20 best movies like Dating The Enemy (1996)

List of the best movies like Dating The Enemy (1996): Thunderstruck, How to Be Really Bad, Top Five, Ruby Sparks, Little, Girl Asleep, The Healer, Woman on Top, I Do, I Do, I Do, A Life Less Ordinary.

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Markimdb: 5.1
Genrefantasy, comedy, family, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

Brian is a 16 year-old who can't play basketball, but he still wants to play like his hero, Kevin Durant. At an Oklahoma City Thunder game, Brian gets chosen to shoot a half court shot which he misses and hits the mascot in the process. Later on, he gets a chance to meet Durant and expresses his desire to play just like him. When Kevin gives Brian the ball, the two unknowingly switch talents.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
CountryGermany

The life of 14-year-old Lilith is similar to that of a normal teenager, but there is a peculiarity: she is the daughter of the devil and lives with him in hell. Because she is totally bored there and also wants to have fun and explore the world, she makes a pact with her father: she is allowed to go to earth for a week - but she has to convert a good person to evil there. If she succeeds in this challenge, she may stay on earth forever, otherwise she'll be waving a hell of a boring job in the bookkeeping of the underworld.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancé talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

    Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:00

    Jordan Sanders, a take-no-prisoners tech mogul, wakes up one morning in the body of her 13-year-old self right before a do-or-die presentation. Her beleaguered assistant April is the only one in on the secret that her daily tormentor is now trapped in an awkward tween body, just as everything is on the line.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantasy, comedy, family
    CountryAustralia

    The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen she can't bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world. She floats in a bubble of loserdom with her only friend Elliott, until her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and she's flung into a parallel place; a world that's weirdly erotic, a little bit violent and thoroughly ludicrous - only there can she find herself.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountrySpain, Canada, USA
    Duration02:56

    The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she decides to break free from her rocky marriage and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil, she spirits off to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA, Canada

    An architect heads to the altar with her fiancé, unsure of her marriage and their future. She relives her disastrous wedding day, put together by her fiance’s overbearing mother, over and over until, with the help of his brother, she begins to face her biggest fears and discover what she really wants in herself and in her life.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:43

    A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for thrills. O'Reilly and Jackson pursue, hoping to unite the prospective lovers.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia

    A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryAustralia, United Kingdom
    Duration01:38

    In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned contribution to an international art exhibit is considered blasphemous. While Campion and Lindsay debate, Estella finds herself drawn to the three beautiful models sitting for the painter's current work, freethinking Sheela, sensual Pru and virginal Giddy.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Italy, USA
    Duration01:45

    A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    Women are practically throwing themselves at Rich and he can’t seem to control himself. But he continually blames his penis, which seems to have a mind of its own. After ruining yet another promising relationship with Jamie, Rich has finally had enough and wishes his penis would just leave him alone. The next morning, Rich wakes up to find his wish has come true and his johnson is no longer on his body. Even worse, Rich is shocked to discover that his penis has taken human form...

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Seventeen-year-old Alexia Wheaton hasn't been herself lately. Neighter has her 15-year-old sister Hayley. In fact they've been each other. Alexia becomes fashion-challenged Hayley and she in turn becomes styling Alexia and the complications come fast furious and funny.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:03

      The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryAustralia
      Duration01:54

      For 27-year-old Ben, life couldn't be better. A well paid job, friends, parties, girls and nothing to tie him down. But when he is invited back to his old school to join several other ex-students including Alex and Jim in talking about their personal achievements, something goes wrong.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryAustralia
      Duration01:36

      Jack Willis is a handsome roadtrain driver with a secret - he has just become a top-selling romance novelist. However, being a 'man's man' in the Australian outlook, to avoid embarrassment, he needs a name, a woman's name - and he chooses that of his best friend, Ruby Vale. He must do some fancy footwork to continue the charade when the glamorous city publisher, Ziggy, arrives in dusty outback Lucktown to sign 'Ruby Vale' to a major book deal. Ruby agrees to help Jack though it's for her own gain as well - the publisher will pay for her coming wedding (with Hamish, Jack's buddy). Accompanied by Jack, Ruby goes to Sydney to meet the media, appear on TV and cocktail parties, etc. Gradually, Jack realizes that he has fallen in love with Ruby, while Ruby is also touched by Jack's novel. However, Hamish arrives in Sydney a few days later and asks both of them to stop all these foolish things

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. With a little magic, her wish is granted, but it turns out that being thirty isn't as always as awesome as she thought it would be!

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryAustralia
      Duration02:33

      Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:57

      Jenny Farrell is getting married. But how will her straight-laced family react when they find out that the woman they thought was their daughter’s roommate is actually her fiancée? As the old-fashioned Farrells attempt to come to terms with the prospect of a surprise daughter-in-law, they face a difficult choice: either adapt with the times or risk being left behind.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA, Spain
      Duration01:34

        A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:36

        For a long time, Natalie, an Australian architect living in New York City, had always believed that what she had seen in rom-coms is all fantasy. But after thwarting a mugger at a subway station only to be knocked out while fleeing, Natalie wakes up and discovers that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare—a romantic comedy—and she is the leading lady.

        Markimdb: 3.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:34

        By following ten simple rules, 20-somethings Vince and Cameron spice up their relationship by sleeping around. But when their straitlaced friends get engaged, their relationship gets turned upside down. To put the rules to the test, they will go on the road to the Hamptons to crash the biggest party of the year where love triangles collide and off-the-wall mayhem ensues.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

          When notorious womanizer Connor Mead attends his brother Paul's wedding, he is forced to re-evaluate his behavior as he comes face-to-face with the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future, along with his deceased uncle. The experience changes his attitude and allows him to reconnect with his first and only love, Jenny.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA

          Charles Whitley travels from 1903 to 2020 where he meets Megan Turner, a tour guide at his historic mansion, and experiences a 21st Century Christmas.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:44

          A young boy, Josh Baskin makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman. What will he find out about this strange world?

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, Canada, Australia
          Duration01:51

          An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, Japan
          Duration02:33

            Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrefantasy, comedy
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration01:33

            Elliot Richardson, suicidal techno geek, is given seven wishes to turn his life around when he meets up with a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include a 7 foot basketball star, a rock star, and a hamburger. But, as could be expected, the Devil must put her own little twist on each his fantasies.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrecomedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:35

            A group of 30-year-olds who have been friends since high school attempt to throw an end-of-summer orgy.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA

            A sex therapist goes through puberty after the successful removal of a benign tumor resting against his pituitary gland. He experiences all the changes and effects of puberty over a three-week period.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryTurkey
            Duration02:20

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            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA

            The film tells the story of quick-witted teen Mark, contentedly living the same day in an endless loop whose world is turned upside-down when he meets mysterious Margaret also stuck in the time loop. Mark and Margaret form a magnetic partnership, setting out to find all the tiny things that make that one day perfect. What follows is a love story with a fantastical twist, as the two struggle to figure out how -- and whether -- to escape their never-ending day.

            Markimdb: 3.6
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:23

            Linda Watt is a sheltered but brilliant young scientist who is plucked out of her company's lab and sent to India by her CEO to sell "Rice 9," a genetically modified rice she's created. However, unbeknownst to her, the rice will destroy the Indian farmers she thinks she's helping.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
            CountryHungary
            Duration02:11

            Two introverted people find out by pure chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled, incredulous, a bit frightened. As they hesitantly accept this strange coincidence, they try to recreate in broad daylight what happens in their dream.

            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: 5.8
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:34

            In New York, a struggling actress and a successful writer sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
            CountryHungary
            Duration02:07

            Liza's a nurse, seeking love. Her only company is a long-dead Japanese pop star, who turns her into a fox-fairy out of jealousy. Now, every men who desires Liza shall die horribly. Can she overcome the curse?

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:50

            A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young's memoir "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People".

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:43

            Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall in love with him. If not, Steve's soul will become the property of the devil. But the devil hedges his bet, and Steve is reincarnated as a woman named Amanda Brooks.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:32

            Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex for four hours. Paul and animal psychologist coworker Diane Farrow decide to test it on themselves. The awkward pair suddenly find themselves alluring to anyone they approach, but soon realize they are most attracted to each other.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
            Duration01:53

            Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his life. But when the narration reveals he is going to die, Harold must find the author and convince them to change the ending.

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genrecomedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA, Denmark
            Duration01:26

            A high school romantic comedy about freshman Victor who has contracted a case of Anya-itis, (acute and incurable love passion for high school senior Anja.) And why shouldn't he?

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryAustralia
            Duration01:37

            A lawyer becomes a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was “an act of God”. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and, as God’s representative, The Church.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:42

              On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside the body of a teenager, Mike actually has the chance to reverse some decisions he wishes he'd never made. But maybe they weren't so bad after all.

              Markimdb: 5.4
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:22

              Following a wild night out with his Best Man, Rob Anderson wakes up to find himself naked in an elevator on the morning of his wedding day and is forced to relive the morning over and over again.

              Markimdb: 5
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA

              As Michael is lifted from the scene of his car crash and finds himself in a very bright room with a very strange lady, he learns that for his soul to reach the next plane, he needs to find a mate. If you think dating in life was hard, in death it is harder.

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA

              One man does all he can to veil his Asian heritage; the other takes great pains to hide his sexual orientation. Both of these things begin to change when Ryan is hired to prepare film star Ning for a fashion shoot, and the men develop a bond.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
              CountryFrance, Belgium, South Korea
              Duration02:52

              A man tries that his wife fall in love with him again, after to wake up in an alternate reality where she never knew him.




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