20 best movies like Wanderlust (2012)

List of the best movies like Wanderlust (2012): The Sweeter Side of Life, Hope Springs, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Sleeping with Other People, Celeste & Jesse Forever, Ruby Sparks, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Words and Pictures, Bad Johnson, Deliver by Christmas.

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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: 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: 4.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

In New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small-town Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:04

Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.

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: 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: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA

    Thirty-five years in the life of Max, his best friend Sal and a woman they both adore, Lyla. The trio stumble through mandatory but seemingly unfulfilling entanglements, at weddings, funerals, hospitals, eateries, divorce courts and the tool shed. A deadpan fable about time sneaking up on and swerving right around us.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada, Australia
    Duration01:51

    An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    Women are practically throwing themselves at Rich and he can’t seem to control himself. But he continually blames his penis, which seems to have a mind of its own. After ruining yet another promising relationship with Jamie, Rich has finally had enough and wishes his penis would just leave him alone. The next morning, Rich wakes up to find his wish has come true and his johnson is no longer on his body. Even worse, Rich is shocked to discover that his penis has taken human form...

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA

    Bakery owner Molly meets Josh, a widower who recently moved to town with his young son, but she is also charmed by a mysterious client whom she’s never met in person and she doesn’t realize that they’re the same man.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    Leah thinks all is fine coasting along in a relationship with the ever-predictable Edward until he surprises her and enrolls her in a conflict-management class. In the class, Leah finds herself locking horns with a handsome, radio talk-show host who thrives on making waves. Through the course, Leah develops new friendships, an inner strength she never knew she had and discovers real love should never mean settling for the easy and predictable.

    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: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    Ally Darling (Anna Faris) is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to find the perfect mate from among her numerous ex-boyfriends.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, crime
    CountryUSA

    While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it's time for him to return to Buffalo and settle some old scores.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:38

      When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.

      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: 4.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      A washed up Vegas lounge singer, Jack Satin (Hamilton von Watts), has no money, no job, and delusional aspirations of fame. When Jack is forced to leave Vegas, he packs up his old Cadillac and hits the road for Atlantic City. But his car dies in the desert and Jack is left stranded in the small town of Lost Springs. There, Jack meets jazz legend turned mechanic, Doc Bishop (Robert Guillaume), who helps him with his car trouble. Although Jack is far from the stage, he begins to find himself feeling at home in the small town. When he meets local bar owner, Lauren Wells (Melissa Joan Hart), Jack starts to see there is more to life than chasing fame and fortune. Doc encourages Jack to explore his true love of music, while Lauren provides the audience he has always wanted. But as Jack realizes this town has more to offer him than the bright lights of the big city, his Vegas past catches up with him -- what unfolds is comedy at the crossroads of life.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
      CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
      Duration01:36

        Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:13

        P-A-X-497/341, aka “Pax” , a curious young man from the well-ordered but loveless future, travels to present day New Orleans in search of romance novelist Elizabeth Barrett – whose book he has come upon during an archeological dig in the year 3127. Hoping Elizabeth can explain the concept of love to him, which is now nonexistent in his time, Pax embarks on an adventure filled with new discoveries. Elizabeth introduces Pax to life in the year 2011, filled with love, music and of course, destiny. When Pax doesn’t return to the future by the given deadline, Bob, his fellow scientist, travels back in time to find him. Meanwhile, as Elizabeth helps Pax learn about love, she ends up confiding in her colleague, played by Valerie Harper, about her own upcoming “surprise” engagement.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA

        An offbeat romantic comedy about a decent guy, Ray Tuckby, with a dead-end life in the dead-end town of Trona, CA. After encouragement from a stranger whom he happens upon, Ray begins to dream again. He sheds the parasites in his life, musters the nerve to pursue his childhood love, and finally takes back his community by toppling the local teenage Meth-baron.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, military
        CountryWest Germany, USA
        Duration02:01

        "Hair" is a 1979 musical war comedy-drama film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical "Hair: An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" about a Vietnam War draftee, Claude, who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center. Claude heads to New York upon receiving his draft notice, leaving the family ranch in Oklahoma. He arrives in New York where he is rapidly indoctrinated into the youth subculture before reporting in for boot camp.

        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: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, Canada

        A divorcee has a passionate affair with a much younger surfing instructor in Hawaii.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
        CountryUSA

        A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to breakdown because of her family, she receives a snowglobe in the mail. When she opens up the snowglobe, she is transported into the world inside, where Christmas is the heart and soul for everyone who lives there. She discovers she can return to her world by going down a small path in the small forest at the edge of the village, and can return whenever she winds up the snowglobe. After a long set of visits to the globe, she accidentally gets trapped inside.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:38

        Young mattress salesman Brian decides to adopt a baby from China but is distracted when he forms a relationship with quirky, wealthy Harriet whom he meets at his mattress store. As their relationship flourishes, unbeknownst to them, a hitman is trying to kill Brian.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA

        Narcissistic, brash, and self-destructive Jimmy thinks all relationships are doomed. Cynical, people-pleasing, and stubborn Gretchen knows that relationships aren't for her. So when they meet at a wedding, it's only natural that the two of them go home together and, despite their better judgment, begin to find themselves falling for each other.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration03:00

        Jordan Sanders, a take-no-prisoners tech mogul, wakes up one morning in the body of her 13-year-old self right before a do-or-die presentation. Her beleaguered assistant April is the only one in on the secret that her daily tormentor is now trapped in an awkward tween body, just as everything is on the line.

        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: 6.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

          A woman who is robbed on her way to catch the 1:30 train to Boston is left stranded in New York City. She meets a man who helps her during the course of the night and the two form a romance.

          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: 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: 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: 6.1
          Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure
          CountryMexico, USA
          Duration01:46

          Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrecomedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:26

          Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.

          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: 6.8
          Genrehorror, comedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:38

            After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

            Markimdb: 5.9
            Genrecomedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:35

            Two women plot revenge against the woman marrying their friend's ex-boyfriend.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:46

              Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, Nicole's wannabe-boyfriend, Stewart, joins the chase.

              Markimdb: 6.1
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, family, music
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:30

                Jessica Olsen goes to Los Angeles with nothing more in mind that visiting her grandparents while her sister tries to meet Christopher Wilde. One night she meets Christopher Wilde. They go an an adventure around Los Angeles and start to like each other. When Jessica returns home, Christopher, on national TV, says he doesn't know her, and never met her.

                Markimdb: 5.7
                Genrecomedy
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:43

                A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.

                Markimdb: 5.6
                Genrecomedy, melodrama
                CountryUSA, China
                Duration02:33

                A head injury causes a woman to develop an extraordinary amount of confidence and believe she's drop dead gorgeous.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
                CountryUSA

                Lauren Hennessey has always loved to cook and is a proud perfectionist at her job at "Food & Entertainment Magazine's" test kitchen while she dreams of being able to finally afford culinary school in Paris. When her boss offers her a bonus if she agrees to ghostwrite the cookbook of a difficult celebrity chef, Lauren sees her dream becoming a reality as soon as she can tame the notorious bad boy chef in question, Dexter Durant. Slowly peeling back the layers of Dexter's tough-guy persona, she starts seeing a different, vulnerable side to this big-shot chef. Suddenly, their dueling culinary styles become the perfect complement in the kitchen and an attraction between them starts to boil over.

                Markimdb: 4.8
                Genrecomedy, melodrama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:10

                Terrence J. stars as Charlie, a playboy who's convinced that relationships are dead. His two best friends, Donald Faison and Robert C. Riley, bet him that if he sticks to one woman for one month, he's bound to get attached. Charlie denies this until he crosses paths with the beautiful and mysterious Eva, played by singer/actress Cassie. They may agree to a casual affair, but eventually Charlie is questioning whether he may actually want more.

                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: 6.5
                Genrecomedy, melodrama
                CountryUSA
                Duration00:35

                After fast-paced New York City high-end real estate broker Fiona Rangely (Lacey Chabert) gets dumped by her boyfriend, she escapes to her family’s quaint Vermont Inn for a few days to slow down and evaluate her life. When her ex-boyfriend Nate shows up at the Inn with a brand new girlfriend, Fiona quickly devises a plan to win him back: pretend the handsome and very laid- back head chef Derek (Carlo Marks) is her new boyfriend! Much to the surprise of Derek --and to Fiona herself-- in pretending to be in love, she realizes that she’s been thrown a curveball: sometimes the best things in life are worth the wait.

                Markimdb: 4.2
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, sport
                CountryUSA

                When Destiny, captain of three-time national champions "The Rebels," is challenged to a global cheer showdown by an edgy new team called "The Truth," the Cheer Goddess organizes a virtual battle for squads from all around the world. It seems like the whole world wants to take down Destiny and her team, and they just might succeed, unless Destiny can rise to the challenge, set her ego aside and figure out who her real friends are.

                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: 5.6
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA, Germany

                After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has a profound effect on him.

                Markimdb: 5
                Genrecomedy, melodrama
                CountryUSA, Mexico
                Duration01:36

                Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.

                Markimdb: 6.9
                Genrecomedy, melodrama
                CountryUSA, Canada

                Emily (Faith Ford) misses her daughter Heather (Emma Lahana), who is attending college in Boston. Since her father died, Heather is sensitive to her mom’s dependence on long-standing holiday traditions. This Christmas, Heather has planned a trip to Phoenix with her boyfriend, but tells her mother she is staying on campus to study. After Emily arranges a house-swap with Charles (Tom Cavanagh), an English professor from Boston who wants Washington State’s solitude in order to finish his novel, Emily hops on a flight to Boston to surprise Heather for Christmas. Unaware of the house swap, Emily’s best friend, Faith (Gabrielle Miller) walks in on Charles at Emily’s house and in Boston, Ray, Charles’ brother (Gil Bellows) responds to a 911 call only to find Emily at Charles’ condo. Will Christmas travel calamities lead to cross-country romances? Or have there been one too many surprises already?




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