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Movies that feel likeGrease (1978)

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?

If you loved Grease, the closest films we have are Coming to America (1988), Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1953). All three share Grease's romantic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Cold Comfort Farm (1995).

🍅 65% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Randal Kleiserromanticwittyplayful
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Coming to America
1988 · dir. John Landis
🍅 71%★ 7.1comedy · romance

A charming fish-out-of-water finds love while faking a whole new identity

The difference: A prince's culture-clash comedy, not a poodle-skirt high school romance

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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Lisbela and the Prisoner
2003 · dir. Guel Arraes
★ 7.6comedy · romance

A romance blooms despite a colorful cast pulling the couple in every direction

The difference: Brazilian folk comedy, no dance numbers or sock-hop soundtrack

Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.

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How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 · dir. Jean Negulesco
🍅 81%★ 6.8comedy · romance

Playful scheming gives way to real feeling once love actually shows up

The difference: A trio hunting millionaires, not one couple's summer romance

Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

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

An unlikely match teaches two very different people to open up

The difference: A Cinderella romance about class, not high school cliques and drag races

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

The same mix in both: romance, then wit

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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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · dir. Howard Hawks
🍅 88%★ 7.1comedy · romance

Glamorous leads sing and scheme their way toward the marriage they want

The difference: A gold-digging showgirl caper, not two teens rekindling summer love

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.

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

Both lean on play more than on romance

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

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

A sunny setting, big feelings, and songs that carry the whole story

The difference: A daughter's search for her father drives it, not teen romance

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 romance, 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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Johnny Stecchino
1991 · dir. Roberto Benigni
🍅 46%★ 7.2comedy

Witty comedy in both cases

Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.

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

Playful romance, and it commits to that

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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The Girl Next Door
2004 · dir. Luke Greenfield
🍅 56%★ 6.7comedy · romancePrime Video

One thread runs through both: high school

Exceptionally ambitious high schooler Matthew has aspirations for a career in politics when he falls in love with his gorgeous 19-year-old neighbor, Danielle. But Matthew's bright future is jeopardized when he finds Danielle was once a porn star. As Danielle's past catches up with her, Matthew's love for her forces him to re-evaluate his goals.

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