Movies Like The Girl Next Door

If you liked The Girl Next Door (1945), a romance and comedy movie directed by António Lopes Ribeiro, 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
Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and family
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and…
2
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.
3
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.
4
Falling for Christmas (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy
An engaged, spoiled hotel heiress finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting amnesia in a skiing accident.
5
Just Short of Perfect (2021)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedy
A divorced lawyer falls for a charismatic cardiologist. But when their difference in size leads to family friction, is she ready to listen to her heart?
6
Keeping the Faith (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance
Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now…
7
What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
8
With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance
Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teenage daughter, begin dating and eventually decide to get married. But they're not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, who…
9
The Beautician and the Beast (1997)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romance
A New York City beautician is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.
10
The Little Rascals (1994)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedy
When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.
11
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedy
A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
12
It Takes Two (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and family
Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker…
13
Little Italy (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance
Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?
14
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…
15
As Luck Would Have It (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance
When Lindsey travels to Ireland to acquire land that is perfect for a resort, she decides to enter the town's matchmaking festival to prove her investment—and win over a handsome local.
16
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…
17
The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding (2006)
★ 5.8/10Also romance and comedy
With just weeks before their royal wedding, Paige and Edvard find their relationship and the Danish monarchy in jeopardy when an old law is brought to light, stating that an unmarried heir to the throne may marry only…
18
This Little Love of Mine (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy
Laura Price is a successful San Francisco lawyer on the cusp of promotion – a far cry from her childhood growing up on a tropical island with best friends Chip and Gem. When the firm’s biggest client – Chip’s…
19
The Woman in Red (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance
When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak…
20
A Cinderella Story (2004)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and family
Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.