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Movies like Playing House (1975)

The best movies like Playing House (1975) are One Small Hitch (2013), Yoh! Bestie (2026) and What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023). If Playing House 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. One Small Hitch (2013)

    On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh and Molly innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh's dying father happy. Things quickly get out of hand with their two boisterous families, and a series of events causes them to pretend to be a couple and start planning a phony wedding. When the playacting begins to foster real feelings, the two must make some serious decisions: Split up and return to their lives in LA, or make a life as a couple back in Chicago?

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

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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

  5. Everybody Loves Somebody (2017)

    On the surface, Clara Barron seems to have it all: a job as an OB-GYN; a great house in LA; and a loving family. But, the one thing Clara doesn't have figured out is her love life. Pressured by a family wedding in Mexico, Clara asks a co-worker to pose as her boyfriend for the weekend festivities,- only to be caught by surprise when her ex- boyfriend (and family favorite) suddenly shows up after disappearing from her life completely. Torn, Clara must decide between going back to the past or open her heart to new and unexpected possibilities.

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

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  6. Love Tactics (2022)

    An ad executive and a fashion designer-blogger don't believe in love, so they place a bet to make the other fall head over heels - with unusual tactics.

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

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  7. Love Tactics 2 (2023)

    Asli thinks marriage is a scam, and says so. But when her beau Kerem unexpectedly agrees, she goes to great lengths to manipulate him into proposing.

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

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  8. ¿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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  9. Wedding Season (2022)

    Pressured by their immigrant parents to find spouses, two Indian-Americans pretend to date in order to survive a summer of weddings – but find themselves falling for each other as they struggle to balance who they are with who their parents want them to be.

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

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  10. Wedding Crashers (2005)

    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.

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

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  11. Cute and Dangerous (2015)

    Years after abducting baby Zeliş from a grieving Edirne family, Zarok gets a chance at redemption by rescuing her once more and setting out to reunite her with her true kin.

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

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  12. Bride Wars (2009)

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

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

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  13. Abbas in Flower (1982)

    While working as an assistant to swindling driver Şakir, ingenuous Abbas falls for the same woman his boss loves.

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

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  14. Revenge of the Bridesmaids (2010)

    Two women plot revenge against the woman marrying their friend's ex-boyfriend.

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

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  15. 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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  16. Players (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

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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. The Wedding Date (2005)

    With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be the groom's best man. Determined to show everyone -- most of all Jeffrey -- that her romantic life is as full and thrilling as ever, Kat hires a charming male escort as her date.

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

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  20. I Do, I Do, I Do (2015)

    An architect heads to the altar with her fiancé, unsure of her marriage and their future. She relives her disastrous wedding day, put together by her fiance’s overbearing mother, over and over until, with the help of his brother, she begins to face her biggest fears and discover what she really wants in herself and in her life.

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

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  21. I Often Think of Piroschka (1955)

    Andreas, a young German student comes to Hungary on an exchange programme. In the Hungarian village he falls in love with the stationmaster's daughter Piroschka and spends much of his time with her. They have an enchanting summer until Andreas gets an invitation to join another young woman at a nearby resort. Piroschka is jealous and follows him there, causing trouble. It takes a long time for Andreas and Piroschka to even talk to each other again. When Andreas has to leave Hungary at the end of his holiday, he is determined to return some day.

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

  22. A Cinderella Story (2004)

    Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.

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

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  23. Never Been Kissed (1999)

    Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.

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

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  24. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)

    Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.

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

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  25. Guess Who (2005)

    When a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected to mention one tiny detail – he's white.

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

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  26. O Amor em Fases (2024)

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

  27. Love (1973)

    Sixteen-year-old students of a grammar school are supposed to write essays on "Love". The class best student Andrea (Jaroslava Schallerová) writes about a patriotic love to a country as she has no experience with a partner love. She has been living alone with her divorced pretty mother Eva (Milena Dvorská), a dentist, for many years. Recently, however, Eva met her former school-days love at a graduates' party, nowadays a famous hockey goalkeeper Brukner (Frantisek Velecký). Also his marriage fell apart; he leaves the national team and decides to leave Prague for his home town and to share flat with Eva. He takes with him his son Petr (Oldrich Kaiser), in Andrea's age, who gets his last chance to finish a grammar school in the town.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  28. O (2001)

    Even though he's the only black student at the elite Palmetto Grove Academy, star basketball player Odin James has the adoration of all, including the team's coach and the Dean's beautiful daughter Desi. Odin's troubled friend Hugo, the coach's son, deeply resentful of his father's preference of Odin on and off the court, plots a diabolical scheme to sow the seed of mistrust between O and Desi, setting in motion a disturbing chain of events which erupts into a firestorm of breathtaking intensity.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

  29. Friendship (2025)

    Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor Austin, and his attempts to make an adult male friend threatens to ruin both of their lives.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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  30. The Extraterrestrial Woman (1984)

    Extraterrestrial Girl visited Earth. Inventor Blinkov fe in love with her. His love has awakened in her new emotions and feelings but she realized that Blinkov can not live in a different world.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Playing House?

The closest matches to Playing House are One Small Hitch (2013), Yoh! Bestie (2026) and What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Playing House?

Start with One Small Hitch (2013), the closest match to Playing House.

What is the highest-rated movie like Playing House?

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

What is the newest movie like Playing House?

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

How are movies similar to Playing House chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Playing House, 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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