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Movies Like The smell of curry rice

If you liked The smell of curry rice (2011), a comedy and romance movie directed by Satoshi Yamaguchi, 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. 1Yoh! 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.

  2. 2A Nice Girl Like You

    A Nice Girl Like You (2020)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and romance

    Lucy Neal is thrown for a loop when she is accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend. In an effort to prove him wrong, Lucy creates a rather wild to-do list that sends her on a whirlwind and surprising journey…

  3. 3Zack and Miri Make a Porno

    Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each…

  4. 4Relationship Goals

    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…

  5. 5Desperados

    Desperados (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and romance

    A panicked young woman and her two best friends fly to Mexico to delete a ranting email she sent to her new boyfriend. On arrival, they run into her former beau, who soon gets caught up in their frantic scheme.

  6. 6Puppy Love

    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. 7Picture This

    Picture This (2025)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and comedy

    Single and without a man on the horizon, Pia runs a failing photography studio in London with her best friend Jay. As her sister Sonal prepares for marriage and her mother Laxmi urges her to partner up, a spiritual…

  8. 8Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

    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.

  9. 9What's Love Got to Do with It?

    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.

  10. 10Players

    Players (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    New York sportswriter Mack has spent years devising successful hook-up "plays" with her friends, but when she unexpectedly falls for one of her targets, she must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing…

  11. 11The 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.

  12. 12This Little Love of Mine

    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…

  13. 13Love Is in the Air

    Love Is in the Air (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy

    A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.

  14. 14The Right Kind of Wrong

    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.

  15. 15A Hollywood Christmas

    A Hollywood Christmas (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance

    Jessica, a young, up-and-coming filmmaker in Hollywood has made a name for herself directing Christmas movies. But when handsome network executive Christopher shows up threatening to halt production on her latest…

  16. 16Little Italy

    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?

  17. 17¿Quieres ser mi hijo?

    ¿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.

  18. 18Sex Appeal

    Sex Appeal (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance

    Avery, a teenager with a tendency towards perfectionism, enlists her friend Larson to help her prepare for her first time with her long-distance boyfriend.

  19. 19The List

    The List (2023)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy

    After her fiance sleeps with a celebrity on his free pass list, Abby Meyers, with nothing but five names and a fantasy shared by millions, sets out for Los Angeles to sleep with someone from hers.

  20. 20I'm No Angel

    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…

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