Movies like Ein Sommer auf Lanzarote (2016)

Love Finds You in Valentine (2016)

Kennedy Blaine, a Californian girl, inherits a ranch in the small town of Valentine in Nebraska. Before she sells the property, she decides to spend the summer in her house and learn more about her family.

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

Christmas in Evergreen (2017)

Allie, a veterinarian in Evergreen, reluctantly will spend Christmas with her long-distance boyfriend. Bound for the airport, she has engine trouble, and Ryan, headed to Florida with his daughter Zoe, stops to help. Sure they won’t meet again, they ignore their attraction, and part ways. At the diner, Zoe wishes on a snow globe, and a storm seems to grant her wish.

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

A Very Country Christmas (2017)

Jeanette Williams is a busy single parent, trying to make the best life for her and her daughter. With no time to follow current celebrity gossip, Jeanette is unaware of when a Country superstar returns to their small town to escape the intrusive paparazzi and the chaos of fame. A chance meeting between the two have them both letting their guards down and opening their hearts to the possibility of romance.

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

A Merry Christmas Match (2019)

Corey Calvin lives in a ski village where she works at her late father's local antique shop, having sidelined her her big city dreams of becoming a theater director. When Los Angeles hunk Ryder Donnelly comes into her shop, sparks fly and she starts to wonder what could be.

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

Steel Magnolias (2012)

In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other through their triumphs and tragedies, they congregate at Truvy’s beauty shop to ponder the mysteries of life and death, husbands and children - and hair and nails - all the important topics that truly unite and celebrate women.

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

The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

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

Home by Spring (2018)

When an ambitious event planner gets an opportunity she can’t refuse, she goes undercover as her boss and returns to her rural hometown. With the help of her family and the man she left behind, she pulls off the perfect spring retreat, but will she discover home is where her heart is?

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

Disappearing Acts (2000)

A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.

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

Borrowed Hearts (1997)

Single mom Kathleen Russell (Roma Downey) and her daughter Zoey pretend to be Kathleen's boss's "family" so he can close a major business deal with the mysterious Mexican financier Javier Del Campo.

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

Timeless Love (2019)

Megan seems to have the perfect life with a wonderful husband named Thomas and 2 adorable children. Then she finds herself awakening from a coma - and discovers she is not and has never been married. But when she meets Thomas for real, she seizes the chance to help him fall in love with her, again-for the first time.

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

Too Close for Christmas (2020)

When Hayley accepts an invitation to spend Christmas with her sister’s new in-laws, her seemingly perfect holiday takes a turn when Paul, Hayley's brother-in-law's brother, unexpectedly shows up. Still harboring a grudge against Paul for ending her last relationship, Hayley reluctantly spends time with Paul and slowly realizes she may have been too quick a judge on Paul

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

Prescription for Love (2019)

Claire’s life as a nurse in a busy hospital is complicated by a supervisor who is intent on making her miserable with tedious and extra tasks. Claire’s only relief is the patients she treats, and even that is not always a picnic. On a rare night off, she attends a dance performance and gets trapped in an elevator with a charming man. There is an instant connection between them, but as they are “rescued” from the elevator, they are pulled away from each other before they can exchange names and numbers.

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

Northanger Abbey (2007)

A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

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

Home for Christmas Day (2017)

Jane is a single mother dead set on protecting her teenage daughter Betsy from the harsh realities of life. When Betsy falls in love with an enlisted man, Jane tries her best to steer Betsy away from heartache. Little does Jane realize she and her daughter are about to learn important lessons of the heart and that taking chances can sometimes lead to the most extraordinary happy endings.

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

TalhotBlond (2012)

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Not Easily Broken (2009)

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

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

Normal (2003)

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)

Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?

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

Sailing Into Love (2019)

A biology teacher’s crusade to save a nearby island from development leads to unexpected romance with the handsome and mysterious young sea captain who is new to the seaside town of Willow Bay.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

Runaway Romance (2018)

When she’s written out of her show, her relationship and her seemingly perfect life, reality TV star Ann Stanway leaves Hollywood and finds herself marooned in Amish country. But when Ann is taken in by the owner of a nearby Inn, and meets a handsome young architect, she discovers that the reality she left isn’t nearly as perfect as the one she’s found.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

Love on a Tightrope (2026)

In 1960s Spain, legendary trapecist Pinito del Oro hires young poet Natalia Sosa Ayala to help with her memoirs, sparking a profound emotional bond between them. Through historical events, intimate encounters, and decades of letters, their admiration, affection, and creative passion intertwine. The story moves between memory, desire, and imagination, showing how these two artists influence each other’s quests for freedom, artistic expression, and recognition. Rooted in real moments but told with a dreamlike, imaginative lens, it explores what might have been between them, revealing a tender, evocative tale of connection, longing, and the courage to defy societal constraints.

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

Blue Beach (1982)

A mature woman and her friends go on vacation to Spain, where they seduce the young men they meet.

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

Charter (2020)

After a recent and difficult divorce, Alice hasn't seen her children in two months as she awaits a custody verdict. When her son calls her in the middle of the night, Alice takes action, abducting the children on an illicit charter trip to the Canary Islands.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Everytime (2026)

A tragedy brings a mother, daughter, and teenage boy together. Struggling with blame and forgiveness, the unlikely trio take a trip to Tenerife for a family holiday that never happened. Under the glow of the sun, past and present quietly start to overlap.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Butterfly (2026)

Two sisters raised on a charter resort in Gran Canaria. After 27 years, they reluctantly return to their childhood island to deal with their parents death, and end up with a half-finished esoteric retreat center in the Canary Islands.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Les Îles Canaries, nées du feu et bercées par l'océan (2023)

Why it matches: Similar story and style

Canaries, paradis sous perfusion ? (2024)

Sixty years ago, the Canary Islands were the first in Europe to adopt desalination of ocean water to produce drinking water. Often considered a miracle solution, is this technique compatible with sustainable development?

Why it matches: Similar story and style

Ma mère (2004)

After his father's death, a young man is introduced to a world of hedonism and depravity by his amoral mother.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

El vuelo del guirre (2007)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

El Poso (2022)

After a failed suicide attempt, a woman wakes up on a strange beach with the ability to talk to rocks.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama