Movies Like Khassesny Shokran

If you liked Khassesny Shokran (2019), a movie directed by Wael Abdel Qader, 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
Fed Up (2014)
★ 7.3/10
Fed Up blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and weight loss, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public, resulting…
2
The Whale (2022)
★ 7.7/10
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
3
Magazine Dreams (2025)
★ 7/10
Aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox struggles to find human connection in an exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom, not even the doctors who warn…
4
Shallow Hal (2001)
★ 6.2/10
After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony Robbins. Intrigued by Hal's…
5
South Park: The End of Obesity (2024)
★ 7.4/10
The advent of new weight loss drugs has a huge impact on everyone in South Park. When Cartman is denied access to the life-changing medicine, the kids jump into action.
6
Super Size Me (2004)
★ 6.7/10
Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or obese. He submits himself to a…
7
Samsara (2011)
★ 8.1/10
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and…
8
Senseless (1998)
★ 6.2/10
A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.
9
Inner Workings (2016)
★ 7.8/10
This is the story of the internal struggle between a man's Brain—a pragmatic protector who calculates his every move, and his Heart—a free-spirited adventurer who wants to let loose.
10
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
★ 6.3/10
In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.
11
Grown Ups (2010)
★ 6.4/10
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
12
Thinner (1996)
★ 5.9/10
An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is…
13
The Cut (2025)
★ 5.9/10
A retired boxer intends to return to the ring for one last shot at the title, but first he must make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas with an unscrupulous trainer, he embarks on an intensive and illegal…
14
Blackbird (2019)
★ 6.7/10
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
15
How High (2001)
★ 6.4/10
Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until…
16
The Experiment (2010)
★ 6.4/10
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
17
Lying to Be Perfect (2010)
★ 6.1/10
Nola Devlin is an unassuming, frumpy magazine editor who is overlooked and teased by her coworkers. Though, when she is behind the glow and anonymity of her computer screen, she becomes the famous advice columnist…
18
The Darkest Minds (2018)
★ 7/10
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the…
19
Perfect Day (1929)
★ 7/10
Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and…
20
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.