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Movies that feel likeLove Actually (2003)

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

If you loved Love Actually, the closest films we have are Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Love Me If You Dare (2003) and Bridget Jones's Diary (2001). All three share Love Actually'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 Late Marriage (2001).

🍅 65% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Richard Curtiswittyplayfulromantictendercontemplative
7 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Apple TV

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008 · dir. Nicholas Stoller
🍅 84%★ 7.1comedy · romance · dramaApple TV+

A witty, tender romance about picking yourself back up after heartbreak

The difference: One breakup story in Hawaii, not London's tangle of Christmas couples

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.

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Love Me If You Dare
2003 · dir. Yann Samuell
🍅 45%★ 7.5drama · comedy · romance

A playful, tender romance about love hidden behind games and nerve

The difference: One long-running friendship, not an ensemble of separate couples

As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.

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Bridget Jones's Diary
2001 · dir. Sharon Maguire
🍅 80%★ 6.8comedy · romance · dramaParamount+Starz

The same witty, self-deprecating London romance with real heart underneath

The difference: One woman's single storyline, not an interlocking ensemble of couples

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against expectations. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. Her charming boss takes an interest in her, and she cannot stop running into a rather disagreeable acquaintance whom Bridget cannot help finding quietly attractive.

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

A tender, witty romance carrying a bittersweet ache beneath the charm

The difference: A Bollywood family drama with one couple, not London's ensemble

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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Lost in Translation
2003 · dir. Sofia Coppola
🍅 95%★ 7.7drama · comedy · romance

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

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My Sassy Girl
2001 · dir. Kwak Jae-yong
★ 7.9drama · comedy · romance

A witty, tender romance built on love's chaotic, uplifting surprises

The difference: One couple's whirlwind courtship, not an interlocking London cast

A young man’s world is turned upside down when a female force of nature takes his life by storm in this outrageous and uplifting ode to true love.

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The Family Stone
2005 · dir. Thomas Bezucha
🍅 52%★ 6.3comedy · drama · romancePrime Video

A witty, tender holiday ensemble where messy love takes center stage

The difference: One family's Christmas chaos, not London's web of separate couples

An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

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Late Marriage
2001 · dir. Dover Koshashvili
🍅 88%★ 7.1comedy · drama · romanceRent or buy

A tender comedy-drama wrestling love against family expectation

The difference: An arranged-marriage story in Israel, no ensemble or Christmas setting

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

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Home for the Holidays
1995 · dir. Jodie Foster
🍅 63%★ 6.6comedy · drama · romance

A warm, witty holiday gathering where every relationship gets complicated

The difference: A single dysfunctional-family reunion, not multiple romantic threads

After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.

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

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

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

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I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
2006 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 92%★ 6.9drama · comedy · romance

Contemplative comedy 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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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2008 · dir. Aditya Chopra
🍅 78%★ 7.2comedy · drama · romanceNetflix

Witty romance, 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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