Best movies like Can't Buy My Love
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Plot Summary:
Lilly, a hard working EMT, is only focused on her job and getting into medical school. So when wealthy slacker Jeff enters her life it throws her off course. At first, Lilly wants nothing to do with Jeff or his sense of entitlement and lack of direction. As she spends more time with him, she starts to realize that you can’t always judge a book by its cover.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, scenic, colorful, romantic, colourful
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Love in the Sun (2019)
Plot Summary:
When successful dating app creator Alana hesitantly gets engaged, she returns to her hometown in Florida to deliver the news to her dad. Upon returning home, she crosses paths with her former flame, Kai, and finds herself falling in love with the fun and adventurous lifestyle tied to her community. As Alana and Kai work together to help her dad restore his declining property, Alana finds herself conflicted as to whether or not her current way of living makes her happier than the home and community that she always knew and loved.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, touching, sweet
Similar in 81%
Puppy Swap: Love Unleashed (2019)
Plot Summary:
An engaged couple adopts two puppies but when they decide to split up, the puppies hatch a plan to bring the two back together.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 82%
Accidentally Engaged (2016)
Plot Summary:
When unsuccessful actress Clarissa returns to her hometown for a wedding and tries to impress her old friends by claiming she's dating big time celebrity Chas Hunter, she suddenly finds herself in a comically false engagement when her lies go public and Chas decides to join the festivities in a stunt to escape bad press.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, captivating
Similar in 89%
Den Brother (2010)
Plot Summary:
Alex Pearson has a lot to learn about teamwork. As the star of the Lemon Oaks hockey team, Alex almost always has his way on and off the ice. That ism until he pulls a stunt so outrageous not even his own coach can give him a pass. His punishment? Suspension from the team, a never-ending list of chores and a job watching his little sister Emily after school.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, romantic, captivating, realistic, stylized, entertaining
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Reading, Writing & Romance (2013)
Plot Summary:
Struggling actor Wayne Wenders has to look for other options to pay his increasingly late rent and ends up interviewing for a gig teaching Shakespeare at the local high school. Wayne is soon surprising himself with his love of the job—and for fellow English teacher Amy. He must ultimately decide if his dreams of stardom are really worth sacrificing everything for.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 791
Genere: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, sweet, captivating, emotional
Similar in 89%
Pizza My Heart (2005)
Plot Summary:
Another modern spin-off of Romeo & Juliet, this time about two families who each run rivaling pizza restaurants in New Jersey.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, light, romantic, captivating, realistic, entertaining
Similar in 79%
Love by the Book (2015)
Plot Summary:
Bookstore owner Emma believes in fairy tales. Although she has yet to be swept away by prince charming, she sees real knight in shining armor potential with a new suitor, Landon. As Emma balances time with Landon and saving her bookstore with once irritating business consultant, Eric, however, she weighs storybook romance against genuine commitment. While she sorts out her feelings toward Landon and Eric, as well as toward love and romance, Emma begins to realize that fairytale endings aren't always by the book.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, emotional, fairy tale, feel good, entertaining
Similar in 88%
Come Dance with Me (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jack (Andrew McCarthy) is an executive in a financial brokerage firm trying to impress the firm’s president, Drew Clayton (Chris Gillett), in hopes of a promotion. However, Jack is dating the fabulously rich and elegant Demi Clayton (Stephanie Mills), who happens to be Drew’s daughter. Although Demi’s mother Clarisse (Jane Moffat) doesn’t necessarily approve of Jack and would prefer her daughter to date a man within their social circle, Jack still plans on proposing. Trying to create the perfect proposal, Jack signs up for dance lessons in preparation for his proposal to Demi at her father’s lavish annual Christmas Dance. But when sparks start to fly between Jack and his dance instructor, Christine (Michelle Nolden), Jack will have to make some important decisions before it is too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, light, captivating, humorous, sentimental, semi serious
Similar in 82%
Christmas Matchmakers (2019)
Plot Summary:
It’s the week after Thanksgiving when Jen, a personal assistant, and Jon, an advertising exec, happen to sit next to each other in the food court and bond over mutual problems with their bosses.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
Similar in 77%
Christmas Joy (2018)
Plot Summary:
Joy Holbrook, is a corporate market researcher, gunning for a promotion within her firm. Just as her company's CEO is taking notice, Joy finds out her Aunt Ruby has broken her ankle and will be undergoing surgery. Despite the less than opportune timing, Joy makes her way back home to Crystal Falls, NC to be with her Aunt. Stars seem to be aligned as Joy sees her former crush, Ben Andrews, while at the hospital. At first, Joy is focused solely on helping her Aunt heal; even taking over her position as chair of the local Cookie Crawl competition. Eventually, she begins to let Ben in and remembers there's no place like home for the holidays. The pair work together on the Cookie Crawl to make the event a success.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, emotional
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Christmas Next Door (2017)
Plot Summary:
Eric Randall, an author of bachelor lifestyle books, is left in charge of his young niece and nephew for the holidays. Eric turns to his neighbor April, a lover of all things Christmas, for help.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic, emotional
Similar in 81%
Baby's First Christmas (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a pair of feuding colleagues, Kyle and Jenna are thrown together after their siblings, Jim and Trisha fall in love, they have to learn to get along in time for their nephew's birth on Christmas. Realizing Jim and Trisha have major money troubles, Kyle and Jenna band together to help and end up on a snowy New York adventure that will prove miracles really do happen at Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining
Similar in 81%
Perfect on Paper (2014)
Plot Summary:
Portland book editor Natalie Holland has chosen the wrong guy – another underachiever – once again. With her life going nowhere fast, she accepts a job offer from publisher and friend Avery Goldstein and moves to Los Angeles. A woman of depth and principle, Portland chic Natalie is a fish out of water in LA. Things only get worse when she learns she’s been hired to edit the latest romance novel from bestselling author Beverly Wilcox, a powerful, glamorous and intimidating figure straight out of "The Devil Wears Prada".
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, sweet, lyrical, emotional, sex comedy, romantic comedy, cute
Similar in 84%
Love in Design (2018)
Plot Summary:
In need of a shakeup on her home-makeover TV show, star Hannah is sent to her small New England hometown to renovate the historical Lewisburg Manor. When old flame Jeff is assigned to make sure Hannah's design preserves the historical manor, the two must find harmony between the old and the new.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, entertaining, emotional
Similar in 86%
A Royal Christmas Engagement (2020)
Plot Summary:
A Manhattan ad agency boss, John Holiday, entrusts Lauren to deliver the big pre-holiday client pitch, but only winds up annoying her when she’s teamed up with a European consultant. To Lauren's surprise, this consultant turns out to be the handsome Prince Edward of Candashire, masquerading as his consultant pal to escape his royal duties for an incognito American Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, light, feel good, sweet, scenic
Similar in 88%
On the Line (2001)
Plot Summary:
'N Sync heartthrobs Lance Bass and Joey Fatone stretch their thespian muscles in their acting debut. A young man (Bass) is smitten with a girl (Emmanuelle Chriqui) he meets on a subway train and spends the rest of the movie trying to reunite with her. The man's best friend (Fatone) helps him in his quest by wallpapering Chicago with posters and signs that soon become the talk of the town.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, touching, feel good, humorous, not serious, sentimental, realistic, romantic, romantic comedy, sexy
Similar in 75%
Brimming with Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
Allie is an aspiring journalist who meets Sam, a coffee shop owner who plays matchmaker for his customers. Allie agrees to be matched but going though Sam's process causes her to see that her perfect match might just be the matchmaker himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 76%
Love at the Shore (2017)
Plot Summary:
Single mom Jenna Thompson only five weeks to deliver her next teen novel to her publisher. So, this year's annual beach vacation with her kids will be a working vacation. Upon arrival, the family soon meets their new next-door neighbor, confident, devil-may-care surfer Lucas McKinnon.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, emotional
Similar in 82%
A Midnight Kiss (2018)
Plot Summary:
With only one week to prepare, Lisa Patterson and her family of party planners are given the biggest job in their company’s history: a New Year’s Eve party for tech entrepreneur Megan Clark. But when her brother breaks his leg and her parents head off on a planned vacation, Lisa must reluctantly enlist the help of her brother’s visiting college buddy, David Campos, to help her pull off the event which just so happens to fall on her favorite day of the year. But what Lisa didn’t plan on was falling in love in the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 948
Genere: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy
Similar in 80%
Royal Matchmaker (2018)
Plot Summary:
A struggling NYC matchmaker is hired by a king to find his son a suitable wife in time for a national celebration. As the clock ticks towards her deadline, the matchmaker finds him the perfect wife -- only to realize that she’s fallen in love with him!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sincere, touching
Similar in 85%
A Royal Christmas (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young working girl with a blue-collar background is surprised when her new fiancé announces he is actually a prince of a small sovereign country in Europe. After the couple quickly takes off to spend the holidays at his family’s sprawling, royal castle, she must work hard to win over her disapproving and unaccepting future mother-in-law—the Queen—and find out if love truly can conquer all.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sweet, sentimental, colorful, realistic, cute, romantic comedy, colourful
Similar in 78%
The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon (2008)
Plot Summary:
At last! The newly crowned King of Denmark, Edward, and his wife and Queen, Dr. Paige Morgan, find time to fly to Belavia for their secret honeymoon. What better way to spend the Christmas holidays than at a fabulous ski resort? But as they take a tour of Belavia's natural beauty, Eddie and Paige discover that the evil Prime Minister Polonius has given orders to bulldoze the precious forests - to drill for oil. Then, the couple bump into Paige's ex-boyfriend, Scott. Eddie immediately becomes jealous - furthermore he suspects Scott cannot be trusted. Paige and Eddie must do everything they can to save the forest, even if it means putting aside their honeymoon.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, teen, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 79%
StarStruck (2010)
Plot Summary:
Jessica Olsen goes to Los Angeles with nothing more in mind that visiting her grandparents while her sister tries to meet Christopher Wilde. One night she meets Christopher Wilde. They go an an adventure around Los Angeles and start to like each other. When Jessica returns home, Christopher, on national TV, says he doesn't know her, and never met her.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, realistic, semi serious, teen, humorous, funny, scenic, cute, romantic comedy
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A Taste of Romance (2012)
Plot Summary:
Uptight French chef, Sara Westbrook, gets fired up when her upscale café, Chez Varenne, is suddenly overshadowed by a new restaurant moving in next door run by a group of rowdy firemen. Led by handsome former fire fighter Gill Callahan and his friend Danny, The Five Alarm Grill is soon a big success while Sara and Patsy, her pastry chef, struggle to bring in customers. Sara suddenly softens when she meets Gill's ten-year-old daughter Hannah. Ignoring the obvious tension between her dad and Sara, Hannah is soon playing matchmaker. Can Gill and Sara's burgeoning romance survive the temptation to compete with each other, or will the heat of competition drive them apart?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, sweet, funny, emotional, cute, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Can You Keep a Secret? (2019)
Plot Summary:
Emma Corrigan, a girl with a few secrets on a turbulent plane ride, thinks she’s about to die, Emma spills them all to the handsome stranger sitting next to her. At least, she thought he was a stranger. But then, her company’s young and elusive CEO, arrives at the office. It’s him. And he knows every single humiliating detail about Emma.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sweet, captivating, funny, feel good, humorous
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Little Manhattan (2005)
Plot Summary:
Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not be going to public school any more. Gabe has a lot more to learn about life, love, and girls.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: touching, romantic, feel good, sentimental, sweet, heartbreaking, romantic comedy, humorous, emotional, teen
Similar in 85%
Geek Charming (2011)
Plot Summary:
Dylan Schoenfield is the pink princess of the upscale Los Angeles Woodlands Academy. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new it bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her Serge Sanchez bag into a fountain, this princess comes face-to-face with her own personal frog, self-professed film geek Josh Rosen. In return for rescuing Dylan's bag, Josh convinces Dylan to let him film her for his documentary on high school popularity. Reluctantly, Dylan lets F-list Josh into her A-list world, and is shocked to realize that sometimes nerds can be pretty cool. But when Dylan's so-called prince charming of a boyfriend dumps her flat, her life and her social status comes to a crashing halt. Can Dylan win the Woodlands Academy Fall Formal Blossom Queen crown? Can Josh win the Woodlands Academy 10th Annual Film Festival? Can Dylan, with Josh's help, pull the pieces together to create her own happily-ever-after?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, semi serious, teen, heartbreaking, sincere, captivating, touching
Similar in 79%
The Prince & Me (2004)
Plot Summary:
A fairy tale love-story about pre-med student Paige who falls in love with a Danish Prince "Eddie" who refused to follow the traditions of his parents and has come to the US to quench his thirst for rebellion. Paige and Edward come from two different worlds, but there is an undeniable attraction between them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, feel good, romantic comedy, cute, teen, sweet, light, realistic, humorous
Similar in 81%
Puppy Love (2012)
Plot Summary:
When single mom Megan Nolan moves to a new town, she feels guilty for uprooting her ten-year-old daughter Caitlin. Seeing that the little girl's only friend is a neighbor's dog, Megan decides to adopt a shelter pet for Caitlin. She immediately regrets her decision when Caitlin gravitates to the biggest, sloppiest dog in the pound, Jake. Megan's beautiful new home is now in shambles and, as Megan considers returning Jake to the shelter, handsome ballplayer Ben shows up claiming Jake is his dog, the regrettable outcome of his roommate leaving a gate open. Megan and Ben butt heads. Ben wants to take his dog and leave, until he sees that Caitlin loves Jake as much as he ever could. Now it is clear: the pound puppy everyone loves deserves no less than joint custody.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, light, captivating, humorous, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 79%
The Perfect Date (2019)
Plot Summary:
No beau? No problem! To earn money for college, a high schooler creates a dating app that lets him act as a stand-in boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sincere, emotional, cute, teen, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious