Movies like My Brother (2016)
The best movies like My Brother (2016) are Sister In Law (2016), Butterflies (2018) and Lemonade (2015). If My Brother hooked you with its drama and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedPaper Lives (2021)8.0/10 from 426 votes
- NewestTreasure (2024)Released 2024
- Same seriesMy Brother 2 (2017)My Brother
Sister In Law (2016)
Yeliz leads a happy life with her brother Ahmet, who she is very fond of. But Ahmet Deniz falls in love, and he makes her a marriage proposal, Yeliz's world collapsed. They think, "oh, I get them well apart, as I also did it with all his previous girlfriends." Yeliz begins to make plans with her group of girlfriends to drive the two apart. On the one hand Yeliz, on the other hand, Ahmet Deniz, who tries to protect Deniz against the snares of his sister, without leaving marks Deniz. There awaits all sorts of comic adventures ...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisButterflies (2018)
Three strangers with one thing in common — the same father — come to a Turkish village to bury him, and learn about him and each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLemonade (2015)
So begins an entertaining road story where we witness two brothers with different cultural backgrounds, who don't even know each other, have similarities, differences and even their fights.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeartsong (2022)
While serenading a wedding that quickly implodes, a nomadic musician falls for the bride, who runs afoul of her family. Now he has to save her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Telling Tales (2015)
The story of a minibus driver and a fairytale princesss nestling under the wing of timeless friendship in an ordinary neighborhood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Way We Are (2020)
A group of old friends get together to be with their beloved aunt/grandmother who took care of them when they were kids for her last days. And things get complicated.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Whisper If I Forget (2014)
An old pop singer who has Alzheimer's returns to her old house where she remembers her old days of climbing the stairs of fame and fortune while trying to deal with her older sister who holds her responsible for her ruined life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Brother 2 (2017)
Two famous brothers, Hakan and Ozan's friends Tato died. Two days later, Hakan's wedding was held, but they went to a friend's house to fulfill their last duties. Hakan will marry Didem, the daughter of Muzaffer, one of Rize's leading tea merchants. Muzaffer is a reaction to this marriage because Hakan is a famous singer. They find themselves in the Black Sea from the Aegean to Central Anatolia, beyond the borders as if they are not enough, and at the end of the journey filled with surprises.
Why it matches: Same series: My Brother · both drama & comedy
Are We Ok? (2013)
Temmuz is an openly gay sculptor living at a flat with his dog in Istanbul. He lives a bohemian lifestyle and has a happy go lucky, carefree, eccentric (such as believing in good luck charms) character, frequently distracting him from his work as a children's book illustrator, and eventually leading him to be abandoned by his boyfriend via e-mail. He is given solace and affection by her wealthy mother, who is fully supportive of him, and best friend and co-worker, Beste. In the meantime, he keeps seeing a young man in his dreams, who repeatedly calls him for help and rescue. One day he runs into this guy while getting on the bus, who is accompanied by his mother, and helps them get into their home as the young man was born without limbs. From then on, two lives would collide into each other, starting a brotherhood full of discoveries and mutual help.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHave You Ever Seen Fireflies? (2021)
Rebellious, irreverent wunderkind Gülseren navigates loneliness, love and loss against the current of political turmoil and social change.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLosers' Club (2011)
Kaan and Mete, co-hosts of a mid 1990s radio show called Kaybedenler Kulübü (Losers' Club), struggle to deal with their daily lives after their show becomes an instant hit. Kaan meets Zeynep, the girl of his dreams, but their relationship comes under pressure as the show continues to stir controversy and attract fans from every segment of Istanbul society.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYozgat Blues (2013)
Sabri, a barber in Yozgat - a very small city in the middle of Anatolia - has an emotional breakdown when he runs into Yavuz and Neşe, who come to the town to sing in a small music hall-bar. This will also affect Neşe and Yavuz. None of their desires will be how they want them to be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Stuck Apart (2021)
Entrenched in a midlife crisis, Aziz seeks solace from his mundane job, lonesome friends and rowdy family while pretending to have his act together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisComidark Films: In Between (2019)
Working in a ferry as a waiter, Ayzek, having a defect with his front teeth, dreams to get his front teeth fixed and to marry his girlfriend, Songül. The news gets out that the ferry company is turning over the management to a new one and the whole crew is to be interviewed. When the interviewer arrives on board, Ayzek’s world is turned upside down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSour Apples (2016)
In an eastern Turkish town, suitors knock on the door of the mayor and father of three beautiful daughters who choose to follow their own paths.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIftar Soda (2016)
In early 1970s, Adem is a boy living in an Aegean village with his family. He just finished the primary school and he wants to work while he's on summer holiday. He gets permission from his family to work for a soda pop seller named Ciber Kemal. But the Ramadan has just came and Adem wants to do his fast while he's working. But he starts seeing hallucinations because of the hot summer day. It seems it's going to be the longest day of Adem.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisToss-Up (2004)
Two soldiers return home from their military service in southeastern Turkey with disabilities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Long Story (2012)
A long story that started and ended at the station.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat's Left of You (2015)
On his 18th birthday, wealthy but spoiled Ozgur(Ekin Koc) gets a surprise from his deceased grandfather's will. He has to leave his luxurious life in Istanbul and graduate from a public school in a small village on the Aegean coast. After falling for Elif(Neslihan Atagul), a secretive classmate, Ozgur begins to understand the importance of this tiny and seemingly trivial village.Adapted from the South Korean romantic drama, 'A Millionaire's First Love'.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPaper Lives (2021)
In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisKaybedenler Kulübü Yolda (2018)
Kaan and Mete, who have a holiday in Olympos with a crowded Kadiköy group, travel to Istanbul with their engines. Two people are accompanied by two unexpected guests on their journey. This journey, which they do with various plans, shows them that the journey and the relations are not as planned at all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
The Festival of Troubadours (2022)
An unexpected reunion between a traveling musician and his son opens old wounds as the two set out on a long journey to a troubadour festival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisYou're Everything To Me (2016)
When an old fling shows up with their infant child, a dallying man-child must take on the role of father and create a fairytale world for his daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChampion (2018)
The mid 90’s. Turkey’s political instability, inflation and hopelesness on people were increased. In those years when all hope was lost, people deeply bond with Bold Pilot and Halis Karataş who win every race coming from the last place. People see themselves at the point where this horse and jockey are: at the back. This duo make people to believe that everybody can win. The race ends at the finish line and the first to cross this line are Bold Pilot and Halis riding it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIn Good Hands 2 (2024)
A newly reunited father and son grapple with new beginnings after tragedy, but can they manage to fill the void left by a beloved wife and mother?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Adults (2023)
Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid confrontations and revelations as his carefully constructed façade of his adulthood gives way to old childhood conflicts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSoul Food (1997)
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's turn sour when sisters Teri, Bird and Maxine start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy. When tragedy strikes, it's up to grandson Ahmad to pull the family together and put the soul back into the family's weekly gatherings.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
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 thisOur Idiot Brother (2011)
Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realise that Ned isn't such an idiot after all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlaying God (2021)
A brother and sister con-artist duo find themselves scamming a grieving billionaire by convincing him they can introduce him to God, face-to-face.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like My Brother?
The closest matches to My Brother are Sister In Law (2016), Butterflies (2018) and Lemonade (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after My Brother?
People who watched My Brother most often go on to Sister In Law (2016), Butterflies (2018) and Lemonade (2015).
What is the highest-rated movie like My Brother?
Paper Lives (2021), rated 8.0/10 by 426 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like My Brother?
Treasure (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Is My Brother part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to My Brother, which includes My Brother 2 (2017).
How are movies similar to My Brother chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside My Brother, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.