Movies like Hawai (1999)
The best movies like Hawai (1999) are Ticket to Paradise (2022), Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016) and Madea's Destination Wedding (2025). If Hawai hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Hawai
Quick picks
- Highest ratedResort to Love (2021)7.1/10 from 437 votes
- NewestMadea's Destination Wedding (2025)Released 2025
Ticket 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 thisMike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
Mike and Dave are young, adventurous, fun-loving brothers who tend to get out of control at family gatherings. When their sister Jeanie reveals her Hawaiian wedding plans, the rest of the Stangles insist that the brothers bring respectable dates. After placing an ad on Craigslist, the siblings decide to pick Tatiana and Alice, two charming and seemingly normal women. Once they arrive on the island, however, Mike and Dave realize that their companions are ready to get wild and party.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMadea's Destination Wedding (2025)
Madea packs her best floral dresses and a whole lot of chaos when the Simmons family heads to the Bahamas for her grandniece's whirlwind wedding.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Do, I Do, I Do (2015)
An architect heads to the altar with her fiancé, unsure of her marriage and their future. She relives her disastrous wedding day, put together by her fiance’s overbearing mother, over and over until, with the help of his brother, she begins to face her biggest fears and discover what she really wants in herself and in her life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFather of the Bride (2022)
A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVacation Friends (2021)
When a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to the States, they discover that the crazy couple they met in Mexico followed them back home and decide to play tricks on them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTwo Tickets to Paradise (2022)
When two weddings are ruined by both the bride and groom getting left at the altar, they still decide to take their honeymoons, not knowing they are heading to the same resort in Hawaii.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlue Hawaii (1961)
Just discharged GI Chad Gates returns to Hawaii, where he becomes a tour guide, defying his mother's wishes for him to join the family business.
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 thisZoey 102 (2023)
Pacific Coast Academy alumni return to Malibu for an over-the-top wedding that turns into a high school reunion for the books.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAt Midnight (2023)
Alejandro's life is disrupted when actress Sophie Wilder stays at his hotel. To their surprise, the two fall for one another, meeting at midnight.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisResort to Love (2021)
Aspiring pop star Erica ends up as the entertainment at her ex-fiancé’s wedding after reluctantly taking a gig at a luxurious island resort while in the wake of a music career meltdown.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhy Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas is disrupted by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMacao (1952)
Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Perfect Getaway (2009)
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but well-meaning spirits who help guide them through the lush jungles. The picturesque waterfalls and scenic mountainsides quickly give way to terror when Cliff and Cydney learn of a grisly murder that occurred nearby and realize that they're being followed by chance acquaintances that suspiciously fit the description of the killers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParadise Hills (2019)
A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisShotgun Wedding (2022)
Darcy and Tom gather their families for the ultimate destination wedding but when the entire party is taken hostage, “’Til Death Do Us Part” takes on a whole new meaning. Now, Darcy and Tom must save their loved ones—if they don’t kill each other first.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married. Slowly, his new wife realizes something is wrong, and her suspicions are confirmed when her husband's odd behaviour begins to show up in other townspeople.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJust Go with It (2011)
While romancing Palmer, a much younger schoolteacher, plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee enlists his loyal assistant Katherine to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, Katherine's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFools Rush In (1997)
After a one night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Hawai?
The closest matches to Hawai are Ticket to Paradise (2022), Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016) and Madea's Destination Wedding (2025). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Hawai?
Start with Ticket to Paradise (2022), the closest match to Hawai.
What is the highest-rated movie like Hawai?
Resort to Love (2021), rated 7.1/10 by 437 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Hawai?
Madea's Destination Wedding (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Hawai?
Yes: Ticket to Paradise (2022), Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016) and Madea's Destination Wedding (2025).
How are movies similar to Hawai chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hawai, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.