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Movies like Serendipity

The best movies like Serendipity are Love Is in the Air (2023), Relationship Goals (2026) and Yoh! Bestie (2026). If Serendipity hooked you with its romance and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Love Is in the Air (2023)

    A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy

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  2. Relationship Goals (2026)

    When TV producer Leah Caldwell aims to become the first woman running New York's top morning show, her ex competes for the same role. Leah stays focused on her career, until chemistry with her ex challenges her priorities.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy

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  3. Yoh! 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

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  4. ¿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

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  5. My 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

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  6. Boot Camp (2024)

    Unathletic Whitney Carmichael signs up for an intense summer boot camp to reinvent herself and falls for her personal trainer. She then finds the strength to embrace her true self and ignore the others' expectations.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy

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  7. I Want You Back (2022)

    Peter and Emma thought they were on the precipice of life’s biggest moments – marriage, kids, and houses in the suburbs – until their respective partners dumped them. Horrified to learn that the loves of their lives have already moved on, Peter and Emma hatch a hilarious plan to win back their exes with unexpected results.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  8. Long Weekend (2021)

    Bart's chance encounter with the enigmatic Vienna leads to a whirlwind weekend together. The two fall fast and hard, but both carry secrets that could be their undoing or the chance for a fresh start.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy

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  9. Love, 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

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  10. The Right Kind of Wrong (2013)

    A stubborn idealist spies a bride on her way to her wedding and immediately falls in love with her.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy

  11. Meet Cute (2022)

    A wildly inventive deconstruction of the romantic comedy built around the question: What would you do if you could travel to your loved ones’ past, heal their traumas, fix their problems, and change them into the perfect partner?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

  12. A 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

  13. The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010)

    One year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged marriage to the brooding and sinister Kah and is secretly in love with a young elephant handler named Alu.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  14. Mr. Right (2016)

    A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  15. I Love You Again (1940)

    Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  16. The 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

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  17. We Broke Up (2021)

    Lori and Doug break up right before Lori's sister's wedding and decide to pretend they're still together for the weekend as to not disrupt the fun.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy

  18. Dinner in America (2022)

    An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with a local band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy

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  19. What'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

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  20. Desperados (2020)

    A panicked young woman and her two best friends fly to Mexico to delete a ranting email she sent to her new boyfriend. On arrival, they run into her former beau, who soon gets caught up in their frantic scheme.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

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  21. Heaven Can Wait (1978)

    Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance

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  22. Four Christmases (2008)

    Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is embarrassed to see their ruse exposed to the world by an overzealous television reporter. Now, Brad and Kate are left with precious little choice other than to swallow their pride and suffer the rounds.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance

  23. Lion's Heart (TBA)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance

  24. New York, I Love You (2008)

    New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance

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  25. Someone Like You... (2001)

    Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane begins an extensive study of the male animal, including her womanizing roommate Eddie. Jane puts her studies and romantic misadventure to use as a pseudonymous sex columnist -- and becomes a sensation.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance

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  26. Victor/Victoria (1982)

    A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance

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  27. That Touch of Mink (1962)

    Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne covers her in mud. He sends his assistant, Roger, to apologize, but upon meeting Cathy, Roger knows that she would be a suitable match for his boss. Despite their mutual attraction, Cathy and Philip want different things. Philip wants a fling, while Cathy wants a marriage. As they travel to exotic locales, their differing motivations are put to the test.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance

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  28. Miss. Shetty Mr. Polishetty (2023)

    Miss Shetty is a feminist living in London and wants to be single forever. Mr. Polishetty from Hyderabad in Telangana, India, wants to be in a committed relationship. The two appear to be in different stages of life but somehow connect.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance

  29. Swept Away (2002)

    Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & romance

  30. We Love You, Sally Carmichael! (2017)

    Readers across the world are in love with author Sally Carmichael's series of romance novels that chronicle the epic love story between a human girl and a merman. But no one knows that Sally Carmichael is really Simon Hayes, a bitter, serious novelist - and Simon would like to keep it that way. When he is forced to meet a movie star about the movie adaptation, his life of anonymity starts to crumble.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & comedy

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Serendipity?

The closest matches to Serendipity are Love Is in the Air (2023), Relationship Goals (2026) and Yoh! Bestie (2026). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Serendipity?

Start with Love Is in the Air (2023), the closest match to Serendipity.

What is the highest-rated movie like Serendipity?

¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023), rated 8.4/10 by 378 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Serendipity?

Yoh! Bestie (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Serendipity?

Yes: Love Is in the Air (2023), Relationship Goals (2026) and Yoh! Bestie (2026).

How are movies similar to Serendipity chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Serendipity, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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