Movies Like Special Jollof

If you liked Special Jollof (2020), a drama and romance movie directed by Emem Isong, 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
Frankie and Johnny (1991)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance
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, he develops an attraction for Cora's friend…
2
Green Card (1990)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an…
3
Big Night (1996)
★ 7/10Also drama and romance
Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
4
Fast Food Nation (2006)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedy
A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
5
Fools Rush In (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
After a one night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.
6
The Burning Plain (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance
A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is…
7
L.A. Without a Map (1999)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedy
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…
8
Waitress (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and comedy
A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.
9
Madame (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy
Anne and Bob, a well-to-do American couple, have just moved to a beautiful manor house in romantic Paris. To impress their sophisticated friends, they decide to host a lavish dinner party, but must disguise their maid…
10
It Could Happen to You (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a…
11
In My Country (2004)
★ 6/10Also romance and drama
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
12
Love & Sex (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back…
13
How to Please a Woman (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy
When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.
14
Brooklyn (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
15
In the Heights (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
16
Heartbreakers (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then…
17
Killer Heat (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and romance
An expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim's powerful family.
18
Love in Taipei (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedy
A young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance.
19
Dirty Sexy Saint (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and drama
Clay Kincaid hates the nickname 'Saint', he got for being too kind to stray animals and desperate people. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn't do…
20
Cocktail (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his…