Movies like Everything's Gonna Be Great (1998)
The best movies like Everything's Gonna Be Great (1998) are G.O.R.A. (2004), Yahşi Batı (2009) and A.R.O.G (2008). If Everything's Gonna Be Great hooked you with its family and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedG.O.R.A. (2004)7.3/10 from 396 votes
- NewestRecep Ivedik 7 (2022)Released 2022
G.O.R.A. (2004)
Carpet dealer and UFO photo forger Arif is abducted by aliens and must outwit the evil commander-in-chief of G.O.R.A., the planet where he is being held.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYahşi Batı (2009)
Aziz and Lemi must recover a diamond gifted by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to the U.S. President which has been stolen by bandits in the American wild west.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA.R.O.G (2008)
Commander Logar escapes from the planet G.O.R.A. to Earth and finds Arif. Arif gets tricked by the evil Commander Logar into thinking that his intentions have changed but Commander Logar sends Arif 1.000.000 years into the past. After finding himself in the stone age, Arif begins to help the local tribe to defend themselves against a different, much more violent tribe and tries to find a way back to his time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVizontele (2001)
The story takes place in the small town of Hakkari in Turkey at the beginning of the '70s. The time has come to bring technology to that small town. The first Television (called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Magician (2006)
Failed magician Iskender decides to do a tour to save his career, but has to bring his grumpy and senile father along. The tour is quite unexpectedly interrupted when a bride actually disappears from the stage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisComing Soon (2014)
Pirated DVD seller Zafer who is formerly an extra in movies, swore to give up illegal works when his wife wanted to get divorce. To win his family back, he and his old-fashioned crew decided to make a movie called "Summit - The End Of Evil" which is a fantastic science fiction movie and couldn't be shot since 1977. A funny, entertaining and emotional journey awaits him who waded into this adventure with his unqualified crew.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisArif V 216 (2018)
After 8 years, Arif's old friend 216 from planet GORA pays a visit to Earth.Together they go on a quest where they'll be visiting 60's.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKolpaçino (2009)
Lives of several low-level gangsters get intertwined after a game of craps in their underground casino ends in a bloody shootout.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisPardon (2005)
Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Ibrahim's fear of uniforms makes him runaway whenever he sees one. Because of this, police mistakes him with a terrorist and takes him and his friend Muzo into custody. Fooled by the police during the interrogation they name another friend, Aydin, in hope of saving themselves. As they all end up in prison, they remember the families and lovers they left behind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHunting Season (2010)
Veteran homicide cop Fermanand his hot-headed partner İdris team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan to investigate the murder of a young woman. The suspects include her conservative family, who might have killed her for honor, her drug-dealing boyfriend and aged billionaire Battal who had taken the victim as his second wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKosmos (2010)
Kosmos is a thief and a miracle-worker. He appears one morning in a tiny, snowbound border village where he is welcomed with open arms – on account of arriving just in time to resuscitate a small boy who would otherwise have drowned.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMagic Carpet Ride (2005)
A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bandit (1996)
The film tells the story of a group of bandits captured in the Cudi Mountains 35 years ago. All of them have died, either from illness or vendettas; only Baran (Şener Şen) survives. After serving his 35-year sentence, Baran is released from Viranşehir Prison and learns that his birthplace is now submerged under the waters of a dam. Ceren Ana (Zübeyde Erden) tells him about the past. Baran is imprisoned because of the betrayal of his old friend Berfo (Kamran Usluer). Berfo stole the bandits gold, bought his childhood love Keje (Sermin Hürmeriç) from her father, and fled to Istanbul. While Baran is searching for Keje, he encounters a young man named Cumali (Uğur Yücel). These two men find solace in each other to avoid being swept away by the storms of the big city. And in this world where violence, betrayal, passion, boundless love and hatred intertwine, they try to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMortal World (2018)
Mermer family, who has been managing a restaurant called “Anatolian flavors” in Haydarpasa train station for generations, consist of 8 members. Even though this family leads a quiet simple life, they will end up finding themselves in complicated situations. Moreover, this family has been keeping a secret for a long time and it just can’t come out at any cost..
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHeist School (2006)
Five high school students plans to steal University Entrance Exam booklets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisRecep Ivedik (2008)
A man finds the wallet of a rich man and takes a rigorous trip in an old car to return it, finding an old love and a new life of luxury awaiting.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisButterflies (2018)
Three strangers with one thing in common — the same father — come to a Turkish village to bury him, and learn about him and each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVizontele Tuuba (2004)
Guner Sernikli is a government official who, with his wife and their wheelchair bound daughter, has been assigned as the head librarian to this isolated province, virtually an exile since there is no library in the village. The family is warmly welcome, but these are the years of political anarchy and leftist/rightist clashes in big cities and the youth of the village inevitably follow the tides. They arrive in Vizontele, just as the situation is becoming really absurd. Guner brings wisdom; his daughter Tuba brings beauty, innocence and love. Some like the Mayor, Nazmi Dogan and crazy Emin appreciate these things but they are in the minority and confusion continues to reign. The story is based on the memories of writer-director Yılmaz Erdoğan of the last summer of his childhood in Hakkâri, Turkey in 1980.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRecep Ivedik 2 (2009)
When his grandmother takes ill, foolish brute Recep tries to satisfy her wishes by getting a job and attempting to find a suitable wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisKilling the Shadows (2006)
Killing The Shadows is a bawdy comic fable set in the Ottoman Empire during the mid-14th century based on two legendary figures in Turkish folkore, the jester Hacivat (Beyazit Ozturk) and the nomad Karagoz (Haluk Bilginer), men who apparently lived and died by their sense of humour.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVavien (2009)
Celal, lives an unhappy family life with his wife Sevilay and his child in a small town. Celal and his brother Cemal, running an electrician shop which doesn't go well. They are in debt. The only fun they have is going to the night clubs in Samsun. Celal's love for Sibel Ceylan who works in the night club, will cause him trouble. Celal's wife, Sevilay, saves her money, sent by her father who lives in Germany. She is unaware of the fact that Celal knows her secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOffside (2000)
Thirtysomething Suat still lives with his parents and works at his father's store when not practicing as goalie for the local football team, Esnaf Spor. The neighborhood's greatest wish is for Esnaf Spor to win the amateur league championship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Recep Ivedik 7 (2022)
Recep and Nurullah decide to go village house, which is inherited from his grandma. Recep finds out the existence of a big project, that will damage the village and the surrounding forests. Villagers will fight against the project with Recep's leadership.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLosers' Club (2011)
Kaan and Mete, co-hosts of a mid 1990s radio show called Kaybedenler Kulübü (Losers' Club), struggle to deal with their daily lives after their show becomes an instant hit. Kaan meets Zeynep, the girl of his dreams, but their relationship comes under pressure as the show continues to stir controversy and attract fans from every segment of Istanbul society.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMoney Trap (2019)
Asim Noyan swindles people with his lies and games. Asim Noyan and his gang, who no one else has been able to catch, get into a ruse again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBeans (2000)
The duty of taking the tax return forms of the villagers to the big city is assigned to a naive young guy. The villagers trust him, and hand their tax return forms to him. Taking the forms along with the lunchbox full of beans his mother cooked for him, he's underway. But he meets some weird people on the way, who also run into some other weird people, and things start to follow an unexpected path for everyone involved, bringing hillarious moments along.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The International (2006)
It is 80's Turkey, local musicians of Adiyaman are hired by the military and trained to welcome one of the forceful generals of coup regime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisComidark Films: In Between (2019)
Working in a ferry as a waiter, Ayzek, having a defect with his front teeth, dreams to get his front teeth fixed and to marry his girlfriend, Songül. The news gets out that the ferry company is turning over the management to a new one and the whole crew is to be interviewed. When the interviewer arrives on board, Ayzek’s world is turned upside down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFake Gangster (1976)
Kemal, unaware that his father is a mafia boss, sells cotton candy at train stations. After his father is killed, his inheritance is divided. Kemal begins visiting the establishments of Istanbul's most notorious thugs one by one to reclaim his father's inheritance, and gradually gains a reputation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Chaos Class Is on Vacation (1977)
Lazy, uneducated male students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. Because of the financial crisis, the headmaster agrees to enroll female students. As the new students try to fit in, a struggle between both parties start, trying to prank the other part away. The prank war continues until PE-Teacher decides to take the class out on a trip for a becoming scouts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Everything's Gonna Be Great?
The closest matches to Everything's Gonna Be Great are G.O.R.A. (2004), Yahşi Batı (2009) and A.R.O.G (2008). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Everything's Gonna Be Great?
People who watched Everything's Gonna Be Great most often go on to G.O.R.A. (2004), Yahşi Batı (2009) and A.R.O.G (2008).
What is the highest-rated movie like Everything's Gonna Be Great?
G.O.R.A. (2004), rated 7.3/10 by 396 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Everything's Gonna Be Great?
Recep Ivedik 7 (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Everything's Gonna Be Great chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Everything's Gonna Be Great, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.