15 Movies Like Omar & Salma

Loved Omar & Salma? 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?
#1

¿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 Omar & Salma.

Yoh! Bestie
#2

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 Omar & Salma.

Mr. Right
#3

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 Omar & Salma.

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
#4

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 Omar & Salma.

Relationship Goals
#5

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 Omar & Salma.

Love Is in the Air
#6

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 Omar & Salma.

Honeymoonish
#7

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 highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Omar & Salma.

Let's Make Love
#8

Let's Make Love

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Omar & Salma.

The List
#9

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 Omar & Salma.

Abu Shanab
#10

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 Omar & Salma.

A Break of Happy Moments
#11

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 Omar & Salma.

Bittersweet
#12

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 Omar & Salma.

What's Love Got to Do with It?
#13

What's Love Got to Do with It?

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.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Omar & Salma.

Big Stone Gap
#14

Big Stone Gap

A story centered on a transitional point in the life of Ave Maria Mulligan, the heart of her community in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Omar & Salma.

Zaki Chan
#15

Zaki Chan

Trouble follows Zaki wherever he goes, until he finds out that his father's boss needs a bodyguard for his kids and he decides to apply for the job even though he doesn't really fit the requirements.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Omar & Salma.