Movies like Good Sam (2019)
The best movies like Good Sam (2019) are Home Sweet Home (2020), Dirty Sexy Saint (2019) and Season for Love (2018). If Good Sam hooked you with its romance and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLife in a Year (2020)8.2/10 from 2,026 votes
- NewestThe Life List (2025)Released 2025
Home Sweet Home (2020)
Bored with her social butterfly lifestyle, Victoria Tremont longs to find that special someone. Naturally, when a handsome stranger walks into the coffee shop where she works, she turns on the charm. But when he fails to respond to her flirting the way men usually do, she’s perplexed. She finds out that he runs a ministry that builds affordable housing, and sees that if she wants to get his attention, all she has to do is volunteer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Dirty Sexy Saint (2019)
Clay Kincaid hates the nickname 'Saint', he got for being too kind to stray animals and desperate people. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn't do committed relationships. This is before he meets Samantha Jamieson, an heiress turned runaway in need of help. When she starts to work as a waitress at his bar, he discovers that she is someone truly special and amazing… someone that could warm his damaged heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeason for Love (2018)
When a talented chef returns to her Texas hometown, she winds up entering the town's famous BBQ cook off and gets more than she bargained for when the surprise judge turns out to be her high school love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
A Royal Runaway Romance (2022)
Princess Amelia of Bundbury travels across America to explore a budding romance with an artist, only to fall in love with her bodyguard, Grady.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHome Again (2017)
Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLife in a Year (2020)
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies 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
Sweet Home Carolina (2017)
Diane is a struggling single mom in LA. Just when things are at their worst, she inherits a house, but she will have to live in small town USA for a year and take care of a dog for a year before the house is hers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Set It Up (2018)
Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove, Guaranteed (2020)
A lawyer takes on a new client that wants to sue a dating website because it guarantees love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLetters to Juliet (2010)
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChristmas with a Prince (2018)
Pediatric specialist Tasha Mason is focused on one thing; keeping the kids in her ward as healthy and happy as possible. So when her high-school crush, who just happens to be handsome Prince Alexander Cavalieri, breaks his leg on a nearby ski-slope, Tasha is forced to allow him to secretly get well on her floor and she’s furious that a spoiled Royal is interrupting the precious healing time her kids so badly need. Soon, however, Tasha learns that some tough love and a lot of Christmas spirit, could turn this royal pain into a knight in shining armor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisIrreplaceable You (2018)
A stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childhood sweetheart Sam, who's clueless when it comes to dating.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhat If (2014)
Medical-school dropout Wallace has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while everyone around him, including his roommate Allan, seems to be finding the perfect partner, Wallace decides to put his love life on hold. It is then that he meets Chantry, an animator who lives with her longtime boyfriend Ben. Wallace and Chantry form an instant connection, striking up a close friendship. Still, there is no denying the chemistry between them, leading the pair to wonder, what if the love of your life is actually your best friend?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFalling Inn Love (2019)
When a San Francisco exec wins a New Zealand inn, she ditches city life to remodel and flip the rustic property with help from a handsome contractor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristian Mingle (2014)
A young, modern single woman enters the world of online dating looking for an instant soul mate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 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 thisRunaway 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: Fans watch both · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTimeless 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: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Art of Us (2017)
Harper Higgins is determined to land a tenured position at Boston Art College, and she’s counting on curating a big art gallery at the university to do so. But when she loses her showcase artist and can find no one else, she turns to her recently-hired dog walker who, unbeknownst to anyone, is a skilled painter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAn Unexpected Valentine (2025)
A chance encounter on Valentine's Day brings Hannah and Finn together as they race through New York City to return a lost engagement ring and save one couple's special day.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
1 Night (2016)
Thirty-something Elizabeth must decide whether to salvage her disappointing relationship with Drew. Meanwhile, Bea, a worrisome teenager, reconnects with her introverted childhood friend, Andy, at their high school prom. Past and present collide as two couples explore love over the course of one night at a hotel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove in Store (2020)
Two rival home shopping hosts are forced together while competing for a promotion. Along the way they find their on-air chemistry kindles an off-air spark.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Wallbanger (2024)
Caroline is a young, single interior designer living in San Francisco who has been without a boyfriend for some time. She moves into an apartment that seems perfect, only to be awakened nightly by her neighbor, Simon, aka the “wallbanger.” The tension between them is as thick as the walls are thin, and suddenly, Caroline is finding she may have discovered a whole new definition of neighborly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Holiday in the Wild (2019)
When her husband abruptly ends their marriage, empty nester Kate embarks on a solo second honeymoon in Africa, finding purpose and potential romance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAll My Life (2020)
It was a chance meeting started by one of Sol’s friends trying to chat up Jennifer. However, in the end, it was those two who hit it off. Sol enjoyed Jen’s smile, her effort, and how silly she could be. Jen enjoyed Sol’s cooking, his athleticism, and that he would join her in fun moments. As you can imagine, love bloomed, and things got serious. Jen’s investment in Sol led to her pushing him to follow his dreams and even move in to save money. Sol’s investment in Jen well, it led to him proposing. But what started as a liver tumor grew into full-on cancer, so with a diagnosis of 6 months to live, Sol and Jennifer try to make the best of it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like this2 Hearts (2020)
When illness strikes two people who are polar opposites, life and death bring them together in surprising ways.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAshby (2015)
When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a retired CIA assassin – deals with a terminal prognosis, and Ed deals with adjusting to life with his newly single mom and developing relationship with a brainy classmate, Eloise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisModern Persuasion (2020)
A single woman focused on her career in New York is forced to deal with the aftermath of a failed relationship when an ex-boyfriend is hired by her company.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSanta Girl (2019)
Santa's daughter gets a chance to attend college for one semester in the 'real' world before heading back to the North Pole to fulfill her duties under her father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Good Sam?
The closest matches to Good Sam are Home Sweet Home (2020), Dirty Sexy Saint (2019) and Season for Love (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Good Sam?
People who watched Good Sam most often go on to Home Sweet Home (2020), Dirty Sexy Saint (2019) and Season for Love (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Good Sam?
Life in a Year (2020), rated 8.2/10 by 2,026 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Good Sam?
The Life List (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Good Sam?
Yes: Home Sweet Home (2020), Dirty Sexy Saint (2019) and Season for Love (2018).
How are movies similar to Good Sam chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Good Sam, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.