Movies like Angel-A (2005)
The best movies like Angel-A (2005) are City of Angels (1998), Angel (2005) and Stranger Than Fiction (2006). If Angel-A hooked you with its romance and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedAmélie (2001)7.9/10 from 12,823 votes
- NewestBy Design (2026)Released 2026
- In FrenchAmélie (2001)Also in French
City of Angels (1998)
When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAngel (2005)
An angel who ruins everything he touches is sent to Earth to learn about love, forgiveness and selflessness -- and he has just one day to do it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAmélie (2001)
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Science of Sleep (2006)
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWristcutters: A Love Story (2007)
Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ex-girlfriend has also "offed" herself, he sets out on a road trip to find her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAlice (1990)
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMidnight in Paris (2011)
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMood Indigo (2013)
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBird People (2014)
An overstressed American businessman and a French chambermaid make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisNovo (2002)
After an injury, Graham suffers from short-term memory loss, which causes him to fall back into the abyss of amnesia every 10 minutes. Those around him both profit and suffer from his condition -- his sex-crazed boss, Sabine, tricks him into regular trysts, while his family tries to come to terms with the situation. But when temp Irene starts working at Graham's company, they fall into an affair that begins to make a mark on his memory.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMermaid (2007)
The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief with reality when, as a young woman, she journeys to Moscow and grapples with love, modernity and materialism.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSliding Doors (1998)
Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRomantics Anonymous (2010)
With his beloved chocolate business turning sour, socially awkward boss Jean-René decides to enlist an extra pair of hands. Enter Angélique, a chronically shy young woman who shares Jean- René's passion for all things sugar and sweet. She is the answer to his prayers, in ways he didn t realise. Because while he is looking for a sales rep to keep his sinking ship afloat, she is in fact a gifted, albeit covert, chocolatière extraordinaire whose treats are legendary around town. As the pair become more and more acquainted it is not long before chocolate is not the only sensual element in the air.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDefending Your Life (1991)
Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAngel (2016)
Once upon a time there was Louise and her friend, the magician. But his last trick left a bitter taste in her mouth. He disappeared in a curtain of smoke… never to appear again. This is too much for the young woman. Devastated by endless grief, Louise is sent to a psychiatric asylum, resigned to the idea that she will swallow pills till the end of her days. Yet nine months later she gives birth to a child who is likely to have a big problem for his future class pictures, since he’s invisible. But Louise doesn’t care. He’s her angel and, wanting to protect him from this cruel world, she decides to keep his existence a secret. Years later, Louise’s angel has grown up. He even managed to find a girlfriend; Madeleine. The two become inseparable, for Madeleine never judges him. And for good reason: she’s blind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues when Vadinho's spirit returns into her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fairy (2011)
A hotel clerk searches all over Le Havre for the fairy who made two of his three wishes come true before disappearing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisArizona Dream (1993)
Rebellious young Axel Blackmar gets caught up into the family car business when his cousin, Paul, coaxes him to come to Arizona to attend the wedding of their Uncle Leo. As Axel makes the decision to try selling Cadillacs with his family, he meets an eccentric woman named Elaine and her equally quirky stepdaughter, Grace. Their lives become inextricably intertwined through romance, dreams – and death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWoman on Top (2000)
Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she decides to break free from her rocky marriage and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil, she spirits off to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRuby Sparks (2012)
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeing Human (1994)
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBeing John Malkovich (1999)
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGhost Town (2008)
Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPriceless (2006)
A beautiful young gold-digger mistakes a lowly hotel clerk as a rich and therefore worthwhile catch.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI ♥ Huckabees (2004)
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Brand New Testament (2015)
God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Miracle of P. Tinto (1998)
Wafer factory-owner P. Tinto and his wife Olivia want a child of their own more than anything else in the world. Years of trying, however, have left them with nothing but a pair of extraterrestrial midgets living in the spare bedroom. When they decide to try adoption, a series of misroutings and chance encounters results in an escaped adult mental patient arriving at their door with adoption papers in hand. P. Tinto and Olivia accept this without question and welcome him in as their son. Can this family arrangement work?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBy Design (2026)
A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Fay Grim (2007)
Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a globe-trotting odyssey that soon leads to the discovery that he is alive, and his journals are more than they appear to be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Angel-A?
The closest matches to Angel-A are City of Angels (1998), Angel (2005) and Stranger Than Fiction (2006). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Angel-A?
People who watched Angel-A most often go on to City of Angels (1998), Angel (2005) and Stranger Than Fiction (2006).
What is the highest-rated movie like Angel-A?
Amélie (2001), rated 7.9/10 by 12,823 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Angel-A?
By Design (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Angel-A?
Yes: Amélie (2001), The Science of Sleep (2006) and Mood Indigo (2013).
How are movies similar to Angel-A chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Angel-A, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.