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Movies that feel like50 First Dates (2004)

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 the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.

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).

🍅 45% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Peter Segalwittyplayfulromanticcerebral
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Safety Not Guaranteed
2012 · dir. Colin Trevorrow
🍅 91%★ 6.9comedy · romance · science fiction

A skeptic falls for someone chasing a wild, half-believable idea

The difference: Time-travel mystery mumblecore, not a repeating-memory love story

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

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Palm Springs
2020 · dir. Max Barbakow
🍅 95%★ 7.4comedy · romance · science fictionHulu

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

When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

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The Nutty Professor
1996 · dir. Tom Shadyac
🍅 64%★ 5.7comedy · science fiction · romance

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than 50 First Dates does

When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.

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The Man from the Future
2011 · dir. Cláudio Torres
★ 7comedy · fantasy · science fiction

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

Zero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.

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There's Something About Mary
1998 · dir. Peter Farrelly
🍅 84%★ 7.1romance · comedy

Common ground in both: romcom and screwball comedy

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.

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You've Got Mail
1998 · dir. Nora Ephron
🍅 69%★ 6.8comedy · romanceParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: romcom

The difference: Trades the ideas of 50 First Dates for an angle of its own

Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.

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What Women Want
2000 · dir. Nancy Meyers
🍅 53%★ 6.5comedy · romanceParamount+

A self-centered charmer gets humbled into actually understanding a woman

The difference: A gimmick about hearing thoughts, not memory loss and daily reintroductions

Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.

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What's Your Number?
2011 · dir. Mark Mylod
🍅 23%★ 6.1comedy · romanceNetflix

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

Ally Darling 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 women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to find the perfect mate from among her numerous ex-boyfriends.

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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
2003 · dir. Donald Petrie
🍅 42%★ 6.6comedy · romanceParamount+Starz

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

It's the battle of wills, as Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days, whereas Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking—and the wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and running in this irresistible tale of sex, lies and outrageous romantic fireworks!

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Along Came Polly
2004 · dir. John Hamburg
🍅 27%★ 6comedy · romanceParamount+

Romantic comedy in both cases

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 down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there.

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Mamma Mia!
2008 · dir. Phyllida Lloyd
🍅 54%★ 6.5comedy · romanceStarz

Witty romance, and it commits to that

A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in hope of finding her biological father to walk her down the aisle.

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Notting Hill
1999 · dir. Roger Michell
🍅 84%★ 7.2romance · comedyParamount+

Comedy built on play, twice over

London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.

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