Movies like Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990)
The best movies like Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990) are Only the Lonely (1991), Mask (1985) and Roxanne (1987). If Don't Tell Her It's Me 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 ratedMask (1985)7.2/10 from 514 votes
- NewestMilk Money (1994)Released 1994
Only the Lonely (1991)
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna, whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the relationship, and Danny and Theresa must either overcome her objections or give up the romance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMask (1985)
A significantly deformed but highly intelligent teenage boy and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRoxanne (1987)
In this modern take on Edmond Rostand's classic play "Cyrano de Bergerac," C. D. Bales is the witty, intelligent, and brave fire chief of a small Pacific Northwest town who, due to the size of his enormous nose, declines to pursue the girl of his dreams, lovely Roxanne Kowalski. Instead, when his shy underling Chris McConnell becomes smitten with Roxanne, C.D. feeds the handsome young man the words of love to win her heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lonely Guy (1984)
A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCross My Heart (1987)
A man and a woman go out on a "big" third date. He's ashamed to admit he just lost his job, and she's afraid he'll run away if he finds out that she has a kid. Small lies lead to bigger ones and the night gets crazy very soon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Valley Girl (1983)
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecret Admirer (1985)
An anonymous love letter left in Michael Ryan's locker on the last day of school wreaks havoc on his life and the lives of everyone who comes in contact with it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Tall Guy (1989)
An American actor in England tries to find love and work.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisCousins (1989)
When Larry and Maria learn that their respective spouses are cheating on them, they try to turn the tables on them by pretending to have an affair. However, they soon find themselves falling in love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJust One of the Guys (1985)
When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy, helps her pass as a guy so well that she is soon making friends with the boys at school, including the attractive Rick, who becomes her new best friend. But her gender-swapping makes things difficult when she falls in love with him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Heavenly Kid (1985)
After dying in a car crash, Bobby Fantana is forced to pay for his misdeeds by becoming someone's guardian angel. He reluctantly agrees to watch over awkward high schooler Lenny Barnes, teaching him how to be cool and confident. As Bobby teaches Lenny, the two form a close bond.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSome Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Keith Nelson, an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones with some help from his tomboy best friend, Watts. However, Watts realizes she likes Keith as more than just a friend and tries to convince him to stop pursuing Amanda. Matters are further complicated when Keith's invitation draws the ire of Amanda's rich yet snobby ex-boyfriend, Hardy Jenns, who makes plans to get even.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlind Date (1987)
When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted, tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning and her behaviour gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia's numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David relentlessly follows them around town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMicki & Maude (1984)
TV reporter Rob Salinger longs for a baby. But his career-minded wife, Micki, is too busy for motherhood. A romantic fling with a seductive cellist, Maude, leads to her pregnancy. Rob receives another shock when Micki announces that she's also expecting! In love with both women, he marries Maude and starts leading a double life full of complicated and riotous situations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisMilk Money (1994)
Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster named Waltzer is after her, and V realizes the suburbs are the perfect place to hide. But things get a lot more complicated when V falls in love with Tom, a single father who is unaware of her real profession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHello Again (1987)
A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisMischief (1985)
1956: The shy Jonathan's luck with girls changes when he wins the rebellious Gene as a friend in his last year of high school. Gene is adored by many girls and manages to teach Jonathan a few lessons. Gene himself would rather just be with one girl: his girlfriend Bunny. But since his father is poor, her parents don't accept him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrince of Bel Air (1986)
A free-spirited, womanizing L.A. pool cleaner finds his lifestyle challenged by a new love interest.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
You Can't Hurry Love (1988)
Aspiring director Eddie moves from the Midwest to Los Angeles, where he rooms with his cousin and attempts to establish himself in advertising — but he doesn't have much luck. Seeking something worthwhile, Eddie decides to shift his focus to looking for love through a video dating service. He goes through one bad date after another, but the only thing he finds interesting about the service is Peggy Kellogg, one of the employees.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Mr. Wonderful (1993)
Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wife a new husband so he can stop paying alimony.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisBack Roads (1981)
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The Night Before (1988)
A popular beauty surprisingly asks a nerd to take her to the prom. He wakes up hours later in a sleazy alley. She's missing but he remembers nothing about it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBorn Yesterday (1993)
A rich millionaire hires a sophisticated journalist to bring his somewhat dim-witted girlfriend up to the level of his peers. He fears that the showgirl's lack of etiquette may damage his own social reputation and tries to change her — but fails to realise that her enhanced eloquence will empower her to voice her own strong opinions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Pick-up Artist (1987)
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHiding Out (1987)
A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Hauser and go back to high school for protection from the mob.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisBetter Off Dead... (1985)
High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisL.A. Story (1991)
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCan't Buy Me Love (1987)
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though they're a couple for an entire month. As the days pass, however, Cindy grows fond of Ronald, making him popular. But when Ronald's former best friend gets left behind, he realizes that social success isn't everything.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJohnny Suede (1991)
Johnny Suede (Brad Pitt) longs to be a teen-age idol like Ricky Nelson. He has a pair of black suede shoes, an impressive pompadour, a guitar, and some pals who will play backup for him. Yet he doesn't have much talent or drive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisHappy Together (1989)
Christopher is an ambitious college freshman, striving to become a writer. Through a computer fault he's assigned the same room as Alex, a real party freak and... a girl! He's annoyed and tries to get a different room as soon as possible, but when he learns to know her, he also starts to like her. She not only improves his sexual life, but also his writing skills
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Don't Tell Her It's Me?
The closest matches to Don't Tell Her It's Me are Only the Lonely (1991), Mask (1985) and Roxanne (1987). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Don't Tell Her It's Me?
People who watched Don't Tell Her It's Me most often go on to Only the Lonely (1991), Mask (1985) and Roxanne (1987).
What is the highest-rated movie like Don't Tell Her It's Me?
Mask (1985), rated 7.2/10 by 514 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Don't Tell Her It's Me?
Milk Money (1994) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Don't Tell Her It's Me?
Yes: Only the Lonely (1991), Mask (1985) and Roxanne (1987).
How are movies similar to Don't Tell Her It's Me chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Don't Tell Her It's Me, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.