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Movies that feel like The Man Who Copied (2003)

If you loved The Man Who Copied, the closest films we have are The Girl on the Bridge (1999), Late Marriage (2001) and Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003). All three share The Man Who Copied's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and OVID and others, checked against today's data.

A young photocopier operator becomes infatuated with his neighbor and, unable to afford anything from her shop, turns to shady schemes to make money.

🍅 68% Rotten Tomatoes7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jorge Furtadowittyplayfulcontemplativeromantictendergritty

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The Girl on the Bridge
1999 · dir. Patrice Leconte
🍅 88%7.5drama · comedy · romance

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Missing the grit of The Man Who Copied

It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.

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Late Marriage
2001 · dir. Dover Koshashvili
🍅 88%7.1comedy · drama · romance

Contemplative where it counts, romantic underneath

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

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Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003 · dir. Nikkhil Advani
🍅 75%7.9comedy · drama · romance

Comedy with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.

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Jab We Met
2007 · dir. Imtiaz Ali
🍅 100%7.9drama · comedy · romance

Drama built on wit, twice over

The difference: Reviewed even better

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky carefree young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2008 · dir. Aditya Chopra
🍅 78%7.2comedy · drama · romance

Playful romance, and it commits to that

A boring, reserved husband secretly becomes a lively, confident stranger to woo his own unaware wife only to make her fall head over heels for his dashing alter ego.

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Barfi!
2012 · dir. Anurag Basu
🍅 81%8.1drama · romance · comedy

Both lean on stillness more than on crime

The heartwarming tale of Barfi, a charming deaf-mute young man from 1970s Darjeeling, and two unalike women who can't help but fall for him.

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

Romantic comedy in both cases

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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🍅 60%7.1romance · comedy · crime

Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases

While Arturo tries to gain the love of Flora, he witnesses the history of Sicily from 1969 to 1992, miraculously dodging the crimes of the Mafia and supporting as a journalist the heroic struggle of the judges and policemen who fought this infamous organization.

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Strictly Ballroom
1992 · dir. Baz Luhrmann
7.2comedy · drama · romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on romance

Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?

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Home for the Holidays
1995 · dir. Jodie Foster
🍅 63%6.6comedy · drama · romance

Both lean on wit more than on crime

After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.

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My Sassy Girl
2001 · dir. Kwak Jae-yong
7.9drama · comedy · romance

Playful comedy in both cases

A young man’s world is turned upside down when a female force of nature takes his life by storm in this outrageous and uplifting ode to true love.

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Love Is All You Need
2012 · dir. Susanne Bier
🍅 75%6.5comedy · romance · drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Ida, a Danish hairdresser who has lost her hair to cancer, returns home from the hospital one day to find her husband is cheating on her. She decides to travel to Italy on her own for her daughter's wedding, but discovers on arriving that the wedding gathering will present its own challenges.

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