Movies like La bomba (1975)
The best movies like La bomba (1975) are All the Freckles in the World (2019), Chilangolandia (2021) and Sanky Panky (2007). If La bomba hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLa Leyenda de los Chaneques (2023)8.4/10 from 287 votes
- NewestA Neighborhood Family (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishAll the Freckles in the World (2019)Also in Spanish
All 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChilangolandia (2021)
Mexico City, or "Chilangolandia," is a chaotic metropolis where millions of stories take place every day. Some of them are part of this fun comedy full of familiar characters and others that defy stereotypes. Ramiro is a taxi driver who hopes his problems will end when his nephew "El Chulo" becomes a national soccer star. On the other hand, Carmen and Miguel are couple who unexpectedly receive a suitcase with a large sum of money, just what they need to get out of their financial situation. But when the true owners of the cash realize that it fell into the wrong hands, endless adventures and misunderstandings break out within this complex city.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSanky Panky (2007)
In the Dominican Republic, Genaro works in a small family store and lives with his mother in a poor neighborhood. He is learning a few words in English and dreams of being a Sanky Panky to marry an American tourist to move to the USA with a VISA and have a better life. He calls his friend Giuseppe, who is a hotel manager in Bávaro, and applies for a job entertaining children but hoping to find a wealthy tourist. Genaro meets the beautiful Martha, who has come with her aunts Dorothy and Helen, to forget her fiancée after calling off her wedding. Genaro calls his best friends, Chelo and Carlitos, to go out with the aunts and experience it alone with Martha. Martha only speaks English and Genaro only knows a few words of English, but everything goes as planned until Martha's boyfriend arrives at the resort and complicates everything.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSex, Shame & Tears (1999)
A comedic drama featuring two couples and two old friends in Mexico City. Tomas visits Carlos and Ana, while Miguel and Andrea are joined by Maria. The presence of guests triggers lust, rejection, infidelities, reconciliation and other consequences.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe (Almost) Legends (2023)
A colorful Mexican town. Two half brothers. Romeo and Preciado meet again to honor their dad's memory in a car rally full of adrenaline and banda music.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisKiki: Love to Love (2016)
Through five stories, the movie addresses sex and love: Paco and Ana are a marriage looking for reactivate the passion of their sexual relations, long time unsatisfied; Jose Luis tries to recover the affections of his wife Paloma, sit down on a wheelchair after an accident which has limited her mobility; Mª Candelaria and Antonio are a marriage trying by all way to be parents, but she has the trouble that no get an orgasm when make love with him; Álex try to satisfy Natalia's fantasies, while she starts to doubt if he finally will ask her in marriage; and finally, Sandra is a single woman in a permanent searching for a man to fall in love. All them love, fear, live and explore their diverse sexual paraphilias and the different sides of sexuality, trying to find the road to happiness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHomo 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUndercover Wedding Crashers (2021)
Geeky-looking Sebas is a surprisingly good classical musician. He’s also a complete unknown in the criminal underworld, and as a new newbie on the police force, that makes him the perfect man for a dangerous mission: to go undercover as a keyboard player for “Los Lolos”, a cheesy flamenco-trap band, who have been hired to play at the wedding of a local mafia boss’ daughter that a major drug trafficker will be attending. Sebas is keen to take on the mission, blissfully unaware that he will turn out to be even cheesier than Lolo, the band’s lead singer, and fall in love with his sister, Luci. Now Sebas will face a tough choice: remain loyal to his new friends or complete his police mission.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies 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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Neighborhood Family (2026)
Since 1994, Mexico has been eliminated time and again before the coveted fifth game. For El Abuelo, this is no coincidence: it's a curse. When he learns he only has a few months to live, he decides he can't die without seeing the national team break the curse. What begins as a patriotic crusade ends up becoming an illegal journey to the United States, where they discover that the devil lives in Los Angeles and that the mascot of the 1986 World Cup holds a secret that will change everything. Between failed attempts to cross the border, unexpected betrayals, and family revelations, the family returns to Mexico to perform a soccer ritual at the Estadio Azteca. To break the pact, they must gather eleven sacred relics of Mexican soccer and confront not only the devil, but their own past. While the entire country awaits the decisive penalty kick on television, the family wages a battle that could change the history of Mexican soccer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisGirl on a Bicycle (2013)
Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day turns Paolo's life upside down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisDos tipos de cuidado (1953)
Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they each fall in love. As fate would have it, Pedro Malo unexpectedly marries Jorge Bueno's girlfriend, and the conflict between the former buddies begins.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Book of Life (2014)
The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisColao (2017)
A coffee grower, still single at 40, decides to finally start his search for love by going to the capital city on the Dominican Republic.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDave Chappelle: The Unstoppable... (2025)
Facing a world gone sideways, comedy icon Dave Chappelle delivers bold truths and potent punchlines in this no-holds-barred special.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLa Leyenda de los Chaneques (2023)
Five years after giving up his powers and separating from his friends, Leo San Juan has started a new life trying to focus on his family and their bakery, staying away from danger and adventures. However, Leo knows that his plans are rarely fulfilled and this time is no exception: while traveling with Nando to Veracruz, things start to get weird, and from the depths of the Tuxtlas jungle, an ancient curse has returned and only Leo can face it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisUna pequeña confusión (2024)
Lola and Cuau, a progressive middle-class pair, and Iñigo and Majo, a young conservative, well-heeled duo, turn to artificial insemination as a last resort to have children. In a madcap twist based on actual events, a mix-up at the clinic results in each mom-to-be carrying the other one's baby.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMortadelo & Filemon: Mission Implausible (2014)
A criminal produces an uncontrollable laughter to the population and Mortadelo and Filemón will have to stop him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood and Sand (1941)
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUn hombre por semana (2026)
A divorced woman reconstructs her life and opens herself to love. Her search for dating apps takes her through fun and unpredictable moments to discover self-love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like La bomba?
The closest matches to La bomba are All the Freckles in the World (2019), Chilangolandia (2021) and Sanky Panky (2007). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after La bomba?
Start with All the Freckles in the World (2019), the closest match to La bomba.
What is the highest-rated movie like La bomba?
La Leyenda de los Chaneques (2023), rated 8.4/10 by 287 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like La bomba?
A Neighborhood Family (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like La bomba?
Yes: All the Freckles in the World (2019), Chilangolandia (2021) and Sanky Panky (2007).
How are movies similar to La bomba chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside La bomba, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.