20 best movies like About Adam (2001)

List of the best movies like About Adam (2001): Nine Months, Forget Paris, You've Got Mail, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Laws of Attraction, Rules Don't Apply, Don Juan DeMarco, Music from Another Room, Hope Springs, Only the Lonely.

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Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:54

Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet – both blissfully unaware that he's putting her out of business.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryIndia
Duration02:16

A slim uneducated guy is pressured into an arranged marriage with an overweight college girl. The mismatched couple is challenged to compete in the annual wife-carrying race.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, USA
Duration01:27

Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:41

It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

John Arnold DeMarco is a man who believes he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. Clad in a cape and mask, DeMarco undergoes psychiatric treatment with Dr. Jack Mickler to cure him of his apparent delusion. But the psychiatric sessions have an unexpected effect on the psychiatric staff and, most profoundly, Dr Mickler, who rekindles the romance in his complacent marriage.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny, a young man who grew up believing he was destined to marry the girl he helped deliver as a five year old boy when his neighbor went into emergency labor. Twenty-five years later, Danny returns to his hometown and finds the irresistible Anna Swann but she finds it easy to resist him since she is already engaged to dreamboat Eric, a very practical match. In pursuit of Anna, Danny finds himself entangled with each of the eccentric Swanns including blind, sheltered Nina, cynical sister Karen, big brother Bill and dramatic mother Grace as he fights to prove that fate should never be messed with and passion should never be practical.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:40

After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna , whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the relationship, and Danny and Theresa must either overcome her objections or give up the romance.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, than she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:06

Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union based on friendship and respect.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:39

    Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company. This untraditional fairy tale about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:24

    Reunited at a wedding after many years, former lovers again feel the pull of a mutual attraction neither is willing to admit. Escaping the reception for the privacy of a hotel room, the unnamed pair explore the choices of the past that led them to the present.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:15

    A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

    Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, short
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France

    Fourteen years after the events of the first film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:32

    A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship sent to take them to a larger island. They agree to meet in New York three months later to see if the attraction is real. One shows up but the other doesn't. However, a chance meeting brings them together again.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a designer from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build. Alex is a straight-laced WASP-ish type who, while enjoying a night on the town, meets Isabel Fuentes (Salma Hayek), a free-spirited Mexican-American photographer. Alex and Isabel are overtaken by lust at first sight and end up sp

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:04

    Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA, France, United Kingdom
    Duration01:48

    Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda He has heard the phrase that life is like "anything else," but soon he finds that life with the unpredictable Amanda isn't like anything else at all.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:44

    Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, succesful careers, matching motorikes, and an enthusiastic love life. The only thing they lack is the one thing they want more—a baby.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    Ben and Katie Jordan are a married couple who go through hard times in fifteen years of marriage.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:34

    Set in 1890s North Wales over a long, hot August weekend, the Victorian calm of a household is suddenly upset with the arrival of a London couple who impose their city ways and thoughts on the more rurally based family. An adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play, "Uncle Vanya."

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After she's gone, he finds out that his recently-deceased grandfather's will stipulates that he gets nothing of a multi-million dollar fortune unless he's married by 6:05pm on his 30th birthday: tomorrow! Not being able to find Anne, Jimmie begins backtracking through his past girlfriends to find a wife.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:14

    Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    After an extremely regrettable one night stand, two strangers wake up to find themselves snowed in after sleeping through a blizzard that put all of Manhattan on ice. They're now trapped together in a tiny apartment, forced to get to know each other way more than any one night stand should.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    Two couples go to a mutual friends wedding, and end up swapping partners.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:42

    An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryGermany, USA
    Duration02:07

    An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    Good-natured astronomer Sam is devastated when the love of his life leaves him for a suave Frenchman. He therefore does what every other normal dumpee would do—go to New York and set up home in the abandoned building opposite his ex-girlfriend's apartment, wait until she decides to leave her current lover, and then win her back.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:43

    In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His best friends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect over his lifestyle.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA

    Sam and Gray are such a well-matched pair that it is difficult to believe they are brother and sister rather than husband and wife. They both share a love of 1940s movies and dancing, and when they meet Charlie, they have something else in common: They both fall in love with her. Sam must deal with unexpected feelings of jealousy, while Gray struggles to come to terms with her sexual orientation.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:36

      Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:22

      Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:24

      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.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:55

      A saucy American showgirl in London is wooed by a roving-eyed Duke, but his estranged son, the young King, interrupts their late supper with politics and angry accusations.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a girl he can’t have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a hot boyfriend who doesn’t quite understand her or seem to care. Although they go to different schools, Dave and Aubrey find themselves at the same party. When both head outside to get some air, they meet. A casual conversation sparks an instant connection, and, over the course of a weekend, things turn magical, romantic, complicated, and funny as Aubrey and Dave discover what it's like to fall in love for the first time.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:00

      Wingman rule number one: don’t fall for a client.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryFrance, Monaco, USA
      Duration01:45

      Alex and his sister run a business designed to break up relationships. They are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The only problem is that they only have one week to do so.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

        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 a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:38

        Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.




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