15 Movies Like El Lemby
Loved El Lemby? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
¿Quieres ser mi hijo?
Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Lemby.
Yoh! Bestie
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.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Lemby.
Mr. Right
A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Lemby.
Little Italy
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?
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Lemby.
Relationship Goals
When TV producer Leah Caldwell aims to become the first woman running New York's top morning show, her ex competes for the same role. Leah stays focused on her career, until chemistry with her ex challenges her priorities.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Lemby.
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to El Lemby.
Love Is in the Air
A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Lemby.
The List
After her fiance sleeps with a celebrity on his free pass list, Abby Meyers, with nothing but five names and a fantasy shared by millions, sets out for Los Angeles to sleep with someone from hers.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Lemby.
Honeymoonish
Two newlyweds on their honeymoon discover that they are different in almost every way — but can these opposites attract?
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to El Lemby.
A Break of Happy Moments
After Durriya pressures Saleh about their crumbling family house, a magical portal suddenly appears and takes them to parallel worlds they never knew existed.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to El Lemby.
Bittersweet
An Egyptian-American returns to his homeland after twenty years abroad, filled with nostalgia and high hopes. But as he reconnects with his roots, he finds himself caught between two worlds—and begins to experience the reality of a country he thought he knew.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to El Lemby.
Good Advice
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Lemby.
Abu Shanab
Esmat Abu Shanab (Yasmin Abdul Aziz) is a female police officer who works in an administrative position and tries in various ways to work on field assignments.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to El Lemby.
Desperados
A panicked young woman and her two best friends fly to Mexico to delete a ranting email she sent to her new boyfriend. On arrival, they run into her former beau, who soon gets caught up in their frantic scheme.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked El Lemby.
Siko Siko
Two cousins, both from a middle-class background, finally see their dream come true when their inheritance is rightfully returned to them following their uncle’s death. Soon after, and to their shock, they discover that the inheritance is in the form of illegal goods. To liquidate these goods, they create an elaborate mobile game to sell them through it. They call this game… “Siko Siko”. The cousins enjoy a brief moment of spectacular success before a mob boss appears in their lives, claiming to be the real owner of the goods!
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to El Lemby.