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Movies Like The Pavlova Date

If you liked The Pavlova Date (2026), a comedy and drama movie directed by Sophia Lennon, 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. 1You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

    You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Two 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…

  2. 2L.A. Without a Map

    L.A. Without a Map (1999)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedy

    An 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…

  3. 3Love Sarah

    Love Sarah (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. To do this, she enlists the help of an old friend and her grandma.

  4. 4Hitch

    Hitch (2005)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques…

  5. 5The Other Sister

    The Other Sister (1999)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.

  6. 6What'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.

  7. 7Let's Make Love

    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.

  8. 8Persuasion

    Persuasion (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth - the dashing one she once sent away - crashes back into her life, Anne…

  9. 9Jersey Girl

    Jersey Girl (2004)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having…

  10. 10Emma

    Emma (1996)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma…

  11. 11Easy Virtue

    Easy Virtue (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance

    A 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.

  12. 12Tall Girl

    Tall Girl (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Jodi, the tallest girl in her high school, has always felt uncomfortable in her own skin. But after years of slouching, being made fun of, and avoiding attention at all costs, Jodi finally decides to find the…

  13. 13Prom Pact

    Prom Pact (2023)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romance

    It's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only focused on getting into her dream school Harvard, but as she starts…

  14. 14Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel (1945)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…

  15. 15Green Card

    Green Card (1990)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance

    Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an…

  16. 16As Luck Would Have It

    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.

  17. 17Emma.

    Emma. (2020)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and romance

    In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

  18. 18Peter Ibbetson

    Peter Ibbetson (1935)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…

  19. 19Celeste & Jesse Forever

    Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    Celeste and Jesse met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in their friends’ minds as the perfect couple – she, a high-powered…

  20. 20The Secret: Dare to Dream

    The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

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