
Movies that feel like Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
If you loved Y Tu Mamá También, the closest films we have are The Way He Looks (2014), 20th Century Girl (2022) and Flavors of Youth (2018). All three share Y Tu Mamá También's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
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If Y Tu Mamá También hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: friendship, growing up

Both are built on the same subject: friendship
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Both keep coming back to the same thing: growing up
The difference: Sits closer to animation than Y Tu Mamá También does

Common ground: beach
The difference: Not nearly as warm as Y Tu Mamá También

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

The same preoccupation in both: adolescence
The difference: Missing the warmth of Y Tu Mamá También

Tender where it counts, wistful underneath

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Romantic romance in both cases

Drama built on warmth, twice over

Tender romance, and it commits to that
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Drama with a pulse of wistfulness, in both cases
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