Movies Like Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!

If you liked Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! (2010), a comedy and romance movie directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, 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
Mambo Italiano (2003)
★ 6/10Also comedy and romance
When an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.
2
Keeping the Faith (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance
Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now…
3
Happiest Season (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also romance and comedy
A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.
4
Little Italy (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance
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?
5
Easy Virtue (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
6
The Prom (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy
After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.
7
The Kissing Booth 2 (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy and romance
With college decisions looming, Elle juggles her long-distance romance with Noah, changing relationship with bestie Lee and feelings for a new classmate.
8
Chasing Papi (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romance
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…
9
Thunderstruck (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
10
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romance
In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a…
11
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
12
Yoh! Bestie (2026)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy
Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.
13
Only the Lonely (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna, whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the…
14
Wedding Season (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy
Pressured by their immigrant parents to find spouses, two Indian-Americans pretend to date in order to survive a summer of weddings – but find themselves falling for each other as they struggle to balance who they are…
15
The Birdcage (1996)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romance
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.
16
Boot Camp (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy
Unathletic Whitney Carmichael signs up for an intense summer boot camp to reinvent herself and falls for her personal trainer. She then finds the strength to embrace her true self and ignore the others' expectations.
17
Whatever Works (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romance
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are…
18
Speechless (1994)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedy
In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides.
19
Little Manhattan (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romance
Ten-year-old Gabe Burton is just an average kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walks into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she reveals that she won't be going to public…
20
Good Advice (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.