Movies like Flies (2026)

8 films to watch after Flies, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

Olga lives a strictly regulated life without attachments in a vast apartment block. When out of financial necessity she rents a room in her apartment to a man who also sneaks-in his nine-year-old son, an unlikely bond forms. Her carefully controlled world begins to shift, and their lives become intertwined against her will.

1

What Maisie Knew (2013)

Fit 66%

Shares Drama with Flies.

In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new partners to strengthen their legal standing, Maisie is shuttled back and forth in an endless game of emotional point-scoring. Yet amid the chaos and upheaval, Maisie begins to find true comfort and affection in her new step-parents.
2

Instructions Not Included (2013)

Fit 62%

Shares Comedy and Drama with Flies.

Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.
3

Inseparables (2016)

Fit 56%

Shares Drama and Comedy with Flies.

Felipe a wealthy businessman who has been quadriplegic, due to an accident, is looking for a therapeutic assistant. There are several highly qualified, but he decides to take the assistant of his gardener, Tito who has decided to resign.
4

The Parts You Lose (2019)

Fit 48%

Shares Drama with Flies.

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
5

53 Sundays (2026)

Fit 45%

Shares Comedy and Drama with Flies.

When three siblings agree to meet and discuss their aging father's future, their reunion spirals into bickering, bantering and reliving old grudges.
6

A Dog Year (2009)

Fit 45%

Shares Comedy and Drama with Flies.

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends him a border collie that's undisciplined because of abuse. Despite a series of mishaps, Jon decides to keep trying with the dog, and he rents a dilapidated farm house to give the dog room to run. A local handyman refers Jon to a woman who might be able to help him train the dog. Reluctantly, Jon gives her a try. Is the dog the problem, or the owner?
7

Therapy Done Right (2026)

Fit 43%

Shares Comedy and Drama with Flies.

A psychoanalyst who's lost faith in traditional therapy crosses every boundary to help a blocked novelist in this cutting Argentine dark comedy.
8

Nothing in Common (1986)

Fit 40%

Shares Drama and Comedy with Flies.

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.