Movies like The One Night Stand (2016)
The best movies like The One Night Stand (2016) are How to Train Your Husband (2018), Wife vs. Secretary (1936) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). If The One Night Stand hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)7.1/10 from 398 votes
- NewestLove Is in the Air (2023)Released 2023
How to Train Your Husband (2018)
A marriage therapist attempts to fix her own marriage by focusing on how to change her husband.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWife vs. Secretary (1936)
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Seven Year Itch (1955)
When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe April Fools (1969)
Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is herself unhappily married — to the boss. They spend an innocent night in New York becoming more and more attracted to each other, so that when Catherine announces she intends to leave her husband and return to Paris, Howard asks to go along too.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisStrangers When We Meet (1960)
A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Is in the Air (2023)
A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPalm Swings (2017)
After moving to Palm Springs, a young married couple puts their love to the test when they discover that their neighbors are swingers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThat Uncertain Feeling (1941)
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Thrill of It All (1963)
A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhere the Money Is (2000)
Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing home, Carol Ann McKay, has a plan of her own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisI Love You Again (1940)
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSame Time Next Week (2017)
Sara deals with her grief by trying to complete her late husband’s bucket list. Injuring herself on one of the tasks leads her to meet Dr. Ryan. A widower himself, Ryan begins to help Sara complete the bucket list. The two get close and Sara doesn’t want to betray her husband’s memory, so she stops seeing Ryan. However, Ryan doesn’t give up and helps Sara realize that everyone deserves a second chance at love
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream (2008)
A world class ice skater eager to take the top prize in the biggest competition around finds his dreams going up in flames after his partner suffers a debilitating injury in this romantic sports drama starring Matt Lanter, Francia Rosa, and Christy Carlson Romano. Zack (Lanter) was headed for the gold when his partner suffered an injury that made competing impossible, but could a feisty female hockey player prove the key to keeping his illustrious career on track? Alexandra is an amateur Latina hockey player who has never skated professionally and doesn't much care for Zack, though a little determination goes a long way in helping Zack convince her to join him on the ice. Now, as this unlikely pair begins the arduous training process that could make them both bona-fide superstars, the girl with the icy attitude finds her handsome partner's warmth and charm bringing about a most unexpected thaw.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBetter Living Through Chemistry (2014)
A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisPlatinum Blonde (1931)
Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for a creative outlet. He decides to write a play and collaborates with a fellow reporter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLover Come Back (1961)
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGirl on a Bicycle (2013)
Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day turns Paolo's life upside down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisOpen Season 2 (2008)
After falling head over hooves in love with Giselle, Elliot's road to the altar takes a slight detour when Mr. Weenie is kidnapped by a group of pampered pets determined to return him to his owners.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The One Night Stand?
The closest matches to The One Night Stand are How to Train Your Husband (2018), Wife vs. Secretary (1936) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The One Night Stand?
Start with How to Train Your Husband (2018), the closest match to The One Night Stand.
What is the highest-rated movie like The One Night Stand?
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), rated 7.1/10 by 398 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The One Night Stand?
Love Is in the Air (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The One Night Stand?
Yes: How to Train Your Husband (2018), Wife vs. Secretary (1936) and The Seven Year Itch (1955).
How are movies similar to The One Night Stand chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The One Night Stand, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.