Movies like The Break-Up
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The Break-Up (2006)
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 Brooke continue to live under the same roof, all while cooking up schemes to drive each other off the premises.
Style:
romantic, funny, humorous, sentimental, rom com, intense, cynical, light, dramatic, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
breakup, crumbling marriage, relationships, opposites attract, unsupportive spouse, infidelity, uninhibited rivalry, verbal byplay, rivalry, family problems, introspection, hopes, dating, love, women, divorce, love story, lovers, doomed love, battle of the sexes, couples, bowling, teenager, college, hotel ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
chicago, usa
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Most similar movies to The Break-Up
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, romantic comedy, feel good and romantic films with plots about storytelling, runaway, culture clash, relationships, mentor, dialogue and life philosophy mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like The Break-Up: Friends with Money (2006), Failure to Launch (2006), Four Christmases (2008), Picture Perfect (1997), This Is 40 (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After she quits her lucrative job, Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her relationships with her successful and wealthy friends.
Style:
sexy, witty, melancholic, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
friendship, shopping, midlife crisis, nervous breakdown, money problems, maid, crumbling marriage, love and romance, unfulfillment, master and servant, power relations, looking for love ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, santa monica california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Tripp, an attractive man in his thirties, is still living with his parents Al and Sue. Tripp's best friends Demo and Ace are also still living in their parents' homes and seem proud of it. Al and Sue are not happy, however, and are ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, entertaining, light, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
relationships, battle of the sexes, pretend relationship, love and romance, opposites attract, enemies to lovers, love story, happy ending, dating, intervention, unlikely couple, family life ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, alabama, new york, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas time, couple relations, dysfunctional family, family bonds, new year, nothing goes right, in-laws, family drama, brothers, marriage ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, boston, new jersey, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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159K
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:
dysfunctional family, 40 year old, relationships, husband wife relationship, family bonds, family drama, life philosophy, depression, midlife crisis, high maintenance, adulthood, family life ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 70s, year 1974 ...
Place:
usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ben and Katie Jordan are a married couple who go through hard times in fifteen years of marriage.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, sweet, romantic, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
happy ending, divorce, marriage, relationships, writers, long term relationship, bittersweet, family drama, husband wife relationship, breakup, fall in love, grief ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
italy, venice
Similarity:
100%
393K
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:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
love story, love, wedding, enemies to lovers, happy ending, workplace romance, love and romance, fake marriage, initially antagonists, relationships, boss and employee, opposites attract ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, new york, usa, boston, canada ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their ...
Style:
romantic, funny, feel good, romantic drama, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
fashion, fashion industry, women, city life, journalism, workplace intrigue, strong female character, workplace situations, career woman, relationship vs career, designer, journalist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, miami, boston, france ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sarah Huttinger's return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her – and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers – as she uncovers secrets that suggest ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, semi serious, sentimental, light ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, love affair, love story, relationships, young lovers, dysfunctional family, bridesmaid, infidelity, life is a bitch, love and romance, youth, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2005, 90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1997
Place:
california, usa, san francisco, pasadena california, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
Style:
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:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Four couples reunite for their annual vacation in order to socialize and to spend time analyzing their marriages. Their intimate week in the Bahamas is disrupted by the arrival of an ex-husband determined to win back his recently remarried wife.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, talky, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
battle of the sexes, couple relations, crumbling marriage, family problems, friendship, black, dishonesty, breakup, unfulfillment, lifestyle, infidelity, remarry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bahamas, usa
Similarity:
100%
92K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, cult classic, sexy, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship between men, casino, womanizer, aspiring actor, sex, comedian, dancing, friendship, depression, breakup, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, relationships ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas, new york, wisconsin ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Intersecting stories with different moms collide on Mother's Day.
Style:
romantic, entertaining, sentimental, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, single father, divorce, multiple storylines, holiday, parenthood, character change, changing lives, relationships, birth mother, drastic change of life, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.
Style:
romantic, light, not serious, sexy, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, middle age romance, workplace romance, couples, opposites attract, divorce lawyer, battle of the sexes, unlikely couple, destiny, love and romance, urban, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
ireland, new york, usa, yale university, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Celeste and Jesse met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in their friends’ minds as the perfect couple – she, a high-powered businesswoman and budding ...
Style:
sentimental, rom com, humorous, emotional, independent film ...
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:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, san francisco, california, new jersey
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want to enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon find, however, that paradise comes at a price: ...
Style:
funny, sexy, humorous, romantic comedy, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
resort, couple relations, marriage, couples, couples therapy, friends, divorce, disorder, island, friendship, marital problem, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
tahiti, chicago, hawaii
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside ...
Style:
romantic, romantic comedy, humorous, cute, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love and romance, honeymoon, love, ferret, wedding, opposites attract, cheating wife, infidelity, happy ending, relationships, insurance company, dance lesson ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, long island, usa, caribbean ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, ...
Style:
romantic, funny, sexy, romantic comedy, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, boys' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
battle of the sexes, bounty hunter, love story, love and romance, enemies to lovers, divorce, relationships, escapades, reporter, murder, marriage, runaway ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ryan and Jennifer are opposites who definitely do not attract. At least that's what they always believed. When they met as twelve-year-olds, they disliked one another. When they met again as teenagers, they loathed each other. But when they ...
Style:
teen, romantic, rom com, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
fall in love, college, young lovers, lovers, love and romance, teenage love, best friends in love, lesbian sex, chance meeting, teenager, wooing, singleness ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When relaxed and charming Ben Wrightman meets workaholic Lindsey Meeks she finds him sweet and charming, they hit it off and when it is winter Ben can spend every waking hour with Lindsey, but when summer comes around the corner Lindsey discovers ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, entertaining, sweet, cute ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
baseball, teacher, obsession, happy ending, contests and competitions, relationship problems, women, baseball coach, dating, career woman, workaholic, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2003, 2000s, 80s, year 1980 ...
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
French Kiss is director Kasdan’s best film since the Bodyguard. The plot involves a couple in love and one woman’s attempt to fly to Paris to get her lover back from a business trip and marry him. On the way she unknowingly smuggles something of ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, romantic, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot:
fall in love, unlikely couple, couple relations, unlikely partners, love and romance, smuggling, wine, destiny, vineyard, breakup, escapades, true love ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, riviera, south of france ...
Similarity:
100%
35K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading Fifty Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.
Style:
light, rom com, romantic, humorous, lighthearted ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
female friendship, female protagonist, dating, friendship, senior citizen, widow, book, female judge, judge, online dating, discussion, drinking alcohol ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, France, USA, Austria, Thailand
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy. Apart from discovering that he's a conservative voter, she has to deal with a new boss, a strange contractor and the worst vacation of her life.
Style:
feel good, humorous, rom com, romantic comedy, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
love triangle, looking for love, thirtysomething life, couples, happy ending, love story, women, love, relationships, marriage proposal, wedding, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
bangkok thailand, united kingdom, thailand, new york, london ...
Similarity:
22%
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:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, funny, humorous, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, family outing ...
Plot:
fall in love, pretense, pretend relationship, love and romance, couples, couple relations, love story, single mother, fake relationship, true love, wedding, dating ...
Time:
year 2011, year 1988, 80s, 90s, year 1992 ...
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
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:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his ...
Style:
funny, feel good, romantic, light, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family outing, date night
Plot:
pregnancy, women, pregnant woman, childbirth, adoption, pregnant wife, love story, babies and infants, family relations, parenthood, love and romance, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
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:
memory loss, love, fall in love, love story, amnesia, love and romance, memory, wooing, relationships, dating, life philosophy, true love ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania, alaska
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
romantic, light, sweet, rom com, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
fall in love, love story, unlikely couple, looking for love, opposites attract, workplace romance, destiny, boss and employee, lawyer, happy ending, love and romance, billionaire ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
20%
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