20 best movies like Someone Like You... (2001)

List of the best movies like Someone Like You... (2001): No Sleep 'Til Christmas, 200 Cigarettes, Arranged, How to Be Single, They Came Together, Ceremony, A Christmas Wedding Date, If Lucy Fell, Desk Set, Just a Kiss.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA

Lizzie, a high-end event planner, lies awake nightly while her devoted fiancé Josh rests peacefully. When a sleep-deprived incident causes her to run into Billy, a low-key bartender who is just as sleepless and frustrated as she is, they discover that they can only fall asleep while next to each other.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

It's New York City in 1981, and various twentysomethings are converging on a New Year's Eve party.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

ARRANGED centers on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year they learn they share much in common - not least of which is that they are both going through the process of arranged marriages.

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: 5.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:23

A small business owner is about to lose her shop to a major corporate development.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:29

Sam Davis convinces his former best friend to spend a weekend with him to rekindle their friendship at an elegant beachside estate owned by a famous documentary filmmaker. However, it soon becomes clear that Sam is secretly infatuated with his ex, Zoe, who is now the filmmaker’s fiancée, and that his true intention is to thwart their impending nuptials. As Sam’s plan begins to unravel, he is forced to realize how complicated love and friendship can be.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:23

After being fired, Rebecca hours back to her old home town to attend her friends wedding on Christmas Eve and visit her mother. But when she tries to return home she finds she must relive Christmas Eve over and over until she gets it right.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

Joe and Lucy are roommates and best friends. Lucy, whose love life is embarrassingly dull, convinces Joe, who is infatuated with a neighbor he's never met, that if they don't have stable romances within a month, they must jump off the Brooklyn Bridge.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

An aloof, struggling food photographer thinks he has found true love with a fiery grade-school teacher. At first, the relationship is all wine and roses, but as they realize they have little in common besides great sex, the romance wanes, and they struggle through a succession of break-ups and reunions as they try to work things out.

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: 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: 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: 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
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    A young woman with Asperger's tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA

    When a winter storm hits Cleveland and grounds flights, the nearby hotels quickly fill up with stranded travelers. Nina, a pilot, reluctantly agrees to let her arrogant but charming fellow pilot, Brady, stay at her nearby parents' home. But when they discover her family is hosting a tree trimming party that night and that her ex will be there, Brady pretends to be her boyfriend to help her out.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:41

    In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

    Markimdb: 3.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration01:28

    A summer heat wave and a series of sexual encounters connect a group of New Yorkers.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

      After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.

      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: 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: 4.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      Playboy Thomas Fuentes has so far been able to skate by in life on good looks and charm alone. But when his duplicitous relationships with three women -- impassioned waitress Cici, meticulous lawyer Lorena and bored socialite Patricia -- spiral out of control, he suffers a mental breakdown. His doctor recommends that he choose just one girlfriend -- but can he choose in time before they discover his deception?

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      A young, modern single woman enters the world of online dating looking for an instant soul mate.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:22

      A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA, Canada

      Christina Masters, the manager of McDougal’s flagship department store, is determined to land the manager position for their new Paris location. She sets out to impress Victoria, the store’s owner, by creating the best holiday display in McDougal’s history. Fresh out of inspiration despite assuring Victoria otherwise, Christina turns to a recently-fired store employee who also happens to be a talented artist and single dad to his young son. As they work side-by-side, the business relationship becomes personal and she finds herself falling in love. Will the allure of her dream be too strong or will she choose to follow her heart?

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the Paris Health Club in New York City, and who suggests that they immediately get married to see how it will work out. Both of the student's parents are analysts, and they provide the happy couple with a gift certificate for a year of marriage counseling as a wedding present.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryGermany, USA

      What a man is a comedy that tells the story of a young professor, Alex (Matthias Schweighofer), which after being left by his girlfriend Caroline (Mavie Hörbiger), begins a journey to know himself. But how do you overcome the difficulties of a man today? Or rather what is it that makes a man a man?

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      Just three weeks before her wedding, Lola (Greta Gerwig) finds herself suddenly without a partner when her longtime fiance, Luke (Joel Kinnaman), dumps her. With her 30th birthday looming and being forced to re-enter the New York City dating scene, she feels adrift in a cold world. She leans on her friends (Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater) for support but, after a series of romantic humiliations, professional blunders and boozy antics, Lola realizes that she alone is in charge of her fate.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:21

      A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

      A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      Charley Pearl, wealthy heir and gadabout, is slated to marry Adele, the daughter of a Hollywood tycoon. But, during a wild bachelor party in Las Vegas, Charley strikes up a flirtation with nightclub crooner Vicki Anderson that soon leads to her bedroom. When the couple are discovered by Vicki's beau, infamous gangster Bugsy Siegel, he makes a surprising pronouncement -- they'd better marry, or Charley is a dead man.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      A man with a "doormat" personality tries standing up for himself for a change in this comedy. Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman is what he calls a "Baxter": the kind of calm, unexciting fellow who "wears sock garters" and "enjoys raking leaves." Loved by bosses and parents, Elliot is a perfectly nice guy. And that's his problem.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      Eugene and Rick are two struggling artists who share apartment. However, Rick has problems with that, because Eugene is obsessed with pulp fiction comic books and has nightmares because of that. Rick soon finds that those nightmares could be excellent material for writing his own comic books.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      An emotionally and sexually charged journey through the love, addiction, and friendship of two men. Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers—compulsive, and fueled by drugs and sex. In an almost decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries and dignity and to be true to himself.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      Life has its downs for James, living with his mom in Chicago at 39, an aging performer at Second City, eating and weighing too much. A woman he's been dating drops him, as does his agent, her brother. James turns down roles in local TV, roles that make him sad. Someone's remaking his favorite movie, "Marty," a role he'd love, but he doesn't even get an audition.

      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: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:37

      Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      The Malacicis, a hard-working Italian family recently immigrated from Florence, open a fancy restaurant in the Bronx, N.Y., drawing the ire of another clan. Mike and Sadie Capomezzo, equally hard-working Sicilian caterers from the area, find they cannot stand Piero and Maria Malacici. But things get complicated when the Malacicis' daughter, Gina, and the Capomezzos' son, Rosario, fall in love.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:53

        Though Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) is a successful attorney and a loyal, generous friend, she is still single. After one drink too many at her 30th-birthday celebration, Rachel unexpectedly falls into bed with her longtime crush, Dex -- who happens to be engaged to her best friend, Darcy (Kate Hudson). Ramifications of the liaison threaten to destroy the women's lifelong friendship, while Ethan (John Krasinski), Rachel's confidant, harbors a potentially explosive secret of his own.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        Broke and alone on New Year's Eve, Wilson just wants to spend the rest of a very bad year in bed. But, when his best friend convinces him to post a personal ad, he meets a woman bent on finding the right guy to be with at midnight.

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:26

        Jewish Jack-the-lad David seriously fancies smart, rich Anglo-Saxon Carrie as soon as he first offends her in a Boston bar. They run into each other again and though she still says she finds him appalling he works on it and they are soon together. His even more reprehensible best mate and her blousy best friend watch bemused as the two fall deeply in love and then apparently as fatally out again

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:30

        A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley) is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie outbreak intensifies, they must swallow their pride and join forces on the blood-soaked battlefield in order to conquer the undead once and for all.

        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: 7.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:47

        Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.

        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: 7.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

        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: 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.




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