Movies like Firsts (2025)
The best movies like Firsts (2025) are My Fake Boyfriend (2022), The Incredible Jessica James (2017) and Sex Appeal (2022). If Firsts hooked you with its comedy and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest rated¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023)8.4/10 from 378 votes
- NewestOne Night Only (2026)Released 2026
My Fake Boyfriend (2022)
A young man in a tricky situation follows the advice of his unconventional best friend and uses social media to create a fake boyfriend to keep his awful ex-lover out of his life. But everything backfires when he meets the real love of his life, and breaking up with his fake boyfriend proves hard to do.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Incredible Jessica James (2017)
Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSex Appeal (2022)
Avery, a teenager with a tendency towards perfectionism, enlists her friend Larson to help her prepare for her first time with her long-distance boyfriend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLet's Make Love (1960)
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like this¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023)
Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Wrong Paris (2025)
Dawn thinks she's joining a dating show in Paris, France, only to land in Paris, Texas. She has an exit plan — until sparks fly with the cowboy bachelor.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYoh! Bestie (2026)
Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)
A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChasing Papi (2003)
Playboy Thomas Fuentes has so far been able to skate by in life on good looks and charm alone. But when his duplicitous relationships with three women -- impassioned waitress Cici, meticulous lawyer Lorena and bored socialite Patricia -- spiral out of control, he suffers a mental breakdown. His doctor recommends that he choose just one girlfriend -- but can he choose in time before they discover his deception?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Night Only (2026)
Two love-starved strangers crash into each other on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLittle Italy (2018)
Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHow to Be Single (2016)
New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlayers (2024)
New York sportswriter Mack has spent years devising successful hook-up "plays" with her friends, but when she unexpectedly falls for one of her targets, she must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing for keeps.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Sassy Girl (2008)
A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Tao of Steve (2000)
In college, Dex was the big man on campus. Ten years later, now an overweight kindergarten teacher, Dex is immune to the shocked stares of the women who were once his conquests. While trying to pick up the bartender, he is struck by the gorgeous Syd. Through a series of circumstances, Syd and Dex are thrown together and he soon finds himself questioning his belief in all things Steve.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDean (2016)
A comedy about loss, grief, and the redemptive power of love. Dean is a NY illustrator who falls hard for an LA woman while trying to prevent his father from selling the family home in the wake of his mother's death.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisGirl on a Bicycle (2013)
Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day turns Paolo's life upside down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisCuban Fury (2014)
Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Nice Girl Like You (2020)
Lucy Neal is thrown for a loop when she is accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend. In an effort to prove him wrong, Lucy creates a rather wild to-do list that sends her on a whirlwind and surprising journey of self-discovery, friendship, and new love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhat's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Charm Offensive (TBA)
An awkward tech billionaire joins a popular Bachelor-type dating show in an attempt to reform his image and find true love, but unexpectedly ends up falling for one of the show’s producers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & comedy
Really Lily? (2019)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance
Lavender Shotgun (TBA)
A young queer couple prepare for their wedding.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance
Disease (2025)
A human asks his zombie boyfriend to bite him, resulting in a transformative- and gruesome- consummation of their love.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Heatwave (2026)
Angsty 17 year-old Marcelo must buy a fan for his grandma on the hottest day of the year but events quickly spiral out of control...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Skin to Skin (2024)
Carla struggles with the fear of losing herself in her relationships, but when she finally lets herself fall for Nadia she is changed forever.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
OUT (2026)
After learning an online friend is considering suicide, Makoto, a young non-binary hikikomori, must try to save her while remaining trapped at home due to fear of the outside world.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Hear My Voice (2021)
Mike moved to London, hoping to find love and the dream that would launch his opera career. Four years later, he's stuck: his diary is now his best friend. One night, during yet another relationship, he sees the apparition of his grandmother, a charming and eccentric woman with whom Mike used to travel the world. She's not impressed. Her repeated visits push Mike to come to terms with himself and allow him to form an unexpected connection.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
¿todobien? (TBA)
When Javi and Rafa are about to say goodbye forever, they both arrive at the same conclusion: for their love to exist, one of them must eat the other.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
On the Road Again (2020)
A gay couple out on a drive get into an accident with an entirely unexpected figure.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Firsts?
The closest matches to Firsts are My Fake Boyfriend (2022), The Incredible Jessica James (2017) and Sex Appeal (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Firsts?
Start with My Fake Boyfriend (2022), the closest match to Firsts.
What is the highest-rated movie like Firsts?
¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023), rated 8.4/10 by 378 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Firsts?
One Night Only (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Firsts?
Yes: My Fake Boyfriend (2022), The Incredible Jessica James (2017) and Sex Appeal (2022).
How are movies similar to Firsts chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Firsts, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.