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Movies that feel likeSafety Not Guaranteed (2012)

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

If you loved Safety Not Guaranteed, the closest films we have are The Man from the Future (2011), Palm Springs (2020) and 50 First Dates (2004). All three share Safety Not Guaranteed'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 Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003).

🍅 91% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Colin Trevorrowwittyplayfulromanticcerebral
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The Man from the Future
2011 · dir. Cláudio Torres
★ 7comedy · fantasy · science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: time travel

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Safety Not Guaranteed does

Zero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.

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Palm Springs
2020 · dir. Max Barbakow
🍅 95%★ 7.4comedy · romance · science fictionHulu

One thread runs through both: time travel

When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

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50 First Dates
2004 · dir. Peter Segal
🍅 45%★ 6.8comedy · romanceParamount+

Common ground: womanizer

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.

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The Nutty Professor
1996 · dir. Tom Shadyac
🍅 64%★ 5.7comedy · science fiction · romance

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.

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Obvious Child
2014 · dir. Gillian Robespierre
🍅 90%★ 6.7comedy · romance

Comedy with a pulse of romance, in both cases

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Safety Not Guaranteed

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

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

Witty romance, and it commits to that

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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What's Your Number?
2011 · dir. Mark Mylod
🍅 23%★ 6.1comedy · romanceNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: womanizer

Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to find the perfect mate from among her numerous ex-boyfriends.

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Minha Vida em Marte
2018 · dir. Susana Garcia
★ 6.5comedy · romance

Both lean on play more than on science fiction

Fernanda is married to Tom, with whom she has a five-year-old daughter, Joana. The couple is in the midst of wear and tear caused by living together for many years, which generates constant friction. Who helps Fernanda to overcome the crisis is her partner Aníbal, inseparable partner during the arduous journey between saving the marriage or putting an end to it.

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Isi & Ossi
2020 · dir. Oliver Kienle
★ 6.4romance · comedyNetflix

Romantic comedy in both cases

Isi and Ossi couldn't be any more different: She's a billionaire's daughter from Heidelberg, he's a struggling boxer from the nearby town of Mannheim. But when Isi meets Ossi, the two quickly realize that they can take advantage of one another: She dates the broke boxer to provoke her parents and get them to fund a long-desired chef training in New York. He tries to rip off the rich daughter to finance his first professional boxing match. Their plans soon develop into emotional chaos that challenges everything the two believe to know about money, career and love.

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She's Out of My League
2010 · dir. Jim Field Smith
🍅 57%★ 6.4romance · comedyParamount+

Romance built on wit, twice over

When he starts dating drop-dead gorgeous Molly, insecure airport security agent Kirk can't believe it. As his friends and family share their doubts about the relationship lasting, Kirk does everything he can to avoid losing Molly forever.

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Rich in Love
2020 · dir. Bruno Garotti
★ 6romance · comedyNetflix

Playful science fiction in both cases

Working incognito at his rich dad's company to test his own merits, Teto falls for Paula and tells her he grew up poor, a lie that spins out of control.

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Definitely, Maybe
2008 · dir. Adam Brooks
🍅 71%★ 7.1comedy · romanceApple TV+

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.

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