Movies like Nak Salam Boleh (2023)
The best movies like Nak Salam Boleh (2023) are Heat and Dust (1983), It's Complicated (2009) and The Philadelphia Story (1940). If Nak Salam Boleh hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedSunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)7.8/10 from 943 votes
- NewestA Merry Little Ex-Mas (2025)Released 2025
Heat and Dust (1983)
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt's Complicated (2009)
Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out her life—just when she thought she had it all figured out.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Philadelphia Story (1940)
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe War of the Roses (1989)
Barbara and Oliver Rose live happily as a married couple. When Barbara starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver and likes what she sees, the two begin a campaign to force each other to leave their house, with their divorce lawyer D'Amato caught in the middle.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFaces (1968)
Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they've lost -- love, excitement, passion -- this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBabe (1995)
Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Babe realises that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hoggett knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs, Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHusbands and Wives (1992)
When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYoung Adult (2011)
A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisPhffft (1954)
Robert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into disagreements and divorce. But their separate attempts to get back out on the dating scene have a funny way of bringing them together.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Roses (2025)
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPetulia (1968)
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's vibrant personality hides her fear of her abusive husband, David, whose father is a powerful society figure. As Petulia and Archie's feelings for each other grow, they must decide what it is they truly want.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDie My Love (2025)
After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace struggles with loneliness, creative frustration, and unresolved emotional wounds. What begins as an attempt at renewal gradually turns into an intense psychological descent, placing strain on their relationship and exposing the fragile balance between love, identity, and motherhood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDream Lover (1994)
Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman he married.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHello I Must Be Going (2012)
An affair with a 19-year old actor helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy after she moves home to her parents’ house following her divorce.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisEXmas (2023)
When Graham decides to surprise his family by traveling home for Christmas, he is shocked to discover them already celebrating with an unexpected guest of honor, his ex-fiancée, Ali. The two exes battle it out to see who the family will pick to stay through Christmas Day and who must go.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Merry Little Ex-Mas (2025)
Recently separated, Kate hopes to celebrate one last perfect family Christmas with her soon-to-be ex-husband Everett and their kids before their divorce is final and the house is sold. But her holiday plans are hilariously derailed when Everett unexpectedly brings his younger, successful new girlfriend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFunny Girl (1968)
The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYours, Mine & Ours (2005)
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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What are the best movies like Nak Salam Boleh?
The closest matches to Nak Salam Boleh are Heat and Dust (1983), It's Complicated (2009) and The Philadelphia Story (1940). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Nak Salam Boleh?
Start with Heat and Dust (1983), the closest match to Nak Salam Boleh.
What is the highest-rated movie like Nak Salam Boleh?
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), rated 7.8/10 by 943 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Nak Salam Boleh?
A Merry Little Ex-Mas (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Nak Salam Boleh?
Yes: Heat and Dust (1983), It's Complicated (2009) and The Philadelphia Story (1940).
How are movies similar to Nak Salam Boleh chosen?
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