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Movies that feel like Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

If you loved Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the closest films we have are Medicine for Melancholy (2009), How to Be Single (2016) and Youth (2015). All three share Forgetting Sarah Marshall's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Paramount Plus Premium and AMC+ and others, checked against today's data.

When actress Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend Brian suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful receptionist Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous in Hawaii, but also Sarah.

πŸ… 84% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Nicholas Stollerwittyplayfulromantictendercontemplative
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If Forgetting Sarah Marshall hit the spot, these will too

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Medicine for Melancholy
2009 Β· dir. Barry Jenkins
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.6drama Β· romance

Common ground: one-night stand

The difference: Without the same wit

Waking from a one-night stand that neither remembers, Micah and Joanne find themselves wandering the streets of San Francisco, sharing coffee and conversation and searching for a deeper connection.

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How to Be Single
2016 Β· dir. Christian Ditter
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· romance

Both are built on the same subject: one-night stand

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

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Youth
2015 Β· dir. Paolo Sorrentino
πŸ… 73%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· drama Β· romance

One thread runs through both: vacation

Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy, an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance?

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Bridget Jones's Baby
2016 Β· dir. Sharon Maguire
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.4drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Both land wit and play at once

After breaking up, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. Then her love life takes a turn when she meets Jack. A week later, she runs into Mark before she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch - she's not sure of the identity of her baby's father - Mark or Jack.

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Obvious Child
2014 Β· dir. Gillian Robespierre
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.7comedy Β· romance

The same mix in both: romance, then tenderness

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

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The Break-Up
2006 Β· dir. Peyton Reed
πŸ… 34%β˜… 5.8romance Β· comedy

The same preoccupation in both: break-up

Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest 'why can't you do this one little thing for me?' argument, Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. What follows is a hilarious series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and undermining tricks – all encouraged by the former couple's friends and confidantes …and the occasional total stranger! When neither ex is willing to move out of their shared apartment, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until one of them reaches breaking point.

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The Proposal
2009 Β· dir. Anne Fletcher
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· romance Β· drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: ex-girlfriend

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.

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The Worst Person in the World
2021 Β· dir. Joachim Trier
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance Β· comedy

One thread runs through both: break-up

The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

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Love Actually
2003 Β· dir. Richard Curtis
πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· romance Β· drama

Both are built on the same subject: rock star

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2008 Β· dir. Aditya Chopra
πŸ… 78%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Contemplative comedy, and it commits to that

A boring, reserved husband secretly becomes a lively, confident stranger to woo his own unaware wife only to make her fall head over heels for his dashing alter ego.

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Away We Go
2009 Β· dir. Sam Mendes
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Romance built on wit, twice over

Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.

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I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
2006 Β· dir. Park Chan-wook
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.9drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Drama with a pulse of play, in both cases

Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food.

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