Movies Like A French Pursuit

If you liked A French Pursuit, a comedy and romance movie directed by Catherine Hardwicke, 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
¿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.
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
Let's Make Love (1960)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
4
Girl on a Bicycle (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance
Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day…
5
French Girl (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also 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…
6
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…
7
Gidget (1959)
★ 6/10Also comedy and romance
Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf…
8
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.
9
Relationship Goals (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and comedy
When TV producer Leah Caldwell aims to become the first woman running New York's top morning show, her ex competes for the same role. Leah stays focused on her career, until chemistry with her ex challenges her…
10
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?
11
I'm No Angel (1933)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance
Bold performer Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent financial need, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes…
12
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.
13
Shrek (2001)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely…
14
Dinner in America (2022)
★ 7.8/10Also romance and comedy
An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with a local band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.
15
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.
16
A Perfect Pairing (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance
To land a major client, an LA wine exec travels to an Australian sheep station, where she signs on as a ranch hand and hits it off with a rugged local.
17
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.
18
The Star (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told: the first Christmas.
19
Champagne Problems (2025)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedy
A driven American exec heads to Paris determined to acquire a champagne brand by Christmas — and accidentally falls for the heir to the bubbly empire.
20
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…