an eyewitness to the crime.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEl día de los albañiles (1982)
At the local construction site, love and drama go hand in hand. Action, comedy, drama and sex are all in the mix in this very sexy/comedy starring some of the icons of this "sexy era" of the Mexican cinema.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Mientras Cupido no está?
The closest matches to Mientras Cupido no está are Homo Argentum (2025), Chinese Take-Away (2011) and It's for Your Own Good (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Mientras Cupido no está?
Start with Homo Argentum (2025), the closest match to Mientras Cupido no está.
What is the highest-rated movie like Mientras Cupido no está?
We Are the Nobles (2013), rated 8.0/10 by 569 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Mientras Cupido no está?
27 Nights (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Mientras Cupido no está?
Yes: Homo Argentum (2025), Chinese Take-Away (2011) and It's for Your Own Good (2017).
How are movies similar to Mientras Cupido no está chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Mientras Cupido no está, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.