Movies like Airplane Mode (2020)
The best movies like Airplane Mode (2020) are Lady-Like (2017), Double Dad (2021) and Confessions of an Invisible Girl (2021). If Airplane Mode hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTo All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)7.6/10 from 8,811 votes
- NewestThe Baltimorons (2025)Released 2025
Lady-Like (2017)
When a quick-witted yet co-dependent college girl helps her best friend land a boyfriend, she's left on the outside looking in and is forced to deal with the realities of adulthood for the first time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisDouble Dad (2021)
While her mom is away, a teen sneaks out of the hippie commune where she lives and embarks on a life-changing adventure to discover who her father is.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisConfessions of an Invisible Girl (2021)
When the clever but socially-awkward Tetê joins a new school, she'll do anything to fit in. But the queen bee among her classmates has other ideas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGod, You’re Such a Prick (2020)
16-year old Steffi just graduated from high school and is very much looking forward to her class trip to Paris where she has promised her boyfriend Fabian the romantic night that she has kept him waiting for so long. Her lifelong plan to join the police forces is already set up, her adult life is right around the corner. At a routine health check-up, just before the trip to Paris, Steffi and her parents are faced with a shattering diagnosis ...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDJ Cinderella (2019)
Cintia is modern princess, she's connected, decided and loves music. This "pop" princess used to live with their parents in a huge castle with a nice view to the city. Every night she looked through the window and watch the view dreaming with a prince she didn't met yet. But one day her castle crumbles with everything around her, after her parents divorce she went to live with her aunt and stops believing in love. What she didn't knew was that there was a charming prince in her history, that wanted to break the ice around our modern day cinderella.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAna e Vitória (2018)
Two girls have a chance encounter and instantly befriend. While trying to find themselves, they decide to pursue music together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStargirl (2020)
An unassuming high schooler finds himself inexplicably drawn to the free-spirited new girl, whose unconventional ways change how they see themselves…and their world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTo All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTall Girl 2 (2022)
After Jodi Kreyman gains popularity, her miscommunications start causing rifts with those around her and now she really needs to "stand tall".
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Secret Diary of an Exchange Student (2021)
Two best friends embark on a life-changing adventure abroad as exchange students.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLittle Bitches (2018)
A group of friends vow to open their college acceptance letters at the same time during the big end-of -year party.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisRich in Love (2020)
Working incognito at his rich dad's company to test his own merits, Teto falls for Paula and tells her he grew up poor, a lie that spins out of control.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCandy Jar (2018)
Dueling high school debate champs who are at odds on just about everything forge ahead with ambitious plans to get into the colleges of their dreams.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRed Nose Day Actually (2017)
Fourteen years after the events of the original film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Kissing Booth (2018)
When teenager Elle's first kiss leads to a forbidden romance with the hottest boy in high school, she risks her relationship with her best friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCarnaval (2021)
Digital influencer Nina finds out about her boyfriend's betrayal and ends the relationship. So, she decides to travel with her friends to Salvador and enjoy the city's Carnival. During this period, they gain more followers and learn the true meaning of friendship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisPlaying Cupid (2021)
Set in the halls of Austen Middle School, a newly single middle-school teacher is covertly set up with a divorced dad after his daughter – one of her students – begins a matchmaking business for a school project she assigned her class.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (2018)
17-year-old Cyril is funny, smart and an all-round good guy. Just his somewhat overlarge nose spoils the picture. On a school trip to Berlin with Roxy, a stunning new classmate, Cyril is not the only one taken with her. Benno, the class Casanova has his eye on the girl too and makes a nasty wager. Roxy is more interested in the introverted Rick, who is not only shy but also slow. Cyril hastens with his spoken word skills to Rick's aid, and falls head over heels in love with Roxy himself. So whose brave heart will win the fair lady?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInsomniacs After School (2023)
To keep using their school's abandoned observatory as a refuge, two sleepless high school students decide to revive the defunct astronomy club.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Love, Classified (2022)
Romance novelist Emilia is a whirlwind who blows back into the lives of her adult children, Taylor and Zach, under the pretense of a book signing arranged by her hometown's local book shop. As Emilia tries to reconnect, Taylor and Zach explore new and past relationships through an app that boasts old-fashioned human connection by way of the classified ad. Zach is given a chance to heal old wounds while Taylor matches with a woman that changes the way she's always thought about love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Other Zoey (2023)
Highly intelligent computer major Zoey Miller is uninterested in romantic love, but her life is turned upside down when Zack, the school's soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisF the Prom (2017)
Maddy and Cole were inseparable friends until high school started and Maddy became the most popular girl on campus. When she starts feeling lonely and heartbroken, she reconnects with Cole and the duo conspire to destroy the ultimate teen popularity contest
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisKaguya-sama: Love Is War (2019)
A high school girl and boy are part of the student council at a pricey school. They have a crush on one another, but have kept it under wraps so far. With awareness and an inkling of what the other one feels for each the challenge becomes to make the opposite side profess his or her love first.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMeus 15 Anos: O Filme (2017)
A shy student suddenly becomes the center of attention when she wins a huge birthday party that she never asked for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe DUFF (2015)
Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together they'll face the school's mean girl and remind everyone that we are all someone's DUFF… and that's totally fine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Other Sister (1999)
A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA California Christmas (2020)
With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSidewalks of New York (2001)
The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with scenes from the six characters' lives, the film weaves a humorous and biting commentary on the game of love -- easy to start, hard to finish.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Baltimorons (2025)
A newly sober man's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHe Said, She Said (1991)
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly combative local TV show. At the same time their initial indifference to each other looks like it may evolve into something more romantic.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Airplane Mode?
The closest matches to Airplane Mode are Lady-Like (2017), Double Dad (2021) and Confessions of an Invisible Girl (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Airplane Mode?
People who watched Airplane Mode most often go on to Lady-Like (2017), Double Dad (2021) and Confessions of an Invisible Girl (2021).
What is the highest-rated movie like Airplane Mode?
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018), rated 7.6/10 by 8,811 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Airplane Mode?
The Baltimorons (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Airplane Mode chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Airplane Mode, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.