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Movies that feel likeThe Holiday (2006)

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.

If you loved The Holiday, the closest films we have are Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003), Definitely, Maybe (2008) and You've Got Mail (1998). All three share The Holiday'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 Obvious Child (2014).

🍅 51% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Nancy Meyerswittyplayfulromantic
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Lisbela and the Prisoner
2003 · dir. Guel Arraes
★ 7.6comedy · romance

One thread runs through both: romance

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

Both are built on the same subject: romance

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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You've Got Mail
1998 · dir. Nora Ephron
🍅 69%★ 6.7comedy · romanceParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: christmas

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

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Wedding Crashers
2005 · dir. David Dobkin
🍅 75%★ 7comedy · romanceMax

Both land wit and play at once

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

Romantic comedy in both cases

The difference: Reviewed even better

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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Zack and Miri Make a Porno
2008 · dir. Kevin Smith
🍅 65%★ 6.5comedy · romance

Romance built on wit, twice over

Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.

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What Women Want
2000 · dir. Nancy Meyers
🍅 53%★ 6.5comedy · romanceParamount+

Nancy Meyers directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.

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Valentine's Day
2010 · dir. Garry Marshall
🍅 18%★ 5.8comedy · romance

Common ground in both: holiday and multiple storylines

Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

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

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

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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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004 · dir. Beeban Kidron
🍅 27%★ 6comedy · romanceParamount+Starz

Common ground: vacation

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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The Ugly Truth
2009 · dir. Robert Luketic
🍅 14%★ 6.4comedy · romance

Both lean on romance more than on romance

A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

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Along Came Polly
2004 · dir. John Hamburg
🍅 27%★ 6comedy · romanceParamount+

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

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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