Movies like Good Advice (2001)
The best movies like Good Advice (2001) are Failure to Launch (2006), The Third Wheel (2002) and Just Wright (2010). If Good Advice 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 ratedJust Wright (2010)6.6/10 from 476 votes
- NewestYoh! Bestie (2026)Released 2026
Failure to Launch (2006)
At 35, Tripp has an interesting job, a hip car, a passion for sailing, an active dating life, and a great house - trouble is, he still lives with his parents, Al and Sue, who are not happy about it. Al and Sue are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to help. In desperation to push Tripp out of the nest once and for all, Al and Sue hatch a plan to hire Paula, an "interventionist," who has a formula in these cases.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Third Wheel (2002)
The clumsy and shy Stanley is a nice fellow, beloved by his colleagues in the office. He has a crush on the gorgeous new-hire Diana, but he has difficulties to get close to her. When Stanley finally invites Diana for a date, he hits the homeless Phil with his Taurus, and his planned night turns upside down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisJust Wright (2010)
Physical therapist Leslie Wright lands the dream job of working with basketball superstar Scott McKnight, helping him recover from a career-threatening injury. All goes well and soon Leslie finds herself falling in love with him. Just as their friendship deepens, however, Scott focuses his attention back on his tenuous relationship with his ex-fiancé Morgan, Leslie's gorgeous godsister, who would love to be the basketball player's trophy wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMr. Fix It (2006)
Lance Valenteen makes a living as "Mr. Fix It," a man who gets hired by men that have just recently been dumped by their girlfriend. Lance dates the guys' ex-girlfriend and becomes the worst date possible, sending the girl back into her ex-boyfriends arms. But when Lance gets hired by Bill Smith to get Sophia Fiori back, Lance, for the first time, starts falling for one of his marks.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Griffin & Phoenix (2006)
A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like this30 Years to Life (2001)
An ensemble comedy that follows the lives of six friends in New York City during the year in which they each reach their 30th birthday. We meet an investment banker from Wall Street, a stand-up comedian, a real estate agent, a marketing executive who perceives any career advancement as a sign of getting old, and a man whose thanks for being in a four-year relationship is a girlfriend who insists on an even greater commitment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Hair Show (2004)
Running from the IRS due to back taxes, Baltimore hairdresser and salon owner Peaches reunites with her more successful sister, Angela, a fellow stylist, in Los Angeles. Angela is burdened by her sister's financial woes, and Peaches' rival, Marcella, threatens to take over the salon back in Baltimore. While Angela helps her sister get back on her feet, Peaches enters a hairstyling competition in hopes of winning a big cash prize and saving her salon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The Last Time (2006)
Ted Ryker is the top salesman in the New York office of a business machine company; the corporate stock lives by quarterly sales numbers, the competition is keen, and the economy may be in a downturn. Ted's company is marking time until a new product is ready – probably in a few months. Into the mix comes a new hire, a callow Midwesterner named Jamie, who's come East with his fiancée Belisa.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisAbout Last Night (2014)
Bernie and Joan are two fiery flirters who are passionate about everything from hookups to breakups and each other. When he sets up his best friend, Danny, with her roommate, Debbie, the sparks soon fly as they try to navigate the relationship minefields from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ex (2006)
When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law's advertising firm. Tom has to adjust to the demands of a very high-powered job, and he finds himself in an increasingly hostile office rivalry with Chip, Sofia's paraplegic former lover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisPlaying for Keeps (2012)
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisBuying the Cow (2002)
A commitment-averse man frantically hits the dating scene after his girlfriend starts pressuring him to pop the question.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisWaking Up in Reno (2002)
Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret affair. But that's about to change, because this foursome is driving cross-country and headed for some big surprises.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisEmployee of the Month (2006)
When he hears that the new female employee digs ambitious men who are the store employee of the month, a slacker gets his act together but finds himself in competition with his rival, an ambitious co-worker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisCarolina (2003)
A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisSchool for Scoundrels (2006)
In the hope of winning the woman of his dreams, Amanda, lovelorn meter-reader Roger Wadell enrolls in a secret confidence-building class. The course's title takes on much more meaning when he discovers that his egomaniacal professor Dr. P also wants the same woman. They begin a fierce rivalry that quickly spirals out of control, their pranks and insults get uglier as they try to prove who is the ultimate guy's guy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisTwo Weeks Notice (2002)
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLate Night Shopping (2001)
Four friends Sean, Vincent, Lenny and Jody find themselves at something of a deadend. Trapped in a twilight world of permanent night shift work, they hang out together in the local cafe, drinking coffee and entertaining themselves by observing Vincent's unwavering success in pulling women. There seems to be little prospect of change...until Vincent accidentally sleeps with Sean's girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wedding Planner (2001)
San Francisco's premiere wedding planner, Mary Fiore is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client. As Mary continues making their wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisPlaying House (2006)
A young, ambitious editor finds out she's pregnant just as she lands her big break.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Love on the Side (2004)
Small town waitress Eve Stuckley is stuck. She has spent years pining for testosterone saturate local hunk Jeff Sweeney and yearns to escape from the Hog-Chow Diner she runs. Just when Eve finally decides to pursue her man, drop dead gorgeous Linda Avery blows into town on the hottest day of the year. The heat wave is nothing in comparison with the heat that's on as Jeff and Eve's dimwitted brother Chuck decide to face off for Linda's affections. It's a priceless contest: Linda wants Eve. Eve's confidante Alma Kerns is a sex expert trained by mortician beau Red Bishop. She encourages Eve to use Linda's interest in her to win Jeff's affection but the situation becomes even more complicated when Linda advises Jeff she prefers Eve. Now determined to "save" Eve, the narcissistically injured Jeff elicits Chuck's aid but Chuck, thinking it's part of the game, refuses to believe him. Ultimately, Jeff and Linda square off over Eve's future...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Town & Country (2001)
Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps, some with his wife Ellie, others with longtime friends Mona and her husband Griffin. Deciding which direction to take often leads to unexpected encounters with hilarious consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhat Happens in Vegas (2008)
During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo Can Play That Game (2001)
Corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith thinks she's got the goods to keep her slickster boyfriend Keith, from straying—until he discovers a greener pasture, Shanté's archrival, Conny. Scorned, she plans to get her man back by any means necessary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRumor Has It... (2005)
Sarah Huttinger learns that her family was the inspiration for the book and film "The Graduate" -- and that she just might be the offspring of the well-documented event.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Neighbor (2007)
A businessman watches as his life begins to unravel after learning his ex-wife is going to marry his best friend. A distracting battle of wills with a real estate developer, however, might just be the thing that turns his life around.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Who Made the Potatoe Salad? (2006)
An urban romantic comedy about a young San Diego policeman who travels to Los Angeles with his fiance to meet her dysfunctional family and announce their engagement.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
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
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 thisThe 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
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Good Advice?
The closest matches to Good Advice are Failure to Launch (2006), The Third Wheel (2002) and Just Wright (2010). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Good Advice?
People who watched Good Advice most often go on to Failure to Launch (2006), The Third Wheel (2002) and Just Wright (2010).
What is the highest-rated movie like Good Advice?
Just Wright (2010), rated 6.6/10 by 476 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Good Advice?
Yoh! Bestie (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Good Advice?
Yes: Failure to Launch (2006), The Third Wheel (2002) and Just Wright (2010).
How are movies similar to Good Advice chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Good Advice, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.