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Movies that feel like What Happens in Vegas (2008)

If you loved What Happens in Vegas, the closest films we have are The Ugly Truth (2009), She's the Man (2006) and Bride Wars (2009). All three share What Happens in Vegas' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Hulu and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.

πŸ… 25% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Tom Vaughanwittyplayfulromantictender

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The Ugly Truth
2009 Β· dir. Robert Luketic
πŸ… 14%β˜… 6.4comedy Β· romance

Two things both keep coming back to: romcom and opposites attract

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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She's the Man
2006 Β· dir. Andy Fickman
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.4comedy Β· romance

Common ground: roommates

Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.

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Bride Wars
2009 Β· dir. Gary Winick
πŸ… 10%β˜… 5.5comedy Β· romance

The same two preoccupations: rivalry, and wedding

Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.

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27 Dresses
2008 Β· dir. Anne Fletcher
πŸ… 41%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: romcom

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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Anyone but You
2023 Β· dir. Will Gluck
πŸ… 53%β˜… 6.1romance Β· comedy

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice cold β€” until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.

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Valentine's Day
2010 Β· dir. Garry Marshall
πŸ… 18%β˜… 5.8comedy Β· romance

Both land romance and tenderness at once

Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

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Along Came Polly
2004 Β· dir. John Hamburg
πŸ… 27%β˜… 6comedy Β· romance

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there.

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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018 Β· dir. Ol Parker
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.6comedy Β· romance

Romance built on play, twice over

Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.

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Wedding Crashers
2005 Β· dir. David Dobkin
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7comedy Β· romance

Both are built on the same subject: wedding

John and his buddy Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.

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My Best Friend's Wedding
1997 Β· dir. P.J. Hogan
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.4comedy Β· romance

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.

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Blended
2014 Β· dir. Frank Coraci
πŸ… 15%β˜… 6.5comedy Β· romance

Romance with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

Recently divorced mom Lauren and widowed dad Jim let their friends push them into a blind date, which goes disastrously wrong. Unsurprisingly, neither wants to see the other ever again. However, fate intervenes when both Jim and Lauren, unbeknownst to each other, purchase one-half of the same vacation package at a South African resort for families, during spring break. They and their children are forced to share the same romantic suite and participate in a slew of family activities together.

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Notting Hill
1999 Β· dir. Roger Michell
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.2romance Β· comedy

One thread runs through both: roommates

London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.

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