Movies like Crossing Delancey (1988)
The best movies like Crossing Delancey (1988) are Moonstruck (1987), Green Card (1990) and Continental Divide (1981). If Crossing Delancey hooked you with its comedy and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedPretty Woman (1990)7.4/10 from 9,304 votes
- NewestTo Barcelona, with Love (2025)Released 2025
Moonstruck (1987)
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGreen Card (1990)
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisContinental Divide (1981)
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 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 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 thisMurphy's Romance (1985)
Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She befriends Murphy, the older local pharmacist, but things turn complicated when her ex-husband shows up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSee You in the Morning (1989)
Two divorcees who fall in love must help their children cope with the changes in their families as they try to learn how to make own relationship survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Once Around (1991)
A struggling woman finds unexpected love with a charismatic older salesman at a real estate seminar. Their passionate relationship clashes with the values of her family, particularly her father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWho's That Girl (1987)
An uptight New York City tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down one day when he's asked to escort a feisty free-spirited ex-convict who asks him to help prove her innocence of her crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisBest Friends (1982)
When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different from being "best friends."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisFrankie and Johnny (1991)
When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fling with waitress Cora, he develops an attraction for Cora's friend and fellow waitress Frankie. While Frankie resists Johnny's charms initially, she eventually relents when her best friend, Tim, persuades her to give Johnny a chance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBetsy's Wedding (1990)
Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but Betsy's father Eddie, a Long Island construction contractor, feels so threatened by Jake's rich WASP parents that he blows the ceremony up into a bank-breaking showpiece, sending his wife Lola into a financial panic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisHousesitter (1992)
Con artist Gwen moves into Newton's empty home without his knowledge and begins setting up house, posing as his new wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnly You (1994)
Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named 'Damon Bradley', but she has yet to meet him. Preparing to marry podiatrist Dwayne in ten days, Faith receives a phone call from Dwayne's old classmate Damon Bradley, who is on his way to Venice. She impulsively decides to fly to Italy with the hope of finally encountering the man of her dreams. Accompanying her on the trip is her sister-in-law and best friend Kate, who has just left her husband, Faith's brother Larry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnfaithfully Yours (1984)
A composer—who suspects his wife of cheating—plots to kill her and frame it on her lover, but things don't turn out as planned.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisIrreconcilable Differences (1984)
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisOverboard (1987)
Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Woman in Red (1984)
When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak out to meet her, he realizes that adultery is not quite as easy as it looks.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Couch in New York (1996)
A burnt-out New York psychoanalyst exchanges apartments with a Parisian woman. When his patients arrive, they talk to her and then pay. He returns early and becomes a patient as well.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Goodbye Girl (1977)
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
Meek, owlish Felix and strident, catty Doris live in the same apartment building. His incessant typing bothers her; her gentlemen callers bother him. Felix informs the landlord of her activities, so Doris moves in on Felix. When they both get thrown out, they move in with Barney... until they drive him out! That's when Felix and Doris finally decide to put theory into practice. But do opposites attract?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBroadcast News (1987)
A high-strung news producer finds herself in a love triangle between a talented but self-doubting reporter and a charming news anchor who embodies the growing trivialization of news that she is determined to fight against.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThey All Laughed (1981)
New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angela Niotes, the elegant wife of a wealthy Italian industrialist, while Charles Rutledge and Arthur Brodsky follow Dolores Martin, the beautiful young wife of a jealous husband. Their respective cases are complicated when John falls for Angela, and Charles falls for Dolores.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTo Barcelona, with Love (2025)
Erica, an American translator, secretly revises a novel set in Barcelona. Everything is fine until bookstore owner Nico invites the credited author, Anna, to the city for a book-signing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
A Jewish man and a Jewish woman meet, and while attracted to each other, find that their worlds are very different. She is the archetypal Jewish American Princess — very emotionally involved with her parents' world and the world they have created for her, while he is much less dependent on his family. They begin an affair which brings more differences to the surface.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union based on friendship and respect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPretty Woman (1990)
Vivian is a carefree, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets sophisticated billionaire Edward in a chance encounter that turns into a week-long business arrangement. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense approach to life, and soon they are teaching each other – and falling in love!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies 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
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Crossing Delancey?
The closest matches to Crossing Delancey are Moonstruck (1987), Green Card (1990) and Continental Divide (1981). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Crossing Delancey?
People who watched Crossing Delancey most often go on to Moonstruck (1987), Green Card (1990) and Continental Divide (1981).
What is the highest-rated movie like Crossing Delancey?
Pretty Woman (1990), rated 7.4/10 by 9,304 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Crossing Delancey?
To Barcelona, with Love (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Crossing Delancey?
Yes: Moonstruck (1987), Green Card (1990) and Continental Divide (1981).
How are movies similar to Crossing Delancey chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Crossing Delancey, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.