Best movies like Someone Great
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Plot Summary:
An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one outrageous last adventure in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: romantic, emotional, semi serious, touching, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sexy, romantic comedy, feel good
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Seriously Single (2020)
Plot Summary:
While her free-living bestie urges her to embrace singlehood, a commitment-craving social media expert can't stop following the life of a former love.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Africa
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, funny, romantic, thought provoking, feel good, sweet, captivating, entertaining, realistic
Similar in 89%
Desperados (2020)
Plot Summary:
A panicked young woman and her two best friends fly to Mexico to delete a ranting email she sent to her new boyfriend. On arrival, they run into her former beau, who soon gets caught up in their frantic scheme.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good
Similar in 90%
Ibiza (2018)
Plot Summary:
She could do the responsible thing. Or she could go to Ibiza with her best friends to chase down a hot DJ. Easy choice.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, light, romantic, surprise ending, captivating, sentimental
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A Christmas Prince (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a reporter goes undercover as a nanny to get the inside scoop on a playboy prince, she gets tangled in some royal intrigue and ends up finding love - but will she be able to keep up her lie?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, sweet, romantic, captivating, disturbing, touching, thought provoking, compassionate, saga
Similar in 85%
The Incredible Jessica James (2017)
Plot Summary:
Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, romantic, sexy, romantic comedy, independent film
Similar in 79%
Life Partners (2014)
Plot Summary:
A 29-year-old lawyer and her lesbian best friend experience a dramatic shift in their longtime bond after one enters a serious relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, talky, melancholic, sweet, touching, sincere, semi serious, independent film, captivating
Similar in 85%
Bachelorette (2012)
Plot Summary:
Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, sexy, witty, semi serious, cynical, teen, entertaining, romantic
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The Sweetest Thing (2002)
Plot Summary:
Christina's love life is stuck in neutral. After years of avoiding the hazards of a meaningful relationship, one night while club-hopping with her girlfriends, she meets Peter, her perfect match. Fed up with playing games, she finally gets the courage to let her guard down and follow her heart, only to discover that Peter has suddenly left town. Accompanied by Courtney, she sets out to capture the one that got away.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, romantic comedy, feel good, funny, teen, light, sweet, semi serious, cute
Similar in 80%
Set It Up (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two overworked assistants with nasty bosses try to get their supervisors out of their hair.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy, realistic, sweet, teen
Similar in 83%
The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
Plot Summary:
A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: entertaining, touching, romantic, funny, light, sweet, romantic comedy, sentimental, feel good, humorous
Similar in 89%
Someone Like You... (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane begins an extensive study of the male animal, including her womanizing roommate Eddie. Jane puts her studies and romantic misadventure to use as a pseudonymous sex columnist -- and becomes a sensation.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, romantic comedy, sexy, feel good, humorous, entertaining, cute, sex comedy, teen
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Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jessica, a Jewish copy editor living and working in New York City, is plagued by failed blind dates with men, and decides to answer a newspaper's personal advertisement. The advertisement has been placed by 'lesbian-curious' Helen Cooper, a thirtysomething art gallerist.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, feel good, humorous, romantic comedy, independent film, realistic, talky, sex comedy, offbeat
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Gray Matters (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sam and Gray are such a well-matched pair that it is difficult to believe they are brother and sister rather than husband and wife. They both share a love of 1940s movies and dancing, and when they meet Charlie, they have something else in common: They both fall in love with her. Sam must deal with unexpected feelings of jealousy, while Gray struggles to come to terms with her sexual orientation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, touching, humorous, clever, realistic, semi serious, independent film, stylized, erotic
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The Other Woman (2014)
Plot Summary:
After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly soon meets the wife he's been cheating on. And when yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, romantic, sexy, teen, romantic comedy, sweet, absurd
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How to Be Single (2016)
Plot Summary:
New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, humorous, sexy, funny, teen, semi serious, sweet, touching, feel good
Similar in 75%
Sex and the City (2008)
Plot Summary:
A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 126000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, witty, romantic comedy, sexy, teen, sex comedy, feel good, emotional, funny
Similar in 82%
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping-a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door-until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, cute, teen, entertaining, happy, sweet, psychological
Similar in 87%
Clueless (1995)
Plot Summary:
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 239000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, teen, romantic, light, funny, sexy, not serious, sweet, humorous, clever
Similar in 80%
Pitch Perfect (2012)
Plot Summary:
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 326000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, teen, funny, light, romantic, entertaining, semi serious, sweet
Similar in 84%
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
Plot Summary:
Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fabulous. When faced with the prospect of spending their first summer apart, the pals decide they'll swap the pants so that each girl in turn can enjoy the magic.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, teen, touching, cute, semi serious, humorous, romantic comedy, light, sad
Similar in 87%
John Tucker Must Die (2006)
Plot Summary:
After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and conspire to break the jerk's heart, while destroying his reputation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, teen, sexy, entertaining, humorous, feel good, romantic comedy, sex comedy, relaxing
Similar in 83%
Uptown Girls (2003)
Plot Summary:
Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray, the oft ignored daughter of a music executive she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, feel good, funny, inspirational, sweet, teen, sentimental, light, emotional
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What's Your Number? (2011)
Plot Summary:
Ally Darling (Anna Faris) is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to find the perfect mate from among her numerous ex-boyfriends.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: feel good, sexy, romantic, humorous, funny, romantic comedy, light, sweet, cute, teen
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Something Borrowed (2011)
Plot Summary:
Though Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) is a successful attorney and a loyal, generous friend, she is still single. After one drink too many at her 30th-birthday celebration, Rachel unexpectedly falls into bed with her longtime crush, Dex -- who happens to be engaged to her best friend, Darcy (Kate Hudson). Ramifications of the liaison threaten to destroy the women's lifelong friendship, while Ethan (John Krasinski), Rachel's confidant, harbors a potentially explosive secret of his own.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, feel good, sexy, light, entertaining, funny, semi serious, sentimental, humorous
Similar in 76%
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
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Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Plot Summary:
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, sweet, funny, romantic comedy, cute, feel good, entertaining, witty, sentimental
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That Awkward Moment (2014)
Plot Summary:
Best pals Jason and Daniel indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mikey is over, they gladly welcome him back into their circle. The three young men make a pact to have fun and avoid commitment. However, when all three find themselves involved in serious relationships, they must keep their romances secret from one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic, not serious, humorous, teen, sexy, funny, light, feel good, entertaining, sex comedy
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The Ugly Truth (2009)
Plot Summary:
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 228000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, sexy, funny, sweet, witty, romantic comedy, humorous, entertaining, teen
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Friends with Benefits (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jamie is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan, an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Finding that they have much in common, the two become fast friends. Feeling jaded by a number of broken romances, Dylan and Jamie decide that they are ready to quit looking for true love and focus on having fun. However, complications unfold when the two best pals add sex to their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 389000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, sexy, sweet, light, sexual, funny, romantic comedy, sex comedy, witty, erotic
Similar in 78%
Serendipity (2001)
Plot Summary:
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet, light, witty, romantic comedy, cute, teen