15 Movies Like My Brother Is an Only Child
Loved My Brother Is an Only Child? 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.
The Holy Boy
A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal one's soul just by hugging them. Trying to rescue him from this madness, the man unleashes his dark side.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
The Ape Woman
A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
Monika
Monika is young, beautiful and a virgin. She is only 16 years old, and, beside getting the attention of all her classmates, she also attracts older men. She has a relationship with a boy, Leo, but she doesn't know that he uses to pimp the girls he seduces to rich businessmen. One of Leo's client befriends Monika and becomes so obsessed that he pays Leo to get her. But Monika turns her attention to her art professor, unknowing that he too has his secrets.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
Malena
12-year-old Renato experiences three significant events on the same day: the beginning of the Second World War, getting a bike, and witnessing the arrival of the gorgeous Malèna. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is presumed dead, and, through his soul, we see his love for her.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
Bingo Bongo
The ape-man, found somewhere in the jungles of Congo, transferred to Milan and named Bingo Bongo. The only one who believes in the human qualities of him is Laura, a woman anthropologist , so their affection for each other even grows to love.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
Lola's Secret
Young man has his dreams come true when the sexy new maid seduces him. But she also has a secret that leads to trouble.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
Snow White and 7 Wise Men
The king and the queen conceive Snow White during a sexual relationship in the snow.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
Life Is Beautiful
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
The Nurse on a Military Tour
Army Doctor Eva Marini wants to join a regiment to secure equal rights for women. So her commanding officer sends her off to a boot camp led by Renzo Montagnani, where only the most unruly soldiers end up.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
The Traveling Companion
A ruined noble decides to organize a robbery on a luxury train. He decides to get help from a busty starlet that should distract passengers ...
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
Playing with Love
Laura and Fabrizio have been meeting every summer in the forest by her parent's summer home. Fabrizio is a solitary boy with only his dog for company; Laura a sweet but unconfident child. This summer new aspects enter into their story as both are growing up. Laura is falling in love with Fabrizio, while he displays a new sexual awareness of her masked by his malice. Things develop further when they meet Sylvia who, unlike the innocent Laura, is confident and assertive. Fabrizio develops a fascination with her, eventually bribing Laura to fetch her to the forest to join them in play.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
Cinema Paradiso
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
Once Upon a Time in the West
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
To Be Twenty
Lia and Tina are two beautiful girls who meet and realize that they have a lot in common. They are both young, beautiful and pissed off, so they decide to hitchhike their way to Rome to find Nazariota's commune, a place to stay for free and have all the sex they want... or so they think. Things don't go as they have planned though, and soon they become involved in prostitution, the police and an aggressive gang.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Brother Is an Only Child.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked My Brother Is an Only Child.