20 best movies like Roman Holiday (1953)

List of the best movies like Roman Holiday (1953): Blended, Letters to Juliet, Elsa & Fred, Falling Overnight, The Longest Week, Love Is All You Need, Hasee Toh Phasee, Not Quite a Simple Story, Maid in Manhattan, Populaire.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:57

After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attractions grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.

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, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico

    Aged, embittered widower, Fred learns to enjoy life thanks to his elderly yet vibrant neighbor, Elsa. Upon learning Elsa is terminally ill, Fred takes her to the Fontana di Trevi in Rome in order to reenact her favorite scene from ‘La Dolce Vita’.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    Falling Overnight tells the story of twenty-two year old Elliot Carson on the day before he has risky surgery to remove a brain tumor. Facing what could be his last night, Elliot’s path intersects with Chloe Webb, a young photographer who invites him to her art show. Elliot welcomes the distraction and as the night descends, Chloe takes him on an intimate and exhilarating journey through the city. But as morning approaches, and Chloe learns of Elliot’s condition, the magic of the evening unravels, and they must together face the uncertainty of Elliot’s future.

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryDenmark, Sweden, Italy, France, Germany
    Duration01:51

    Romantic comedy from Academy Award winner Susanne Bier (Brothers, In a Better World), about two very different families brought together for a wedding in a beautiful old Italian villa.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:21

    On the eve of Nikhil and Karishma’s engagement, Karishma’s wealthy father, Devesh Solanki, expresses his disapproval, believing Nikhil to be a lackadaisical young man. With one week to prove himself worthy to marry Karishma, Nikhil and Karishma's sister, Meeta, grow closer to each other.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:49

    The fates of two people - adult and teenager - are crossing paths when both of them are on a crossroads of their lives.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:51

    Set in 1958, Populaire focuses on Rose Pamphyle, who lives with her widowed father and is destined to marry a son of the local mechanic. Rose travels out of town and applies for a secretarial job with an insurance agency run by Louis Échard. Louis learns that Rose can type with extraordinary speed -- using only two fingers -- and he tells her to compete in a speed-typing competition if she wants the job.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, history
    CountryItaly, France
    Duration02:18

    It's 1348. The plague has brutally hit Florence. A group of then young people, seven women and three men, rebel against the feeling of death that is about to swallow them. They flee the city and find refuge in an abandoned villa in the Tuscan hills. Here, between moral doubts and the tasks needed to survive, they kill time by telling each other stories until they will decide to return. The stories are varied - tragic, bizarre, funny or erotic - but common and central to all of them is the female presence.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:19

    An average guy meets an actress who is more beautiful than he could ever imagine. But then a pesky girl materializes to make his life a living hell. His perfect girlfriend now thinks that he is involved with this Caprice.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:30

    With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be the groom's best man. Determined to show everyone -- most of all Jeffrey -- that her romantic life is as full and thrilling as ever, Kat hires a charming male escort as her date.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryCanada, Republic of Ireland, Egypt

    In Cairo on her own as she waits for her husband, Juliette finds herself caught in a whirlwind romance with his friend Tareq, a retired cop. As Tareq escorts Juliette around the city, they find themselves in the middle of a brief affair that catches them both unawares.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryArgentina, Brazil

    Ivana Cornejo is just getting used to being single again after her divorce three years ago. After an exasperating call from her ex-husband, she throws her cell phone away. Fortunately, the man who finds it calls her to return it, and to her amusement they have an instant rapport. The man on the other end of the phone is León Godoy, a renowned architect with a charming voice and a charismatic personality. They schedule a date so that he can return the cell phone. When León arrives, Ivana is surprised: he is everything she had imagined, except for one unexpected and startling detail... he’s only 4'5" tall.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.

    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: 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: 8.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:31

    He is cute. He's shrewd. The girls love him. The cops hate him. He can't speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream, but he will never listen. Cos he can't! Next summer ride a rollercoaster of emotions with Barfii - the Chalu Chaplin!

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountrySpain, Venezuela

    A girl. A boy. A love story. But also about dreams, fears, life, true love, friendship and how we deal with it. And a secret between them...

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
    CountryUSA, Italy, Spain
    Duration01:52

      Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing voice, and he seizes the opportunity to rejuvenate his own flagging career; a young couple have separate romantic interludes; a spotlight shines on an ordinary man.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:45

      A young married woman from Montreal's Orthodox Jewish community finds freedom from the strictures of her faith through her relationship with a young man who is mourning the death of his estranged father.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy
      CountryRussia
      Duration02:12

      Contemporary Moscow. Ninth-grader Kolya falls in love with a beautiful young teacher at his high school. The most beautiful girl in the senior class falls in love with him. How will he make his way through this triangle?

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada

      Single mother Ryan has just about given up on dating after her divorce, happily accepting her young son as the most important man in her life. That all changes when Ryan's brother Owen, also feeling unlucky in love after a bad breakup, swaps his home in their small North Carolina town with New York City adman Sean.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      When a reporter encounters the eldest son of a famous political family at a mountain retreat, she winds up pretending to be his girlfriend over Christmas so he can save face with his family. Should she secretly expose newsworthy scoops about the famous family in order to save her job, or trust that she's falling in love for real? Stars Patricia Richardson and Katrina Law.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      Family friends Sam and Kat spend every Christmas Eve at the Children's Table. They grow up together, sharing the highs and lows of young adulthood. And at thirty, Sam realizes that Kat is the one...but he's afraid that the past will get in the way.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Hungary
      Duration02:30

      Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep herself away from, and things begin to take a darker turn when she finds out his true identity.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:25

      A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryJapan

      Nino is a quiet outcast with only a bird for a friend. Kira is a popular boy with a big secret. Even though they live next to each other, they have never spoken. But when Nino learns Kira's secret, everything begins to change, and what starts as a hesitant friendship grows into something more... but how long can it last?

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA

      Jennifer Carpenter, Kristen Connolly and Alexander Poe star in a comedy about three New Yorkers struggling to uncover the truth behind their romantic entanglements. Disheartened by his latest relationship catastrophe, Graham (Poe) attempts to rekindle the spark with his ex-girlfriend, Laura (Connolly). In the attempt to win her back Graham discovers he has a unique problem: Laura and another one his ex-girlfriends (Carpenter) are dating the same guy.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      A decade after they graduated from high school and went their separate ways, Casper (Sam Rosen), a soldier haunted by the horrors of war, and Rebecca (Zoe Lister Jones), a whip-smart graduate student with a shaky future, reunite by chance and get to know each other over the course of an accidental tour of the little-known underbelly of Minneapolis. The evening's odyssey includes a bar fight, a house party, a punk-rock circus, a spontaneous burglary, a home Casper did not know he had, and a cast of strange characters, unexpected allies and disappointing friends.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      Celeste and Jesse met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in their friends’ minds as the perfect couple – she, a high-powered businesswoman and budding novelist; he, a free spirit who keeps things from getting boring. Their only problem is that they have decided to get divorced. Can their perfect relationship withstand this minor setback?

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountrySpain
      Duration02:05

      Carlos is a man who goes to a coffee shop-library to take a cup, where Irene is reading a book. Not a reason for it, Irene close to Carlos and talks with him, starting a friendship with a little rules: no pasts, no birth names, no modern ways to contact between them (as Internet or similar), and finally not falling in love each other. Calling themselves Hada Chalada ('Crazy Fairy') and Duende Chiflado ('Mad Goblin'), both pass the days walking around the city engaged with magic, surrealist and funnies conversations about life, love and themselves, at the same time that Carlos tries to end his new script with his friend Cristóbal, and eccentric writer obsessed with Japan.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

        On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh and Molly innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh's dying father happy. Things quickly get out of hand with their two boisterous families, and a series of events causes them to pretend to be a couple and start planning a phony wedding. When the playacting begins to foster real feelings, the two must make some serious decisions: Split up and return to their lives in LA, or make a life as a couple back in Chicago?

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, Luxembourg, USA
        Duration01:58

        In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are instantly smitten but dismayed to learn that their families are enemies. Romeo and Juliet figure out a way to pursue their romance, but Romeo is banished for his part in the slaying of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrethriller, comedy, crime
        CountryUSA

        Lonely, unstable gas station attendant Melinda is tired of being overshadowed by her more confident, outgoing co-worker Sheila. When the gas station is held up at gunpoint by Billy, a desperate man in need of quick cash, Melinda finds an opportunity to make a connection with the robber, regardless of who gets hurt.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryAustralia, USA
        Duration02:23

        An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA

        City girl Katie is writing a magazine feature on a glamping resort. Far from sporty, she faces her fears trying the camp’s activities with help from Will, a rugged outdoorsman and nature guide.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

        A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Sweden, Belgium
        Duration01:52

        During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana campaigns against the use of land mines and has a secret love affair with a Pakistani heart surgeon.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        The relationship between two mismatched people who try to move past their baggage to make their love work.

        Markimdb: 2.1
        Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryIndia

        A student must overcome bullies and hardships, both academic and romantic, in order to win his college's coveted Student of the Year trophy.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryChina
        Duration01:31

        Junhao declares to go to Sicily to learn opera and ends the relationship with his fiancée, Xiaoyou. In disbelief, she determines to learn the truth behind his sudden decision. Lee Joon-gi has teamed up with Lin for his first Chinese film.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genremelodrama, drama, musical
        CountryIndia
        Duration02:40

        Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani features two polar opposite characters, who at one point were classmates in Modern School. The first is Naina Talwar (Deepika Padukone), a studious bespectacled young girl. The second is Bunny (Ranbir Kapoor), a carefree young travel-show host, intent on breaking out of the pattern of getting an education, a career, a wife, children, retirement, and eventually death.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
        CountryIndia
        Duration02:07

        Devdas is sent away by his father so he can improve himself but upon his return his father still doesn’t welcome him back. Devdas and Paro are in love but Paro is a lower caste and is set to be married to an older widower. Devdas is devastated & leaves home. He becomes an alcoholic womanizer and falls in love with a courtesan. Paro tries to get Devdas away from drinking before he self destructs.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryFrance, Italy
        Duration01:43

        An ambitious teaching student's finals studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:14

        Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy, the power of prayer in India and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

        A love story built on a misunderstanding. A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off the tracks after he's mugged. But while he's in a coma, his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama
        CountryTurkey, Germany, Netherlands

        The peaceful cohabitation of two 30-something bachelors is disrupted when they both fall in love with the charming young woman who moves in with them.

        Mark
        Genredrama
        CountryRussia

        Savely, the owner of the Kotel computer club, was pleased with his life in the area until the suspicious death of a friend. Impressed by this tragedy, Savely decided to break with his surroundings and get away from the area. But old friends and numerous, sometimes absurd circumstances do not want to let go of the hero.




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