Movies like A Gay Family (2013)
The best movies like A Gay Family (2013) are Gilda (1946), You Were Never Lovelier (1942) and The Wrath of God (2022). If A Gay Family hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedGilda (1946)7.5/10 from 693 votes
- NewestWeeding Night (2024)Released 2024
- In SpanishThe Wrath of God (2022)Also in Spanish
Gilda (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYou Were Never Lovelier (1942)
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Wrath of God (2022)
Convinced the tragic deaths of her loved ones were orchestrated by a famous novelist she worked for, Luciana turns to a journalist to expose her truth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAbsent (2011)
Martín, a young student, gets injured during a swimming class. Sebastián, the PE teacher, takes him to the hospital. When they leave, he offers to drive him home, but Martín is planning to spend the night at a classmate's house, since there is no one at his own home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisSame Love, Same Rain (1999)
Jorge is a writer for a left-leaning Buenos Aires magazine that's at odds with the country's military dictatorship. He meets lovely and intelligent actress Laura and begins an on-and-off romance that will continue for the next two decades. Fearful of commitment, Jorge initially moves on from her and his fortunes suffer, but the situation changes when he and Laura renew their acquaintance. Meanwhile, the country undergoes a political transformation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHands of Stone (2016)
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSon of the Bride (2001)
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Masterpiece (2018)
Arturo, the successful owner of an art gallery, and Renzo, a talented but decadent painter, are old friends who cannot stop bickering. One day, Arturo comes up with a solution to all their problems, but the plan they concoct turns out to be crazier and riskier than they originally expected.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPaulina (2015)
Paulina is a young lawyer with a promising career in Buenos Aires, who chooses to go back to her home town. Her father, Fernando, is a well known judge. Against his will, Paulina decides to teach in a suburban high school as part of an inclusion program. One night, after the second week working there, she's brutally assaulted by a gang. With the disapproval of the people around her, she decides to go back to work, in the neighborhood where she was attacked, without realizing that her attackers may be even closer than she thought.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisQueens (2005)
In Spain, a couple of days before a collective gay wedding, the lives of five mothers, whose sons will get married, become entwined.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Boyfriend for My Wife (2008)
El Tenso does not know how to face his ill-tempered wife, Tana, to tell her that he wants to separate. Carlos, a friend of Tenso, suggests him to invert the situation and cause Tana to leave him by hiring Cuervo Flores, an irresistible seducer, to try and charm his wife until she falls in love with him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMiles and Lies (2023)
Lu has a perfect life. Or so she pretends to have. She meets the handsome, short-tempered Argentinian, Diego, who is on a visit to Mexico, and she is confident to get him head over heels in love with her. In order to win a wager with her friends, her life will take a turn when she does the impossible to win him over, including taking a trip to Argentina to look for him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIntimacies of a Prostitute (1974)
A woman from the country moves into to the big city of Buenos Aires to start a new life. Things are not going very easy and she soon finds herself working as a prostitute.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Official Story (1985)
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSo Much Love to Give (2020)
A bigamist with one family in Buenos Aires and the other in Mar del Plata sees his life turned upside down when his wives discover what he has hidden from them for so many years and unite to take revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisWeeding Night (2024)
Lucía and Nico, the couple of the century, are about to say yes... although not with each other. It turns out that they both decided to get married on the same day and in the same place, but with other people.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisElisa & Marcela (2019)
The film tells the true story of Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, two women in 1901 Spain who fell deeply in love. To overcome societal and legal barriers to their relationship, Elisa assumes a male identity, enabling the pair to marry in secret. Their daring act makes them the first recorded same-sex couple to marry in Spain, but their love is tested as they face relentless persecution and sacrifice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThesis on a Homicide (2013)
Roberto is a Law professor whose life is thrown into chaos when he becomes convinced that one of his best students has committed a brutal murder. Determined to uncover the truth, he begins a personal investigation…
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeatwave (2022)
A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Distinguished Citizen (2016)
After refusing big and prestigious awards all over the world, Mr. Mantovani, Literature Nobel Prize winner, accepts an invitation to visit his hometown in Argentina, which has been the inspiration for all of his books. It turns out that accepting this invitation is the worst idea of his life. Expect the unexpected when you have used real people as characters in your novels!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like A Gay Family?
The closest matches to A Gay Family are Gilda (1946), You Were Never Lovelier (1942) and The Wrath of God (2022). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after A Gay Family?
Start with Gilda (1946), the closest match to A Gay Family.
What is the highest-rated movie like A Gay Family?
Gilda (1946), rated 7.5/10 by 693 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like A Gay Family?
Weeding Night (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like A Gay Family?
Yes: The Wrath of God (2022), Absent (2011) and Same Love, Same Rain (1999).
How are movies similar to A Gay Family chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside A Gay Family, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.