20 best movies like Ruby Sparks (2012)

List of the best movies like Ruby Sparks (2012): About Time, Heart and Souls, Prelude to a Kiss, Beginners, Love Potion No. 9, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Singles, Passion Play, Shortcut to Happiness, Lars and the Real Girl.

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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: 6.9
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    A businessman is reunited with the four lost souls who were his guardian angels during childhood, all with a particular purpose to joining the afterlife.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.

    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: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Spain
    Duration01:38

    Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling from abandonment, decides to follow the advice of a psychic. Sally, the daughter of Alfie and Helena, is unhappy in her marriage and develops a crush on her boss, while her husband, Roy, falls for a woman engaged to be married.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA

    Romantic comedy about six of Seattle's young people, most of whom live in the same apartment building and whose lives revolve around the city's ever-expanding music scene. The interrelated stories about each character's progress through the singles scene are intriguing and often very funny, and the soundtrack is a grunge fanatic's dream, with the likes of Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Mudhoney.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door, fixes the situation and seals a contract with Jabez. His low quality novels have bad reviews but become best-sellers; Jabez enriches; has success with women, but has no time for his friends. Jabez meets with the publisher Daniel Webster who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:46

      Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrethriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      In 1900, strong-willed widow Lucy Muir goes to live in Gull Cottage by the British seaside, even though it appears to be haunted. On her very first night she meets the ghost of the crusty former owner, Captain Gregg—and refuses to be scared off. They eventually become friends and allies, after Lucy gets used to the idea of a man's ghost haunting her bedroom.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Belgium
      Duration02:05

      A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

      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: 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: 5.3
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        Otto Wall is just a little unlucky in life, and unbeknownst to him, in love. When his wife suddenly asks for a divorce, he bounces between a search for answers, desperate attempts to stay connected to his daughter, and his fateful reentry into the dating pool.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:52

        Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA, Sweden
        Duration01:55

          Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.

          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: 6.8
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:17

          Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

            Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA

            When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryFrance, Japan, USA
            Duration01:33

            Nora Wilder (Parker Posey), a single, career woman works at a Manhattan boutique hotel where her excellent skills in guest relations lack in the romantic department. If it is not her loving and dominant mother (Gena Rowlands) attempting to set her up that consistently fail, she has her friend’s (Drea de Matteo) disastrous blind dates to rely on as a backup for further dismay. She's surrounded by friends who are all happily engaged or romantically involved and somehow, love escapes Nora -- until she meets an unusual Frenchman (Melvil Poupaud) who helps her discover life beyond her self-imposed boundaries.

            Markimdb: 5.9
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA

            George Murray's fiancée Jane Gardner gets cold feet after accepting his ring, terrorized by her first wedding with Doug, who cheated that very day with their wedding coordinator. After a car crash, George finds himself 10 years in the past, just days before Doug's day.

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:36

            During their travels from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally Will debate whether or not sex ruins a perfect relationship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
            Duration01:32

            After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), a grief-stricken British businessman, Ian Wyndham, living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountrySweden

            For Sebastian Silverberg life is all about his appearance, partying and his enormous ego. Things are going smoothly when an accident leaves him blind, forcing him to re-evaluate his life and to seek meaning beyond appearances.

            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
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

              Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Her last date with disaster? That of having accepted to work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, she meets Tom there. Her life takes a new turn. For Kate, it seems too good to be true.

              Markimdb: 5.9
              Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:43

              When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, Elizabeth attempts to win back her husband and return to normality.

              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: 5.4
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:25

              A professional in the advertising business, Holly dreams of finding Mr. Right, & getting the "perfect" romance. When she meets someone who ~looks the part, she falls hard & fast. But soon she is reminded that appearances can be deceiving, & true love grows in more unexpected places.

              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: 6.7
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:35

              With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.

              Markimdb: 5.4
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
              Duration01:44

              A sleazy politician sends an agent after his ex-fiancee, who fled to Mexico with incriminating film of him.

              Markimdb: 6.2
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:44

              Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.

              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: 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
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:33

                Eva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-aged and single, Eva decides to take a chance on her new love interest Albert — a sweet, funny and like-minded man. But things get complicated when Eva discovers that Albert is in fact the dreaded ex–husband of Marianne...

                Markimdb: 6.2
                Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
                CountrySpain, France, United Kingdom, Germany, USA
                Duration01:31

                Victor Bukowski is an out-of-work actor with problems. He's got a lousy agent, he has a habit of falling out with directors and he's still in love with his ex-girlfriend. However, Victor is about to embark on an unexpected emotional journey which will make him confront his future and his past mistakes.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:39

                In this comedic fantasy, science has facilitated the search for a soul mate via biotechnological implants that count down to the moment one is supposed to meet his or her match. But Oona is worried: She's nearly 30, and her TiMER isn't ticking yet. Will her dream guy get snatched up by someone else?

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