Movies like Hooray for Women! (1943)
The best movies like Hooray for Women! (1943) are Almost Friends (2017), ¡Que viva México! (2023) and Down the Rabbit Hole (2024). If Hooray for Women! hooked you with its drama and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedImpossible Things (2021)8.5/10 from 453 votes
- NewestTherapy Done Right (2026)Released 2026
- In Spanish¡Que viva México! (2023)Also in Spanish
Almost Friends (2017)
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like this¡Que viva México! (2023)
After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisLady Windermere's Fan (1925)
A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
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 thisOfficial Competition (2021)
When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavour. Completing the all-star team are two actors with massive talent but even bigger egos: Hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero and radical theatre actor Iván Torres. Both are legends, but not exactly best friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric trials set by Lola, Félix and Iván must confront not only each other but also their own legacies. Who will be left when the cameras finally start rolling?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVoyage to Nowhere (1986)
The Iniesta-Galván family is a theatre company that goes from town to town offering its performances. Over the years, its members will have to adapt to changes and make decisions, like that of whether or not to continue performing. One day, unexpectedly, a son that he has fathered on his travels presents himself to Carlos Galván.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisJuniper (2021)
When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne for the Road (2015)
Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to fulfill the dying wish of a lifelong friend, in spite of the disapproval of their families and the limitations of their advanced age. Along the way, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comedic misadventures and meet a cast of colorful characters. Their journey fundamentally alters each characters' sense of self and their place in the world. There is, indeed, life after 80.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSilvia Prieto (1999)
After her 27th birthday, Silvia Prieto decides to take charge of her life and make some changes. At the same time, she suddenly finds herself intertwined in the life of another woman who is also named Silvia Prieto.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPatricia, A Hidden Passion (2020)
Patricia is a successful couples therapist. Your marriage is going through a bad time. But when she meets a student, Pablo will transform her own beliefs about sex.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisMy Mother Likes Women (2002)
Sofia introduces her three adult daughters to her new lover who is their age and happens to be a woman. The women, in particular Elvira find it extremely difficult to accept their mothers sudden apparent sexual reversal. The news pushes the neurotic Elvira to the point of nervous breakdown. Sol, the youngest daughter, writes a lude rock song about it and performs in front of them at a concert. The daughters plot together on how to get their mothers new girlfriend, a native Czech, and brilliant pianist, out of her life. Their plot goes terribly wrong and turns the film from a light-hearted comedy, into mildly amusing drama.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisFamily Weekend (2013)
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt Runs in the Family (2003)
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 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 thisDon't Air Your Dirty Laundry In Public (2020)
Lupita and Toña work as housemaids at the Ruíz Palacio’s house, an aristocratic Mexican family. For a long time they have been mistreated and poorly paid. They’re now fed up with the abuse and lack of respect they get from their employers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLost Embrace (2004)
In Buenos Aires, the twenty-something Jewish-Argentinean Ariel Makaroff ditches the University of Architecture and spends his time wandering through the downtown gallery where his mother has a lingerie shop and his brother runs an importation business. Ariel has never understood why his father left him when he was a baby, but when his dad returns to Argentina, that will soon change.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLos tres huastecos (1948)
This is the story of three brothers - a priest, a soldier, and an outlaw - that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisYou the Rich (1948)
Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLa presidenta municipal (1975)
La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
Diabolical Narco Satanists (1991)
Roberto makes a pact with the devil to please his multiple lovers sexually, Satan accepts the deal but promises to snatch his soul when he finds true love. Meanwhile, two cops are on the lookout for those responsible of a murderous drug on the streets.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisImpossible Things (2021)
After the death of her abusive husband, Matilde finds her new best friend in Miguel, her young, insecure, and disoriented neighbor.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Zone (2007)
Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like this¡El que no corre... vuela! (1982)
After mistakenly going to jail, Maria makes friends with a woman whose kids live in the streets and Maria gets the idea to help them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
El diario de una prostituta (2013)
During a murder investigation, the police uncover a human trafficking network that involves a politician the media is protecting.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmok (1944)
A doctor embezzles the proceeds of his Parisian clinic in order to better support the manipulative woman with whom he is having an affair. After losing all the money while gambling, he is forced to flee to an undeveloped region of India. There, he tries to mitigate the onslaught of a disease the natives term "Amok," while his past mistakes still plague him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Winner Takes the Cake (2025)
Sofía quits her job after confronting her misogynistic boss. Determined, she starts her own company to rival her former employer, igniting a David vs. Goliath showdown in the business world.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Hooray for Women!?
The closest matches to Hooray for Women! are Almost Friends (2017), ¡Que viva México! (2023) and Down the Rabbit Hole (2024). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Hooray for Women!?
Start with Almost Friends (2017), the closest match to Hooray for Women!.
What is the highest-rated movie like Hooray for Women!?
Impossible Things (2021), rated 8.5/10 by 453 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Hooray for Women!?
Therapy Done Right (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Hooray for Women!?
Yes: ¡Que viva México! (2023), Down the Rabbit Hole (2024) and Official Competition (2021).
How are movies similar to Hooray for Women! chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hooray for Women!, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.