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Movies that feel like Life As We Know It (2010)

If you loved Life As We Know It, the closest films we have are Letters to Juliet (2010), P.S. I Love You (2007) and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). All three share Life As We Know It's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

After a disastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have in common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.

πŸ… 29% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Greg Berlantiwittyplayfulromantictendercontemplativemelancholy

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Letters to Juliet
2010 Β· dir. Gary Winick
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.5comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: romcom

The difference: None of the melancholy Life As We Know It is built on

An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.

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P.S. I Love You
2007 Β· dir. Richard LaGravenese
β˜… 7drama Β· romance

Common ground: grief

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

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

Both are built on the same subject: baby

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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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Hitch
2005 Β· dir. Andy Tennant
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.6comedy Β· drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: romcom

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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Igby Goes Down
2002 Β· dir. Burr Steers
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· drama

One thread runs through both: godfather

Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.

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Love, Simon
2018 Β· dir. Greg Berlanti
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Greg Berlanti working the same nerve twice

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.

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Jab We Met
2007 Β· dir. Imtiaz Ali
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.9drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Both land wit and play at once

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

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Good Bye, Lenin!
2003 Β· dir. Wolfgang Becker
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.7comedy Β· drama

One thread runs through both: grief

Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.

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Closer
2004 Β· dir. Mike Nichols
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7.1drama Β· romance

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

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Valentine's Day
2010 Β· dir. Garry Marshall
πŸ… 18%β˜… 5.8comedy Β· romance

Witty comedy in both cases

Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

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What Happens in Vegas
2008 Β· dir. Tom Vaughan
πŸ… 25%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· romance

Both lean on play more than on romance

During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.

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Take This Waltz
2011 Β· dir. Sarah Polley
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.5drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.

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