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Movies that feel like Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

If you loved Safety Not Guaranteed, the closest films we have are 50 First Dates (2004), Palm Springs (2020) and Poor Things (2023). All three share Safety Not Guaranteed's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, YouTube TV and Starz Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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

πŸ… 91% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Colin Trevorrowwittyplayfulromantictendercerebralmelancholy

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50 First Dates
2004 Β· dir. Peter Segal
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: womanizer

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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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Palm Springs
2020 Β· dir. Max Barbakow
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· romance Β· science fiction

Time travel sits at the heart of each

The difference: Missing the melancholy of Safety Not Guaranteed

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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Poor Things
2023 Β· dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.7science fiction Β· romance Β· comedy

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Not nearly as melancholy as Safety Not Guaranteed

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

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American Pie
1999 Β· dir. Paul Weitz
πŸ… 62%β˜… 7comedy Β· romance

Both keep circling back to loss of virginity

At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.

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Yes Man
2008 Β· dir. Peyton Reed
πŸ… 44%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· romance

The same mix in both: romance, then tenderness

Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere, signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything…and anything.

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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
2018 Β· dir. Susan Johnson
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7comedy Β· romance

Comedy built on wit, twice over

Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.

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Obvious Child
2014 Β· dir. Gillian Robespierre
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.7comedy Β· romance

Romance with a pulse of play, in both cases

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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Blended
2014 Β· dir. Frank Coraci
πŸ… 15%β˜… 6.5comedy Β· romance

Both trade on romance more than on being science fiction

Recently divorced mom Lauren and widowed dad Jim let their friends push them into a blind date, which goes disastrously wrong. Unsurprisingly, neither wants to see the other ever again. However, fate intervenes when both Jim and Lauren, unbeknownst to each other, purchase one-half of the same vacation package at a South African resort for families, during spring break. They and their children are forced to share the same romantic suite and participate in a slew of family activities together.

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Mamma Mia!
2008 Β· dir. Phyllida Lloyd
πŸ… 54%β˜… 6.5comedy Β· romance

Tender comedy, and it commits to that

A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in hope of finding her biological father to walk her down the aisle.

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

Witty romance in both cases

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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The Holiday
2006 Β· dir. Nancy Meyers
πŸ… 51%β˜… 7comedy Β· romance

Both trade on play more than on being science fiction

Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.

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No Strings Attached
2011 Β· dir. Ivan Reitman
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.2comedy Β· romance

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends?

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