Movies Like Play It Again, Sam

If you liked Play It Again, Sam (1972), a comedy and romance movie directed by Herbert Ross, 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
Starting Over (1979)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
2
About Fate (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also romance and comedy
Two strangers believe in love but never seem to be able to find its true meaning. In a wild twist of events, fate puts each in the other's path on one stormy New Year's Eve.
3
The Incredible Jessica James (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy
Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.
4
Mr. Jealousy (1998)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance
After 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…
5
What's Your Number? (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance
Ally Darling 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…
6
¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023)
★ 8.4/10Also comedy and romance
Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.
7
I Want You Back (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance
Peter and Emma thought they were on the precipice of life’s biggest moments – marriage, kids, and houses in the suburbs – until their respective partners dumped them. Horrified to learn that the loves of their lives…
8
Sex Appeal (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance
Avery, a teenager with a tendency towards perfectionism, enlists her friend Larson to help her prepare for her first time with her long-distance boyfriend.
9
Dead Again (1991)
★ 6.4/10Also romance
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.
10
The Right Kind of Wrong (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy
A stubborn idealist spies a bride on her way to her wedding and immediately falls in love with her.
11
The Love Hypothesis (2026)
★ 7.9/10Also romance and comedy
Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate, and Dr. Adam Carlsen, a hotshot professor and well-known tyrant, enter into a fake relationship, seeing each of their carefully calculated theories on love get thrown into chaos.
12
Cuban Fury (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance
Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.
13
Splendor (1999)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance
Veronica is a white-bread beauty searching for a good man in Los Angeles. While slam dancing at a Halloween rave, she meets Abel, a sensitive poet. Then she meets Zed, a supersexy tattooed drummer with incredible…
14
The List (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy
After her fiance sleeps with a celebrity on his free pass list, Abby Meyers, with nothing but five names and a fantasy shared by millions, sets out for Los Angeles to sleep with someone from hers.
15
How to Be Single (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance
New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions…
16
My Sassy Girl (2008)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance
A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.
17
Someone Like You... (2001)
★ 6/10Also comedy and romance
Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane…
18
A Nice Girl Like You (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and romance
Lucy Neal is thrown for a loop when she is accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend. In an effort to prove him wrong, Lucy creates a rather wild to-do list that sends her on a whirlwind and surprising journey…
19
French Girl (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy
Sweet Gordon, an affable English teacher in Brooklyn, has beaten the odds; a French Girl has fallen in love with him and he’s fallen even harder back. But their future is thrown into limbo when she interviews for an…
20
Puppy Love (2023)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romance
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…