Movies like Buen Camino (2025)
The best movies like Buen Camino (2025) are Where Am I Going? (2016), Tolo Tolo (2020) and When Mom Is Away (2019). If Buen Camino hooked you with its comedy and family, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThree Men and a Leg (1997)8.0/10 from 2,193 votes
- NewestThe Breadwinner (2026)Released 2026
- In ItalianWhere Am I Going? (2016)Also in Italian
Where Am I Going? (2016)
Checco is 39 and lived his entire life with his parents. He loves his job where he does nothing the whole day, until something happens that will change his behavior and his life forever...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTolo Tolo (2020)
Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his Apulia. However, after one month, the restaurant went bankrupt and he chose to emigrate to Africa to escape from debt. Here he adapts to being a waiter in a resort in Kenya, but at the outbreak of a civil war he decides to embark on a stowaway trip on a boat for migrants to Europe and chooses to do it with his African friends. However, he would not like to return to Italy, but rather to go to Liechtenstein where banking secrecy is in force and there is a lower tax burden than in Italy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhen Mom Is Away (2019)
A stressed-out mom takes off on a 10-day solo vacation, sending her family into chaos as the dad tries to take over the household duties.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Am the End of the World (2025)
Forced to come back to Palermo to take care of his elderly parents, a deadpan driver-for-hire takes advantage of the situation to get back at the rigid authority figures who ruined his teenage years.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisTutti per 1 - 1 per tutti (2020)
Now without Aramis, the Musketeers embark on a new mission.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhen Mom Is Away... With the Family (2020)
Carlo and Giulia are grappling with new problems regarding the division of their respective tasks within the family. Since Giulia has started working again, it is Carlo who takes care of the children and the household chores. However, he starts to find the role of “Mr. Mom” a bit tight-fitting. Just when he decides to get back into the game and look for a job, Giulia reveals to him that she is up for a promotion that would lead her to move to Sweden. As if that weren’t enough, she will have to take the interview on December 24 in Stockholm. Everything seems to threaten the family unity. What should they do? Carlo comes up with a "brilliant" idea… To recover the old camper and drag the family into an adventure that will lead them on a journey to the North to spend Christmas all together lovingly. Unexpected events along the way and a hilarious encounter/confrontation with a self-styled Santa Claus will make the trip unforgettable.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWelcome to the North (2012)
Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her beyond limits. Things do not fare much better in Castellabate where it is rather Maria, Matta's wife, who gets on his nerves by always blaming him for his lack of ambition. One day, due to a misunderstanding, Mattia is transferred to... Milan! And on whose doorstep does he land? Alberto's of course!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThree Too Many (2023)
Suddenly and inexplicably Marco and Giulia wake up with three children aged 10, 9 and 6 who call them mum and dad. Getting rid of it and returning to the happy "previous" life will become their only goal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWelcome to the South (2010)
Alberto, post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia, is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare ...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSi vive una volta sola (2021)
Umberto, Lucia and Corrado discover that their co-worker and friend Umberto is terminally ill, but they can't bring themselves to tell him. They decide instead to organize him an unforgettable holiday trip to the South.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMy Name Is Tanino (2003)
During a sun-soaked Sicilian summer, aimless filmmaking undergrad and back-seat radical Tanino has a fling with Sally, a dreamy American tourist from an upper background. When summer ends, Sally flies back home, without ever reaching out. Clueless, a smitten Tanino decides to pay her a surprise visit under the pretense of returning a camera she left behind. But when he gets there, he quickly realizes the reality of America—and his relationship with Sally's—is far from the idealized version his small-town boy imagination conjured.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Breadwinner (2026)
After his wife Katie lands a once-in-a-lifetime deal on Shark Tank that takes her on a prolonged business trip - lifelong breadwinner Nate Wilcox now has to fend for his family as a first-time stay-at-home dad.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCado dalle nubi (2009)
An aspiring singer from southern Italy who's just been dumped moves north to Milan, where he falls in love and enters a TV singing competition show.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Keller Christmas Vacation (2025)
The Keller family, including the parents and their three adult children, decide to take a European river cruise touring the Christmas Markets over the holidays, and each sibling is going through their own life challenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Three Men and a Leg (1997)
Friends Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo cross Italy from north to south for Giacomo's wedding: the father of the bride, a despotic magnate who is both their boss and father-in-law—since Aldo and Giovanni have also married into the family not for love but for money, a fate now awaiting Giacomo—has entrusted them with a priceless piece of modern art, one that looks just like a rather unremarkable wooden leg.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThelma (2024)
When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChef (2014)
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRose Island (2020)
In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA World Apart (2024)
Elementary school teacher Michele Cortese is about to start a whole new life. After 40 years of teaching in the metropolitan Roman jungle, he had to move to a village in Central Italy, to teach in a tiny school with just a few children aged 7-10. Struggling to overcome his urban inadequacy, he finds a friendly face in vice-principal Agnese and gradually manages to fit in, thanks to her and their spirited pupils. As everything seems to be falling into place, unwelcome news comes through: the school has failed to meet its student quota for the next year and will soon be shut for good.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisElf Me (2023)
A bumbling Christmas elf whose Santa's helper job is jeopardized by a complete inability in building toys teams up with a kid harassed by bullies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLost in Paradise (2026)
When the founder of a high-end fashion company gets marooned on a "deserted" island with a chef, romance blossoms as they work together to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Daddy Day Care (2003)
Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisMid-August Lunch (2008)
Broke, and armed only with his sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni lives with his mother in their old apartment. The debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Ferragosto, a mid-August holiday, all will be forgiven.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSotto una buona stella (2014)
A wealthy broker, Federico Picchioni, within two days forfeits his partner and work, finishing well to living with two children and granddaughter (abandoned by her father). He is, at this point, in the face of many difficulties of adjustment but finds comfort in the help of his neighbor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last One for the Road (2025)
A couple of jovial life-long drunkards run into a shy architecture undergrad, whose way of seeing things will be transformed as the trio wanders from pub to pub in search of a buried treasure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like this18 Presents (2020)
Elisa is only forty when an incurable disease takes her from her husband and their daughter. Before her heart stops, Elisa finds a way to stay close to her: a gift for every birthday up to her adult age, 18 gifts to try to accompany her child's growth year after year.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShorts (2009)
A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDrake & Josh Go Hollywood (2006)
When Drake and Josh accidentally send their little sister Megan on a plane to L.A., they soon find themselves in the middle of a dangerous situation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMinions & More Volume 1 (2022)
This collection of 10 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Puppy (2013); Minion Scouts (2019); Training Wheels (2013); The Secret Life of Kyle (2017); Santa's Little Helpers (2019). From the "Grinch" franchise: The Dog Days of Winter (2019). From the "Secret Life of Pets" franchise: Norman Television (2016); Weenie (2016). From the "Sing" franchise: Love at First Sight (2017). From the "Lorax" franchise: Forces of Nature (2012).
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSpymate (2006)
Amelia, a young genius and daughter of a top secret agent, unknowingly invents a contraption that makes her the target of an evil scientist.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Buen Camino?
The closest matches to Buen Camino are Where Am I Going? (2016), Tolo Tolo (2020) and When Mom Is Away (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Buen Camino?
People who watched Buen Camino most often go on to Where Am I Going? (2016), Tolo Tolo (2020) and When Mom Is Away (2019).
What is the highest-rated movie like Buen Camino?
Three Men and a Leg (1997), rated 8.0/10 by 2,193 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Buen Camino?
The Breadwinner (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like Buen Camino?
Yes: Where Am I Going? (2016), Tolo Tolo (2020) and When Mom Is Away (2019).
How are movies similar to Buen Camino chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Buen Camino, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.