Movies like Every Man Has Two Wives (1956)
The best movies like Every Man Has Two Wives (1956) are Sam & Kate (2022), The Best of Me (2014) and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). If Every Man Has Two Wives hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Every Man Has Two Wives
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- Highest ratedThe Best of Me (2014)7.5/10 from 2,775 votes
- NewestA Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)Released 2025
Sam & Kate (2022)
Bill is an ailing larger-than-life father being taken care of by his son Sam, who has returned home to care for him. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, Kate. At the same time, Bill starts to fall for her mom, Tina.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Best of Me (2014)
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPeggy Sue Got Married (1986)
At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets. Given a second chance to relive her youth, she must decide whether to change the choices that shaped her life or embrace the past that made her who she is.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Mother's Wedding (2025)
Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected wedding guests.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican Reunion (2012)
The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t, and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTigertail (2020)
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlways Be My Maybe (2019)
Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction, but struggle to adapt to each other's worlds.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlue Jay (2016)
Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFlashbacks of a Fool (2008)
An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970s Britain.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)
Sarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present... and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Other Woman (2014)
After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisImperial Dreams (2014)
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSacramento (2025)
When free-spirited Rickey suddenly reappears in father-to-be Glenn’s life, the two former best friends embark on a spontaneous road trip from LA to Sacramento.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sense of an Ending (2017)
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove at First Sight (2023)
Hadley and Oliver begin falling in love on a flight from New York to London, but when they lose each other at customs, can they defy all odds to reunite?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHome (2021)
An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Summer Place (1959)
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIndian Summer (1993)
A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the camp. They are dismayed to discover that the camp's owner, Unca Lou, is going to close the camp down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaria's Lovers (1984)
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Every Man Has Two Wives?
The closest matches to Every Man Has Two Wives are Sam & Kate (2022), The Best of Me (2014) and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Every Man Has Two Wives?
Start with Sam & Kate (2022), the closest match to Every Man Has Two Wives.
What is the highest-rated movie like Every Man Has Two Wives?
The Best of Me (2014), rated 7.5/10 by 2,775 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Every Man Has Two Wives?
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Every Man Has Two Wives?
Yes: Sam & Kate (2022), The Best of Me (2014) and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986).
How are movies similar to Every Man Has Two Wives chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Every Man Has Two Wives, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.