
Movies that feel like50 First Dates (2004)
If you loved 50 First Dates, the closest films we have are Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), Palm Springs (2020) and The Nutty Professor (1996). All three share 50 First Dates' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is There's Something About Mary (1998).
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If 50 First Dates hit the spot, these will too

A skeptic falls for someone chasing a wild, half-believable idea
The difference: Time-travel mystery mumblecore, not a repeating-memory love story

Someone keeps living the same day trying to make a connection finally stick
The difference: He's stuck in the loop, not her, and it plays existential, not sweet

Witty where it counts, playful underneath
The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than 50 First Dates does

A scientist's invention keeps rewriting his shot at the same lost love
The difference: Time-travel rewrites history instead of memory resetting each morning

Common ground in both: romcom and screwball comedy
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Both keep coming back to the same thing: romcom
The difference: Trades the ideas of 50 First Dates for an angle of its own

A self-centered charmer gets humbled into actually understanding a woman
The difference: A gimmick about hearing thoughts, not memory loss and daily reintroductions

Someone stuck in a pattern searches for the one relationship that sticks
The difference: A tally of exes drives it, not a single memory-erased romance

A staged game between two people turns into something neither expected
The difference: A battle-of-the-sexes bet, not a daily memory-loss romance

Romantic comedy in both cases

Witty romance, and it commits to that

Comedy built on play, twice over
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