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Movies that feel like13 Going on 30 (2004)

After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some magic wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can't be a better life. But soon Jenna realizes that adult life isn’t as easy as she hoped for.

If you loved 13 Going on 30, the closest films we have are Midnight in Paris (2011), Clueless (1995) and American Pie (1999). All three share 13 Going on 30's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Gregory's Girl (1980).

🍅 65% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Gary Winickwittyplayfuldreamlikeromanticwistful
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Midnight in Paris
2011 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 93%★ 7.6fantasy · comedy · romance

Common ground: time travel

The difference: Reviewed even better

While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

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Clueless
1995 · dir. Amy Heckerling
★ 6.9comedy · romanceParamount+Starz

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Easier on the dream logic than 13 Going on 30

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.

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American Pie
1999 · dir. Paul Weitz
🍅 62%★ 7comedy · romanceParamount+

The same mix in both: romance, then wistfulness

At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.

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Big
1988 · dir. Penny Marshall
🍅 98%★ 7.3fantasy · drama · comedyDisney+

Both are built on the same subject: nostalgic

The difference: Sits closer to drama than 13 Going on 30 does

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big, he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight, but he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups, including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

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The Mermaid
2016 · dir. Stephen Chow
🍅 95%★ 6.2comedy · fantasy · romance

Comedy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

When Xuan's real estate project threatens the home of mermaids, Shan is sent to stop him. When they fall in love, he is encouraged to cancel the project. However, he must save them from bigger danger.

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Gregory's Girl
1980 · dir. Bill Forsyth
🍅 95%★ 7.1comedy · romance

Both lean on wit more than on romance

The difference: 24 years apart, and the 1980s show

A teenager falls hard for the female soccer player who has replaced him on the team and attempts to pursue her.

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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009 · dir. Mark Waters
🍅 27%★ 5.8romance · comedy · fantasy

The same preoccupation in both: photographer

Celebrity photographer Connor Mead lives life in the fast lane, committed to lifelong bachelorhood and simultaneous relationships with multiple women. On the eve of his younger brother Paul's wedding, Connor's mockery of love proves a real buzz-kill for everyone - including his childhood crush, Jenny, the one woman who always seemed immune to his considerable charms. Later that night, he gets a wake-up call from the ghost of his late Uncle Wayne, the hard-partying, legendary ladies' man who was Connor's mentor. Uncle Wayne has an urgent message which he delivers through three ghosts who guide Connor on an eye-opening tour of his romantic past, present and future. Along the way, they attempt to discern whether he will ever be able to change his ways -- and if there is any hope of him finding true love.

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When We First Met
2018 · dir. Ari Sandel
🍅 45%★ 6.4comedy · romance · fantasyNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: time travel

Using a magical photo booth that sends him back in time, Noah relives the night he met Avery over and over, trying to persuade her to fall for him.

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The Invention of Lying
2009 · dir. Ricky Gervais
🍅 56%★ 6.4comedy · fantasy · romance

Playful fantasy in both cases

Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.

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Practical Magic
1998 · dir. Griffin Dunne
🍅 31%★ 6.4romance · fantasy · comedyMax

Comedy built on dream logic, twice over

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 policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.

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Bride Wars
2009 · dir. Gary Winick
🍅 10%★ 5.5comedy · romanceParamount+

Gary Winick directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.

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The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 93%★ 7.6fantasy · comedy · romance

The same city underneath both: New York City

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

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