Movies Like Homos and Halawa

If you liked Homos and Halawa (2024), a movie directed by Ahmed ElBadry, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
My Sassy Girl (2008)
★ 6.8/10
A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.
2
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
★ 6/10
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows…
3
Chasing Papi (2003)
★ 6.7/10
Playboy Thomas Fuentes has so far been able to skate by in life on good looks and charm alone. But when his duplicitous relationships with three women -- impassioned waitress Cici, meticulous lawyer Lorena and bored…
4
You Cast A Spell On Me (2015)
★ 6.8/10
Despite agreeing to an arranged marriage to a childhood friend, a successful businessman tries to track down a beautiful woman that he met at a Halloween party.
5
The Other End of the Line (2007)
★ 6.5/10
An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.
6
Vicious (2025)
★ 6/10
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
7
Cuban Fury (2014)
★ 6.1/10
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.
8
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
★ 7/10
While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic's songwriting partner, Orville, offers Dino his home for…
9
Dinner in America (2022)
★ 7.8/10
An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with a local band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.
10
Merrily We Live (1938)
★ 7/10
Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catches the eye of…
11
I Love You Again (1940)
★ 7.2/10
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
12
Someone Great (2019)
★ 6.4/10
An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one…
13
What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
★ 6.1/10
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
14
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
★ 6.3/10
Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each…
15
Girl on a Bicycle (2013)
★ 5.9/10
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…
16
That Touch of Mink (1962)
★ 6.5/10
Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne covers her in mud. He sends his assistant, Roger, to apologize, but upon meeting Cathy, Roger knows that she would be a…
17
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
★ 6.6/10
Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful…
18
Blue Hawaii (1961)
★ 6/10
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.
19
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
★ 6.8/10
When a hypochondriac assumes that he is dying, he makes an elaborate plan to ensure his wife's happiness. However, trouble ensues when she misunderstands his intentions.
20
Sidelined: The QB and Me (2025)
★ 6.5/10
Dallas, a burdened but headstrong dancer, is determined to get into the best dance school in the country—her late mother’s alma mater. However, that dream is suddenly derailed when the cheeky yet secretly grieving…