Movies Like The Recipe Files
If you liked The Recipe Files (2023), a romance movie directed by Lindsay Hartley, 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.
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The Matchmaker's Playbook (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also romanceAfter a career-ending accident, former NFL recruit Ian Hunter is back on campus, and he's putting his extensive skills with women to work as one of the masterminds behind a successful and secretive dating service. But…
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Safe Haven (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also romanceA young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
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Every Day (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also romance16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the…
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Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also romanceRaimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…
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Paris, Wine & Romance (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also romanceIsabella is the ambitious new owner of her family’s Oregon winery whose dream of becoming world-renowned takes a big step forward when she enters a prestigious wine competition in Paris. Upon arrival, Isabella meets…
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The Tourist (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also romanceAmerican tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.
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Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also romanceAbby Knight, a former lawyer turned proud flower shop owner is starting over after the death of her husband with the support from her father, a new business and her daughter off to college. Life is good in the peaceful…
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Attraction (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also romanceA writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.
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Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also romanceIn the fourth instalment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell, but when they return from their romantic…
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Runaway Romance (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also romanceWhen she’s written out of her show, her relationship and her seemingly perfect life, reality TV star Ann Stanway leaves Hollywood and finds herself marooned in Amish country. But when Ann is taken in by the owner of a…
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Above the Shadows (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also romanceA young woman who has faded to the point of becoming invisible must find her way back with the help of the one man who can see her.
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Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also romanceA skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.
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Scaramouche (1952)
★ 7/10Also romanceIn 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
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June and John (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also romanceJohn leads an ordinary life with a monotonous routine. One day John runs into a woman on the subway who is as beautiful as she is mysterious named June. His encounter with her finally leads him to have a goal in his…
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Not Cinderella's Type (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also romanceIndy lives with her aunt and uncle and believes her life is fine until an accident brings a new guy into her life. Bryant Bailey is not Indy's type - she's never been into guys like him. But then again, she's never…
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Gabriel's Rapture: Part III (2022)
★ 7.9/10Also romanceIn the sixth installment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Julia deals with the aftermath of Gabriel's departure, while Gabriel goes on a journey of self-discovery. Will they reunite and be able to repair what is broken?
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The Hot Spot (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also romanceUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
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Chateau Christmas (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also romanceMargot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex who helps her rediscover her passion for music.
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Rebecca (1940)
★ 7.9/10Also romanceStory of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips…
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All of My Heart: The Wedding (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also romanceBrian and Jenny are planning their wedding at the Inn where they fell in love. When a distant relative arrives and stakes their claim to the Inn, Brian and Jenny must find a way to save their beloved Inn or risk having…