Best movies like Peggy Sue Got Married
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Plot Summary:
Peggy Sue faints at a Highschool reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sweet, sentimental, light, touching, melancholic, feel good, semi serious, talky, cult classic, funny
Best tv shows and movies like Peggy Sue Got Married (1986):
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Three Wishes (1995)
Plot Summary:
While Jane Holman (Mastrantonio) is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack McCloud (Swayze), who breaks his leg. Being responsible, Jane invites Jack, and his dog, to stay at her home until his leg has healed. Jack struggles to adapt their lifestyle, and finds himself loved by the family. He starts teaching baseball to Tom, who misses his father, who was lost in the Korean war. Jack and Tom develop a strong bond of friendship. Meanwhile, Gunny believes that there is more to Jack and Betty Jane than meets the eye... We learn that Jack, is Jack McCloud, a Star White Socks baseball player in 1941, who dropped out of the league, after his first season, and; "was never heard from again" ... A wonderful story. We witness magic between a boy's imagination, and Jack's dog, and are never sure if we are witnessing imagination or magic by the dog. A story of friendship, family, and learning that life isn't always as cut and dried as we often believe.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, fairy tale, entertaining, cult classic, surprise ending, humorous, semi serious, independent film
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Before You Say 'I Do' (2009)
Plot Summary:
George Murray's fiancée Jane Gardner gets cold feet after accepting his ring, terrorized by her first wedding with Doug, who cheated that very day with their wedding coordinator. After a car crash, George finds himself 10 years in the past, just days before Doug's day.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, feel good, sex comedy
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How I Married My High School Crush (2007)
Plot Summary:
A high-school girl makes a wish to marry her crush, the star of the football team who doesn't even know she's alive. Then a solar eclipse magically transports them 17 years into the future to the day of their wedding.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, touching, offbeat, semi serious
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Camille Rewinds (2012)
Plot Summary:
Camille was only sixteen and still in high school when she fell in love with Eric, another student. They later married and a child and were happy for a while. But now twenty-five years have passed and Eric leaves her for a younger woman. Bitter and desperate Camille drinks so much liquor at a New Year Eve's party that she falls into an ethylic coma and she finds herself... propelled into her own past! Camille is sixteen again when she wakes up this morning, her parents are not dead anymore and she must go to school, where she will meet her schoolmates and, of course, Eric. Is she going to fall for him again and... be miserable twenty-five years later? Or will she avoid him with the result never having her beloved daughter? Who ever said that time traveling was fun?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, feel good
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The Heavenly Kid (1985)
Plot Summary:
When Bobby dies in a car accident he is not allowed to enter heaven but has to stay in one of the lower levels until he has worked enough as an guardian angel in order to deserve paradise. One of his jobs is Lenny, a gifted boy, who loves his schoolmate Sharon who is the most beautiful girl of the class. But she does not even notice him so that he is about to commit suicide. Bobby prevents this and dresses Lenny up making him a playboy and tough guy so that he gets what he wants although Bobby knows that this is not the best. Thinking that his job is done, Bobby realizes that Lenny's mother is his former girlfriend who has married another guy. Although not being allowed he makes himself visible to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, feel good, independent film, humorous, semi serious, inspirational, nostalgic
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10 Years (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, sweet, light, melancholic, semi serious, romantic comedy, funny, realistic, satirical
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Still Breathing (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two lost souls: she a con-artist in L.A.; he a puppeteer in San Antonio have the same dream linking each with the other. He travels to L.A. to find this woman he has become obsessed with. She resists, afraid of his kooky ideas until she travels with him to San Antonio and meets his wise grandmother. Story of two disparate people linked by "fate" gets increasingly interesting as it rolls along.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, romantic, cult classic, heartbreaking, indie film, humorous, independent film
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Shag - More Dancing (1988)
Plot Summary:
Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: retro, sex comedy, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, sexy
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Palm Springs (2020)
Plot Summary:
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, feel good, entertaining, touching, twisted, light, humorous, captivating, romantic comedy
Similar in 78%
The Love Letter (1998)
Plot Summary:
20th century computer games designer Scott exchanges love letters with 19th century poet Elizabeth Whitcomb through an antique desk that can make letters travel through time.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: heartbreaking, sentimental, touching, heartfelt, semi serious, sexy, period drama, hot
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Sliding Doors (1998)
Plot Summary:
Gwyneth Paltrow plays London publicist Helen, effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. All come into focus as the two stories shift back and forth, overlap and surprisingly converge.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, clever, sentimental, sweet, touching, semi serious, entertaining, cute, mind twisting
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If Only (2004)
Plot Summary:
After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), a grief-stricken British businessman, Ian Wyndham, living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, touching, emotional, sad, sincere, feel good, heartbreaking, thought provoking, captivating
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Moonstruck (1987)
Plot Summary:
Cher is devastatingly funny, sinuous and beautiful as Loretta, an unlucky-in-love Italian widow who finds romance through the intervention of the Manhattan moon. With her wedding to a close friend just weeks away, she meets - and falls hopelessly in love with - his younger brother (Cage)!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, sentimental, light, touching, humorous, sweet, melancholic, romantic comedy, clever
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The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
Plot Summary:
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 156000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, sentimental, emotional, sad, sincere, tear jerker, sweet, heartbreaking, romantic comedy
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Valley Girl (1983)
Plot Summary:
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, slang, humorous, witty, semi serious, sex comedy, cult classic, teen sex comedy, funny
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Midnight in Paris (2011)
Plot Summary:
A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 444000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, melancholic, surreal, romantic, sweet, sentimental, inspirational, light, witty, stylized
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Raising Helen (2004)
Plot Summary:
Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies. But suddenly her free-spirited life gets turned upside down when she must chose between the life she's always loved, and the new loves of her life!.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, feel good, touching, entertaining, funny, sweet, cute, humorous, realistic
Similar in 82%
17 Again (2009)
Plot Summary:
On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside the body of a teenager, Mike actually has the chance to reverse some decisions he wishes he'd never made. But maybe they weren't so bad after all.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 213000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, entertaining, funny, light, teen, romantic comedy, cute, humorous, heartbreaking
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Click (2006)
Plot Summary:
A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 351000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: inspirational, humorous, funny, feel good, hilarious, romantic comedy, weeping, sad, surprise ending, romantic
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Big (1988)
Plot Summary:
A young boy, Josh Baskin makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman. What will he find out about this strange world?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 236000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, sweet, touching, funny, entertaining, humorous, captivating, clever, romantic comedy, cute
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500 Days of Summer (2009)
Plot Summary:
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 546000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sweet, romantic, touching, independent film, sentimental, emotional, feel good, sad, offbeat, realistic
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10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Plot Summary:
Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, are eager, so Joey fixes Kat up with Patrick, a new kid in town just bitter enough for Kat.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 373000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, teen, entertaining, light, humorous, witty, romantic comedy, funny, cute, sexy
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The First Time (2012)
Plot Summary:
Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a girl he can’t have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a hot boyfriend who doesn’t quite understand her or seem to care. Although they go to different schools, Dave and Aubrey find themselves at the same party. When both head outside to get some air, they meet. A casual conversation sparks an instant connection, and, over the course of a weekend, things turn magical, romantic, complicated, and funny as Aubrey and Dave discover what it's like to fall in love for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, sincere, touching, realistic, light, feel good, sweet, teen, witty
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About Time (2013)
Plot Summary:
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 377000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, sincere, sentimental, reflective, melancholic, emotional, romantic, cute, humorous
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Pleasantville (1998)
Plot Summary:
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: black and white, touching, humorous, feel good, surreal, visual, light, talky, semi serious, clever
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Groundhog Day (1993)
Plot Summary:
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer and mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 670000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: feel good, philosophical, romantic, humorous, sentimental, hilarious, surreal, clever, funny, sweet
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The Lake House (2006)
Plot Summary:
A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 156000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, sweet, sincere, touching, feel good, romantic drama, light, romantic comedy, cute
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Kate & Leopold (2001)
Plot Summary:
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, touching, light, sweet, romantic comedy, sentimental, semi serious, funny, cute
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Say Anything... (1989)
Plot Summary:
A budding romance between noble underachiever Lloyd Dobler and high school valedictorian Diane Court is threatened when Diane's overly possessive, disapproving father interferes with their relationship. With a prized scholarship to study abroad hanging in the balance, Diane must find a way to make both men happy.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, sweet, light, romantic, teen, romantic comedy, humorous, sentimental, cult classic, touching
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The Family Man (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself at a crossroad where he must choose between his high-power career and the woman he loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 117000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, inspirational, sweet, sentimental, sincere, contemplative, romantic, humorous, romantic comedy