Movies like L!fe Happens (2011)
The best movies like L!fe Happens (2011) are The Pill (2011), Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) and Management (2009). If L!fe Happens 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 ratedStuck in Love (2013)7.4/10 from 2,064 votes
- NewestSomething from Tiffany's (2022)Released 2022
The Pill (2011)
Worried that he has gotten the free-spirited Mindy pregnant after an unprotected one-night stand, Fred feigns romantic interest and sticks by her side for twelve hours to make sure she takes both doses of the morning-after pill.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThings You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Dr. Elaine Keener, the sole caretaker for her aging mother, turns to tarot card reader Christine for spiritual aid. Christine grapples with her own angst due to her lover's debilitating illness. Meanwhile, a bank manager deals with an unwanted pregnancy, two sisters pursue romantic interests and a housewife gets back into the dating game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisManagement (2009)
A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last Kiss (2006)
Michael has a great job, has his 4 best friends, and is in love with a beautiful girl at 30. He loves Jenna but his life seems predictable until someone else enters his life. It seems that everybody's having relationship problems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Favorite Five (2015)
Hailey is a conceited, professional woman and self-proclaimed serial dater with no interest in marriage. She believes no one man can possess all five of her most coveted qualities. She dates different men who possess diverse qualities, until she meets the one guy who seemingly has it all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
The Art of Getting By (2011)
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Switch (2010)
Kassie is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s objections, decides it’s time to have a baby – even if it means doing it herself… with a little help from a charming sperm donor. But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn’t discovered until seven years later… when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie’s cute, though slightly neurotic, son.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCherry (2010)
Ivy League Freshman, Aaron Milton (17) gets a different kind of education when he falls for Linda (34) a vivacious former wild-child who has returned to college to straighten out her life. The curriculum gets more challenging when Aaron meets Linda's sarcastic 14 year-old daughter, Beth - who quickly develops a crush on him. The math doesn't work in either direction but the dysfunctional triangle becomes a learning experience for all involved.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeauty & the Briefcase (2010)
A freelance writer looking for romance sells a story to Cosmopolitan magazine about finding love in the workplace and goes undercover at a Finance Company.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisStuck in Love (2013)
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThink Like a Man (2012)
The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men realize that the women have gotten a hold of their relationship “playbook,” they decide that the best defense is a good offense and come up with a plan to use this information to their advantage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisJersey Girl (2004)
Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ramen Girl (2008)
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFalling Up (2009)
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisAnd While We Were Here (2012)
Trapped in a loveless marriage, a troubled writer experiences a sexual awakening when she meets a carefee American in Italy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisWaiting for Forever (2010)
A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisGriffin & Phoenix (2006)
A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010)
When Ethan arrives at the airport just in time to declare his undying love for his girlfriend, love appears to have conquered all. The scene, however, is really the ending of Ethan's novel, which his agent calls "unrealistic." Ethan soon meets a waitress, Jesse, and falls in love with her despite her growing devotion to Troy, a charming businessman. But the line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDorfman in Love (2013)
Unknowingly trapped in her role as caretaker of her unappreciative family, a young single woman desperately needs to get her own life. When she volunteers to cat sit at her unrequited love's downtown L.A loft, her world, as she knows it, changes forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Something from Tiffany's (2022)
One woman's life is forever changed by an engagement ring meant for someone else.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHow to Deal (2003)
For teenager Halley, love seems like an alien concept. Her mother is divorcing her father, who is dating a younger woman Halley can't stand. Her sister is about to get married and doesn't realize that her fiancé is not the man of her dreams. And her best friend has fallen madly in love for the first time, leaving Halley to feel even more alone. But, when she meets edgy Macon, she learns what love is really all about.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLife As We Know It (2010)
After a disastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have in common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThen She Found Me (2007)
A New York schoolteacher experiences a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies, and her biological mother, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Love Patient (2011)
A handsome and self-centered ad executive pretends he has life-threatening cancer to win back the love of his ex.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
The Nanny Diaries (2007)
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisToo Young to Marry (2007)
Connecticut high school students Max Doyle and Jessica Carpenter fall in love and feel making love isn't enough, so they brave everyone's objections and get married.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
The Year of Spectacular Men (2018)
In the year after graduating college, Izzy struggles to navigate the seemingly incessant failures of adulthood, the reality of a substandard dating pool and a debilitating fear of top-sheets, all in between X-Files marathons. Comically unsuccessful in love over the course the year, including five half-hearted relationships with astoundingly self-centered men, Izzy resigns herself to the support of her mother and sister, who are struggling with their own relationship problems. Seeing herself in them, Izzy gradually gains the confidence to be honest and vulnerable.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Pregnancy Pact (2010)
Inspired by the true story of teenagers at Gloucester High School who agreed to get pregnant at the same time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisYear of the Dog (2007)
A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like L!fe Happens?
The closest matches to L!fe Happens are The Pill (2011), Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) and Management (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after L!fe Happens?
People who watched L!fe Happens most often go on to The Pill (2011), Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) and Management (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like L!fe Happens?
Stuck in Love (2013), rated 7.4/10 by 2,064 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like L!fe Happens?
Something from Tiffany's (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like L!fe Happens?
Yes: The Pill (2011), Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) and Management (2009).
How are movies similar to L!fe Happens chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside L!fe Happens, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.