Movies Like Shanghai Kiss
If you liked Shanghai Kiss (2007), a comedy and drama movie directed by David Ren and Kip Konwiser, 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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My Awkward Sexual Adventure (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romanceA hyper-repressed and schlubby accountant (Jonas Chernick) strikes a deal with a worldly but disorganized stripper (Emily Hampshire): he'll help her with her crushing debt if she helps him become a better lover.
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Sex and Death 101 (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceA guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex with and ever will have sex with. His situation gets worse when he encounters a femme fatale who targets men guilty of sex…
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The Wrong Paris (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also romance and comedyDawn 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.
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Arthur (1981)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and dramaArthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.
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Heartbreakers (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceMax and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then…
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The Shape of Things (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaQuiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.
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The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceA failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
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New York Stories (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaThree tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola)…
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Easy Virtue (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceA young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
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Risky Business (1983)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and comedyMeet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his…
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Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
★ 7/10Also comedy and dramaSingle dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged. Meanwhile, Richard’s sons—one a…
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Flashdance (1983)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and romanceAlex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.
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Milk Money (1994)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romanceThree young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster…
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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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Happythankyoumoreplease (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and dramaSix New Yorkers navigate love, commitment, and adulthood. When struggling novelist Sam takes in an abandoned boy he meets on the subway, his life begins to intertwine with a talented singer who challenges his bachelor…
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Other People's Money (1991)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaWhen a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover. However, the raider…
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Coyote Ugly (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaGraced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job…
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Only the Lonely (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceDanny 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…
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Focus (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and comedyNicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.
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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.