Movies like The Dark Side of the Heart (1992)
The best movies like The Dark Side of the Heart (1992) are Son of the Bride (2001), Camila (1984) and Common Ground (2002). If The Dark Side of the Heart hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedI Am Cuba (1964)7.9/10 from 267 votes
- NewestThe Man Who Loved UFOs (2024)Released 2024
- In SpanishSon of the Bride (2001)Also in Spanish
Son 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: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCamila (1984)
In 1847 Buenos Aires, a young noblewoman and a young Jesuit fall in love, much to the disapproval of her family and the Church.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCommon Ground (2002)
In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to live with his pension. The crisis in Argentina does not allow Fernando to get a new job, and his wife decides to sell her family's apartment and move to a small farm near Villa Dolores to reduce their expenses. Fernando comes up with the idea to grow lavender and sell the oil to the perfume industry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing (1989)
Teodoro, a Spanish engineer working as a professor in the United States, returns to Spain to enjoy a sabbatical year.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Am Cuba (1964)
A study in contrasts set in and around Havana that explores Cuba's 1959 revolution: a young woman's fascination with the excess of an American-owned casino leads to her downfall in the eyes of her street vendor boyfriend; a tenant farmer revolts the only way he knows how, attacking the land he works; university students gain first-hand knowledge of political upheaval; and, in the hills outside the city, the members of a poor peasant family are patriotically swept up into the burgeoning revolt.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisA Place in the World (1992)
Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a clinic with Nelda, a progressive nun. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Spanish geological engineer -- surveying the land for the local patron, to see if it can be dammed for hydro-electric power, which would drive the peasants from the land into the cities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTalk to Her (2002)
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Man Who Loved UFOs (2024)
In the late 1980s, journalist José de Zer seeks proof of alien life in Argentina — even if he has to fake evidence — causing a surreal media circus.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
To Realize (1984)
After a brutal car accident, a young man falls into a coma and is left to be looked after by a doctor who suffers in his personal life and commits himself fully to save his patient.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Man Facing Southeast (1987)
A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is himself unhappy, and affected by the patient's insight. But he is ordered to treat the patient according to institutional procedure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStrawberry and Chocolate (1993)
In 1979 Cuba, flamboyant gay artist Diego attempts to seduce straitlaced David, an idealistic young communist, and fails dismally. But David conspires to be "friends" with Diego so he can monitor the artist's subversive life for the state. As Diego and David discuss politics, individuality and personal expression in Castro's Cuba, a genuine friendship develops between the two.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKamchatka (2002)
In 1976, Argentina fell into the hands of a de facto government. Thousands of citizens are persecuted and kidnapped. This is the case of the parents of two children, who, knowing they are wanted, decide to hide.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisButterfly (1999)
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ordinary coming-of-age experiences, tensions related to the looming Spanish Civil War periodically interrupt Moncho's personal growth and daily life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChinese Take-Away (2011)
A comedy that chronicles a chance encounter between Robert and a Chinese named Jun who wanders lost through the city of Buenos Aires in search of his uncle after being assaulted by a taxi driver and his henchmen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMoon of Avellaneda (2004)
The story of a social and sports club in a Buenos Aires neighborhood and of those who try to save it from being closed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies 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: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMoebius (1996)
Deep within Buenos Aires's labyrinthine subway system, a train mysteriously disappears along with it's 30 passengers. The subway officials are greatly troubled and call in topographer Daniel Pratt to help them find it. Unfortunately, the tunnels are so vast and complex, that Pratt needs his mentor Hugo Mistein to help him. Unfortunately, he too has vanished.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisValentin (2002)
Valentin, an 8-year-old boy living with his grandmother in late-1960s Buenos Aires, is surrounded by problems in his family he finds only himself capable of solving.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Tobacconist of Vallecas (1987)
Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas district of Madrid, but Mrs. Justa, the tobacconist, impedes it alerting the neighbors who notify police. Inside the shop, the confrontation between the two friends and their 'hostages', the tobacconist and her niece Angeles, is relaxing, and a budding sympathy arises between them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNine Queens (2000)
Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps, the "nine queens".
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEl Sur (1983)
A woman recalls her childhood growing up in the North of Spain, focusing on her relationship with her father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVolver (2006)
Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGuantanamera (1995)
During the 'Special Period', the members of a funeral procession cross paths with truckdrivers who have to take the same route, and begin to talk about God and the world. They discover that life for both groups has many similarities, as well as a lot of differences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Everybody Has a Plan (2012)
Pedro, a humble beekeeper who lives in the mysterious Argentinian region of the Delta del Tigre, travels to Buenos Aires to visit his twin brother Agustín, a successful but troubled pediatrician with marital issues, to give him bad news and ask him for a favor hard to fulfill, a unexpected arrival which will change Agustín's life forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Intimate Stories (2002)
Three people and a baby set off on separate journeys, along the same road; their disparate dreams and stories intertwine amidst the breathtaking deserted Patagonic route.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove Jones (1997)
Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friends, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDedication (2007)
A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after his best friend and collaborator passes away. As Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts of love and life, he discovers that sometimes you have to take a gamble at life to find love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEnemies, a Love Story (1989)
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBunny and the Bull (2009)
A young shut-in takes an imaginary road trip inside his apartment, based on mementos and memories of a European trek from years before.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYoung People Fucking (2007)
On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by angst and miscommunication. Mia and Eric are exes, making sure they are over each other. Jaime and Ken work together and this is a first date. Inez and Gord invite his roommate, Dave, to join them. By the time each couple has gone through a prelude, foreplay, sex, an interlude, orgasm, and afterglow, they've answered basic questions: can sex be anonymous, are we bored, is our marriage really finished, does anyone tell the truth, and how do we make someone happy?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Dark Side of the Heart?
The closest matches to The Dark Side of the Heart are Son of the Bride (2001), Camila (1984) and Common Ground (2002). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Dark Side of the Heart?
People who watched The Dark Side of the Heart most often go on to Son of the Bride (2001), Camila (1984) and Common Ground (2002).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Dark Side of the Heart?
I Am Cuba (1964), rated 7.9/10 by 267 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Dark Side of the Heart?
The Man Who Loved UFOs (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like The Dark Side of the Heart?
Yes: Son of the Bride (2001), Camila (1984) and Common Ground (2002).
How are movies similar to The Dark Side of the Heart chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Dark Side of the Heart, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.