Movies like The Sugar Cubes (1966)
The best movies like The Sugar Cubes (1966) are The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022), The Best Man (1999) and The Locket (1946). If The Sugar Cubes hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
The Sugar Cubes
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- Highest ratedGuess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)7.6/10 from 953 votes
- NewestMy Mother's Wedding (2025)Released 2025
The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)
A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family needs to reconnect.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Best Man (1999)
After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based on the lives and loves of his tight-knit group of friends. Harper is set to be best man at his friend Lance's wedding, and all his friends will be in attendance. When an advance copy of the book makes its way into the hands of his ex-flame, Jordan, Harper attempts to keep it under wraps.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Locket (1946)
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wedding Year (2019)
A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisGuess Who (2005)
When a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected to mention one tiny detail – he's white.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding (2006)
With just weeks before their royal wedding, Paige and Edvard find their relationship and the Danish monarchy in jeopardy when an old law is brought to light, stating that an unmarried heir to the throne may marry only a woman of noble blood or else he must relinquish his crown.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAuthor! Author! (1982)
While facing the stress of his original play being produced on Broadway, playwright Ivan Travalian deals with having to raise his son, his stepdaughters, and his stepsons.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFather of the Bride (2022)
A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Kids Are All Right (2010)
Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.
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 thisGoodnight Mommy (2022)
When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAwake (2007)
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sound of Silence (2019)
A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisJumping the Broom (2011)
Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Young One (1960)
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Woman's Face (1941)
A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Big Wedding (2013)
To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long-divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative Catholic biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisHobson's Choice (1954)
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGuess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Sugar Cubes?
The closest matches to The Sugar Cubes are The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022), The Best Man (1999) and The Locket (1946). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Sugar Cubes?
Start with The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022), the closest match to The Sugar Cubes.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Sugar Cubes?
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), rated 7.6/10 by 953 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Sugar Cubes?
My Mother's Wedding (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Sugar Cubes?
Yes: The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022), The Best Man (1999) and The Locket (1946).
How are movies similar to The Sugar Cubes chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Sugar Cubes, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.