Movies like If I Were You (2006)
The best movies like If I Were You (2006) are If I Were You 2 (2009), My Mom Is a Character (2013) and The Invisible Woman (2009). If If I Were You hooked you with its comedy and fantasy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedA Dog's Will (2000)8.4/10 from 1,263 votes
- NewestEduardo and Monica (2022)Released 2022
- Same seriesIf I Were You 2 (2009)If I Were You
If I Were You 2 (2009)
Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more.
Why it matches: Same series: If I Were You · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Mom Is a Character (2013)
After another spat with her kids, Dona Hermínia decides to take some time off from them and hides away in her aunt's house, where she reminisces about her kids in an age when they still needed her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Invisible Woman (2009)
A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo Sons of Francisco (2005)
The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Mom Is a Character 2 (2016)
Dona Hermínia is back, but now rich and famous since she is the host of her own successful TV show. However, the overprotective character will have to deal with her children's departures, as Marcelina and Juliano decide to move out. In counterpart, she will welcome, as a visitor, her sister Lúcia Helena, who's been living in New York.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAi que Vida! (2008)
In the fictional Poço Fundo, politics and affection mingle in saga against corruption. Cleonice decides to run for mayor while her son, Valdir, pays his respects to a philanthropic institution and ends up falling in love with a girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (2017)
In a small city of Brazil, Flor (a very good looking woman) marries Vadinho, a very handsome and erotic man. Once married she finds he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking to her neighbours but he takes all her money to gamble. One day he dies. Flor misses the goods of the marriage so she marries again with a very correct gentleman – the owner of the drugstore (Teodoro). Now she’s very happy with her man, but misses the erotic moments with her previous husband. Then the ghost of Vadhino comes to earth to chase her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLisbela and the Prisoner (2003)
Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Man from the Future (2011)
Zero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Woman of Everyone (1969)
Ângela Carne e Osso (Angela Meat and Bone), a young nymphomaniac, lives surrounded by delinquents, and exerts intense allure on them, dominating them all with her erotic power.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & comedy
My Mom Is a Character 3 (2019)
Dona Hermínia will have to rediscover and reinvent herself because her children are forming new families. This supermom will have to deal with a new life scenario: Marcelina is pregnant and Juliano is getting married.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisCrystal Moon (1990)
The fairy tale story of Maria da Graça, a small town girl with big time dreams of becoming a singer, who moves to Rio de Janeiro to pursue her ambitions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisTim Maia (2014)
Biopic of Brazilian singer Tim Maia, from his childhood in Rio de Janeiro until his death at age 55, including his passage by the US, where he discovers a new style of music and is arrested for theft and drug possession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDivórcio (2017)
20 years after running away together, Julio and Noeli have raised a family and run a successful business together. However, their marriage seems to be failing, so Noeli files for divorce. Both will do whatever it takes to win their legal battle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Till Luck Do Us Part (2012)
Check out the hilarious story of luck and misadventures of Tino, a family man whose life is transformed after he wins the lottery. Dazzled by wealth, this boaster spends all his money on a life of luxury and ostentation. But after finding out that he is bankrupt, he faces comical situations: besides not telling his wife he is broke because she is pregnant and cannot get upset, Tino must accept help from his neighbor who is an extremely thrifty financial adviser and the only one capable of getting him out of the rut.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPosthumous Memories (2001)
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFake Blonde (2007)
Silmara, an industrial worker and a woman of exuberant beauty, supports her arsonist father and gets involved with two different pop stars, from whom she learns traumatic life lessons.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Uma Quase Dupla (2018)
Keyla the police officer and the unprepared detective Claudio could not be more incompatible. However they are forced to form a duo to solve the series of mysterious murders that are happening in the quiet city of Joinlândia.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSimonal (2019)
A phenomenon of popularity in the 1960s, Wilson Simonal saw his meteoric career fall apart when he was accused of collaborating with the Brazilian military dictatorship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Tieta of Agreste (1996)
After being exiled for 26 years, Tieta returns to her native village in Bahia, bringing chaos and upheaving the local order.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
A Dog's Will (2000)
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisOs Parças (2017)
After a notorious crook pressures four pals to organize a memorable wedding party for this daughter, they decide to go all in and open an agency.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLower City (2005)
Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna, and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bounds of their friendship to the limit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLinha de Passe (2008)
In the periphery of São Paulo, the pregnant single mother Cleuza works as maid in the apartment of a middle-class family. Each of her sons has a different unknown father: the oldest, Dênis, has a baby son that lives with his mother and he works as motorcycle courier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Story of Me (2009)
Based on the life of Roberto Carlos Ramos, a Brazilian teacher and storyteller brought up in a state educational institution for poor children.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Rafinha Bastos: Ultimatum (2018)
An off-color joke nearly cost him everything. Brazilian comic Rafinha Bastos talks about that and much more, from his divorce to finding love again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Eduardo and Monica (2022)
On an unusual day, a series of coincidences lead Eduardo to meet Monica at a party. A curiosity is aroused between the two and, despite not being alike, they fall madly in love. In 1980s Brasília, their love needs to mature and learn to overcome differences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSocorro, Virei uma Garota! (2019)
Júlio wanted to be the most popular person in school but ends up getting more than what he wished for.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Book of Life (1998)
New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena discuss and debate the End of the World.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMacunaima (1969)
Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & fantasy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like If I Were You?
The closest matches to If I Were You are If I Were You 2 (2009), My Mom Is a Character (2013) and The Invisible Woman (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after If I Were You?
People who watched If I Were You most often go on to My Mom Is a Character (2013), The Invisible Woman (2009) and Two Sons of Francisco (2005).
What is the highest-rated movie like If I Were You?
A Dog's Will (2000), rated 8.4/10 by 1,263 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like If I Were You?
Eduardo and Monica (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Is If I Were You part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to If I Were You, which includes If I Were You 2 (2009).
How are movies similar to If I Were You chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside If I Were You, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.