Movies like Penny Pinchers (2011)
The best movies like Penny Pinchers (2011) are Architecture 101 (2012), Finding Mr. Destiny (2010) and My Tutor Friend (2003). If Penny Pinchers hooked you with its romance and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSpellbound (2011)7.4/10 from 216 votes
- NewestYoh! Bestie (2026)Released 2026
- In KoreanArchitecture 101 (2012)Also in Korean
Architecture 101 (2012)
When Seung-min was on his first year at the Academy of Architecture, he met Seo-yeon. She was a musician student, and Seung-min totally fell in love with her. Years have passed, and now he meets Seo-yeon again - she asks him to rebuild her father's old house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFinding Mr. Destiny (2010)
A man sets up the First Love Agency to help people locate their long-lost first love. But then he ends up falling in love with his first client.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Tutor Friend (2003)
A touching story of two completely different students from two completely different worlds. One is a rich male repeating his third year of high school and the other a poor girl in her second year of university struggling to make ends meet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Forecast (2015)
Whenever elementary school teacher Kang Joon-soo falls in love, he always gives too much of himself to the relationship. Yet despite that, he ends up being the one getting dumped by his girlfriends. Joon-soo has been friends for 18 years with Kim Hyun-woo, a weather forecaster whose beauty belies her witty tongue and aggressive manner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Little Bride (2004)
A teenage girl tries to continue her normal social and school life, after her grandfather forces her into an arranged marriage with a man in his twenties.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSeducing Mr. Perfect (2006)
A Korean company analyst rear-ends an American man's car then discovers he's her new boss. Unlucky at love, she begins to take romance lessons from him in order to seduce him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove 911 (2012)
A doctor tries to woo a grieving, widowed firefighter in her attempt to get him to testify on her behalf in a medical malpractice case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLike for Likes (2016)
A notoriously shrewish TV drama writer and a Korean wave star who fight like cats and dogs every time they meet; a spinster flight attendant landlady and a nosy chef tenant who build a sense of camaraderie; a genius relationship-virgin composer who harbors a secret admiration for a scatterbrained producer. As they crash-land into each other's lives, will there be love?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Mood of the Day (2016)
A train ride brings two unlikely souls together as Bae, a committed partner of a serious 10-year relationship, sees her world turned upside down by the charming playboy Kim. Seated together on a business trip from Seoul to Busan, the two find themselves on an adventure to remember.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhatcha Wearin'? (2012)
Yoon-jung accidentally calls a stranger, instead of her boyfriend, and has phone sex with the unknown man. When Yoon-jung's relationship with her boyfriend turns sour, Yoon-jung meets Hyun-seung, the stranger she had phone sex with.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYou Are My Pet (2011)
A woman finds a man in a box in front of her home and takes him in. She jokingly says she wants to keep him as her pet since the man reminds her of her childhood dog. The man agrees. Later the woman discovers that the man is a dance prodigy. Complications arise when her old flame from college returns.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpellbound (2011)
A magician makes an assistant out of a strange girl with the ability to see ghosts, and the two achieve success with their shows, through thick and thin. However, another kind of magic might be brewing behind the scenes of their act... love!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBA:BO - Miracle of Giving Fool (2008)
Seung-ryong owns a small toast shop, who is sick from taking in briquette gas in the past after his parents died. One day, his first love comes back to Korea, and they become close. However, he finds out that his little sister is sick.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Two Weddings and a Funeral (2012)
A gay man and a lesbian get married to hide their sexuality. They juggle their secret identities, fool friends and family, and search for true love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
A Man Who Was Superman (2008)
A snobbish producer makes a documentary about the extraordinary behavior of her neighbor who believes himself to be Superman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Princess and the Matchmaker (2018)
Refusing to allow fate to decide whom she must marry, Princess Songhwa decides to find her own husband. She seeks the help of a man to interpret her marital harmony with four men she wishes to marry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHello Ghost (2010)
A man's failed suicide attempt enables him to see ghosts, who later keep following him everywhere. It is now up to him to fulfill their wishes to make them go away.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCollectors (2020)
To acquire ancient artifacts for a private collector, a cunning grave robber and his band of ingenious thieves carry out a series of risky heists.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTwenty (2015)
A story about three friends who just turned twenty; an age where you can do whatever you want, love whoever you want with opportunities abroad.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBaby and Me (2008)
A rebellious high school student sees his life take a strange turn when he goes to the grocery store and someone leaves a baby in his shopping cart, along with a note claiming he's the father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bros (2017)
Reunited in their hometown for their father's funeral, two self-interested brothers meet a peculiar woman who shares a huge secret about their family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYoh! Bestie (2026)
Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCyrano Agency (2010)
The successful Cyrano Agency helps people, who can't find a date, to get a love life — until they are hired to help Sang-yong.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRelationship Goals (2026)
When TV producer Leah Caldwell aims to become the first woman running New York's top morning show, her ex competes for the same role. Leah stays focused on her career, until chemistry with her ex challenges her priorities.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
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 · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010)
One year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged marriage to the brooding and sinister Kah and is secretly in love with a young elephant handler named Alu.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)
A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSteal My Heart (2013)
Lee Ho-tae meets the first love of his dreams, Yoon Jin-sook for the first time in ten years but is shocked to find out she's a hit-and-runner.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThis Little Love of Mine (2021)
Laura Price is a successful San Francisco lawyer on the cusp of promotion – a far cry from her childhood growing up on a tropical island with best friends Chip and Gem. When the firm’s biggest client – Chip’s grandfather – asks Laura to travel to the island and deliver a contract to make Chip his heir, she leaves behind her practice and fiancé Owen to convince her childhood friend to sign a contract that will make him a billionaire.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like this
Like Penny Pinchers and something else?
Blend two favourites and we’ll find the films in between.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Penny Pinchers?
The closest matches to Penny Pinchers are Architecture 101 (2012), Finding Mr. Destiny (2010) and My Tutor Friend (2003). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Penny Pinchers?
People who watched Penny Pinchers most often go on to Architecture 101 (2012), Finding Mr. Destiny (2010) and My Tutor Friend (2003).
What is the highest-rated movie like Penny Pinchers?
Spellbound (2011), rated 7.4/10 by 216 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Penny Pinchers?
Yoh! Bestie (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like Penny Pinchers?
Yes: Architecture 101 (2012), Finding Mr. Destiny (2010) and My Tutor Friend (2003).
How are movies similar to Penny Pinchers chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Penny Pinchers, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.