20 best movies like Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

List of the best movies like Sleepless in Seattle (1993): P.S. I Love You, Mr. Wonderful, As Good as It Gets, The Meddler, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Frankie and Johnny, For Love of the Game, The Mirror Has Two Faces, L.A. Story, Living Out Loud.

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Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:06

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfill a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:19

New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori, a successful (but still single) screenwriter, and smother her with motherly love. But when the dozens of texts, unexpected visits, and conversations dominated by unsolicited advice force Lori to draw strict personal boundaries, Marnie finds ways to channel her eternal optimism and forceful generosity to change the lives of others - as well as her own - and find a new purpose in life.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:58

When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fling with waitress Cora, Frankie develops an attraction for Cora's friend and fellow waitress Frankie. While Frankie resists Johnny's charms initially, she eventually relents when her best friend, Tim, persuades her to give Johnny a chance.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genremelodrama, drama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:17

A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.

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: 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: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

Dramatic comedy about two unlikely people who find each other while looking for love. Judith Nelson (Holly Hunter) is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful doctor (Martin Donovan), has been having an affair with a younger woman. Judith stews, plans, plots and fantasizes, but she can't decide what to do with her life until she goes out to a night club to see singer Liz Bailey (Queen Latifah), who is full of advice on life and love. While out on the town, Judith is suddenly kissed by a total stranger, which opens her eyes to new possibilities ... which is when she notices Pat (Danny De Vito), the elevator operator in her building.

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: 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: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:09

A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

Four young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:26

A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her assumptions about what it means to grow old.

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: 5.3
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: 7.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryGreece, USA
Duration02:22

An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA

A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

Eddy and Stuart share two-thirds of a dormitory suite. Due to bureaucratic error, a woman named Alex is added to their room. At first, relations among the three are tense. Soon, however, Alex falls for Eddy, and Stuart lusts after Alex.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:32

British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancée, Vera, is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon finds more than a shoulder to cry on when his innkeepers introduce him to Mandy, a beautiful nurse. All's going well and Colin has almost forgotten his old flame until Vera shows up with a surprise of her own.

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: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    A family dog—with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind—evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.

    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: 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: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After she's gone, he finds out that his recently-deceased grandfather's will stipulates that he gets nothing of a multi-million dollar fortune unless he's married by 6:05pm on his 30th birthday: tomorrow! Not being able to find Anne, Jimmie begins backtracking through his past girlfriends to find a wife.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryGermany, USA, Canada
    Duration01:36

    While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.

    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: 7.2
      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: 6.9
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates
        Duration02:33

        A young woman who dreams of being a children's author makes an unlikely friendship with a cantankerous, rich old widower.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:47

        Angie lives in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, N.Y. and dreams of a better life than everyone she knows. When she finds that she is pregnant by her boyfriend Vinnie, she decides that she will have the baby, but not Vinnie as a husband. This turns the entire neighborhood upside down and starts her on a journey of self discovery. This journey includes her family, a new lover and her life. Even her best friend Tina has trouble understanding Angie. Written by Tony Fontana

        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
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:21

        Pampered Manhattan housewife Desiree Harper has it all. That is until her husband unexpectedly dumps her for his acupuncturist. Faced with an airtight prenup, Desiree reluctantly lands a job making cupcakes at her father's bakery in Flemington, NJ. She soon discovers there's more to life than 5th Avenue and true love can be even sweeter in small town America.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:52

        When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:55

        When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:30

        As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:57

        A grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:47

        Emma is a divorced woman with a teen aged boy who moves into a small town and tries to make a go of a horse ranch. Murphy is the town druggist who steers business her way. Things are going along predictably until her ex husband shows up, needing a place to stay. The three of them form an intricate circle, Emma's son liking Murphy, but desperately wanting his father back.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryGermany, USA
        Duration01:36

        After her mother's death, mediocre chef Amanda Shelton is having trouble attracting customers to her family's restaurant. While shopping for ingredients, she is given a magical crab by mysterious Gene O'Reilly. Afterward, Amanda's dishes suddenly become excellent, inducing strong emotional reactions in everyone who eats them. Tom Bartlett, who is preparing to open his own eatery, tries her cooking and falls in love.

        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: 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: 6.8
        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: 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: 6.4
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:56

          Miranda Presley moves from New York to Nashville to become a songwriter. At an unsuccessful audition she meets James Wright, a promising newcomer. After only a few days they marry but start to quickly regret it.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA

          A working girl from New Jersey looks for love with a fast-lane Manhattan salesman from Queens.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:33

          Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:48

          Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:52

          Gray Wheeler just lost everything. But it could be the best thing that ever happened to her. After the death of her fiancé, Gray moves in with her late love's best friends. While Sam and Dennis do their best to cheer Gray up, Fritz doesn't seem to care. Once Gray breaks through Fritz's defenses, however, she finally sees why her fiancé thought so highly of him. As they spend more time together, Gray learns that her chances for love have not died out with her fiancé. But when some surprise guests show up on their doorstep, it'll take the love of all of her new friends to help Gray learn that life may be messy, but love is messier.




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