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Movies Like The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

If you liked The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999), a comedy and romance movie directed by Jeff Abugov, 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. 1Meet Cute

    Meet Cute (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and romance

    A wildly inventive deconstruction of the romantic comedy built around the question: What would you do if you could travel to your loved ones’ past, heal their traumas, fix their problems, and change them into the…

  2. 2Players

    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…

  3. 3Maintenance Required

    Maintenance Required (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Charlie, the fiercely independent owner of an all-female mechanic shop, is forced to reevaluate her future when a flashy corporate competitor moves in across the street. Seeking comfort, she turns to an anonymous…

  4. 4¿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.

  5. 5Dinner in America

    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.

  6. 6Relax, I'm from the Future

    Relax, I'm from the Future (2023)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and science fiction

    Casper is a time traveller who arrives in the 2020s in an attempt to prevent a major future catastrophe. He meets Holly, a queer black woman he befriends and draws into his plan by giving her his knowledge of the…

  7. 7A 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…

  8. 8I Want You Back

    I Want You Back (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    Peter and Emma thought they were on the precipice of life’s biggest moments – marriage, kids, and houses in the suburbs – until their respective partners dumped them. Horrified to learn that the loves of their lives…

  9. 9Long Weekend

    Long Weekend (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedy

    Bart's chance encounter with the enigmatic Vienna leads to a whirlwind weekend together. The two fall fast and hard, but both carry secrets that could be their undoing or the chance for a fresh start.

  10. 10Splendor

    Splendor (1999)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    Veronica is a white-bread beauty searching for a good man in Los Angeles. While slam dancing at a Halloween rave, she meets Abel, a sensitive poet. Then she meets Zed, a supersexy tattooed drummer with incredible…

  11. 11Harmony

    Harmony (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and science fiction

    Born with an energetic power to absorb fear from others, a young woman must find love to balance the fears of her own and fight an ever growing storm of negative energy.

  12. 12Creator

    Creator (1985)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an egg donor for his experiment, and they fall in love. Faced with…

  13. 13Fairy Tales

    Fairy Tales (1978)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and romance

    On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Princess Sleeping Beauty.

  14. 14The Incredible Jessica James

    The Incredible Jessica James (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.

  15. 15The Love Hypothesis

    The Love Hypothesis (2026)

    ★ 7.9/10Also romance and comedy

    Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate, and Dr. Adam Carlsen, a hotshot professor and well-known tyrant, enter into a fake relationship, seeing each of their carefully calculated theories on love get thrown into chaos.

  16. 16My Fake Boyfriend

    My Fake Boyfriend (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance

    A young man in a tricky situation follows the advice of his unconventional best friend and uses social media to create a fake boyfriend to keep his awful ex-lover out of his life. But everything backfires when he meets…

  17. 17The 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.

  18. 18French Girl

    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…

  19. 19Fight for Your Right Revisited

    Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and science fiction

    Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beastie Boys from the past and Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and Will Ferrell as the "old" Beastie Boys from the future. The…

  20. 20How to Talk to Girls at Parties

    How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and romance

    In 1970s London, a teenage outsider named Enn falls in love with a rebellious alien girl named Zan, who has come to Earth for a party. Together, they navigate the complexities of intergalactic culture and the trials of…

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