Movies like Bionico's Bachata (2025)
The best movies like Bionico's Bachata (2025) are David Holzman's Diary (1967), In the Soup (1992) and Be Kind Rewind (2008). If Bionico's Bachata hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPostcards from the Edge (1990)6.6/10 from 311 votes
- NewestTherapy Done Right (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishDown the Rabbit Hole (2024)Also in Spanish
David Holzman's Diary (1967)
A young filmmaker decides to make a movie about his day-to-day activities in an attempt to understand himself and get his life back in order. A precursor to reality television and vlogs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the Soup (1992)
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBe Kind Rewind (2008)
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLandline (2017)
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHooking Up (2020)
Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the road trip come to light, the unlikely pair force one another to confront their issues, discovering that there might actually be more to love than just sex.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCQ (2001)
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSomewhere in Queens (2023)
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDown the Rabbit Hole (2024)
Raised in opulence and culture, a boy's life contrasts with the darkness that seeps in from his father's criminal activities in this dark comedy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wild Life (1984)
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYoung Adult (2011)
A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSubUrbia (1997)
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon't Think Twice (2016)
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTherapy Done Right (2026)
A psychoanalyst who's lost faith in traditional therapy crosses every boundary to help a blocked novelist in this cutting Argentine dark comedy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe House of Tomorrow (2019)
The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPostcards from the Edge (1990)
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHorrible Bosses 2 (2014)
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Weasel's Tale (2019)
A group of old actors and filmmakers tries to resist the efforts of a young couple to kick them out of their mansion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEmbattled (2020)
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHalf Baked (1998)
Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Poker House (2008)
Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Idiots (1998)
A group of perfectly intelligent young people decide to react to society's cult of aimless, non-creative and non-responsible form intellect by living together in a community of 'idiots'. Their primary activity becomes going out into the world of 'normal' people and pretending to be mentally incompetent. They take advantage of this situation to create anarchy, and, by every possible means, to make those around them miserable.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChildish Things (2025)
A 30-year-old musician questions his resolve to marry his longtime girlfriend when he meets a free-spirited woman on his cross-country roadtrip.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
To See the Sea (2014)
As preteen, aspiring filmmaker Tomas trains his new camera’s lens on his own world, shocking family secrets around him come into sharp focus.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
Halloween: Safety or Sacrifice (2025)
This safety film parody asks, will you do your part to stay safe this Halloween? Or, will the ghosts and goblins bring plenty of mischief to dampen your good time?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
EPISODE 12 (2026)
On June 6th 2023 television show Paranormal Closure was pulled from all broadcast stations. With no statement as to why. Over a year later a video surfaced online claiming to be from the episode that never aired.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Video Cassette of 31 Degrees North Latitude (2010)
The ancient and mysterious Shennongjia has been rumored for a long time that savages appeared and there were more than two hundred witnesses. Eight documentary filmmakers walked into this "virgin land" to find the legendary wild man. The bizarre disappearances and deaths of the members of the expedition give people reason to believe that this area is indeed filled with an unpredictable force.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
To Be Continued (2023)
The short video "influencer" Leopard, who is determined to become popular, faces the dual dilemma of company bankruptcy and payment of compensation. Partners, Gouzi and Monkey, also propose to break up their partnership. The three brothers came to the thriller crew for a special invitation to secretly shoot, intending to do well in the "last vote". Unexpectedly, they captured an exclusive scene of an accident involving the female lead in the production team. The three brothers improvised and continued to secretly shoot, but they didn't expect a series of screams and sharp smiles to intensify.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Face 2 Face (2017)
Over a series of video chats, a teenage outcast reaches out to his childhood friend, but finds that behind the veneer of popularity and a seemingly perfect life, she hides a disturbing secret.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWrathbone (2026)
International rock star Nigel Wrathbone had everything: money and fame, unbridled hedonism, creative freedom. Then he died and went to Hell.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
AFR (2007)
The faux documentary broadcast surrounds the Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his secret homosexual lover, Emil until the Prime Minister is assassinated. The film uses archival footage, actors, and computer effects to portray the assassination.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Bionico's Bachata?
The closest matches to Bionico's Bachata are David Holzman's Diary (1967), In the Soup (1992) and Be Kind Rewind (2008). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Bionico's Bachata?
Start with David Holzman's Diary (1967), the closest match to Bionico's Bachata.
What is the highest-rated movie like Bionico's Bachata?
Postcards from the Edge (1990), rated 6.6/10 by 311 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Bionico's Bachata?
Therapy Done Right (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Bionico's Bachata?
Yes: Down the Rabbit Hole (2024), Therapy Done Right (2026) and The Weasel's Tale (2019).
How are movies similar to Bionico's Bachata chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Bionico's Bachata, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.