Movies like La próxima vez que vivamos (1948)
The best movies like La próxima vez que vivamos (1948) are The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), I Love My Dad (2022) and We Are the Nobles (2013). If La próxima vez que vivamos hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedWe Are the Nobles (2013)8.0/10 from 569 votes
- NewestMarty Supreme (2025)Released 2025
- In SpanishWe Are the Nobles (2013)Also in Spanish
The 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 thisI Love My Dad (2022)
A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisWe Are the Nobles (2013)
Tells the "riches to rags" story of the Nobles, three upper-class twenty-somethings that appear to have no limits to their checkbooks, and no direction in their lives. Until one day, their father tries to teach them a lesson by staging a financial scandal that forces the whole family to escape to an old house in the poor side of town, and leads the "kids" to do what they haven't done before: get jobs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMonster-in-Law (2005)
Office temp Charlotte Cantilini thinks she's found Mr. Right when she starts dating gorgeous surgeon Dr. Kevin Fields. But there's a problem standing in the way of everlasting bliss: Kevin's overbearing and controlling mother, Viola. Fearing she'll lose her son's affections forever, Viola decides to break up the happy couple by becoming the world's worst mother-in-law.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOverboard (1987)
Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMarty Supreme (2025)
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Hole in the Head (1959)
An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHardball (2001)
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Summer Place (1959)
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClass (1983)
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen, who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUncorked (2020)
Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Confirmation (2016)
A divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Switch (2010)
Kassie is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s objections, decides it’s time to have a baby – even if it means doing it herself… with a little help from a charming sperm donor. But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn’t discovered until seven years later… when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie’s cute, though slightly neurotic, son.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFierce People (2006)
A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client in New Jersey.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrime (2005)
A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYou Should Meet My Son! (2010)
A comedy about a conservative Southern mom who discovers that her only son is gay. Determined that he won’t go through life alone and miserable, she sets out to find him the perfect husband!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLooking for Eric (2009)
Middle-aged postman and football fan Eric Bishop struggles with his increasingly chaotic existence, but receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Éric Cantona.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Swimmer (1968)
A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhere the Heart Is (1990)
A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like La próxima vez que vivamos?
The closest matches to La próxima vez que vivamos are The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), I Love My Dad (2022) and We Are the Nobles (2013). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after La próxima vez que vivamos?
Start with The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), the closest match to La próxima vez que vivamos.
What is the highest-rated movie like La próxima vez que vivamos?
We Are the Nobles (2013), rated 8.0/10 by 569 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like La próxima vez que vivamos?
Marty Supreme (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like La próxima vez que vivamos?
Yes: We Are the Nobles (2013).
How are movies similar to La próxima vez que vivamos chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside La próxima vez que vivamos, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.