20 best movies like Would I Lie to You? (1997)


List of the best movies like Would I Lie to You? (1997): Forget Paris, Caprice, Happiness Never Comes Alone, Chinese Puzzle, A Tale of Autumn, Paris, Girl on a Bicycle, Walking and Talking, Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, Life Is a Miracle.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.

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: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:49

Sacha is a real seducer, a man with no ties or emotional or professional. Charlotte is a modern and independent woman, but barely has time to care for their three children. While Sacha and Charlotte are, at first glance, two incompatible beings, when they meet soon discover that they are quite complementary and need each other.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance, Spain, USA, Belgium
Duration01:57

Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance

Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance
Duration02:10

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryGermany, France
Duration01:41

Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day turns Paolo's life upside down.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Germany, Italy, France
Duration01:26

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA

Billy, a struggling young gay photographer (who likes Polaroids), tired of being the "other man", falls in love with Gabriel, a waiter and aspiring musician who is probably straight but possibly gay or at least curious. Billy tries to get Gabriel to model for his latest project, a series of remakes of famous Hollywood screen kisses, featuring male couples, while also trying to win his affections.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, military, music
CountrySerbia, France, Italy
Duration02:35

Set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s, Luka is a mild-mannered railway clerk whose life is turned upside down, not just by the outbreak of the war, but when his wife runs off with a local musician. Then Luka's son is conscripted and eventually captured in the fighting. To recover his son, Luka is commanded to guard a pretty young Muslim nurse who will be used in a hostage swapping operation.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Finland
Duration01:47

An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a Japanese restaurant, she tells everyone about the handsome "writer" she met on her trip. Unfortunately, he decides to follow her back to Hollywood, setting up the expected light romantic comedy with asides as the newcomer gains experience about the goings on in Hollywood.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, France
Duration01:32

A sumptuous dramatic comedy set in late 19th Century France, during the Belle Epoque, a period of social and cultural excess in European upper classes which ended only as the First World War erupted.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:28

At 40, Alice has everything a woman of her age could want - everything except one vital accessory: a man. Since her husband was killed in a road accident a few years ago, she has resisted all attempts to start a relationship with another man, despite the best efforts of her closest friends Pénélope and Isabelle. As a last resort, the latter decide to offer Alice a stay at the Hôtel Normandy, the ideal place for her to turn over a new leaf...

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance, Italy, USA
Duration01:35

How important is the truth when falling in love? Bella is a Manhattan café waitress, about to turn 35, stuck in a long-term affair going nowhere. Paul is a widower, facing old age alone. Bella's mother sets her up with Bruno, a novelist/cabbie who likes to bed-hop and whose ex-wife expects their two children to stay with him for awhile. While Bruno learns some maturity from his young daughter, Paul answers a personals ad placed by a "widow, 60." The two couples - along with one of Paul's older pals and a Jungian stripper - sort out how to initiate a relationship these days, what to do when someone you like disappoints you, and when to tell the truth.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Czech Republic
Duration02:25

From Paris in the 1960s to London in the first decade of the third millennium, Madeleine and her daughter Véra flit from one amorous adventure to the next, living for the moment and taking all the opportunities that life offers. But not every love affair is without its consequences, its upsets and its disappointments. As time goes by and gnaws away at one’s deepest feelings, love becomes a harder game to play.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, India
Duration02:20

Gautam is an incorrigible flirt, who runs after every girl he sees. Meera is a pretty girl with desi values and attire, who comes to London from Delhi for a fresh start. Veronica is the spoilt bombshell who loves partying and drinking. Though different from each other, these three are perfect friends staying under one roof until friendship becomes confusing, and love becomes complicated.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:43

Yann Kerbec is a flight instructor: he evaluates pilots’ abilities under extreme conditions on flight simulators. But Yann has a big problem: he is so airsick since he was born in a plane, that he couldn’t even follow the love of his life when she moved to Australia. Yann is now thirty years old and remembers with both nostalgia and humour the numerous love stories he spoiled because of his phobia. Will he finally accept to become a grown up or will he keep making plans in the air?

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:28

A romantic comedy about Jean-Marc who is a convinced bachelor and also very busy. So busy that he almost missed his own daughters wedding ceremony...

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:45

A hairdresser forwards a passionate love letter to her widowed mother.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance, Japan, Belgium, Canada
Duration01:41

A Japanophile young Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student, in this charming and tender tale of young love and cultural discovery.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:44

Even at the age of 40, Juliette is used to other people making decisions for her. When she meets two guys she likes, she has to finally make her own decision.

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: 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: 5.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:40

Michel dreams of a perfect meeting with the woman of his dreams, entirely due to chance, as his parents and grandparents experienced. Vincent, Michel's contrast, is completely different. He is more the man of the direct approach and he follows his...! The two childhood friends Michel and Vincent, with completely opposite views when it comes to women, soon discover the limits of their respective techniques when they meet Angèle and Nathalie.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

In an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend on Christmas Eve, Kate ends up ruining her blind date with Miles, a handsome guy she's been set up with. In a strange twist of fate, Kate is given the chance to re-live Christmas Eve twelve times.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:39

Two divorced fathers Mathias and Antoine, decide to raise their children together in London. Their lives consist of Sophie the pretty florist secretly in love with Antoine, Yvonne who runs the 'bistrot français' and has a very maternal outlook on life and Mac Enzie, the boss of Antoine's agency who is completley in love with Yvonne despite the big age difference.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryFrance

A man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance
Duration01:30

It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance
Duration01:17

In Paris, the pharmacist Alice has been an obsessed Woody Allen fan since she was fifteen and has seen all his movies and talks to him alone in her room. When she meets Pierre in a night-club, she finds that he loves jazz and she believes he is her prince charming. But when Pierre sees Alice's sister Hélène, they immediately fall in love with each other and marry each other. Years later, Alice is a spinster that administrates the pharmacy that belonged to her father and believes that movies can heal many diseases. However her father insistently tries to find a husband for her. When the alarm technician Victor meets Alice, she does not see any future relationship with him. But one day, Victor brings Alice to meet Woody Allen in Paris and the director gives an advice to Alice. [Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance
Duration02:14

Before being judges, attorneys, or jury members, they are first of all men and women at a crossroads in their lives, with their dreams and their secrets, their hopes and their limitations, all beneath the same sun, each with their own dark side. In a lovely provincial town, during a jazz festival, life will juggle with their destinies.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure, history
CountryItaly, United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg
Duration01:37

The film is set in Tuscany during the Black Death. As in the Decameron, ten young Florentines take refuge from the plague. But instead of telling stories, they have lusty adventures, bawdy exchanges, romance and swordplay. There are randy nuns, Saracen pirates, and a sexy cow.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance, Spain, Luxembourg
Duration01:38

After an injury, Graham suffers from short-term memory loss, which causes him to fall back into the abyss of amnesia every 10 minutes. Those around him both profit and suffer from his condition -- his sex-crazed boss, Sabine, tricks him into regular trysts, while his family tries to come to terms with the situation. But when temp Irene starts working at Graham's company, they fall into an affair that begins to make a mark on his memory.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
CountryLuxembourg, France, USA
Duration01:37

A struggling young musician and devoted fan of Ricky Nelson wants to be just like his idol and become a rock star.

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: 7.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure
CountryFrance, USA
Duration01:48

A young American girl and a young French boy meet in Paris and fall in love, with the assistance of an old man and his stories.

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: 6.7
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: 5.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure, family
CountryUSA, Hungary, France
Duration01:44

    Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:22

    Hum Tum (Hindi: हम तुम, translation: You and Me, Urdu: ہم تم) is a Bollywood movie, released in India on May 28, 2004, directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. The movie stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:36

    Carolina is a 2003 romantic comedy film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola, Mika Boorem, Randy Quaid, and Jennifer Coolidge. Lisa Sheridan has a cameo role in the film, and Barbara Eden has the uncredited part of Daphne. It is set in Los Angeles, California. Shot in 2003, the film failed to find a distributor and was released direct-to-video in 2005.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, adventure, film noir, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship sent to take them to a larger island. They agree to meet in New York three months later to see if the attraction is real. One shows up but the other doesn't. However, a chance meeting brings them together again.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    College coeds in New York City, Al, the son of a celebrity chef, and Imogen, a talented artist, become smitten the second they lay eyes on one another at a bar. However, the road to happiness is not a smooth one. Outside forces, including a predatory porn star who wants to lure Al into her bed, threaten to pull apart the young lovers before their romance has a chance to really flourish.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryArgentina
    Duration01:43

    Bruno's plan to win back his ex-girlfriend hits a snag when he becomes attracted to her boyfriend.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance

    A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryFrance

    Antoine works in a bar in Paris. One evening on his way home from work, he intervenes when a man tries to commit suicide. He feels strangely guilty about having saved the man's life and constantly tries to help him, make things better. No matter what Antoine does, he can't get Louis's mind off Blanche, the woman of his dreams, his sole obsession, the reason why he wanted to die... Antoine decides to look for her, but doesn't let Louis know.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Germany
    Duration01:45

    An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.

    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: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
    Duration01:40

    In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into her swimming pool. Once the furry beings are shaved at her girlfriend's salon, the women discover three handsome men underneath. After absorbing the native culture via television, the spacemen are ready to hit the dating scene in 1980s Los Angeles.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, crime
    CountryYugoslavia, France, Germany, Austria, Greece
    Duration02:15

    Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.




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