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Movies that feel likeThe Parent Trap (1998)

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.

If you loved The Parent Trap, the closest films we have are Chocolat (2000), Italian for Beginners (2000) and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). All three share The Parent Trap'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 Eat Drink Man Woman (1994).

🍅 86% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Nancy Meyerswittyplayfulwarmcozyromantictender
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Chocolat
2000 · dir. Lasse Hallström
🍅 63%★ 7.2comedy · drama · romanceParamount+

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Trades the warmth of The Parent Trap for an angle of its own

In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.

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Italian for Beginners
2000 · dir. Lone Scherfig
🍅 87%★ 7comedy · drama · romance

Warm where it counts, romantic underneath

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cozy than The Parent Trap does

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1998 · dir. Karan Johar
🍅 71%★ 7.5romance · drama · comedyNetflixPrime Video

Comedy with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Parent Trap does

Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.

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Eat Drink Man Woman
1994 · dir. Ang Lee
🍅 88%★ 7.8comedy · drama · romance

Both lean on comfort more than on romance

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.

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Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994 · dir. Mike Newell
🍅 92%★ 7.1comedy · drama · romance

Witty family, and it commits to that

Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

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About a Boy
2002 · dir. Chris Weitz
🍅 93%★ 7.1drama · comedy · romance

Playful comedy in both cases

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.

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The Princess Diaries
2001 · dir. Garry Marshall
🍅 50%★ 6.4comedy · family · romanceDisney+

Family built on warmth, twice over

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.

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A Cinderella Story
2004 · dir. Mark Rosman
🍅 11%★ 6comedy · family · romance

Cozy romance in both cases

Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.

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As Good as It Gets
1997 · dir. James L. Brooks
🍅 86%★ 7.7drama · comedy · romance

Comedy built on romance, twice over

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

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Muriel's Wedding
1994 · dir. P.J. Hogan
🍅 82%★ 7.3comedy · drama · romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on romance

Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father, Muriel has never even been on a date. Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel runs into fellow outcast Rhonda Epinstalk, and the two move from their small Australian town to the big city of Sydney, where Muriel changes her name and begins the arduous task of redesigning her life to match her fantasies.

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Moonstruck
1987 · dir. Norman Jewison
🍅 90%★ 7.2comedy · drama · romance

Different title, same corner of the shelf

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

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

Nancy Meyers working the same nerve twice

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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