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10 Best Movies Like The Backyard

If you loved The Backyard, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
May Fools

May Fools

1990★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Backyard for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives collide in their family estate....

#2
National Family

National Family

2023★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Backyard for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Don Poli, the patriarch of a family embedded in politics, faces the change of party in his state - after a hundred years in power - losing all his privileges. Humiliated and angry,...

#3
Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night

1955★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Backyard for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly at...

#4
Boudica

Boudica

2023★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Backyard for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Inspired by events in A.D. 60, Boudica follows the eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. When he dies at the hands of Roman soldiers...

#5
La Cocina

La Cocina

2024★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Backyard for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the sweltering back kitchen of a Times Square restaurant, undocumented cook Pedro is caught between mounting pressures at work and a complicated romance with waitress Julia. Whe...

#6
The Benetón Family

The Benetón Family

2024★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Backyard for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Toni, a grumpy in his fifties, avoids children at all costs. His life changes when he suddenly has to take care of his sister's five adopted children, each from a different country...