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Movies Like Must Love Dogs

If you liked Must Love Dogs (2005), a romance and comedy movie directed by Gary David Goldberg, 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. 1Because I Said So

    Because I Said So (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also romance and comedy

    In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good…

  2. 2Blended

    Blended (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romance

    Recently divorced mom Lauren and widowed dad Jim let their friends push them into a blind date, which goes disastrously wrong. Unsurprisingly, neither wants to see the other ever again. However, fate intervenes when…

  3. 3The Rewrite

    The Rewrite (2014)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and comedy

    An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.

  4. 4Failure to Launch

    Failure to Launch (2006)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy

    At 35, Tripp has an interesting job, a hip car, a passion for sailing, an active dating life, and a great house - trouble is, he still lives with his parents, Al and Sue, who are not happy about it. Al and Sue are…

  5. 5Merv

    Merv (2025)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance

    When their beloved dog Merv loses his spark after their split, Anna and Russ are forced into the world's most awkward co-parenting arrangement. Hoping to shake Merv out of his funk, Russ takes him to Florida for a…

  6. 6Boot Camp

    Boot Camp (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Unathletic Whitney Carmichael signs up for an intense summer boot camp to reinvent herself and falls for her personal trainer. She then finds the strength to embrace her true self and ignore the others' expectations.

  7. 7Crossing Delancey

    Crossing Delancey (1988)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance

    Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Isabelle is…

  8. 8Houseboat

    Houseboat (1958)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance

    An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

  9. 9Chasing Papi

    Chasing Papi (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romance

    Playboy Thomas Fuentes has so far been able to skate by in life on good looks and charm alone. But when his duplicitous relationships with three women -- impassioned waitress Cici, meticulous lawyer Lorena and bored…

  10. 10The Jane Austen Book Club

    The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance

    Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are…

  11. 11Your Place or Mine

    Your Place or Mine (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy

    When best friends and total opposites Debbie and Peter swap homes for a week, they get a peek into each other's lives that could open the door to love.

  12. 12Only the Lonely

    Only the Lonely (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    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…

  13. 13Under the Tuscan Sun

    Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance and comedy

    Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old professor and writer from San Francisco, decides to take a tour of Tuscany following a difficult divorce. After impulsively buying a run-down villa in the Italian countryside, she begins to…

  14. 14To All the Boys I've Loved Before

    To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy and romance

    Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.

  15. 15Yoh! Bestie

    Yoh! Bestie (2026)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy

    Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.

  16. 16The Wrong Paris

    The Wrong Paris (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance and comedy

    Dawn thinks she's joining a dating show in Paris, France, only to land in Paris, Texas. She has an exit plan — until sparks fly with the cowboy bachelor.

  17. 17Tin Cup

    Tin Cup (1996)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.

  18. 18The Kissing Booth 2

    The Kissing Booth 2 (2020)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy and romance

    With college decisions looming, Elle juggles her long-distance romance with Noah, changing relationship with bestie Lee and feelings for a new classmate.

  19. 19Think Like a Man

    Think Like a Man (2012)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance

    The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men…

  20. 20St. Vincent

    St. Vincent (2014)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

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