Movies like It's for Your Own Good (2017)
The best movies like It's for Your Own Good (2017) are I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019), Lord, Give Me Patience (2017) and The Tribe (2018). If It's for Your Own Good hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedToc Toc (2017)7.1/10 from 1,296 votes
- NewestUn lío de millones (2024)Released 2024
- In SpanishI Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019)Also in Spanish
I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019)
Pedro, Arturo and Eligio are three college professors who lost their job because of economic crisis. Accidentally they find a solution for all of their problems; a multi-vitamin that allows them to party all night long without any side effects. The three professors will be launched into the world of nightclubs and the shady business, in order to market the merchandise. Of course, it seems that they are not as prepared for it as they thought.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLord, Give Me Patience (2017)
An ultraconservative family father must spend a weekend with his dysfunctional children for the burial of his wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Tribe (2018)
A cleaner woman with vocational street dancer tries to recover her long-stranded son that she gave for adoption, a former CEO who lost everything, including his memories.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCousinhood (2011)
Three cousins travel to the village where they spent summer vacations as kids.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt's Now or Never (2015)
Narrates the preparation for a wedding of a Spanish couple in which everything goes wrong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHoneymoon with My Mother (2022)
A young man is stood up at the altar. His overprotective mother decides to join him is what would have been his honeymoon, so as not to waste the trip. He ails while his mum enjoys the trip of her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDismissal (2017)
A successful Spanish executive from a telecommunications company working in Argentina is about to face the most important week of his life, but all his plans will be sabotaged by an eccentric character who will make his week a living hell…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisPolitically Incorrect (2024)
Two political rivals are trapped after suffering an accident and forge an unexpected bond, triggering a series of scandals in the Spanish presidential elections.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisToc Toc (2017)
A group of patients meet at a prestigious psychologist's office. Apart from the day and time of the appointment, something else unites them all: all six suffer from OCD. But the plane bringing the doctor is unexpectedly delayed, which forces them to spend an endless wait until the doctor shows up. Will they be able to keep their manias, impulses, convulsions, obsessions and rituals at bay during the wait?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThree Many Weddings (2013)
Ruth, a young researcher at a college, is invited to the weddings of three of her exes. She enlists the help of her assistant to find a companion for each wedding; will one of them turn out to be her soulmate?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDespite Everything (2019)
Sara, Lucía, Sofía and Claudia are sisters, 4 modern women with very different personalities, who come together at their mother's funeral, after which they discover the man they've all called "dad" throughout their lives is not really their father. They embark on a quest to discover who their real fathers are, discovering more about themselves, their mother, and their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBomb Scared (2017)
Somewhere in Spain, four ETA terrorists await a phone call before carrying out a mission, while the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where Spanish soccer team is one of the favorites to win, is being held in South Africa.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisOff Course (2015)
Two young Spanish men, with a university education, are tired of unemployment and decide to move to Germany. But soon they will find out that finding a better living is not as easy as they expected.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisColao (2017)
A coffee grower, still single at 40, decides to finally start his search for love by going to the capital city on the Dominican Republic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisGarcia & Garcia (2021)
Two men with the same name endure the funny consequences of getting mixed up during a business trip.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSpanish Affair (2014)
Rafael, a Seville citizen who has never left the Spanish region of Andalucia, decides to leave his homeland to follow Amaia, a Basque girl unlike other women he has known.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Hell of a Holiday! (2023)
It tells the story of Manuela and José. Even though they are delighted with taking care of their grandchildren, they are a bit fed up with no longer having time to dedicate to themselves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
I Love You, Stupid (2020)
Marcos' life turns upside down after he loses the same day his girlfriend and his job. Marcos' life turns wild after to meet Raquel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI've Gone Viral (2023)
Mabel has gone viral. And in the least desirable way possible. During her flight to Polynesia, she unlocks her sleeping husband's cell phone with innocent intent, but what she finds is proof of infidelity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Footballest (2018)
Francisco and his closest friends play on a soccer team that has reached its lowest point. They’ve got to win one of the next three games to keep the school from cutting their team altogether. A series of strange events take place in the first two games. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Francisco and his friends decide to create The Footballest, an investigative team that will get them into all kinds of adventures, where their ingenuity and their friendships will be put to the test.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisUn lío de millones (2024)
In a village in the Sierra de Madrid, a couple feels that their children, who have since moved out, have forgotten about them. To get them back, they will pretend that they have won the lottery and that they are multimillionaires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Happy 140 (2015)
A group of friends and family reunite at the fancy new holiday home of a woman who is about to turn 40.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFamily United (2013)
Five siblings gather to celebrate a wedding at their family estate on the day Spain plays the final of the 2010 World Cup.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like this7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society) (2019)
The family, the tenant, the wedding, the businessman, the neighbors, the poor child and the run over. 7 black comedy stories of a dysfunctional society.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
El club de los buenos infieles (2018)
Four childhood friends, all married with no passion left, get together in a high school reunion dinner. Between laughs and drinks, they all agree that they love their wives but no longer desire them. Together they hatch an illogical project: a secret club for men who want to cheat, so that they themselves can regain lust for their wives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Four's a Crowd (2022)
Julián, a divorced man with financial problems, uses a cell phone application to share his car with strangers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnder Therapy (2023)
Three married couples undergoing therapy are summoned by their female psychologist to a meeting. The psychologist won’t be attending the reunion herself, but she will give to them instructions about what they must do. Thus, to the sound of a horn (literally), the six protagonists will gradually air their dirty laundry concerning their relationships and bring up issues like taking care of the kids, the different home tasks, money, jealousy and sex, until it all leads to a most unexpected and equally shocking end.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpanish Affair 2 (2015)
Amaia after breaking up with Rafa, falls in love with a Catalonian. Koldo, her father, goes to Sevilla to persuade Rafa to go to Catalonia and take Amaia's heart back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe World is Theirs (2018)
Rafi arrives at Fali's house with his suitcase in tow because his wife has kicked him out of the house. It is not the first time this has happened, although this time everything will be different, since the mess Rafi has gotten himself into this time... He is one of the big ones. Fali would like to help her friend, but she is in a hurry: tomorrow will be her son's First Communion and all she has to do as a father is take the child's suit to the farm where the event will be held. During the next twenty-four hours, and with the clock counting down stalking them, the compadres will manage to get out of various messes to get into new entanglements.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisPerfect Strangers (2017)
During a lunar eclipse, seven friends gather for dinner and decide to play a game in which they must share with each other the content of every message, email or phone call they receive throughout the evening.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like It's for Your Own Good?
The closest matches to It's for Your Own Good are I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019), Lord, Give Me Patience (2017) and The Tribe (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after It's for Your Own Good?
People who watched It's for Your Own Good most often go on to I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019), Lord, Give Me Patience (2017) and The Tribe (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like It's for Your Own Good?
Toc Toc (2017), rated 7.1/10 by 1,296 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like It's for Your Own Good?
Un lío de millones (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like It's for Your Own Good?
Yes: I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019), Lord, Give Me Patience (2017) and The Tribe (2018).
How are movies similar to It's for Your Own Good chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside It's for Your Own Good, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.