Movies like The Ideal Man

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The Ideal Man (1996)
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The Ideal Man (1996)
Original name: L'homme idéal
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Marie, incapable of choosing between three marriage proposals, decides to give up. Circumstances mean that the three men meet. Far from being hostile, Stéphane, Fabrice and Paul console each other....
Style: intellectual, slapstick comedy
Plot: love, sex, lawyer, friendship, writers, rock musician, birthday, dating, midlife crisis, mother daughter relationship, orgasm, gynecologist, telephone call, male female relationship, stereotypes, athlete, cafe, magazine, thirty something, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friend, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, mother son relationship, stereotype

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Most similar movies to The Ideal Man

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, entertaining, captivating and light films with plots about male female relationship, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friend, friendship, love and romance and couple relations mostly in Romance, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Ideal Man: Leo and Loree (1980), Less Than 30 (2016), What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022), Love Is Eternal While It Lasts (2004), Little Book of Love (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Leo and Loree (1980)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ralph Malph from Philly moves to Hollywood with dreams of making it big, amazingly hooks up with starlet-to-be, loses starlet-to-be, gets back starlet-to-be, and becomes someone
Plot: actress, actor, friend, friendship, mother daughter relationship, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, career, determination, hollywood, male female relationship
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95%
 8.0
 80
Less Than 30 (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Alexa Cavender, pressured to find a relationship, takes an interesting approach by only dating those matched at less than 30%.
Plot: dating, friend, love, writers
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
Style: romantic, entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love story, friend, love and romance, couples, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, friends, marriage, love affair, male female relationship, love ...
Place: london, pakistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Love Is Eternal While It Lasts (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Gilberto, 50enne, si fa coinvolgere in una cosiddetta speed-date, una gara in cui i protagonisti devono trovare un partner in 3 minuti. Arrestato, deve confessare tutto in presenza della moglie che lo sbatte fuori di casa. Rifugiatosi da amici ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, romantic
Plot: love, husband wife relationship, divorce, jealousy, speed dating, family relations, dating, love and romance, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, internet, doctor ...
Place: rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Little Book of Love (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Luiza is an architect who just got out of a ruined relationship. Gabriel is a biologist and he has finished a long-term marriage with divorce. When they both meet, chances that they can do well together are not that big. But they will try to, even ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
Audience: date night
Plot: divorce, marriage, nudity, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, friends, thirtysomething life, couples, singleness, best friend, sex ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Alpha Males Experiment (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Ethan, the needy nice guy, is dumped by his fiancée, he asks his misogynist older brother, Kyle, to help him win her back.
Style: entertaining, captivating, humorous, independent film
Audience: date night
Plot: dating, dumped by girlfriend, male female relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love, friend, flirting, breakup, womanizer, looking for love, relationship problems, neanderthal ...
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 4.5
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French Exit (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Davis meets Zina in a car wreck. Their immediate attraction for one another is put into jeopardy when they learn each is competing for the same writing job.
Style: sexy, independent film, crying, neo screwball comedy
Plot: screenwriter, hollywood, writers, regret, car accident, erotica, rivalry, film industry, love, traffic, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, satire ...
Place: venice california, venice beach california, london, los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Rich in Love 2 (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When the idealistic Paula resumes her work as a volunteer doctor in the Amazon, Teto convinces his partners to establish their tomato cooperative in a village in the region. But to win back Paula's heart and save the company from bankruptcy, ...
Style: exciting, sentimental, entertaining, sincere, humorous ...
Plot: village, couples, life, love, friend, doctor, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Bad Date Chronicles (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Leigh runs the website "Bad Date Chronicles," which allows people to anonymously post horrible date experiences. When rival blogger Conner becomes the subject of one of her posts, they agree to date each other to see which one is the ...
Style: romantic, feel good, uplifting, sweet, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: male female relationship, rivalry, relationships, couple relations, love, love affair, internet, love and romance, destiny, promise, fall in love, couples ...
Place: portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Buying the Cow (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A commitment-averse man frantically hits the dating scene after his girlfriend starts pressuring him to pop the question.
Style: feel good, sexy, semi serious, humorous, talky ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens
Plot: engagement, fear of commitment, dating, friends, love, commitment, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, dog sex, party, sex crime, wedding ...
Place: new york, usa, caribbean, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Dog Park (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Sex comedy takes a look at contemporary dating mores and hypothesizes that the new dating location may be the dog walk in the park. A mild-mannered man loses his present girl friend to another man. His attraction to a kid's TV show hostess goes ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, talky, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: canine, pets, dating, twentysomething life, urban, looking for love, city life, wooing, singleness, human nature, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Walking the Dog (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Kristie Simmons, an attorney, initiates a legal battle trying to get approval for a bike lane for the local residents. When Bill, a local veterinarian, informs her that a dog named Gidget needs a home, Kristie agrees. While out walking Gidget, ...
Style: light, feel good, captivating, funny, entertaining ...
Plot: male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, breakup, love, relationship vs career, happy ending, unlikely couple, fall in love, animal lover, opponent, lawyers and clients, dog ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Desperados (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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.
Style: light, humorous, captivating, feel good, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: friend, love, love affair, escapades, relationship problems, one night stand, accident, friendship, couple relations, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, girlfriend, comedy of errors ...
Time: 2020s
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Angst (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An aspiring horror movie writer searches for love in a world of heartache, desperation and fluffy toys.
Plot: goth, twenty something, goth girl, ejaculation, video store, female nudity, oral sex, urban setting, male female relationship, homeless teenager, stand up comedian, sex ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.6
 986
Strange Planet (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Alice, Judy and Sally are three Australian roommates who are unlucky in love. Over the course of a year, they endure numerous personal ups and downs. Meanwhile, Ewan, Joel and Neil are friends and coworkers with similar problems, and gradually their ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, talky, humorous, witty ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: infidelity, friends, roommate, marriage, pregnancy, friendship, unfaithfulness, coitus, divorce, dating, one night stand, marital problem ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: australia, oceania, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Mutual Friends (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Surprise parties rarely go well. This one is no different, as a group of 30-somethings head through life, love and a day in New York City.
Style: romantic, captivating, entertaining, funny, light ...
Plot: unrequited love, birthday party, mistress, friendship, friend, urban setting, love and romance, relationships, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic triangle, wild party ...
Place: new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
My Favorite Wedding (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Potential Northwestern fellow Tess Harper lasers through her best friend's wedding planning like the star doctor she hopes to soon become. In fact, Tess puzzles through any problem - provided it's not her own. When she meets divorce lawyer ...
Style: light, entertaining, feel good, romantic, humorous
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: initially antagonists, wedding, love and romance, unlikely couple, opposites attract, wedding planning, wedding preparations and rituals, stereotypes, workaholic, character change, prejudice, lawyer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Quebec-Montreal (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Quebec-Montreal: 250 km (150 miles) of asphalt, nine thirtysomething travelers, four cars, one destination. The journey becomes an opportunity to share points of view about life and to discuss troubling questions about our existence.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: on the road, battle of the sexes, friendship, buddies, couple relations, quibbling, travel, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, friends, couples, gas station ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Right One (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sara, a novelist struggling with writer's block, needs inspiration — and finds it when she serendipitously meets Godfrey, a down-on-his-luck oddball who constantly changes personas and alter egos in order to cope with his past and avoid ...
Style: funny, romantic, light, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: writers, male female relationship, writer's life, love interest, creative block, relationships, love and romance, couple relations, romantic relationship, love story, humour, relationship problems ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Stuck Like Chuck (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Romantic comedy about friendship, love, college and the awkward situations that bring them all together.
Style: humorous, light, touching, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot: love, friend, sexual humor, school, friendship, sex talk, coming of age, teenager, misfit, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, couples ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Train for Hollywood (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young woman is bitten by the acting bug after seeing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot". She patterns herself after MM and after finishing high school goes for screen tests to the Film Academy. Rejected because of her crooked teeth she ...
Plot: bare butt, movie studio, hollywood, desire, female nudity, aspiring actress, male female relationship, blonde, big breasts, bare breasts, witch burning, friend ...
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Love on a Limb (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Aimie Roarke is always up for a cause and when the town’s beloved Oak tree is set to be cut down, she takes it upon herself try and save it. When the Mayor hires a handsome new landscaper to cut it down, she decides the only way to save the tree ...
Style: light, captivating, funny, romantic, entertaining
Plot: love and romance, love affair, relationships, love story, male female relationship, romantic relationship, activist, environmental activist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, environmental activism, small town, cutting down a tree ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Occasional Coarse Language (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A group of women get together in front of the TV and talk about their sexual misadventures and problems...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, sexual, intellectual
Plot: male female relationship, unemployment, house, promiscuity, sexual promiscuity, surgery, pizza, boyfriend, father daughter relationship, friendship, sex, friend ...
Place: sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Christmas Plus One (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When sisters Cara and Amy make a pact to find their soulmates by next Christmas, they’re not expecting to be so successful! One year later, Amy’s winter wedding approaches and Cara finally finds her own perfect man, inviting him as her plus one. ...
Style: entertaining, humorous, light, funny, captivating
Plot: christmas, sister, love story, couple relations, love and romance, love, love affair, male female relationship, relationships, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.0
 3K
Choose Love (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: The steady boyfriend. The one who got away. The charming rock star. Who will Cami choose? In this interactive rom-com, her love life is in your hands.
Style: entertaining, humorous, romantic, funny, exciting ...
Plot: love, life, marriage, friend, female protagonist, couples, love affair, relationships, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.9
 1K
Fireworks (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Ottone is a shopkeeper in a pet-shop. During a trip to the Maldives, he tells a psychoanalyst his history with women. Mara had left him for a butcher; Barbara, his best friend, betrays her man and leaves him; Luna, beautiful and rich, wants him just ...
Plot: male female relationship, marriage, friendship, love, friend, party, husband wife relationship, doctor patient relationship, neighbor, doctor, secret marriage, patient ...
Place: tuscany
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Making Scents of Love (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman falls "head over heels" for a guy after accidentally spilling a vial of her new fragrance, that also might happen to be a love potion.
Style: entertaining, captivating, romantic, exciting, feel good
Plot: christmas, love, potion, love and romance, love potion, relationships, male female relationship, couple relations, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fall in love, magical potion ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Rendezvous in Paris (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Three stories of love and coincidence around the theme of dates in Paris.
Style: talky, clever, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love, swedish, british, friendship, art, hotel, crazy love, infidelity, love triangle, notre dame cathedral, dating, performer's life ...
Time: 90s
Place: tahiti, paris france, france, corsica, lyon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.5
 468
Sappy Holiday (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When a hard-working but uninspired sous chef accidentally discovers her boyfriend is going to propose to her on Christmas Eve, she begins doubting their future together; especially when a handsome maple farmer rescues her from a snowstorm.
Style: entertaining, light, feel good, captivating, sincere
Plot: christmas, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, couple relations, couples, love, male female relationship, relationships, fall in love, love affair, cooking, christmas movie
Place: vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
When Christmas Was Young (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The story follows a headstrong music manager in desperate need of a hit song for his last remaining client, who finds himself falling for a gifted singer-songwriter with abandoned dreams of making it big, as he attempts to secure the rights to a ...
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, funny
Plot: christmas, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, love and romance, love affair, love, couples, relationships, couple relations, music manager, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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