Movies like Big Daddy (2025)
The best movies like Big Daddy (2025) are True Romance (1993), The Hot Spot (1990) and Knife+Heart (2018). If Big Daddy hooked you with its romance, these 22 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTrue Romance (1993)7.5/10 from 3,241 votes
- NewestHorny Twinks Crossing Their Swords (2026)Released 2026
True Romance (1993)
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hot Spot (1990)
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKnife+Heart (2018)
In the summer of 1979, gay porn producer Anne sets out to film her most ambitious film yet, but her actors are picked off, one by one, by a mysterious killer.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisIn Between Heartbeats (TBA)
Guided by a queer deity, a closeted man is forced to confront his parents as he tries to regain his lost sense of identity.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Two Girls and a Guy (1998)
Two women confront their boyfriend, a two-timing actor who professed eternal love to each.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisTitle 18 (2022)
An experimental short film made as part of a multi-media triptych, originally screened alongside a fashion collection and an art-installation. Drawing from Papa Yorick’s (Director and fashion designer) thesis “Men Are My Cumrag”, the film reenacts eight mainstay gay porn scripts, incorporating and parodying tropes and clichés, that explore masculine identities within the gay porn industry, through a satirical and critical lens.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
West Side Story (2021)
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBulgarian Lovers (2003)
Graying Spaniard Daniel has a healthy budget for indulging in the finer things in life. Daniel's favorite luxury is playing sponsor to younger men amid the lights and sights of Madrid's gay club scene. After Daniel shares a night with handsome Bulgarian emigre Kyril, he finds himself consumed with an insatiable lust for the charismatic foreigner. But, as their relationship takes shape, Daniel's latest conquest reveals his own manipulative tendencies.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Hustler White (1996)
Reminiscent of Sunset Boulevard, the action is transposed from the silver screen's old backlots to contemporary male prostitution and the pornographic industry.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisClement (2001)
Benoit turns 13 and develops an intense crush on his godmother, Marion. As they lie on beaches in the summer, she humors him by talking about the mysteries of women.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Half Magic (2018)
Three women use their newly formed sisterhood to fight against sexism, bad relationships and low self-esteem. Through embracing their wild adventures, they learn the secret to ultimate fulfillment.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisIn This Moment (2024)
“In This Moment” follows Love, a trans woman navigating the complexities of polyamory and self-discovery in a world that often challenges her right to exist. As she unravels what it means to be truly seen and cherished, she confronts the ways love manifests—fluid, unpredictable, and boundless, much like the ocean itself. This story is a testament to resilience, intimacy, and the ever-shifting tides of identity and belonging.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Longhorns (2011)
In 1982, a Texas University student, curious about the male sex fantasies he's been having, decides he needs to hook up with an out gay student on campus.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisPigs Have Wings (1977)
Rome, 70s. Rocco and Antonia, high school students, meet during a political rally. The two young people share age, political ideas, dissatisfaction with their parents. Moreover, by attending, they realize they have fallen in love. It is the discovery of sex and passion. After some time, however, their relationship goes into crisis.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Underwater Love (2011)
35-year-old Asuka works in a lakeside fish factory. She’s about to be married to her boss, Taki, but one day, she encounters a kappa – a water sprite found in Japanese folklore – and learns that the creature is in fact the reborn form of Aoki, an old crush who’d drowned when they were 17.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Going Down in La-La Land (2011)
A fresh face comes to Hollywood to act in movies but only the gay porn studios are eager to provide him with work.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisHusband for Hire (2008)
A Latina woman must find a suitable Latino man or risk losing her inheritance. In desperation she hires a man from a group of immigrant laborers, but he turns out to be Caucasian. She must turn him into a convincing suitor while fending off her sister's machinations, her father's suspicions, and the man's girlfriend. Amidst it all, they start falling for each other.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Symphonie Fantastique (2024)
A lone wind ensemble musician photographs an ongoing performance as she's suddenly joined by a past lover.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Who Are We? (2022)
David and Chris spice up their stagnant relationship by turning to a gay dating app, but this unwittingly throws their lives into turmoil.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
El Gato del Gato Del Patron (2025)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Horny Twinks Crossing Their Swords (2026)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Big Daddy?
The closest matches to Big Daddy are True Romance (1993), The Hot Spot (1990) and Knife+Heart (2018). Below are 19 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Big Daddy?
Start with True Romance (1993), the closest match to Big Daddy.
What is the highest-rated movie like Big Daddy?
True Romance (1993), rated 7.5/10 by 3,241 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Big Daddy?
Horny Twinks Crossing Their Swords (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Big Daddy?
Yes: True Romance (1993), The Hot Spot (1990) and Two Girls and a Guy (1998).
How are movies similar to Big Daddy chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Big Daddy, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.