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Movies like Cleopatra era Cándida (1964)

The best movies like Cleopatra era Cándida (1964) are Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1997), You Were Never Lovelier (1942) and Cuban Fury (2014). If Cleopatra era Cándida hooked you with its comedy and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1997)

    Madrid, 1965. When The Beatles arrive in the city, Diana goes to great lengths to meet them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  2. You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

    An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy

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  3. Cuban Fury (2014)

    Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  4. The Wedding Unplanner (2020)

    Marina is a woman in her thirties who works organizing weddings. Not because she is an inveterate romantic just because, as she says, "when people are in love, they don't care about money". Unlike her customers, she enjoys a life without ties or commitments, until the moment when she falls in love with Carlos. The problem is not only he is about to get married, but also his fiancee is Marina's childhood friend and they have hired her as their Wedding Planner.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  5. Same 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  6. In Family I Trust (2019)

    Bea is a successful architect who lives in Barcelona (Catalonia, northeast to Spain) with her boyfriend and boss, Víctor, a CEO of an important company. During a night celebration of an important contract signed to make a skyscraper designed by Bea, in the bar appears the famous TV reporter and anchorwoman Rebecca Ramos, Victor's personal erotic fantasy. Not measuring the consequences of her actions due to the alcohol she drank, Bea makes a meeting between Víctor and Rebecca. When to the next day she wakes up, Víctor proposes to wed Bea and she accepts, but after she arrives to the job, Bea learns about a videotape where Víctor and Rebecca make the love in a car that it's in all TV channels. In front of all CEOs during a full meeting, Bea slaps Víctor and destroys her design, being fired from the job. Looking for a break, she travels her natal coastal town, Santa Clara, just to discover that her rest isn't so easy as it seems: her eccentric, free-spirited and eternal smiling mother ...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  7. Pulling Strings (2013)

    Rachel is an intelligent, modern-day woman constantly on the move. Primarily focused on her career as a diplomatic consul for the U.S. embassy, she's literally lived her life on the move, globe-trotting from city to city. Currently working in Mexico City and set to leave for London, Rachel's world turns upside down on the eve of her own goodbye party when she gets drunk and passes out on the street. Saved by Alejandro, a handsome Mariachi singer and single father, Rachel wakes up in his apartment with no recollection of how she got there. Nor does she remember that she rejected his visa the day before, which he desperately needs for his daughter. Romance unexpectedly blossoms between the two, but either sparks or fists will fly after she finds out his secret.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  8. ¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023)

    Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  9. An Unexpected Love (2018)

    It tells the story of Marcos and Ana, who have been married for more than 25 years, but enter into an existential crisis that leads them to separate. The life of singles seems fascinating and exciting at first, but soon it also becomes monotonous for her and nightmarish for him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  10. Little Italy (2018)

    Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  11. Let's Make Love (1960)

    When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  12. Un novio para mi mujer (2022)

    Diego wants to separate from his wife, Lucía, but he doesn't know how to tell her. He is fed up with her neuroses and constant complaints about him, and he has long since lost the spark that made him fall in love. Unable to say it to her face, he turns to Cuervo Flores, a famous seducer "from before", who will try to make Lucía fall in love so that she will be the one to end her marriage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

  13. With You in the Future (2025)

    Carlos and Elena are about to sign a divorce when they receive an unexpected gift that will allow them to travel back in time. Back in the '90s, that nostalgic era of leather jackets, rowdy hairstyles and pop-rock, they will seek to change their destiny.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  14. What a Way to Go! (1964)

    A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  15. Girl on a Bicycle (2013)

    Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day turns Paolo's life upside down.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

  16. Crossing Delancey (1988)

    Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Isabelle is courted by a married, worldly author, Anton, yet can't seem to shake the down-to-earth appeal of Sam, a pickle vendor.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

  17. Silk Stockings (1957)

    After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell—with the help of an American movie producer. A remake of Ninotchka (1939).

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  18. Oh, Ramona! (2019)

    Oh, Ramona! seeks the transformation of Andrew from a teenager into an adult who lives candidly and selflessly his first love story, innocent and uninvolved, alternating with the second, intense and insane story, incapable of making a choice.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

  19. So Much Love to Give (2020)

    A bigamist with one family in Buenos Aires and the other in Mar del Plata sees his life turned upside down when his wives discover what he has hidden from them for so many years and unite to take revenge.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  20. The Night My Mother Killed My Father (2016)

    Isabel is torn between the need to feel valued as an actress and her insecurities and contradictions. One night, she hosts a very special dinner: her husband Ángel, who is a scriptwriter, and Susana, Ángel's ex-wife and film director, want to convince Argentinian actor Diego Peretti to star in a movie. But at some point something unexpected happens that surprises everyone and disturbs the evening.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  21. Viva High School Musical: Argentina (2008)

    A new school year begins at the High School Argentina (HSA), and the students return from the summer vacations. Fer, the captain of the school rugby team, the Jaguars, discovers that Agus, his neighbour and classmate, has changed a lot over the summer. Delfi, however, continues being vain and wastes her time dominating her poor brother, Walter, and her associates Alicia, Clara and Valeria, or, as she prefers to call them, "The Invisibles".

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance

  22. Obsessed (2014)

    A secret, passionate affair happens in the summer of 1969 between Colonel Jin Pyeong, trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, and Jong Ga Heun, the Chinese-Korean wife of Captain Kyung Woo Jin.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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  23. Gilda (1946)

    A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

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  24. Moles (2012)

    A post-apocalyptic universe. A metropolis of two societies. On the surface, a regime that isolates the individuals in elite. A whole city scraped in the underground, where survival is the only law. Up and down don’t merge. Yet the Mole will climb up to fulfil his dreams.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  25. Cabrón Bárbaro- Luciano Mellera (2026)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  26. Beach-O (2025)

    This 16mm short film is an homage to the campy beach movies of the 1960s, set within a late 90s time capsule. Shot in 1998 and completed in 2025, the music-driven film features performances by DC and Boston indie rock legends The Make Up, Victory At Sea, and The Wicked Farleys. The film follows Greg and Lesley as they enjoy a summer’s day at the beach. After they befriend a group of locals, their day takes an unexpected turn when everyone gets hungry…

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  27. Asterix and Cleopatra (1968)

    Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to ancient Egypt to help Cleopatra build a new summer home. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar have made a bet, with Caesar wagering the project cannot be completed in a few weeks time. With the help of a magic potion, Asterix comes to the rescue of the Queen of the Nile as Caesar and an angry architect plot against them.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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  28. Nicholas on Holiday (2014)

    It's the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards the sea, and settle in for some time at the Hotel Beau-Rivage.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  29. Air America (1990)

    Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  30. Strangers in the Park (2026)

    A former communist militant and a "live and let live" man form an unlikely friendship on a park bench, sharing their life stories with humor and heart.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Cleopatra era Cándida?

The closest matches to Cleopatra era Cándida are Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1997), You Were Never Lovelier (1942) and Cuban Fury (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Cleopatra era Cándida?

Start with Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1997), the closest match to Cleopatra era Cándida.

What is the highest-rated movie like Cleopatra era Cándida?

¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023), rated 8.4/10 by 378 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Cleopatra era Cándida?

Strangers in the Park (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Spanish movies like Cleopatra era Cándida?

Yes: Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1997), The Wedding Unplanner (2020) and Same Love, Same Rain (1999).

How are movies similar to Cleopatra era Cándida chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Cleopatra era Cándida, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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