Best movies like The Perfect Man
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies like The Perfect Man? Provide your insights to direct others towards films and tv shows you've seen before that they may enjoy also. Assist in enlarging the group of people proposing videos to each other. We appreciate your input!
Plot Summary:
Holly is tired of moving every time her mom Jean breaks up with yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man, an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her self-esteem.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, romantic comedy, teen, sentimental, touching, feel good, cute, entertaining, sex comedy, humorous
Best tv shows and movies like The Perfect Man (2005):
Similar in 83%
Beauty & the Briefcase (2010)
Plot Summary:
A freelance writer looking for romance sells a story to Cosmopolitan magazine about finding love in the workplace and goes undercover at a Finance Company.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, teen, romantic comedy, romantic drama, romantic, sentimental, realistic
Similar in 83%
The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie McGuire has graduated from middle school and takes a trip to Rome, Italy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: teen, feel good, romantic, sweet, entertaining, humorous, romantic comedy, light, sex comedy, realistic
Similar in 77%
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
Plot Summary:
When the teenager Mary Elizabeth Steppe, a.k.a. Lola, moves with her mother and two younger twin sisters from New York to the suburb of Dellwood, New Jersey, she has the feeling that her cultural and entertaining world ended. While in school, the displaced Lola becomes close friend of the unpopular Ella, who is also a great fan of the her favorite rock band Sidarthur. However, the most popular girl in the school, Carla Santini, disputes the lead role in an adaptation of Pygmalion with Lola and also the leadership of their mates. When the last concert of Sidarthur is sold-out, Lola plans with Ella to travel to New York and buy the tickets from scalpers. However, the girls get into trouble while helping the lead singer and Lola's idol Stu Wolf, changing their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: teen, romantic, melancholic, sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, cute, semi serious
Similar in 83%
New York Minute (2004)
Plot Summary:
Top student Jane Ryan heads to Manhattan for a college-scholarship competition. Her rebellious twin Roxy Ryan goes along to crash a video shoot. But anything can happen - and does - in a romp involving a pursuing truant officer, a smuggler, hunkalicious guys and the girls' realization that when the chips are down, a sister can be the best friend of all.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: romantic, not serious, feel good, sweet, teen, humorous, romantic comedy, witty, entertaining, realistic
Similar in 82%
Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
Plot Summary:
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, funny, romantic, entertaining, teen, scenic, happy, relaxing, realistic
Similar in 78%
Material Girls (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two wealthy sisters, both heiresses to their family's cosmetics fortune, are given a wake-up call when a scandal and ensuing investigation strip them of their wealth.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: teen, realistic, humorous, semi serious, romantic, sex comedy, cute, witty, independent film, erotic
Similar in 90%
Raise Your Voice (2004)
Plot Summary:
Raise Your Voice is a coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer, brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for a summer session at a performing arts academy in Los Angeles. In the performing arts academy, she experiences a whole new way of life in the big city, far from the small town lifestyle she's used to.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: feel good, teen, romantic, inspirational, sweet, romantic comedy, cute, sentimental, touching, predictable
Similar in 79%
The Princess Diaries (2001)
Plot Summary:
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, fairy tale, entertaining, teen, romantic, sweet, romantic comedy, funny, cute
Similar in 88%
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Plot Summary:
In this modern telling of the classic tale, aspiring singer Katie Gibbs falls for the new boy at her performing arts high school. But Katie's wicked stepmother and stepsister are scheming to crush her dream before she can sing her way into his heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: modern fairy tale, romantic, fairy tale, feel good, semi serious, teen, sexy, sex comedy, romantic comedy, cute
Similar in 85%
Monte Carlo (2011)
Plot Summary:
Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, teen, light, sweet, semi serious, humorous, cute, sentimental
Similar in 83%
Because I Said So (2007)
Plot Summary:
In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good intentions under control.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, funny, entertaining, cute, sentimental, humorous, romantic comedy, teen
Similar in 75%
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Plot Summary:
Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Her best friend Lilly also joins her for the summer. Mia continues her 'princess lessons'- riding horses side-saddle, archery, and other royal. But her complicated life is turned upside down once again when she not only learns that she is to take the crown as queen earlier than expected.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, romantic, sweet, teen, entertaining, exciting, semi serious, humorous, fairy tale
Similar in 85%
Bride Wars (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, humorous, funny, romantic comedy, teen, sentimental, cute, entertaining, semi serious
Similar in 86%
The Rebound (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sandy, upon discovering her husband's infidelity while watching her son's birthday video, leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. She gets an apartment that's above a coffee house where she befriends one of the workers, Aram, a guy whose wife only married him so she could get a green card. Aram's family thinks he's wasting his life and education by working in the coffee house. Soon after moving into the apartment, Sandy hires Aram to be her nanny while she takes on work for the first time since her children where born. It isn't long when Aram and Sandy find they get along wonderfully and start to date. But the question is: is their relationship real or is it, in fact, just a rebound for both of them?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, entertaining, funny, sexy, humorous, teen, sex comedy, psychological
Similar in 85%
The Parent Trap (1998)
Plot Summary:
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and then plot with each other to switch places. Hallie meets her mother, and Annie meets her father for the first time in years.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, sweet, romantic, sentimental, romantic comedy, touching, realistic, inspirational
Similar in 81%
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 85%
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 76%
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 83%
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 75%
Sleepover (2004)
Plot Summary:
As their first year of high school looms ahead, best friends Julie, Hannah, Yancy and Farrah have one last summer sleepover. Little do they know they're about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Desperate to shed their nerdy status, they take part in a night-long scavenger hunt that pits them against their popular archrivals. Everything under the sun goes on -- from taking Yancy's father's car to sneaking into nightclubs!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: teen, funny, entertaining, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, uplifting, emotional, relaxing
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%
A Cinderella Story (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sam Montgomery is a tomboyish, unpopular girl at school. She has been text messaging a somebody named Nomad for a few months and he asks her to meet him at the Halloween dance at 11:00 in the middle of the dance floor. The only problem is, she must get back to the diner, ran by her wicked Stepmom Fiona by 12 sharp because she is not supposed to be there. Before Nomad can found out who she is, she must leave with her best friend, Carter driving her back to the diner. After that night, everything in Sam's life goes wacko!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, fairy tale, sweet, modern fairy tale, teen, sentimental, romantic comedy, cute, touching
Similar in 90%
Another Cinderella Story (2008)
Plot Summary:
A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, he sets out to find his masked beauty.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, modern fairy tale, fairy tale, semi serious, teen, sweet, romantic comedy, romantic drama, humorous
Similar in 84%
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
Similar in 84%
What a Girl Wants (2003)
Plot Summary:
An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, teen, romantic, romantic comedy, cute, light, sweet, humorous, political, family comedy
Similar in 75%
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 86%
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
Similar in 87%
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
Plot Summary:
An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man she can use for the experiment. Enter executive Ben Berry (Matthew McConaughey), who is so confident in his romantic prowess that he thinks he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. When Andie and Ben meet, their plans backfire.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 262000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: romantic, feel good, light, humorous, romantic comedy, entertaining, sweet, cute, teen, funny
Similar in 80%
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
Similar in 81%
Hitch (2005)
Plot Summary:
Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 331000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, funny, light, romantic comedy, sentimental, sweet, hilarious, sexy, witty