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Movies that feel like The Worst Person in the World (2021)

If you loved The Worst Person in the World, the closest films we have are La La Land (2016), The Invite (2026) and (500) Days of Summer (2009). All three share The Worst Person in the World's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels, Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and others, checked against today's data.

The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

πŸ… 96% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Joachim Triercontemplativeromantictenderwittyplayful

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If The Worst Person in the World hit the spot, these will too

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La La Land
2016 Β· dir. Damien Chazelle
πŸ… 91%β˜… 8comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Both land stillness and romance at once

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

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The Invite
2026 Β· dir. Olivia Wilde
β˜… 7.8comedy Β· drama Β· romance

The same mix in both: tenderness, then wit

Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

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(500) Days of Summer
2009 Β· dir. Marc Webb
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Drama with a pulse of play, in both cases

Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.

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Paterson
2016 Β· dir. Jim Jarmusch
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.3drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Both trade on stillness more than on being romance

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.

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Beginners
2011 Β· dir. Mike Mills
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.2drama Β· romance Β· comedy

Both keep circling back to cancer

Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.

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Love Actually
2003 Β· dir. Richard Curtis
πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· romance Β· drama

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

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The Proposal
2009 Β· dir. Anne Fletcher
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.8comedy Β· romance Β· drama

Tender drama in both cases

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.

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Don Jon
2013 Β· dir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.5romance Β· comedy Β· drama

Romance built on wit, twice over

A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.

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Love & Other Drugs
2010 Β· dir. Edward Zwick
πŸ… 49%β˜… 6.7drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Comedy built on play, 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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Away We Go
2009 Β· dir. Sam Mendes
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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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Drinking Buddies
2013 Β· dir. Joe Swanberg
πŸ… 84%β˜… 6.1romance Β· drama Β· comedy

Romantic romance in both cases

Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between β€œfriends” and β€œmore than friends” really blurry? Beer.

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Hitch
2005 Β· dir. Andy Tennant
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.6comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Tender comedy, and it commits to that

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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