Movies like Juha Governs The City (1985)
The best movies like Juha Governs The City (1985) are SubUrbia (1997), Almost Friends (2017) and My Own Love Song (2010). If Juha Governs The City hooked you with its drama and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDon't Think Twice (2016)6.4/10 from 430 votes
- NewestSavage House (2026)Released 2026
SubUrbia (1997)
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlmost Friends (2017)
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Own Love Song (2010)
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJuniper (2021)
When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLady Windermere's Fan (1925)
A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFamily Weekend (2013)
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLandline (2017)
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe House of Tomorrow (2019)
The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCQ (2001)
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisFat Kid Rules The World (2012)
A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon't Think Twice (2016)
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUncorked (2020)
Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy
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 thisHooking Up (2020)
Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the road trip come to light, the unlikely pair force one another to confront their issues, discovering that there might actually be more to love than just sex.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAbout Alex (2014)
When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024)
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play (2002)
The fireworks begin when Madea’s family gathers for her granddaughter’s wedding. As usual, Madea rules the roost, as she and her neighbor, the wacky Mr. Brown, deliver nonstop laughs. Live, love, rejoice...it’s Madea’s Family Reunion!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSomewhere in Queens (2023)
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSavage House (2026)
Against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – Sir Chauncey Savage and Lady Savage blindly pursue a better life. It's not without a tinge of irony that their family name is the Savages, for this is a Savage House indeed, filled with duels, decadence, and bloodshed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSmall Apartments (2012)
When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSayedaty El Gameela (1969)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
Al Ostaz Mazzika (1978)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
30 Days in Prison (1959)
Amshir works as a bodyguard in the cabaret owned by his Medhat al-Shamshiri, and a court sentences Medhat to a month in prison after he burned the mustache of a wealthy Upper Egyptian named al-Najawi. Amshir goes to prison instead of Medhat for money. in meanwhile Medhat relation with Azhar (al-Najawi girl) is revealed to Sohair (Medhat Fiance).
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
الإنفجار الجميل (1983)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama
حب في التخشيبة (1994)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
Extremely Happy Family (1985)
The story revolves around a family of several men and their wives who were living a happy happy life, until the doorbell rang one night to find a baby left behind behind the door and accompanied by a letter indicating that the child's father is from this family without identification, which raised the suspicions of the wives in their husbands.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
Love situation (1967)
Rajab (Fouad Al Muhandis) The shy, hard-working young man in his work loves Sawsan (Shweikar) his cousin and his partner Mitwalli the polygon (Abdel Moneim Madbouly), but she does not feel it and loves her cousin Elham Cabbage (Adel Imam) who is good at dancing and singing and is encouraged by her mother Zahra (Zouzou Chakib) but Metwally The polygon loves
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
She, I, and His Highness (1966)
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Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
Julio & Romiet (1973)
Hassan and Aziza find it very difficult to convert the story of their love for marriage ... so they decide to recite the characters of Romeo and Juliet, as their story is similar to that of Shakespeare. They change their name to Julio and Romett, dressed close to the novel, and then flee to Alexandria to spend their last night before committing suicide by poison.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Juha Governs The City?
The closest matches to Juha Governs The City are SubUrbia (1997), Almost Friends (2017) and My Own Love Song (2010). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Juha Governs The City?
Start with SubUrbia (1997), the closest match to Juha Governs The City.
What is the highest-rated movie like Juha Governs The City?
Don't Think Twice (2016), rated 6.4/10 by 430 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Juha Governs The City?
Savage House (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Juha Governs The City chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Juha Governs The City, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.