Movies like Elphida (1987)
The best movies like Elphida (1987) are Descendants: The Royal Wedding (2021), The Roses (2025) and Cinderella Man (2005). If Elphida hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedCinderella Man (2005)7.6/10 from 2,530 votes
- NewestStolen Girl (2025)Released 2025
Descendants: The Royal Wedding (2021)
Happily-ever-after continues for Auradon's power couple as they prepare to say "I do" at an epic celebration with their friends and family, but Hades threatens to ruin it all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Roses (2025)
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCinderella Man (2005)
The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies 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
SnoozefestMovies like thisTicket to Paradise (2022)
Divorced couple Georgia and David find themselves on a shared mission: they team up and travel to Bali to stop their daughter Lily from making the same mistake they once made 25 years ago.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Very Brady Sequel (1996)
A man claiming to be Carol Brady's long-lost first husband, Roy Martin, shows up at the suburban Brady residence one evening. An impostor, the man is actually determined to steal the Bradys' familiar horse statue, a $20-million ancient Asian artifact.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisRun Fatboy Run (2007)
Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShe's Having a Baby (1988)
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisRaintree County (1957)
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Legend of Zorro (2005)
Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPersuasion (1995)
In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening to their hearts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSmokey and the Bandit (1977)
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Star Is Born (1937)
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPolite Society (2023)
Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStolen Girl (2025)
In 1993, Maureen’s six-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally abducted children who promises to help her find Amina in exchange for her collaboration.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Odd Couple II (1998)
Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at Los Angeles International Airport and rent a car in order to go to San Malina for the wedding.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like this5 Flights Up (2014)
A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.
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 thisA Star Is Born (1954)
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Elphida?
The closest matches to Elphida are Descendants: The Royal Wedding (2021), The Roses (2025) and Cinderella Man (2005). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Elphida?
Start with Descendants: The Royal Wedding (2021), the closest match to Elphida.
What is the highest-rated movie like Elphida?
Cinderella Man (2005), rated 7.6/10 by 2,530 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Elphida?
Stolen Girl (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Elphida?
Yes: Descendants: The Royal Wedding (2021), The Roses (2025) and Cinderella Man (2005).
How are movies similar to Elphida chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Elphida, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.