Movies Like First(ish) Date
If you liked First(ish) Date (2023), a movie directed by Shira Baron, 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

Swiped (2025)
★ 6.6/10Whitney Wolfe uses extraordinary grit and ingenuity to break into the male-dominated tech industry.
- 2

The Choice (2016)
★ 7.2/10Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
- 3

Sweet November (2001)
★ 6.9/10Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out…
- 4

Uptown Girls (2003)
★ 7.1/10Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny to Ray - the precocious, oft-ignored daughter of a music executive - she learns what…
- 5

Turtles All the Way Down (2024)
★ 7.2/10Aza confronts her potential for love, happiness, friendship, and hope while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts.
- 6

Anything for Love (2016)
★ 6/10Katherine, a high-powered executive who believes men are intimidated by her career, is persuaded by her friend to create an internet dating profile claiming she is an executive assistant.
- 7

Love Me Love Me (2026)
★ 6.1/10After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in…
- 8

Two Can Play That Game (2001)
★ 6.5/10Corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith thinks she's got the goods to keep her slickster boyfriend Keith, from straying—until he discovers a greener pasture, Shanté's archrival, Conny. Scorned, she…
- 9

Mr. Jealousy (1998)
★ 5.9/10After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia…
- 10

Seriously Single (2020)
★ 6.8/10While her free-living bestie urges her to embrace singlehood, a commitment-craving social media expert can't stop following the life of a former love.
- 11

The Object of My Affection (1998)
★ 5.8/10A 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.
- 12

Monday (2021)
★ 6.5/10A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?
- 13

Clueless (1995)
★ 7.2/10Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her…
- 14

A Toxic Love Story (2026)
★ 6.4/10A string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend.
- 15

Kitty Foyle (1940)
★ 6.6/10A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
- 16

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
★ 6.9/10It's the battle of wills, as Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days, whereas Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking—and the wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and…
- 17

You've Got Mail (1998)
★ 6.7/10Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
- 18

Love by Chance (2016)
★ 5.9/10Claire, an ambitious pastry chef, is busy running her new restaurant, but her meddling mom is preoccupied with her lack of love life. Without her knowledge, Claire’s mother finds her the perfect man, but when Claire…
- 19

Set It Up (2018)
★ 6.9/10Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.
- 20

Love, Guaranteed (2020)
★ 6.4/10A lawyer takes on a new client that wants to sue a dating website because it guarantees love.