Movies like The Five-Year Engagement
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The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
105K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Exactly one year after Tom meets Violet, he surprises her with a wedding ring. By all accounts, Tom and Violet are destined for their happily ever after. However, this engaged couple just keep getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.
Style:
romantic, funny, humorous, sweet, light, psychological, melancholic, rom com, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
wedding, love story, engagement, couples, love, relationship vs career, happy ending, couple relations, wedding preparations and rituals, wedding ceremony, relationships, love and romance, profanity, workplace, psychologist, food, destiny, breakup, marriage proposal, runaway, infidelity, multiple storylines, sacrifice, stereotypes, adaptation ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
san francisco, michigan, california, usa, detroit
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.
Style:
funny, emotional, humorous, intense, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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melancholic, romantic, light, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
elderly, couple relations, happy ending, marriage counselor, therapist, therapy, relationships, depression, honest, doctors and patients, crumbling marriage, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a ...
Style:
entertaining, emotional, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
battle of the sexes, journalism, opposites attract, dating, couple relations, workplace, couples, media, unlikely couple, destiny, women, love ...
Time:
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Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify ...
Style:
funny, feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
friendship between men, bromance, friendship, wedding, gay interest, couple relations, marriage, mentor, friend, socially awkward, male bonding, best friend ...
Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa, venice beach california, chicago ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When radio love guru Dr Emma Lloyd convinces Patrick Sullivan's fiancée to dump him the week before their wedding. He sets about teaching her a lesson for interfering in other peoples lives that she knows nothing about. Things take a turn when ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey, london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Iris invites her friend Jack to stay at her family's island getaway after the death of his brother. At their remote cabin, Jack's drunken encounter with Hannah, Iris' sister, kicks off a revealing stretch of days.
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Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
washington state, washington d.c., usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, funny, rom com, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, friendship, love story, best friends in love, love and romance, best friend, destiny, male female friendship, love triangle, canceled wedding, wedding planning, friends in love ...
Time:
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scotland, europe, new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
Style:
rom com, touching, sweet, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
pregnancy, marriage, babies and infants, women, self discovery, parent child relationship, couple relations, love, husband and wife, baby born, family drama, farce ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Frank and Lindsay two emotionally broken people, must attend a destination wedding. They meet and, over the course of the weekend and against all odds, find themselves drawn to one another even as they are repulsed by one another.
Style:
rom com, witty, romantic, talky, ironic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
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Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
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:
38%
28K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.
Style:
romantic, sweet, sincere, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, new york, usa, boston, canada ...
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, romantic, sentimental, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, italy, usa, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couples, friendship, divorce, love story, happy ending, breakup, passion, dysfunctional family, honest, best friend, love, lifestyle ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, san francisco, california, new jersey
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, sexy, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
wedding, best friend, love story, wedding preparations and rituals, women, unrequited love, love and romance, love triangle, friendship, male female friendship, amor, wedding planning ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york, madagascar, san francisco ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, rom com, sweet, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, fall in love, destiny, best friends in love, wedding preparations and rituals, love story, love and romance, true love, best friend, friendship, relationships, friends ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, london, new jersey ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
Style:
feel good, romantic, humorous, funny, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
wedding, culture clash, mother daughter relationship, bride and groom, wedding preparations and rituals, love and romance, prejudice, dysfunctional family, love story, relationships, family bonds, stereotypes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece, chicago, usa, seattle, san francisco
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
Style:
romantic, light, romantic comedy, witty, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
fall in love, destiny, baseball, baseball player, love story, sarcasm, twists and turns, life philosophy, love triangle, writers, shopping, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new jersey
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, touching, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, kids
Plot:
adoption, custody, happy ending, couple relations, parents and children, couples, teenage girl, destiny, family bonds, orphan, love, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
35%
47K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a ...
Style:
romantic, teen, sexy, sweet, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be ...
Style:
romantic, sweet, feel good, funny, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, fall in love, love story, marriage, love and romance, opposites attract, disorder, unlikely couple, looking for love, sisters, couples, family gatherings ...
Place:
london, europe, england, united kingdom, new jersey ...
Similarity:
35%
578K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Follows seemingly unrelated people as their lives begin to intertwine while they fall in – and out – of love. Affections languish and develop as Christmas draws near.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, touching, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, love, holiday, multiple storylines, love story, love and romance, couples, fall in love, relationships, marriage, first love, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because ...
Style:
romantic, touching, feel good, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania, alaska
Similarity:
35%
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:
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Time:
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Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new jersey
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34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Reunited at a wedding after many years, former lovers again feel the pull of a mutual attraction neither is willing to admit. Escaping the reception for the privacy of a hotel room, the unnamed pair explore the choices of the past that led them to ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, london
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
romantic, sexy, light, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
singleness, women, breakup, love and romance, couple relations, love story, drinking, single, love, multiple storylines, fall in love, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, light, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
wedding, workplace romance, destiny, happy ending, manipulation, unlikely couple, employer employee relationship, female protagonist, revelation, workplace, nothing goes right, couple relations ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, boston, new jersey, san francisco
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, sweet, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love and romance, friendship, couple relations, infidelity, writers, book, love, happy ending, crumbling marriage, teacher, passion, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2007, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, england
Similarity:
34%
145K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Cohabitating couple Gary and Brooke find their once-blissful romance on the rocks when petty spats about lemons and dirty dishes mushroom into an all-out battle for custody of their upscale Chicago condo. An escalating argument ensues as Gary and ...
Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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