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Movies that feel like My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

If you loved My Best Friend's Wedding, the closest films we have are Muriel's Wedding (1994), The Break-Up (2006) and Wedding Crashers (2005). All three share My Best Friend's Wedding's witty and playful 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 Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.

πŸ… 75% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. P.J. Hoganwittyplayfulromantictender

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Muriel's Wedding
1994 Β· dir. P.J. Hogan
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· drama Β· romance

The same hand behind both of them: P.J. Hogan

The difference: Sits closer to drama than My Best Friend's Wedding does

Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father, Muriel has never even been on a date. Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel runs into fellow outcast Rhonda Epinstalk, and the two move from their small Australian town to the big city of Sydney, where Muriel changes her name and begins the arduous task of redesigning her life to match her fantasies.

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

Common ground in both: chicago, illinois and new love

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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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Wedding Crashers
2005 Β· dir. David Dobkin
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7comedy Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: wedding

John and his buddy Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.

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27 Dresses
2008 Β· dir. Anne Fletcher
πŸ… 41%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· romance

Common ground: new love

Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.

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

Both are built on the same subject: wedding

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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Notting Hill
1999 Β· dir. Roger Michell
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.2romance Β· comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

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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Cold Comfort Farm
1995 Β· dir. John Schlesinger
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· romance

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

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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You've Got Mail
1998 Β· dir. Nora Ephron
πŸ… 69%β˜… 6.7comedy Β· romance

Comedy built on wit, twice over

Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internetβ€”both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.

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Crazy Rich Asians
2018 Β· dir. Jon M. Chu
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.9comedy Β· romance

Both lean on play more than on romance

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous.

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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004 Β· dir. Beeban Kidron
πŸ… 27%β˜… 6comedy Β· romance

Romantic comedy in both cases

Bridget Jones is still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. However, while on assignment in Thailand with her disreputable ex, Daniel Cleaver, claiming to be reformed, Bridget questions if she has everything she's ever dreamed of having.

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Along Came Polly
2004 Β· dir. John Hamburg
πŸ… 27%β˜… 6comedy Β· romance

Tender romance, and it commits to that

Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there.

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She's the Man
2006 Β· dir. Andy Fickman
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.4comedy Β· romance

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.

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