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Movies that feel likeThe Proposal (2009)

When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.

If you loved The Proposal, the closest films we have are Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Hitch (2005) and Adventureland (2009). All three share The Proposal'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 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008).

🍅 45% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Anne Fletcherwittyplayfulromantictendercontemplative
8 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Disney Plus

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008 · dir. Nicholas Stoller
🍅 84%★ 7.1comedy · romance · dramaApple TV+

Heartbreak played for big laughs with real ache underneath

The difference: Raunchier and male-POV — breakup wallowing over screwball setup

When actress Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend Brian suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful receptionist Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous in Hawaii, but also Sarah.

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Hitch
2005 · dir. Andy Tennant
🍅 68%★ 6.6comedy · drama · romanceNetflix

Polished pros trading banter until real feeling sneaks in

The difference: The romance splits across two couples — less delicious friction

Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.

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Adventureland
2009 · dir. Greg Mottola
🍅 89%★ 6.8comedy · drama · romance

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

It's the summer of 1987, and recent college grad James Brennan can't wait to begin his long-anticipated dream trip to Europe. Unfortunately, James' plans come to a screeching halt when his parents announce that they are unable to subsidize his trip. Forced to take a job at the local amusement park, James prepares for the worst summer ever, until he finds love with a captivating co-worker named Em.

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

Opposites thrown together on a journey neither one planned

The difference: Bollywood scale and songs — a slower, more soulful romance

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

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Away We Go
2009 · dir. Sam Mendes
🍅 67%★ 7drama · comedy · romance

The same mix in both: romance, then tenderness

Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.

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Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003 · dir. Nikkhil Advani
🍅 75%★ 7.9comedy · drama · romanceNetflixPrime Video

An uptight New Yorker undone by someone infuriatingly charming

The difference: A Bollywood tearjerker — pack tissues, not popcorn

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

A guarded heart softened somewhere far from home

The difference: Earnest to a fault — the wit is much thinner on the ground

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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27 Dresses
2008 · dir. Anne Fletcher
🍅 41%★ 6.1comedy · romanceDisney+Starz

The same director's glossy wedding-world wish fulfillment

The difference: Sweeter and safer — no barbed boss-assistant sparring

Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.

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The Family Stone
2005 · dir. Thomas Bezucha
🍅 52%★ 6.3comedy · drama · romancePrime Video

An uptight outsider dropped into a family that won't behave

The difference: A bittersweet Christmas ensemble — real grief among the laughs

An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

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Love & Other Drugs
2010 · dir. Edward Zwick
🍅 49%★ 6.7drama · comedy · romance

Comedy built on stillness, twice over

Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serves him well with the ladies and the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.

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Welcome to the Sticks
2008 · dir. Dany Boon
🍅 67%★ 7.1comedy · drama · romancePrime Video

Witty romance, and it commits to that

Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France...

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

Drama with a pulse of play, in both cases

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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