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Movies that feel like A New Leaf (1971)

If you loved A New Leaf, the closest films we have are Grease (1978), Pretty Woman (1990) and Coming to America (1988). All three share A New Leaf's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium and Paramount Plus Essential and others, checked against today's data.

After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.

🍅 94% Rotten Tomatoes7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Elaine Maywittyplayfulromantictenderdarkly funny

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Grease
1978 · dir. Randal Kleiser
🍅 65%7.2romance · comedy

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

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Pretty Woman
1990 · dir. Garry Marshall
🍅 65%7.1romance · comedy

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

The difference: Not nearly as darkly funny as A New Leaf

Vivian is a carefree, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets sophisticated billionaire Edward in a chance encounter that turns into a week-long business arrangement. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense approach to life, and soon they are teaching each other – and falling in love!

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Coming to America
1988 · dir. John Landis
🍅 71%7.1comedy · romance

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

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Cold Comfort Farm
1995 · dir. John Schlesinger
🍅 82%7.2comedy · romance

Both trade on play more than on being romance

The difference: 24 years apart, and the 1990s show

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.

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Notting Hill
1999 · dir. Roger Michell
🍅 84%7.2romance · comedy

Romantic comedy in both cases

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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Meet the Parents
2000 · dir. Jay Roach
🍅 85%7comedy · romance

Tender romance, and it commits to that

Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.

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What Women Want
2000 · dir. Nancy Meyers
🍅 53%6.5comedy · romance

Comedy built on wit, twice over

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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The Holiday
2006 · dir. Nancy Meyers
🍅 51%7comedy · romance

Playful romance, and it commits to that

Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.

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The Palm Beach Story
1942 · dir. Preston Sturges
🍅 94%7.5comedy · romance

Both sit in the same romantic register

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

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Amélie
2001 · dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
🍅 90%8.3comedy · romance

Tenderness is the shared currency

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?

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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
2018 · dir. Susan Johnson
🍅 96%7comedy · romance

Comedy approached the same way

Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.

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Straight Talk
1992 · dir. Barnet Kellman
🍅 42%5.8comedy · romance

Both are romance through and through

Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.

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