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Movies that feel like The Invention of Lying (2009)

If you loved The Invention of Lying, the closest films we have are Rich in Love (2020), The Mermaid (2016) and When We First Met (2018). All three share The Invention of Lying'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 Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.

🍅 56% Rotten Tomatoes6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Ricky Gervaiswittyplayfuldreamlikeromantictender

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Rich in Love
2020 · dir. Bruno Garotti
6romance · comedy

Common ground: romance

The difference: None of the dream logic The Invention of Lying is built on

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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The Mermaid
2016 · dir. Stephen Chow
🍅 95%6.2comedy · fantasy · romance

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

When Xuan's real estate project threatens the home of mermaids, Shan is sent to stop him. When they fall in love, he is encouraged to cancel the project. However, he must save them from bigger danger.

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When We First Met
2018 · dir. Ari Sandel
🍅 45%6.4comedy · romance · fantasy

Dreamlike and romantic in the same breath

Using a magical photo booth that sends him back in time, Noah relives the night he met Avery over and over, trying to persuade her to fall for him.

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

Both are built on the same subject: romcom

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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Practical Magic
1998 · dir. Griffin Dunne
🍅 28%6.4romance · fantasy · comedy

Both lean on tenderness more than on comedy

Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.

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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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Defending Your Life
1991 · dir. Albert Brooks
🍅 92%7.2romance · fantasy · comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: heaven

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Invention of Lying does

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.

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Letters to Juliet
2010 · dir. Gary Winick
🍅 42%6.5comedy · drama · romance

The same preoccupation in both: romcom

An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.

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What's Your Number?
2011 · dir. Mark Mylod
🍅 23%6comedy · romance

Witty romance 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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Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009 · dir. P.J. Hogan
🍅 26%5.9comedy · romance

Fantasy built on play, twice over

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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Hairspray
2007 · dir. Adam Shankman
🍅 92%6.7comedy · romance · drama

Comedy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.

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Definitely, Maybe
2008 · dir. Adam Brooks
🍅 71%7.1comedy · romance

Romantic romance, 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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