Movies Like Aku Bukan Malaikat

If you liked Aku Bukan Malaikat (2021), a movie directed by Rashid Sibir, 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
Revenge of the Bridesmaids (2010)
★ 6.6/10
Two women plot revenge against the woman marrying their friend's ex-boyfriend.
2
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.
3
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
★ 6.6/10
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a…
4
Suspicion (1941)
★ 7.1/10
A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts. As his lies deepen and those around them meet mysterious ends, she begins to suspect that…
5
Suicide Kings (1997)
★ 6.6/10
Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Carlo plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering…
6
Friends with Kids (2012)
★ 5.9/10
In the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide to have a child together without becoming a couple. By becoming "time-share" parents, they reason, they can…
7
Miss You Already (2015)
★ 7.4/10
The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.
8
Gringo (2018)
★ 5.9/10
An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.
9
The Stoning of Soraya M. (2009)
★ 7.7/10
In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant ended in…
10
Picture This (2025)
★ 6/10
Single and without a man on the horizon, Pia runs a failing photography studio in London with her best friend Jay. As her sister Sonal prepares for marriage and her mother Laxmi urges her to partner up, a spiritual…
11
Terms of Endearment (1983)
★ 7.1/10
Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.
12
Above the Rim (1994)
★ 7.1/10
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
13
Asylum (2005)
★ 6.1/10
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
14
The Good Girl (2002)
★ 6.2/10
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
15
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
★ 6.4/10
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
16
The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)
★ 6.6/10
In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition…
17
Dial M for Murder (1954)
★ 8/10
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
18
Friendship (2025)
★ 6.4/10
Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor Austin, and his attempts to make an adult male friend threatens to ruin both of their lives.
19
Tatami (2024)
★ 7.7/10
Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the…
20
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
★ 6.3/10
An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and…