Movies like Always a Bride (1940)
The best movies like Always a Bride (1940) are The Wedding Year (2019), The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022) and Duplex (2003). If Always a Bride hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)7.7/10 from 645 votes
- NewestOver Your Dead Body (2026)Released 2026
The 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 · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 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 · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDuplex (2003)
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFather of the Bride (1991)
George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. His wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony, he becomes slightly insane.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Front Page (1974)
Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGood Neighbor Sam (1964)
To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome and moral appearance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAre We Done Yet? (2007)
Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor with a bizarre approach to business.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisFun with Dick and Jane (1977)
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClass Rank (2017)
Two high school misfits join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politics and, in the process, learn a thing or two about love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAdventures in Public School (2018)
A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
The Baker family, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOver Your Dead Body (2026)
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to "reconnect", but each has secret intentions to kill the other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaising Arizona (1987)
When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSt. Vincent (2014)
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeath at a Funeral (2010)
Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New York, broke but arrogant. To top it all off, a mysterious stranger wants a word with Aaron.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThree O'Clock High (1987)
Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Revell. When Jerry accidentally invades Buddy's personal space and touches him, Buddy challenges Jerry to an afterschool fight in the parking lot, which Jerry tries to avoid at all costs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCheaper by the Dozen (2003)
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Kate, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGuns Up (2025)
When a job goes horribly wrong, an ex-cop and family man who moonlights as a mob henchman has one night to get his family out of the city.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMuch Ado About Nothing (2013)
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
Hoping for a peaceful visit with his parents in the small town of Sycamore Springs, Nick Charles and his wife Nora soon find themselves surrounded by old rivalries, family tensions, and a mysterious murder. Nick’s father, a respected retired doctor, would much rather see his son give up detective work, but a suspicious shooting quickly draws Nick back into action. As Nick and Nora investigate, they uncover jealousy, deception, hidden motives, and a dangerous secret involving the town’s prominent citizens.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Edukators (2004)
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPauly Shore's Pauly-tics (2012)
Comedy special with Pauly Shore, Larry King, Michael Steele
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Happiness (1998)
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSamurai Fiction (1998)
A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)
Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Barbarian Invasions (2003)
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShe-Devil (1989)
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuperstau (1991)
Every year, many Germans are preparing to spend their vacations in the sunny south. And they all have to use the same highways. And every year everything ends in a big traffic jam.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Mobsters and Mormons (2005)
When Carmine “The Beans” Pasquale is nabbed by the FBI, he decides to testify against his mafia boss and go into the Witness Relocation Program with his wife Gina and son Vincent. Now known as George, Linda and Patrick Cheeseman, the Pasquale family is sent to suburban Utah to begin their new life. But can the “Cheesemans” survive in a world where everyone is Mormon, all coffee is bad and scrapbooking reigns supreme?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Ditadura Gay (2021)
Based on conspiracy theories, a threat from an authoritarian, homophobic and retrograde government generates a revolution in the gay community that promises to dominate political power and impose its ideas on heteros, more or less as they always have, on the other hand. It is impossible? Yes. Is it ridiculous? Yes. But there are people who believe in the way they imagined it, a short that is a prologue to a possible future series...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Always a Bride?
The closest matches to Always a Bride are The Wedding Year (2019), The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022) and Duplex (2003). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Always a Bride?
Start with The Wedding Year (2019), the closest match to Always a Bride.
What is the highest-rated movie like Always a Bride?
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), rated 7.7/10 by 645 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Always a Bride?
Over Your Dead Body (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Always a Bride?
Yes: The Wedding Year (2019), The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022) and Duplex (2003).
How are movies similar to Always a Bride chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Always a Bride, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.