Best movies like Just Wright
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies similar to Just Wright? Provide your insights to direct others to films and tv series you've seen before that may also grip them. Support increasing the group of people raising videos among one another. We appreciate your participation!
Plot Summary:
A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, realistic, humorous, semi serious, romantic, romantic comedy, black comedy, independent film, black cinema
Best tv shows and movies like Just Wright (2010):
Similar in 77%
A Bride for Christmas (2012)
Plot Summary:
Bride-to-be Jessie Patterson calls off her third engagement - during the ceremony! She swears off serious relationships, until she meets and is pursued by Aiden MacTiernan. Aiden, on the other hand, has bet his friends he is marriage material, and can find a fiancé in the four weeks leading up to Christmas. When Jessie and Aiden begin to fall for each other, Jessie must decide if she is ready for serious love, and Aiden must decide if his bet is worth risking his relationship with Jessie.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, humorous, light, sincere, cute, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 79%
Love & Basketball (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young African-American couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama. Quincy McCall (Omar Epps) and Monica Wright (Sanaa Lathan) grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. They've followed the game all their lives and have no small amount of talent on the court. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: touching, sexy, uplifting, romantic, intense, sentimental, hood, tear jerker, cute, teen
Similar in 75%
If Lucy Fell (1996)
Plot Summary:
Joe and Lucy are roommates and best friends. Lucy, whose love life is embarrassingly dull, convinces Joe, who is infatuated with a neighbor he's never met, that if they don't have stable romances within a month, they must jump off the Brooklyn Bridge.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, sweet, melancholic, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, offbeat, funny
Similar in 83%
Touch and Go (1986)
Plot Summary:
An ice hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother. A romantic plot ensues, as well as a confrontation with the gang leaders.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, sincere, emotional, light, captivating, independent film, touching, realistic, semi serious
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 87%
Something New (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kenya McQueen, a corporate lawyer finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spirited landscaper.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, light, sweet, sincere, humorous, romantic comedy, entertaining, erotic, feel good
Similar in 88%
Never Again (2001)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman who have pledged never to fall in love again meet in a gay bar.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 967
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, witty, semi serious, romantic, independent film, romantic comedy, realistic
Similar in 83%
Eddie (1996)
Plot Summary:
Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, inspirational, entertaining, feel good, retro, black comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting
Similar in 75%
To the Mat (2011)
Plot Summary:
To the Mat tells the story of a laid-back ex-wrestler (Ricky Schroder) who's trying to keep his family's down-and-out Southern wrestling school above water. When his mother hires an uptight Wall Street consultant from New York (Laura Bell Bundy) to help get the books in order, these two opposites must find a way to get along and save the family business.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, sincere, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 79%
The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream (2008)
Plot Summary:
A world class ice skater eager to take the top prize in the biggest competition around finds his dreams going up in flames after his partner suffers a debilitating injury in this romantic sports drama starring Matt Lanter, Francia Rosa, and Christy Carlson Romano. Zack (Lanter) was headed for the gold when his partner suffered an injury that made competing impossible, but could a feisty female hockey player prove the key to keeping his illustrious career on track? Alexandra is an amateur Latina hockey player who has never skated professionally and doesn't much care for Zack, though a little determination goes a long way in helping Zack convince her to join him on the ice. Now, as this unlikely pair begins the arduous training process that could make them both bona-fide superstars, the girl with the icy attitude finds her handsome partner's warmth and charm bringing about a most unexpected thaw.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, semi serious, humorous, romantic, saga, teen
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 90%
Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
Plot Summary:
Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas is disrupted by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, talky, semi serious, christian film, romantic, black comedy, black cinema
Similar in 85%
Three Can Play That Game (2007)
Plot Summary:
Shanté Smith has moved to Atlanta where she's the Love Doctor, helping women get their men to the altar. Tiffany calls her after she catches her boyfriend, Byron, in a clinch with his boss, Carla, just after he wins a competition similar to "The Apprentice." Shanté initiates a five-step program for Tiffany while Byron seeks advice from his best friend, Gizzard. The five steps include her meeting his family and her offering and withholding sex; Byron and Gizzard respond with their own strategies. Then, Bryon consults Shanté: has the Love Doctor switched sides? And, what happens if Byron finds out that Tiffany's playing games? Can true love run without a play book?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 886
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, black comedy, clever
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 78%
35 and Ticking (2011)
Plot Summary:
Centers around the lives of Victoria, Zenobia, Clevon, and Phil -- all friends approaching the age of 35 and struggling to build the families they've always dreamed of. While Zenobia (Nicole Ari Parker) is still looking for a man, Victoria (Tamala Jones) is married to a man who doesn't want children. Clevon (Kevin Hart), meanwhile, is too geeky to get a woman, and Phil (Keith Robinson) is already married with children, but his wife is not very interested in being a mother. All four of them try to rectify their romantic lives and futures while their biological clocks tick away.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sex comedy, black comedy
Similar in 81%
Brown Sugar (2002)
Plot Summary:
Sidney is a writer who's just left her L.A. Times music review gig to edit New York hip-hop magazine XXL. Dre is an executive with a hip-hop record company based in New York. They've known each other since they met as children, when both discovered hip-hop for the first time. Now that they're back together, they should be perfect for each other, except that Dre's about to marry lawyer Reese and Sidney claims not to be interested in Dre romantically. Meanwhile, Dre is growing increasingly restless with his company's focus on profit over artistry, which leads to signing the gimmicky duo Ren and Ten while ignoring the talented Chris.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, intense, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic comedy, clever, sexy, erotic
Similar in 77%
Black Coffee (2014)
Plot Summary:
Robert picked the wrong time to meet his soul mate! After being fired from his own father's company, he feels like his luck has run out - until Morgan enters into his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, feel good, captivating, light, erotic, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, independent film
Similar in 77%
The Best Man (1999)
Plot Summary:
Harper, a writer who's about to explode into the mainstream leaves behind his girlfriend Robin and heads to New York City to serve as best man for his friend Lance's wedding. Once there, he reunites with the rest of his college circle.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, clever, romantic comedy, light, black comedy, hood, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous
Similar in 87%
Our Family Wedding (2010)
Plot Summary:
The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, romantic, black comedy, hispanic, independent film
Similar in 87%
Strictly Business (1991)
Plot Summary:
Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie, a beautiful club-hopping hipster, and quickly falls in love. Realizing he's just not cool enough to attract her on his own, he seeks the help of his friend Bobby, a free-spirited smooth talker who works in the mail room at Waymon's firm and utilizes the predicament as leverage to advance in the company.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: black comedy, hood, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, surprise ending, black cinema
Similar in 87%
Baggage Claim (2013)
Plot Summary:
Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile expedition to charm a potential suitor into becoming her fiancé.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy, teen, happy, road movie
Similar in 80%
The Brothers (2001)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the playboy gets engaged, the other three friends find themselves having to come to terms with their own issues of commitment and honesty.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, melancholic, entertaining, stylized, touching, feel good, romantic comedy, talky, captivating
Similar in 79%
Guess Who (2005)
Plot Summary:
The fiancé of an African-American woman who's met with skepticism and suspicion from her father when she takes him home for the all-important introduction. As the wedding approaches, Dad must come to terms with his future son-in-law.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, funny, entertaining, feel good, hilarious, slapstick, black comedy, erotic, hood
Similar in 82%
Deliver Us from Eva (2003)
Plot Summary:
Eva Dandridge is a very uptight young woman who constantly meddles in the affairs of her sisters and their husbands. Her in-laws, who are tired of Eva interfering in their lives, decide to set her up with someone so she can leave them alone. They end up paying Ray, the local "playboy," $5,000 to date her. The plan goes by smoothly, but troubles comes when Ray actually falls in love with Eva.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic comedy, funny, light, romantic, humorous, teen, erotic, black comedy, hood
Similar in 87%
The Cutting Edge (1992)
Plot Summary:
Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last shot at Olympic glory on one another. That is, of course, if they can keep from killing each other in the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sweet, feel good, light, romantic comedy, teen, humorous, cute, sentimental, touching, romantic
Similar in 79%
Wimbledon (2004)
Plot Summary:
A pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him, he meets a young player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, inspirational, light, sweet, stylized, touching, humorous, semi serious
Similar in 89%
The Back-up Plan (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, romantic comedy, sweet, feel good, touching, funny, teen, semi serious, cute
Similar in 90%
Last Holiday (2006)
Plot Summary:
After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, sentimental, inspirational, romantic, light, sweet, semi serious, romantic comedy, surprise ending
Similar in 76%
The Wedding Planner (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mary Fiore, San Francisco's premiere wedding planner is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client, wealthy Fran Donnolly. As Mary continues making the wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sweet, sentimental, cute, humorous, feel good, entertaining, sincere, captivating
Similar in 78%
Chalet Girl (2011)
Plot Summary:
While working a job at an exclusive ski resort to support her Dad, Kim learns to snowboard and is so good at it that she enters a competition with a huge cash prize. She has to dig deep to overcome her fears, but her life gets more complicated through her spoken-for boss, Jonny.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, Austria
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, witty, realistic, semi serious, teen, touching, romantic, sexy, heartbreaking, independent film
Similar in 85%
Two Can Play That Game (2001)
Plot Summary:
Vivica A. Fox sizzles as a woman scorned who plans to get her man back by any means necessary. In this comedy about players and those who "get played." As corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith, Fox thinks she's got the goods to keep her slickster boyfriend (Morris Chestnut) from straying - until he discovers a greener pasture, Shanté's archrival (Gabrielle Union).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, sexy, satirical, romantic comedy, feel good, clever, talky, black comedy, hood
![blank](http://wpfc.ml/b.gif)
Similar in 83%
27 Dresses (2008)
Plot Summary:
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet, cute, sentimental, funny, teen, humorous
Similar in 75%
Think Like a Man (2012)
Plot Summary:
The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men realize that the women have gotten a hold of their relationship “playbook,” they decide that the best defense is a good offense and come up with a plan to use this information to their advantage.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: sexy, sentimental, feel good, humorous, not serious, realistic, light, romantic, black comedy, funny