20 best movies like Life as It Should Be (2020)

List of the best movies like Life as It Should Be (2020): The Back-Up Plan, Bridget Jones's Baby, Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town, Good Newwz, Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife, How to Be Single, Desperados, High Society, No: 309, ‎7 Hours To Fall in Love‎.

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

A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryIndia

Two couples with the same surnames pursue in-vitro fertilisation and wait for their upcoming babies. Trouble ensues when they find that the sperms of each couple have been mixed with each other.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA

Pregnant again, Ali Wong returns to Netflix in her second original stand-up comedy special and gets real on why having kids is not all it's cracked up to be.

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
CountryUSA

A panicked young woman and her two best friends fly to Mexico to delete a ranting email she sent to her new boyfriend. On arrival, they run into her former beau, who soon gets caught up in their frantic scheme.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrecomedy
CountryGermany
Duration02:38

Two girls from very different social backgrounds discover, at the age of 25, that they had been switched at birth.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryTurkey
Duration01:01

Out of pure coincidence, Onur and Lale meet at the same place due to a blind date that is arranged by their mothers.And during the next morning they find themselves in the same bed

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryItaly

Valeria, a beautiful and determined woman disillusioned about love, is an implacable teacher of picking up for single men. One day she met Giulio, which is struggling to regain his ex. With her help.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:16

A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA

Punk-rocker turned suburban mom, Kelly, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn’t yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been dealt. When the two strike up an unlikely friendship, it's the perfect spark needed to thrust them both back to life.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy
CountryItaly

Lucia and Maria are two best friends, who have known each other from the beginning of their life, but have very different tastes and behaviors. Lucia is done with men, Maria, on the contrary, cannot be without one. One night, the perfect man shows up in Maria's bed: handsome, sensible, mature and passionate.The next morning brings up misunderstandings and lies which make the two friends split up and take a break for themselves. Maybe that young man met by chance is really the one every woman is looking for, because with his simple theories he manages to paint the perfect picture of the two women's lives.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryIndia
Duration02:36

A cab driver is caught between a dysfunctional realtionship between a father and his daughter as he drives them to Calcutta.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryCanada, USA
Duration02:28

The continuing adventures of the Portokalos family. A follow-up to the 2002 comedy, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

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: 5.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:44

Even at the age of 40, Juliette is used to other people making decisions for her. When she meets two guys she likes, she has to finally make her own decision.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:33

An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
Duration01:36

    In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Harry, a charming house thief, gets more than he bargains for during an attempted burglary when he stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her from herself, sending both of them into a darkly comedic journey of self discovery and love.

    Markimdb: 3.7
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    Adam, an awkward teen, spends a summer with his older sister, who is part of New York City's lesbian and trans activist scene. He meets the girl of his dreams but can't figure out how to tell her he's not the trans man she thinks he is.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:41

    Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountryCanada

    A chance meeting between two strangers who share a disdain for Christmas results in The Mistletoe Promise, a pact to help them navigate their holiday complications - together. But as they spend more time with each other and experience the magic of Christmas the phony couple discovers there may be more to their contract than business.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryNetherlands, Belgium, Germany, Republic of Ireland
    Duration02:20

    An eccentric multimillionaire signs an agreement to have his life ended. While selecting his coffin he meets a young woman who has signed up for the same arrangement. Trouble ensues when the couple falls in love and wishes to get out of the contract.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA, Australia
    Duration01:52

      Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountrySpain
      Duration02:18

      Multiple love stories unfold in Barcelona during Christmas's Eve.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrefantastic, comedy, detective
      CountryJapan

      A high-school student Yoshiro has never got a spotlight in his life and spends his days aimlessly. What only shines in his life is a girl Sae at his school. Even if being completely disregarded by her, he still dreams of becoming her true love in the future. One day, he finds himself having a mind-reading psychic power. As he looks around, there seem more psychics born in the city, and somehow they are all virgins! One uses his psychokinetic power to fulfill his sexual desire or turns into a flasher using teleportation ability... On the arrival of the psychics like Yoshiro, the city gets gradually infested with the erotic terrorism evoked by a mysterious group. Knowing he has never got any attention from the girl of his dreams, Yoshiro determines to use his power to save the world from this steamy chaos and show off what he has got to the love of his life!

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryGeorgia, France, Luxembourg
      Duration01:30

      10 women, seven of them belonging to the poorest population, are desperately trying to win a beauty contest for mothers who have more than 3 children. The winner will get an apartment and $25000

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, family
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:38

      Guillaume Canet is told by a young co-star that he's no longer Rock'n' Roll and can't sell films anymore. He then tries to prove her wrong and gets help from his girlfriend, Marion Cotillard.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      When a romance novelist is teamed with a Navy SEAL as research for her book, by a mandate from her publisher, she is less than thrilled and he is more than honest. However, as she works with the SEAL, she has a change of heart and learns to look at her life and writing with a different point of view.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:17

      Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryCanada

      Susanna gladly accepts help one day from handsome stranger Nate at her parents’ garden store in small-town Georgia. Sparks between them fly, but when a photo of them gets leaked to the press, Susanna is in for the shock of her life when Nate is called back home by his mother… For his coronation as the King Nathaniel of Cambria!

      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: 5.8
      Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Stillman, a heartbroken physics student, builds a time machine when his girlfriend breaks up with him. Going back in time, he attempts to save their relationship by fixing every mistake he made—while dragging his best friend along in the process.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy
      CountryGermany
      Duration02:09

      Parallel love stories of three young women in Berlin: Hannah - an unhappy attorney who sexually demeans herself in order to get at least some love and romance, Leni who runs a coffee shop and has just been ditched by her long term boyfriend, and Vivienne who ends up falling in love with a puppy-eyed pasta designer with 21 dogs.

      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: 5.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, sport
      CountryUSA, Canada

      During a pro lockout, Doug "The Thug" Glatt is injured and must choose whether to defend his team against a dangerous new enemy, or be there for his wife as she prepares to give birth to his daughter.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:28

      Ram, a successful theatre artist, saves Mandar from committing suicide. He then ends up developing a special bond with Mandar and even helps solve his problems.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Maynard, a beloved local businessman is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated romp through town in a makeshift gorilla costume. The sightings set off an international Bigfoot media spectacle and a windfall of tourism dollars for a simple American town hit by hard times. When Brock Masterson, reality TV’s “Monster Hunter,” arrives to hunt the beast, Maynard agonizes over whether to come clean, destroying the rebirth of his beloved town, or perpetuate the inadvertent hoax.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryItaly

      Samuele is 16 and has a passion for skateboarding. He has big dreams: going to university, move to California, and travel, but things change when he meets Alice, who could be the girl of his life.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:39

      By day, Richard Haig is a successful and well-respected English professor at renowned Trinity College in Cambridge. By night, Richard indulges his own romantic fantasies with a steady stream of beautiful undergraduates. But Richard has grown tired of the game and is looking for something more meaningful and lasting. So when Kate, Richard’s tanned, athletic, 25-year-old American girlfriend tells him that she is pregnant, Richard is thrilled. He looks forward to having a family of his own, being a father his children could be proud of, not some sex-fueled bobcat. There is only one problem. Richard’s not in love with Kate. Richard is in love with Kate’s sister, Olivia. He had been in love with her ever since he first saw her.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, Republic of Ireland, Finland

      Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryFrance
      Duration02:03

      At last, Josephine has found her perfect non-smoker-cat-loving-amazing-cook-perfect-man-soulmate. They’ve been in love for two years and everything is peachy. Until she realizes she’s… pregnant. Time for Josephine to transform her life, mature into a responsible adult, not become like her mother, get a job, hold on to her man, refrain from falling out with her friends, and tell her sister, who's been crashing at her place, that she's got to move out. A bunch of overwhelming challenges that Josephine will have to face in her own, special way.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryFrance

      Seyolo Zantoko is a doctor from Congo who wants to get away from dictatorship and he is hired by the mayor of a small village in the north of France. The locals fear Seyolo and his family as they have never seen African people before, and Seyolo and his family struggle to adapt to this new life. But Seyolo is determined to succeed and to win the trust of the villagers.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:02

      When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
      CountryUSA

      Kristin has just had to close her small Manhattan clothing boutique to return to her Ohio home town and live in her parents' former home. It's an adjustment for Kristin and her young daughter— especially when she runs into her former high school rival. Kristen and Emily struggle to find their new normal with the help of the hunky local music teacher.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryCzech Republic

      Vera has lived a wonderful life with Jindrich, and she is fully determined to fulfill his last wish - running a marathon. The emancipated and spirited mother of three daughters doesn't think that doing so will be a problem. She and her daughters will split up the route into four parts, and they'll overcome the over 42-kilometer-long challenge as a family relay team. Of course, the fact that neither of them has ever ran even a meter poses no problem.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-night stand with a waitress, never imagining that a woman he slept with once would end up posing as his wife. Gwen's ruse is so effective that by the time Newton learns of his "marriage," the entire town feels like they know him.

      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.




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