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Movies Like Looking For Love

If you liked Looking For Love (2003), a movie directed by David Lowery, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1An Officer and a Gentleman

    An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

    ★ 7/10

    Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an…

  2. 2Gia

    Gia (1998)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.

  3. 3Sex and the City 2

    Sex and the City 2 (2010)

    ★ 6/10

    Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda are all married now, but they're still up for a little fun in the sun. When Samantha gets the chance to visit one of the most extravagant vacation destinations on the planet and offers to…

  4. 4La La Land

    La La Land (2016)

    ★ 7.9/10

    Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that…

  5. 5Red Nose Day Actually

    Red Nose Day Actually (2017)

    ★ 7/10

    Fourteen years after the events of the original film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.

  6. 6Aftersun

    Aftersun (2022)

    ★ 7.7/10

    Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with…

  7. 7The Woman in Red

    The Woman in Red (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10

    When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak…

  8. 8Sex Drive

    Sex Drive (2008)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A high school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.

  9. 9Little Manhattan

    Little Manhattan (2005)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Ten-year-old Gabe Burton is just an average kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walks into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she reveals that she won't be going to public…

  10. 10Blue Lagoon: The Awakening

    Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Two high school students become stranded on a tropical island and must rely on each other for survival. They learn more about themselves and each other while falling in love.

  11. 11Chance at Romance

    Chance at Romance (2013)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Samantha Hart is delighted when her online "Chance at Romance" to photographer Heath Madsen eventually results in Heath sending her a first class ticket to visit. Upon arriving for what she expects to be a romantic…

  12. 12Avanti!

    Avanti! (1972)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.

  13. 13Only the Lonely

    Only the Lonely (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna, whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the…

  14. 14Solo Mio

    Solo Mio (2026)

    ★ 7.5/10

    After Matt's dreams of a picturesque Italian wedding are shattered when his fiancée leaves him at the altar, he embarks on his planned honeymoon across Italy alone, immersing himself in the country's vibrant culture…

  15. 15Maurice

    Maurice (1987)

    ★ 7.6/10

    After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

  16. 16Leaving Las Vegas

    Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact…

  17. 17One Night Only

    One Night Only (2026)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Two love-starved strangers crash into each other on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex.

  18. 18Beau Hunks

    Beau Hunks (1931)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

  19. 19Paris Can Wait

    Paris Can Wait (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Anne is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with Jacques, a business associate of her…

  20. 20Puppy Love

    Puppy Love (2023)

    ★ 7/10

    After a disastrous first date, wild-child Nicole and socially-anxious Max vow to lose each other’s numbers until they learn that their dogs found a love match, and now puppies are on the way! The hilariously mismatched…

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