Movies Like Saint Francis; Monks in Robes
If you liked Saint Francis; Monks in Robes (2019), a comedy and romance movie directed by Carlos Rentas, 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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A California Christmas: City Lights (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and comedyFollows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph back to the city.
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Madame (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedyAnne and Bob, a well-to-do American couple, have just moved to a beautiful manor house in romantic Paris. To impress their sophisticated friends, they decide to host a lavish dinner party, but must disguise their maid…
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How to Please a Woman (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedyWhen her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.
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L.A. Without a Map (1999)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedyAn 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…
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XX/XY (2002)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedyThree friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
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Dirty Sexy Saint (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and dramaClay Kincaid hates the nickname 'Saint', he got for being too kind to stray animals and desperate people. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn't do…
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Chéri (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedyThe son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
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Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
★ 7/10Also romance and comedyExtrovert Corinne convinces Jane, a shy, talented baker, to commit to a year of bringing cakes to bars, to help her meet people and build confidence. But when Corinne receives a life-altering diagnosis, the pair faces…
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Love in Taipei (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedyA young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance.
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Persuasion (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaLiving 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…
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The Good House (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaWhen wry New England realtor Hildy Good rekindles a romance with her old high-school flame, Frank Getchell, it ignites long-buried emotions and family secrets that propel Hildy toward a reckoning with the one person…
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The Best You Can (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceCynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside…
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Rosaline (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also romance and dramaLeft heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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Love & Friendship (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceFrom Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men…
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Why Did I Get Married Again? (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romanceThe couples reunite for the destination wedding of Marcus and Angela's daughter, bringing drama old and new as they ask, "Why did we get married again?"
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ATL (2006)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedyAs four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
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The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceCelestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. Lanlaire is not a right choice: the house is firmly controlled by Madame…
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaTwo 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…
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Happiness for Beginners (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedyAt a crossroads after her divorce, a schoolteacher ventures toward a fresh start in life — and love — when she signs up for a grueling group hiking trip.
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Father of the Bride (1950)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceProud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.