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Movies that feel like Set It Up (2018)

If you loved Set It Up, the closest films we have are Holidate (2020), How to Be Single (2016) and Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009). All three share Set It Up'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, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.

πŸ… 92% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Claire Scanlonromantictenderwittyplayful
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If Set It Up hit the spot, these will too

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Holidate
2020 Β· dir. John Whitesell
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.2comedy Β· romance

One thread runs through both: date

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.

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How to Be Single
2016 Β· dir. Christian Ditter
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· romance

New York City shapes both of them

New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

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Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009 Β· dir. P.J. Hogan
πŸ… 26%β˜… 5.9comedy Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: romcom

In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door – until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.

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Trainwreck
2015 Β· dir. Judd Apatow
πŸ… 84%β˜… 6.2comedy Β· romance

Common ground: romcom

Ever since her father drilled into her head that monogamy isn't realistic, magazine writer Amy has made promiscuity her credo. As much as she enjoys an uninhibited life free of commitment, Amy is really in a rut. While writing a profile about charming and successful sports doctor Aaron Conners, she finds herself actually falling in love for the first time -- and what's more, Aaron seems to really like her too. Amy starts to wonder if it's time to clean up her act and face her fears.

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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018 Β· dir. Ol Parker
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.6comedy Β· romance

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.

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A Rainy Day in New York
2019 Β· dir. Woody Allen
πŸ… 46%β˜… 6.4comedy Β· romance

Witty and playful in the same breath

Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

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

Romantic romance 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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Anyone but You
2023 Β· dir. Will Gluck
πŸ… 53%β˜… 6.1romance Β· comedy

Tender comedy, and it commits to that

After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice cold β€” until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.

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

Romance built on wit, twice over

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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What's Your Number?
2011 Β· dir. Mark Mylod
πŸ… 23%β˜… 6comedy Β· romance

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

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 Β· dir. Susana Garcia
β˜… 6.5comedy Β· romance

Both lean on romance more than on romance

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 AnΓ­bal, inseparable partner during the arduous journey between saving the marriage or putting an end to it.

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Last Christmas
2019 Β· dir. Paul Feig
πŸ… 46%β˜… 6.5comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Tender comedy in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Set It Up does

Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.

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