Movies like The Bastard Daughter
The best movies like The Bastard Daughter are An Irish Goodbye (2022), Almost Friends (2017) and Treasure (2024). If The Bastard Daughter hooked you with its drama and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
The Bastard Daughter
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- Highest rated¡Que viva México! (2023)7.4/10 from 213 votes
- NewestTherapy Done Right (2026)Released 2026
- In Spanish¡Que viva México! (2023)Also in Spanish
An Irish Goodbye (2022)
In rural Northern Ireland, following the untimely death of their mother, a young man with Down syndrome and his estranged brother discover her unfulfilled bucket list.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlmost Friends (2017)
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTreasure (2024)
A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like this¡Que viva México! (2023)
After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCode 3 (2025)
A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTherapy Done Right (2026)
A psychoanalyst who's lost faith in traditional therapy crosses every boundary to help a blocked novelist in this cutting Argentine dark comedy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOne for the Road (2015)
Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to fulfill the dying wish of a lifelong friend, in spite of the disapproval of their families and the limitations of their advanced age. Along the way, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comedic misadventures and meet a cast of colorful characters. Their journey fundamentally alters each characters' sense of self and their place in the world. There is, indeed, life after 80.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCQ (2001)
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSilvia Prieto (1999)
After her 27th birthday, Silvia Prieto decides to take charge of her life and make some changes. At the same time, she suddenly finds herself intertwined in the life of another woman who is also named Silvia Prieto.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFat Kid Rules The World (2012)
A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Tit and the Moon (1994)
A child does not stand the idea of having a new brother and dreams about drinking milk from the breasts of his mother again. The child asks the moon to bring him a tit only for him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJuniper (2021)
When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSubUrbia (1997)
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLitus (2019)
A group of friends reunited after the suicide of one of them must face all the secret and lies between them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon't Think Twice (2016)
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDown the Rabbit Hole (2024)
Raised in opulence and culture, a boy's life contrasts with the darkness that seeps in from his father's criminal activities in this dark comedy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLandline (2017)
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReal Women Have Curves (2002)
In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Truth About Emanuel (2013)
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGaraSh (2015)
Young Belarusian lad does not want to come back to Belarus after his educational visa is over. However, the circumstances forced him to do that. He reveals his native country once again. American dream turns into Belarusian one.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Love Liza (2002)
Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisObituary (2001)
The film follows the news of the illness of the institute's department head, Professor Abdulla, spreading throughout the institute with lightning speed. Shamil, who hears from Dr. Mamish that his condition is absolutely critical, begins to prepare an obituary for Professor Abdulla, and even appeals to other officials to have himself appointed to his position.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
It Gets Dark Too Early (2022)
A tragicomedy that follows Valerie, a young girl who seeks solace in the company of the vampire Chrysanthemum to escape her trauma.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Maybe… (2025)
An inventor who creates a time machine to correct his past mistakes encounters an unusual situation. One day, souls wanting to return to life begin to flock to his house...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The duo encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAfter Forty… (2024)
An actress in her forties is facing family and domestic difficulties and feels that her demand in cinema and theater is decreasing over time. But she doesn't want to accept this.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Château (2025)
In summer 2025, the Van Drayens gathers at their secluded estate, The Château, for their annual family dinner. But as the patriarch reveals the contents of his will, simmering tensions erupt, threatening to tear the family apart.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
OL (2017)
The film made by two brothers, one a screenwriter and the other a director, was a failure. On the very day of the premiere, they were severely beaten by their sponsors, who had run out of money, and thrown out into the street at midnight. Wandering the streets of the city, the brothers walked towards their homes, passing by a nightclub. Suddenly, as if by fate, a girl who was beaten like them came out of the nightclub. They saw this girl as a muse for their next activities and brought her home. Early in the morning, they began to write and create a new script with the girl, as if they were opening a new page in their lives. The point is that they themselves become the heroes of the events that take place in the script, which they named "OL".
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
Rosebush Pruning (2026)
When an American heir living in a luxurious Spanish villa decides to move in with his girlfriend, his departure triggers a family collapse as his brother uncovers the truth behind their mother's tragic death.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Bastard Daughter?
The closest matches to The Bastard Daughter are An Irish Goodbye (2022), Almost Friends (2017) and Treasure (2024). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Bastard Daughter?
Start with An Irish Goodbye (2022), the closest match to The Bastard Daughter.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Bastard Daughter?
¡Que viva México! (2023), rated 7.4/10 by 213 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Bastard Daughter?
Therapy Done Right (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like The Bastard Daughter?
Yes: ¡Que viva México! (2023), Therapy Done Right (2026) and One for the Road (2015).
How are movies similar to The Bastard Daughter chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Bastard Daughter, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.