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Movies that feel likeLa La Land (2016)

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

If you loved La La Land, the closest films we have are Café Society (2016), (500) Days of Summer (2009) and The Artist (2011). All three share La La Land's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Jab We Met (2007).

🍅 91% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Damien Chazellewittyplayfulcontemplativeromantictender
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Café Society
2016 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 70%★ 6.6comedy · drama · romancePrime Video

Hollywood dreamers falling in love while ambition pulls them apart

The difference: Wry Allen fatalism — nostalgia without the musical lift

The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

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(500) Days of Summer
2009 · dir. Marc Webb
🍅 86%★ 7.6comedy · drama · romance

Love stories honest about the gap between fantasy and reality

The difference: Nonlinear breakup autopsy, no songs

Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.

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The Artist
2011 · dir. Michel Hazanavicius
🍅 95%★ 7.8drama · comedy · romance

A love letter to old Hollywood about what fame gives and takes

The difference: Silent and black-and-white — a stunt that asks your patience

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

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Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003 · dir. Nikkhil Advani
🍅 75%★ 7.9comedy · drama · romanceNetflixPrime Video

Big-hearted musical romance where joy and heartbreak share the stage

The difference: Bollywood melodrama — three hours and openly tear-jerking

An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.

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Jab We Met
2007 · dir. Imtiaz Ali
🍅 100%★ 7.9drama · comedy · romance

Two mismatched strays whose meeting rewrites both their lives

The difference: Pure Bollywood buoyancy — the melancholy mostly evaporates

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky carefree young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

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The Big Sick
2017 · dir. Michael Showalter
🍅 98%★ 7.5comedy · drama · romancePrime Video

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

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Paterson
2016 · dir. Jim Jarmusch
🍅 96%★ 7.3drama · comedy · romancePrime Video

Both land stillness and romance at once

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.

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Barfi!
2012 · dir. Anurag Basu
🍅 84%★ 8.1drama · romance · comedy

Comedy with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

The heartwarming tale of Barfi, a charming deaf-mute young man from 1970s Darjeeling, and two unalike women who can't help but fall for him.

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Last Christmas
2019 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 46%★ 6.5comedy · drama · romanceHulu

A stalled dreamer in a big city nudged back toward hope

The difference: A twist-built holiday confection — sweetness over craft

Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.

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Youth
2015 · dir. Paolo Sorrentino
🍅 73%★ 7.3comedy · drama · romance

Both lean on wit more than on drama

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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The Worst Person in the World
2021 · dir. Joachim Trier
🍅 96%★ 7.7drama · romance · comedyRent or buy

Playful romance, and it commits to that

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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Hitch
2005 · dir. Andy Tennant
🍅 68%★ 6.6comedy · drama · romanceNetflix

City romance choreographed with charm

The difference: Date-doctor formula, no melancholy

Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.

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