Movies Like Personal Effects
If you liked Personal Effects (2006), a comedy and drama movie directed by Issa López, 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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Love & Sex (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaWhen 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…
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He Said, She Said (1991)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaWomanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions…
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Love Don't Co$t a Thing (2003)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and dramaA high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.
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Cyrus (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaWith John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before…
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Numb (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaHudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel…
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaTwo married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling…
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The Best You Can (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceCynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside…
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Delirious (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaLes, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance, Toby becomes romantically involved…
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I Do...Knot (2009)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and dramaSebastian is very lucky with women, going to parties and getting drunk every night. His mother asks him to change his way of life but he refuses to stop partying and meeting new women. One day, after one night of…
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L.A. Without a Map (1999)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedyAn 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…
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Enemies, a Love Story (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaA ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.
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María Isabel (1967)
★ 8/10Also comedy and dramaA woman jumping from the poverty of the countryside to the splendor of wealth in the city without losing its simplicity
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Rumbos (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romanceDuring a long night of August, some people have different experiences that leave a deep impression in them. Linked by a radio night show, all them cross the city of Barcelona, not knowing that their fates will collide…
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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and dramaA conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.
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Is This Thing On? (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and dramaAs their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to…
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XX/XY (2002)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedyThree friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
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Enfermo Amor (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romanceThe story of love struggles of 9 different couples, connected only by the complexity of human relationships.
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Why Did I Get Married Again? (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romanceThe couples reunite for the destination wedding of Marcus and Angela's daughter, bringing drama old and new as they ask, "Why did we get married again?"
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The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romanceOne year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged…
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Woman on Top (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaSet to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and…