Movies like Penelope
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Penelope (2006)
69K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company. This untraditional fairy tale about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, romantic, light, touching, sweet, romantic comedy, modern fairy tale, rom com, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, family outing, date night, teen drama
Plot:
love and romance, fall in love, love, self discovery, couples, looking for love, true love, magical, fantasy world, love story, loneliness, mother daughter relationship, love affair, secret identity, disfigurement, witch, marriage proposal, unlikely friendships, parents and children, physical appearance, women, passion, happy ending, fairy, isolation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 19th century, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
britain, london, canada
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Most similar movies to Penelope
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, romantic, feel good and sweet films with plots about love and romance, love story, love, mentor, teenager, dialogue and catastrophe mostly in Romance, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Penelope: Ella Enchanted (2004), Beastly (2011), Kate & Leopold (2001), Stardust (2007), Ruby Sparks (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, humorous, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
fall in love, fairy, magic, fairy godmother, love and romance, cinderella story, cinderella, imaginary kingdom, true love, ogre, wizards and magicians, elf ...
Time:
year 2004, middle ages, 2000s
Similarity:
84%
82K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A curse transforms a handsome and arrogant young man into everything he detests in this contemporary retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Wealthy Kyle Kingson has everything a teenager could want in life, but he still gets off on humiliating the ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, modern fairy tale, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen fantasy, date night ...
Plot:
high school, love, teenage love, love story, love and romance, unlikely couple, true love, teen romance, fall in love, curses spells and rituals, beauty and the beast, witch ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, touching, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
time travel, love story, fall in love, love and romance, fish out of water, love, manners, dating, destiny, supernatural romance, couple relations, couples ...
Time:
19th century, year 2001, 2000s, 1870s, victorian era ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Iceland, UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, feel good, dark fantasy, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot:
witch, magic, true love, fantasy world, magical, curses spells and rituals, sword fight, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, fall in love, chase, imaginary ...
Time:
19th century, year 2007, 2000s, future, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
76%
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109K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin ...
Style:
psychological, romantic, independent film, feel good, rom com ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
bittersweet, writer's block, writers, redheaded woman, novelist, loneliness, dream, mental illness, life philosophy, manic pixie dream girl, imaginary character, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
131K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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. ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
destiny, fall in love, coincidence, serendipity, christmas, true love, love and romance, friendship, looking for love, fate, love, friends ...
Time:
year 2001, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. With a little magic, her wish is granted, but it turns out that being thirty isn't as always as awesome as she thought it would be!
Style:
feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, cute, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
time travel, body swapping, coming of age, youth, true love, fashion, love and romance, best friends in love, desire, child as adult, adolescence vs adulthood, wish come true ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, year 1987, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an overachiever and a jock, when an ancient Aztec statue casts a spell that causes them to switch bodies and see exactly what it's like to walk in the ...
Style:
romantic, teen, funny, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, kids ...
Plot:
body swapping, high school, switching roles, love and romance, teenager, fall in love, battle of the sexes, switching bodies, body swap, teenage love, couples, girl next door ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
71%
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428K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sentimental, reflective, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
time travel, time loop, fall in love, life, lovers, life philosophy, couple relations, true love, looking for love, changing the past or future, sent to the past, young woman ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, cornwall
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.
Style:
romantic, light, feel good, entertaining, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, kids, chick flick ...
Plot:
luck, love and romance, fall in love, nothing goes right, love story, destiny, dumb, bad luck, life turned upside down, teenage girl, happy ending, adaptation ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two couples go to a mutual friends wedding, and end up swapping partners.
Style:
sexy, humorous, romantic, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, wedding, infidelity, love affair, extramarital affair, love story, adultery, family drama, happy ending, family relations, fall in love, love ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
seattle, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With ...
Style:
sweet, feel good, sincere, sexy, offbeat ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
witch, curses spells and rituals, magic, supernatural, sisters, supernatural ability, witchcraft, curse, love, halloween, aunt niece relationship, small town ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
seattle, usa, arizona, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When notorious womanizer Connor Mead attends his brother Paul's wedding, he is forced to re-evaluate his behavior as he comes face-to-face with the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future, along with his deceased uncle. The experience ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, sweet, romantic comedy, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
ghost, womanizer, love, wedding, true love, love story, lifestyle change, love and romance, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, lovers reunited, supernatural, introspection ...
Time:
80s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, new jersey, hawaii
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After his fiancée, Kate, dies in an accident on their wedding day, veterinarian Henry grows depressed. To help him move on, his sister has him visit psychic Ashley and gives her Kate's diary. Ashley uses the journal's details to ...
Style:
romantic, teen, cute, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
afterlife, love story, wedding, ghost, fall in love, love triangle, impossible love, public nudity, female ghost, angel, haunted by the past, psychic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A love story built on a misunderstanding. A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off the tracks after he's mugged. But while he's in a coma, his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. ...
Style:
romantic, sweet, sentimental, light, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, fall in love, loneliness, love and romance, love triangle, mistaken identity, love, pretend relationship, new year's eve, love affair, winter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa, new york
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Although Jason works as a department store clerk, he is also a reincarnated prince. Long ago, his beloved Jessie was snatched away from him by an evil wizard who used his powers to transform her into wooden statue. Now Jessie is in Jason's ...
Style:
family comedy, romantic, independent film, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
true love, female robot, love, reincarnation, fish out of water, dating, time travel, girl, peasant, sword fight, prince, department store ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, middle ages
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
Style:
fairy tale, surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, experimental ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, wedding, princess, cinderella story, surrealism, glamour, fall in love, love and romance, father daughter relationship, leaving home, donkey, music and dance ...
Time:
year 1970, medieval times
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Elle Woods has it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner ...
Style:
feel good, light, sweet, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
sorority, lawyer, girl power, blonde, law school, fashion, college, law, university, law student, campus, believe in yourself ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, boston, harvard university, los angeles, massachusetts ...
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, teen, romantic, cute ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, kids, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
mermaid, teenager, friendship, teenage girl, adolescence, fish out of water, teenage life, fall in love, youth, lifeguard, swimming, true love ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 80s
Place:
florida, australia, usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Martinson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at ...
Style:
romantic, fairy tale, romantic comedy, rom com, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
afterlife, ghost, unlikely couple, impossible love, love story, initially antagonists, destiny, supernatural romance, happy ending, heaven, doctor, female ghost ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, canada
Similarity:
50%
75K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Heiress, Joanna Stayton hires carpenter, Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht -- and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get ...
Style:
feel good, light, entertaining, sentimental, funny ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
rich woman poor man, memory loss, amnesia, love and romance, single father, father son relationship, family life, destiny, carpenter, pretend relationship, personality change, revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After fishing out coins from a water fountain in Italy, cynical New Yorker Beth Harper finds herself being wooed by several ardent suitors. As she deals with the attention, Beth tries to figure out whether a charming reporter really loves her.
Style:
romantic, romantic comedy, rom com, funny, cute ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
fall in love, love, looking for love, wooing, love and romance, true love, couples, singleness, wedding, love story, happy ending, destiny ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, new york, europe, manhattan new york city, italy ...
Similarity:
50%
187K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
wedding, fall in love, love story, love, wedding dress, opposites attract, wedding planner, bridesmaid, love and romance, women, couple relations, unlikely couple ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, rhode island, usa, san francisco ...
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama ...
Plot:
love, love story, fall in love, battle of the sexes, love and romance, relationships, couples, unlikely couple, bet, dating, couple relations, initially antagonists ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, san francisco ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
sexy, feel good, romantic, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
happy ending, love and romance, true love, womanizer, couples, friendship, sex, wedding preparations and rituals, skinny dipping, destiny, high school, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
67%
153K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A shallow man falls in love with a 300 pound woman because of her "inner beauty".
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, kids, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
love story, overweight, relationships, fall in love, power of love, dating, womanizer, physical appearance, love and romance, soul mate, honest, adaptation ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, boston, new york
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A unique 16th century woman, Danielle possesses a love of books, and can easily quote from Sir Thomas More’s Utopia. An intriguing mix of tomboyish athleticism and physical beauty, she has more than enough charm to capture the heart of a prince ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, period piece, sexy, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens, date night ...
Plot:
cinderella story, love and romance, female protagonist, cinderella, royalty, prince, class differences, love story, love, medieval, arranged marriage, step siblings ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, 90s, year 1998, 50s ...
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex for four hours. Paul and animal ...
Style:
light, romantic, sweet, feel good, sex comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love potion, wish come true, love, love and romance, love story, experiment gone awry, misfit, looking for love, happy ending, male female friendship, magic, best friends in love ...
Time:
year 1992, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
romantic, light, rom com, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
wedding, love and romance, love story, wedding planning, wedding planner, couple relations, destiny, relationships, looking for love, couples, love, bride and groom ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, hawaii
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, feel good, teen, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
college, love and romance, fall in love, eligible bachelor, prince, couples, cinderella story, opposites attract, youth, royalty, graduation, social differences ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
europe, denmark, wisconsin, san francisco, australia
Similarity:
26%
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