20 best movies like Labor Pains (2009)


List of the best movies like Labor Pains (2009): Sleeping with Other People, Temps, Words and Pictures, Posthumous, Penelope, Set It Up, Can You Keep a Secret?, Nine Months, Obvious Child, The Perfect Match.

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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: 5.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:17

The comedy follows Jefferson, a ski-bum temp worker, whose singular joy comes from an annual excursion to the slopes with fellow slacker Curtis. But when Jefferson falls for Stephanie, an ambitious go-getter, he is forced to re-evaluate his priorities.

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: 5.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany

After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has a profound effect on him.

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: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:26

    Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:15

    Emma Corrigan, a girl with a few secrets on a turbulent plane ride, thinks she’s about to die, Emma spills them all to the handsome stranger sitting next to her. At least, she thought he was a stranger. But then, her company’s young and elusive CEO, arrives at the office. It’s him. And he knows every single humiliating detail about Emma.

    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: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:24

    An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:10

    Terrence J. stars as Charlie, a playboy who's convinced that relationships are dead. His two best friends, Donald Faison and Robert C. Riley, bet him that if he sticks to one woman for one month, he's bound to get attached. Charlie denies this until he crosses paths with the beautiful and mysterious Eva, played by singer/actress Cassie. They may agree to a casual affair, but eventually Charlie is questioning whether he may actually want more.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:11

    A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, DC. Sparks fly when she meets a clueless young senator who takes up her cause - but what happens when love interferes with what you stand for?

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, "accidentally" reads her teenage daughter's racy journal, she realizes just how wide their communication gap has grown.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between “friends” and “more than friends” really blurry? Beer.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    Divorced and demoralised, Amy Minsky’s prospects look bleak when she is condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35. Everyone wants to help but, as her patience level with advice is plummeting, a bold teenage boy enters her life, igniting her last bit of self-esteem.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell and the quick-witted Kimberly, the stage is set for a tempestuous love affair that unfolds like a puzzle. As the film zigzags back and forth in time-from a meteor shower in LA, to an encounter in a Paris hotel room, to a fateful phone call-an unforgettable portrait of a relationship emerges.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    Leah thinks all is fine coasting along in a relationship with the ever-predictable Edward until he surprises her and enrolls her in a conflict-management class. In the class, Leah finds herself locking horns with a handsome, radio talk-show host who thrives on making waves. Through the course, Leah develops new friendships, an inner strength she never knew she had and discovers real love should never mean settling for the easy and predictable.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

    New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    A woman struggles to escape the clutches of her overbearing, co-dependent mother, while gradually falling for a sexy, sophisticated attorney.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA

    When Anna Parisi, an unemployed fine arts painter, is unable to make ends meet, she is hired to become a personal Christmas shopper for Marc, an uptight corporate exec. As they begin working together, Marc learns that Christmas giving has less to do with the amount of money spent and more to do with the importance of the gift, while Anna discovers she might find success as an artist in a way she never expected. The best gift of all of course is the love they discover with one another.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, China, Japan
    Duration02:19

    Breaking up with Mark Darcy leaves Bridget Jones over 40 and single again. Feeling that she has everything under control, Jones decides to focus on her career as a top news producer. Suddenly, her love life comes back from the dead when she meets a dashing and handsome American named Jack. Things couldn't be better, until Bridget discovers that she is pregnant. Now, the befuddled mom-to-be must figure out if the proud papa is Mark or Jack.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:00

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

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
    Duration02:38

    Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    A reporter Lanie Kerrigan interviews a psychic homeless man for a fluff piece about a football game's score. Instead he tells her that her life has no meaning and is going to end in just a few days, which sparks her to action, trying to change the pattern of her life...

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:39

    Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend; once they arrive they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    Best pals Jason and Daniel indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mikey is over, they gladly welcome him back into their circle. The three young men make a pact to have fun and avoid commitment. However, when all three find themselves involved in serious relationships, they must keep their romances secret from one another.

    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: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    The story of a teenage boy who deals with the ups and downs of being lethally attractive.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure about his wife's adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

      When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:38

        When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:47

        Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer, Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah, his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        When an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, until he learns that someone from his past has put a contract out on his life.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:09

        On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA, Canada

        An out-of-work New York City actress returns home to the quaint small town she escaped 10 years before and finds a place far different than the hamlet she left. She suddenly finds performing possibilities and even romance that kind of blow her away.

        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: 4.7
        Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:49

        As part of a fertility research project, a male scientist agrees to carry a pregnancy in his own body.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:44

        In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping-a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door-until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA, Australia
        Duration01:31

        Newly engaged, Ben and Sadie can't wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. However Sadie's family church's Reverend Frank won't bless their union until they pass his patented, "foolproof" marriage prep course consisting of outrageous classes, outlandish homework assignments and some outright invasion of privacy.

        Markimdb: 3.9
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        Former prom king and college freshman Scott returns home for Thanksgiving break and gets dumped by his long-term girlfriend. With his world turned upside down, Scott strikes an unlikely friendship with former classmate Tori, an ugly duckling who blossomed in her first semester of college, and they embark on an outrageous adventure through their hometown. But when Scott and Tori start falling in love, they realize that a few months away may have changed them more than they realized.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:27

        Aspiring New York City artist, John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world he left behind.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:27

        "Cavemen" is a comedic film with a slight edge of drama revolving around the lives of somewhat single, somewhat unemployed guys living in a warehouse converted to living quarters in the 'Arts District' of Downtown Los Angeles, California they are toiling adulthood and realities of love.

        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: 5.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        A recent college graduate sets out to win back the girl of his dreams.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:48

        A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration00:35

        After fast-paced New York City high-end real estate broker Fiona Rangely (Lacey Chabert) gets dumped by her boyfriend, she escapes to her family’s quaint Vermont Inn for a few days to slow down and evaluate her life. When her ex-boyfriend Nate shows up at the Inn with a brand new girlfriend, Fiona quickly devises a plan to win him back: pretend the handsome and very laid- back head chef Derek (Carlo Marks) is her new boyfriend! Much to the surprise of Derek --and to Fiona herself-- in pretending to be in love, she realizes that she’s been thrown a curveball: sometimes the best things in life are worth the wait.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

        Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

        A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms. Remake of the German film "Barfuss" (2005).

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        Left broke and homeless by his wealthy parents' divorce, a young man moves in with an old friend and finally meets the woman of his dreams -- only to discover she's already dating his friend.




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