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Movies Like What to Do with the Time

If you liked What to Do with the Time (2025), a movie directed by Diego Taborda, 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. 1Rosa's Wedding

    Rosa's Wedding (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Rosa is about to turn 45 and realises that she's always lived her life to serve everyone else. So she decides to leave it all behind, take charge of her life and fulfil her dream of starting her own business.

  2. 2Inseparables

    Inseparables (2016)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Felipe a wealthy businessman who has been quadriplegic, due to an accident, is looking for a therapeutic assistant. There are several highly qualified, but he decides to take the assistant of his gardener, Tito who has…

  3. 3Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

  4. 4Las acacias

    Las acacias (2011)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Rubén is a middle-aged Argentinian truck driver transporting timber between Paraguay and Buenos Aires. One day, at a truck stop, he picks up a young Paraguayan woman, Jacinta, whom his employer had told to take to…

  5. 5Absent

    Absent (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Martín, a young student, gets injured during a swimming class. Sebastián, the PE teacher, takes him to the hospital. When they leave, he offers to drive him home, but Martín is planning to spend the night at a…

  6. 6Solo Mio

    Solo Mio (2026)

    ★ 7.5/10

    After Matt's dreams of a picturesque Italian wedding are shattered when his fiancée leaves him at the altar, he embarks on his planned honeymoon across Italy alone, immersing himself in the country's vibrant culture…

  7. 7The Magic of Belle Isle

    The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)

    ★ 7/10

    In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.

  8. 8Good Day, Ramon

    Good Day, Ramon (2013)

    ★ 7.9/10

    After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a friend’s aunt in Germany, but never finds her. With no papers or money, and without knowing the language, he barely…

  9. 9Tótem

    Tótem (2023)

    ★ 6.8/10

    In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts, and other relatives. As the day goes on, building to…

  10. 10Small Things Like These

    Small Things Like These (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10

    In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit…

  11. 11The Wailer

    The Wailer (2006)

    ★ 6.7/10

    On their way to Mexico, six students are stranded in a small town where years before a tragedy took place.

  12. 12An Autumn Romance

    An Autumn Romance (2021)

    ★ 7/10

    When librarian Taylor Harris suddenly loses her job, she decides to visit her brother in a small town in Montana. There, she gets involved in the fight to help save her brother's hotel from tycoon Joel Sheenan, who…

  13. 13The Last Rifleman

    The Last Rifleman (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10

    A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his…

  14. 14Chupa

    Chupa (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10

    While visiting family in Mexico, a lonely boy befriends a mythical creature hiding on his grandfather's ranch and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.

  15. 15The Book of Life

    The Book of Life (2014)

    ★ 7.5/10

    The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans…

  16. 16Eleanor the Great

    Eleanor the Great (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10

    94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

  17. 17The Little Rascals

    The Little Rascals (1994)

    ★ 6.8/10

    When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.

  18. 18A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

    A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Sarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live…

  19. 19Matt and Mara

    Matt and Mara (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Mara is a young creative writing professor struggling with problems in her marriage to an experimental musician. One day, she runs into Matt, a charismatic, free-spirited author from her past, when he wanders onto her…

  20. 20The Spectacular Now

    The Spectacular Now (2013)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected…

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