Best movies like Manay Po!
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies like Manay Po!? Provide your insights to help others towards tv series and movies you've watched before that they may also enjoy. Help enlarge the group of people suggesting videos to each other. We welcome your input!
Plot Summary:
Manay Po tells the story of Luz, a small time jeweler who dreams of making it big so as to provide a better life for her family. Her life revolves around her brood of three, namely, Oscar, Orson and Orwell and her live-in boyfriend Gerry. With the help of her good friend and maid Maritess, Luz was able to raise her children normally despite the absence of a husband. In spite of her children's questionable sexualities, their family paints a picture of a happy family - a home filled with laughter and unconditional love.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Best tv shows and movies like Manay Po! (2006):
Similar in 84%
Bilibid Gays (1981)
Plot Summary:
a film by Jose 'Pepe' Wenceslao.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: spoof, parody
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 85%
Manay Po! 2 Overload (2008)
Plot Summary:
Luzviminda Dimagiba (Cherry Pie Picache) and her three gay sons: Oscar (Polo Ravales), Orson (John Prats) and Orwell (Jiro Manio) are back! And now they want to add a new member to their outrageous family – a cute little baby to make their new home happy and complete! But babies don’t just really just fall from heaven or can be fetched from a river, so when the Dimagibas are figuring out this dilemma, Bette (Rufa Mae Quinto) – the ditzy baby maker just came right on time to provide the answer.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 76%
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (1982)
Plot Summary:
Two back-to-back stories that deals with two "taboo" themes, the celibacy of the clergy in the episode of Renato Pozzetto and the homosexuality in the one with Nino Manfredi.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 84%
Children of Hannibal (1998)
Plot Summary:
Domenico, a bank robber, and Tommaso, the hostage, escape to the south of Italy meeting a gay policeman.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 78%
Jack & Jill (1987)
Plot Summary:
When the old man became ill Jack took over her father's job of chauffeuring for a handsome millionaire whose rather eccentric mother had decided to adopt Jill so she could fulfill her dream of having a daughter. But Jill was really Jack's sister or brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags:
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 89%
Mano Po 4: Ako Legal Wife (2005)
Plot Summary:
When Chona Chong (Zsa Zsa Padilla) learns that her wealthy husband Elton (Jay Manalo) is having an affair with two younger women (Cherry Pie Picache and Rufa Mae Quinto) -- and has even fathered a child with one of them -- her once-perfect life lies in ruins. Numbing the pain with Botox, liposuction and breast implants works well enough, at first. But then her only son (John Prats) drops another bomb: He thinks he might be gay.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tagalog
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 90%
Paz! (2002)
Plot Summary:
A bunch of students live in an apartment in Bologna, during the 70's. This is a 24-hour sample of their ordinary life, where, between marjuana, school, university, girls and political contrasts, spectators can get a nice and colourful picture of that time, of those people and of their ideas and problems. Crazy, halucinated, somehow "Trainspotting Italian style", this movie was taken from comic strips by Andrea Pazienza and it respects very well their atmosphere and style.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 81%
Beverly Kills (2005)
Plot Summary:
Whacked-out, muscle-bound, cross-dressing actor Beverly Jackson has been rejected for a role in Pride Playhouses nude theatrical production of "Balls Out." Furious, Beverly decides to form a diabolical cult of revenge! Meanwhile, back at the Playhouse, adorable employee Shane falls right into the arms of Ray, a lighting designer, and the two are swept into Beverly's bizarre scheme. Featuring lots of cuties, a hot romance and a twisted drag queen, you are guaranteed loads of laughs with this riotous comedy from the twisted mind of filmmaker Damion Dietz.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 77%
Go Go Crazy (2011)
Plot Summary:
The mockumentary follows the contests, judges, and hostess of a go go boy dancing contest. With a little sex, sabotage, and a few dirty tricks, this movie will turn you on, bend you over with laughter and then give you a happy ending.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: mockumentary
Similar in 80%
G.A.Y. (Good As You) (2012)
Plot Summary:
Eight characters meet during New Year 's Eve , inexorably crossing their lives. Four men and four women, gay , lesbian and bisexual , dealing with everyday life, sentimental and working problems, jealousy and betrayals. "Good As You", acrostic of the word " gay ", was the slogan used by the homosexual movement in the sixties of the twentieth century , during the protest marches.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: queer cinema
Similar in 82%
Fag Hag (1998)
Plot Summary:
Fag Hag is the touching inspirational story of how two hopeless no-talent losers find each other in a cruel world, and through the strength of their deep bond are empowered to become two hopeless no-talent losers. Featuring a tour de force performance cameo by Wil Wheaton (Stand by Me, TV’s Star Trek: Next Generation) as a Christian bookstore manager, Fag Hag pays homage to John Waters while launching a bold new message to the gay community. The film is set in Hope Springs, CA where we meet Destiny Rutt (Stephanie Orff; RESPECT MY ASS), a pathological liar and last place shoe-in for the first annual Miss Hope Springs Pageant. When Destiny meets Scott Bushey – a gay drifter whose ambition is to make it big as the worlds first white HIV-positive rap star “T-Cell”, the two make fast friends and resolve “to take this town of outdated gay guys by storm!”.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, cult film
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 78%
Bowser Makes a Movie (2005)
Plot Summary:
After quitting school and being fired from every possible job Bowser shocks his parents with an unexpected News Flash. "Mom , Dad, I know what I am going to be, I want to be a porn director". Dad freaks out Mom freaks out and we are all off to a good start. Now all Bowser and his partner in crime need is a simple thing called money. No problem! After mortgaging his parents house, then losing the cash on the train, only to see it pop up on the evening news, the boys go to the mob as the last resort. This is a royal mess. A comedy with more twists and turns then a Chicago Pretzel.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 77%
Do It Like An Hombre (2017)
Plot Summary:
Raúl, Eduardo and Santiago have led a happy and "straight" life since their childhood, until, one day, Santiago confesses to them that he is gay.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Chile, Mexico
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, light, captivating, entertaining, crying, homoerotic, queer cinema
Similar in 79%
My Big Gay Italian Wedding (2018)
Plot Summary:
A father, who calls himself "open" and tolerant and fights against any form of discrimination, reveals himself as not so liberal when his son announces the engagement to his partner. Overwhelmed by the news, he regresses into the most fierce opponent of same sex marriage, and tries to undermine his son's happiness with a series of embarrassing situations.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, feel good, captivating, gay cinema, queer cinema
Similar in 90%
Too Much Sun (1990)
Plot Summary:
A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy
Similar in 84%
Sisterakas (2012)
Plot Summary:
A man takes revenge on his sister by hiring her as his personal assistant.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: humorous, psychological, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Similar in 88%
Six Pack (2011)
Plot Summary:
High school is almost over and four friends are going their separate ways as they go to college. But they have one more chance to spend some time together: Inspection 12, their favorite band, is playing one last concert in Jacksonville, FL.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, independent film
Similar in 86%
Bromance: My Brother's Romance (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young man is forced to pretend to be his estranged gay brother in order to keep a major business from falling through. Though he has always hated his brother, the young man gains a new appreciation as he lives his brother's life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, feel good, humorous, queer cinema
Similar in 77%
Bekikang: My Gay Mother (2013)
Plot Summary:
Bekikang is left and abandoned with a baby boy by friend, Fortunato. He loves and raises the child as his own flesh and blood. When things are going so well between Bekikang and the child, Fortunato and the mother of the child after years of absence reappear to take the child back.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 84%
Eating Out: The Open Weekend (2011)
Plot Summary:
Zack and Benji open their relationship for a weekend of fun at a gay resort in Palm Springs but the arrival of Zack's ex-boyfriend, Casey, complicates things.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, sexy, realistic, not serious, erotic, independent film, sexual, sex comedy, queer cinema
Similar in 82%
Steam Room Stories: The Movie! (2019)
Plot Summary:
Failing cosmetics magnate Sally Fay (Traci Lords) will stop at nothing to possess the waters of the Steam Room to help lift her sagging empire. What she doesn’t count on is the Steam Room Guys banding together to thwart her evil plans.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, sexy, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining, queer cinema
Similar in 86%
Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011)
Plot Summary:
With raging boy hormones and the laugh quotient turned on full, Chris Salvatore and Daniel Skelton return, along with Rebekah Kochan and cult icon Mink Stole in the fourth installment of Q. Allan Brocka's hilarious and over-the-top sexual antic-laden Eating Out series!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, not serious, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, erotic, funny, touching, independent film
Similar in 81%
Guidance (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fabricating credentials to score a last-ditch job as a high school guidance counsellor, a boozing, drug-addled former child star becomes an improbable hit with his students by dispensing the worst advice possible, in this hilarious reprobate comedy from writer-director-star Pat Mills.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, feel good, queer cinema
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 76%
Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
Plot Summary:
When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie (Scotti) decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the personals, he notices GWM. And thinking it "Guy with Money," he heads to the Village and the apartment of gay actor Warren (Barrile), who's in desperate need of this month's rent.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, talky, offbeat, feel good, realistic, witty, semi serious, funny, light
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 85%
Soft Hearts (1998)
Plot Summary:
When Annie sets her sights on her co-worker Ron she gets a few drinks in him at an office party and then has her way with him in car. A few weeks later she's expecting and is ready to set up housekeeping. Only problem? Ron's boyfriend Nick doesn't like the idea.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tagalog, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, queer cinema
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 82%
Dating My Mother (2017)
Plot Summary:
Dating My Mother explores the intimate and sometimes tumultuous relationship between a single mother and her gay son as they navigate the dizzying world of online dating.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, queer cinema
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 85%
We Think the World of You (1988)
Plot Summary:
An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of prison, he has to face difficulties at home. Added to this, is the fact that he may have to give up Evie to Frank.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, offbeat, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious, eighties, cult film
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 87%
29th and Gay (2005)
Plot Summary:
Following a year in the life of James Sanchez, it's a story about a guy rapidly approaching thirty, who doesn't have a six-pack, full head of hair or a boyfriend. While his best friend Roxy, an actress-turned-activist, struggles with showing him there's life beyond the glitz of the disco ball, his other friend, Brandon, one of those gay boys comfortable in his own gay skin, works on getting James to at least talk to a boy. Feeling out of place in the world of circuit boys, caught between his Hispanic-American heritage and being gay, we watch James find his place in the world, realizing that life is in the journey, not the destination.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, sexy, feel good, independent film, sexual
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 90%
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! (2009)
Plot Summary:
Comedy - Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 954
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, not serious, independent film, queer cinema
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 86%
Boyfriends (1996)
Plot Summary:
Paul, Matt, and Will (in their 30s) have been friends for years. They converge at the seaside for the weekend, each with a boyfriend in tow. Paul is with Ben, his companion of five years: their relationship is on the rocks after months of Paul's moodiness since his brother Mark died. Matt brings Owen, whom he's dated for three months and wants to live with; to everyone else, they seem singularly.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)