15 Movies Like Yossi

Loved Yossi? 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.

Meet Joe Black
#1

Meet Joe Black

Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan?

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

A Perfect Ending
#2

A Perfect Ending

This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect ending is still in reach.

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

Finding You
#3

Finding You

Finley, a talented aspiring violinist, meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small coastal village in Ireland. An unexpected romance emerges as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on an adventurous reawakening, and she emboldens him to take charge of his future, until the pressures of his stardom get in the way.

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

Always
#4

Always

The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.

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

Yes
#5

Yes

In the days following October 7, Y., a jazz musician, and his wife Yasmin, a dancer, resolve to say yes to everything. Y. and Yasmin sell their bodies and souls to the highest bidder, surrendering themselves and their art to Israel’s social, political and military elite. Soon, Y. is entrusted with a mission of the utmost importance: to compose the music for a rousing, ruthless new national anthem.

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

All My Life
#6

All My Life

It was a chance meeting started by one of Sol’s friends trying to chat up Jennifer. However, in the end, it was those two who hit it off. Sol enjoyed Jen’s smile, her effort, and how silly she could be. Jen enjoyed Sol’s cooking, his athleticism, and that he would join her in fun moments. As you can imagine, love bloomed, and things got serious. Jen’s investment in Sol led to her pushing him to follow his dreams and even move in to save money. Sol’s investment in Jen well, it led to him proposing. But what started as a liver tumor grew into full-on cancer, so with a diagnosis of 6 months to live, Sol and Jennifer try to make the best of it.

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

Hot Bubblegum
#7

Hot Bubblegum

Further adventures of Bobby, Benji, and Huey in their pursuit of sex in the 50's. While preparing for their final exams, they try to work out if it's better to be going steady with one girl, and if changing girlfriends all the time leads to too many complications. This leads to frustrations with girls who wont go all the way, and problems with girls will go all the way with anyone!

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

Urban Tale
#8

Urban Tale

A boy and a girl wake up in bed one morning, naked. The children's mother died a few weeks earlier. Before she died she asked her children to find their birth father who left them when they were still babies. Their quest in search of their father leads them to hospitals, nursing homes and holding cells. In the course of the quest the brother and sister meet people who provide them - like in parallel quantum universes - a glance into what their future lives may hold for them.

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

Waltz with Bashir
#9

Waltz with Bashir

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

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

Black or White
#10

Black or White

A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.

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

Lovely, Still
#11

Lovely, Still

A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.

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

Rent
#12

Rent

In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

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

Peter Ibbetson
#13

Peter Ibbetson

When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.

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

The Clock
#14

The Clock

A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.

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

Departure
#15

Departure

An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.

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