Movies like Big Stone Gap (2014)
The best movies like Big Stone Gap (2014) are Queen Bees (2021), Love of the Irish (2025) and The Wedding Cottage (2023). If Big Stone Gap hooked you with its romance and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Life List (2025)6.9/10 from 659 votes
- NewestKentucky Roses (2026)Released 2026
Queen Bees (2021)
Helen is an independent widow who moves into the Pine Grove Senior Community and discovers it’s just like high school – full of cliques and flirtatious suitors. What she initially avoids leads her to exactly what she has been missing: new friendships and a chance at love again with newcomer Dan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove of the Irish (2025)
Tired of her bad luck, Fiona takes her mom on a trip to Ireland to turn things around where she meets a charming single dad who helps her make her own luck.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The Wedding Cottage (2023)
A wedding guide creator must convince an uninspired artist and owner of a special wedding cottage to renovate the rundown cottage to host a contest-winning couple for their dream wedding.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The Reluctant Royal (2025)
Philly mechanic Johnny is surprised to learn that his long-lost father is a duke. But the duke isn’t quite what he expected, nor are his growing feelings for the duke’s advisor Prudence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Summer Villa (2016)
Although a successful romance novelist, Terry Russell hasn't had luck in her own love life. After a disastrous first date with cocky, hot-shot New York chef Matthew Everston, she retreats to her friend's French villa for the summer to finish her latest novel, with her reluctant teenage daughter in tow.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sweeter Side of Life (2013)
Pampered Manhattan housewife Desiree Harper has it all. That is until her husband unexpectedly dumps her for his acupuncturist. Faced with an airtight prenup, Desiree reluctantly lands a job making cupcakes at her father's bakery in Flemington, NJ. She soon discovers there's more to life than 5th Avenue and true love can be even sweeter in small town America.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisHearts Around the Table: Jenna's First Love (2025)
Jenna plans a charity event for Billionaire Tom Redlands. But working with Tom's right hand Andrew is proving difficult, especially since Jenna and Andrew have a romantic history.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
The Life List (2025)
When her mother sends her on a quest to complete a teenage bucket list, a young woman uncovers family secrets, finds romance — and rediscovers herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRomance at Hope Ranch (2026)
Hope Morgan sets out to begin a new chapter of her life—fulfilling her childhood dream of running a ranch in the picturesque town of Ruidoso, New Mexico and reviving the beloved Giddy Up Gala.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Worth the Wait (2025)
A group of strangers' lives fatefully intertwine as they navigate budding love, confront profound loss, and encounter old flames.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisQueen of Glory (2022)
Brainy scientist Sarah, a doctoral student at Columbia University, is weeks away from following her very married boyfriend to Ohio when her mother dies suddenly, leaving Sarah the owner of a small but beloved Christian bookstore in the Bronx. Tasked with planning a culturally respectful funeral befitting the family matriarch, Sarah must juggle the expectations of her loving yet demanding family while navigating the reappearance of her estranged father all while grappling with what to do with the bookstore. Aided by an only-in-New York ensemble of Eastern European neighbors, feisty African aunties and a no-nonsense ex-con co-worker, Sarah faces her new responsibilities while figuring out how to remain true to herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAdventures in Love & Birding (2025)
A single mom agrees to be the partner of a bird enthusiast for a birding competition but misunderstands the assignment and tells everyone she's his new girlfriend instead of just his teammate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
The Love Gala (2023)
When Kate is given the job of planning her mom's Garden Gala, the biggest fashion event of the year, she has to compromise with the unhelpful head of the Botanical Garden.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Leap Year (2010)
When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBecause I Said So (2007)
In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good intentions under control.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBakery in Brooklyn (2016)
Brooklyn, New York. After the sudden death of their aunt Isabelle, Vivien and Chloe inherit her historic bakery. Vivien wants to keep up the tradition; Chloe feels that the business needs to be modernized. But when notified that they are about to be evicted, the two do not hesitate to work together to preserve the family legacy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThen Came You (2020)
A lonely widow plans a trip around the world with her husband's ashes, to visit the places they loved in the movies. During her first stop in Scotland at the beautiful estate she stays in, she meets the innkeeper who changes her life forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Kentucky Roses (2026)
Kentucky Roses follows Sadie, a Churchill Downs greenhouse worker dreaming of designing the iconic Kentucky Derby rose garland, and Ash, the son of the track's CEO who is trying to hide his identity to prove his own worth.** When a storm damages the venue two weeks before the big race, the pair must team up to repair the iconic Twin Spires and save the traditional rose blanket. Along the way, they discover a 1932 connection between their families whose romance was torn apart by class differences, forcing them to navigate past history to find their own future together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
The Wish List (2010)
Sarah Fisher, an overly organized, by-the-numbers kind of woman, makes a "wish list" of all the qualities and traits her future husband should have. After finding the perfect man, she falls for a guy who meets none of her criteria and discovers that life and love don't always work out according to the master plan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Spinster (2019)
After her partner breaks up with her on her 39th birthday, Gaby tackles her fears of loneliness as well as preconceptions of what it means for a woman to be single.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Book Club (2018)
Four lifelong friends decide that their lives could change by becoming nasty and reading Fifty Shades of Grey in their monthly book club to get inspiration on how to handle sexual pleasure at an elderly age.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaise a Glass to Love (2021)
Aspiring Master Sommelier Jenna returns to her family vineyard to study and is intrigued by the natural methods of the handsome new, Argentinian winemaker, Marcelo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Hope Springs (2003)
British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancée, Vera, is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon finds more than a shoulder to cry on when his innkeepers introduce him to Mandy, a beautiful nurse. All's going well and Colin has almost forgotten his old flame until Vera shows up with a surprise of her own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Trouble with Mistletoe (2017)
When San Francisco pet shop owner Willa Davis encounters the man who stood her up in high school, she fights both her head and her heart when she starts falling for him all over again ten years later.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Love Stories in Sunflower Valley (2021)
Kate Francis has been a loyal assistant at a Seattle newspaper for the past five years. When one of her story ideas finally gets accepted, the assignment takes her back to her charming hometown of Sunflower Valley.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Flower Girl (2009)
Dr. Evan Cooper is the ideal match on paper and according to her grandmother, Rose Durham and friends, including an equally pushy wedding planner, for florist Laurel Haverford, who fears to be the last of her generation to get married. Yet she keeps dragging her heels after meeting cocky Stephen Banks, who is all wrong on paper but makes her heart leap by pre chemistry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
A Parks and Recreation Special (2020)
Pawnee's most dedicated civil servant, Leslie Knope, is determined to stay connected to her friends in a time of social distancing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe 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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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Big Stone Gap?
The closest matches to Big Stone Gap are Queen Bees (2021), Love of the Irish (2025) and The Wedding Cottage (2023). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Big Stone Gap?
People who watched Big Stone Gap most often go on to Queen Bees (2021), Love of the Irish (2025) and The Wedding Cottage (2023).
What is the highest-rated movie like Big Stone Gap?
The Life List (2025), rated 6.9/10 by 659 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Big Stone Gap?
Kentucky Roses (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Big Stone Gap?
Yes: Queen Bees (2021), Love of the Irish (2025) and The Wedding Cottage (2023).
How are movies similar to Big Stone Gap chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Big Stone Gap, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.