Movies Like The Butcher's Wife
If you liked The Butcher's Wife (1991), a fantasy and comedy movie directed by Terry Hughes, 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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Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceUnlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex…
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The Right Kind of Wrong (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedyA stubborn idealist spies a bride on her way to her wedding and immediately falls in love with her.
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My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romanceWhen she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the…
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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romanceA New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.
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The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy and comedyCecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo'…
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So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romanceJust after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that…
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Just Like Heaven (2005)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romanceShortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts…
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Chances Are (1989)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasy and comedyLouie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda…
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Yoh! Bestie (2026)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedyThando 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.
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Ghost (1990)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy and romanceAfter a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
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Two of a Kind (1983)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and comedyGod has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world by…
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Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and fantasyNot until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories…
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romanceAfter a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
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Whatever Works (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romanceWhatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are…
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Speechless (1994)
★ 6/10Also romance and comedyIn the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides.
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When We First Met (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romanceUsing a magical photo booth that sends him back in time, Noah relives the night he met Avery over and over, trying to persuade her to fall for him.
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Shallow Hal (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and fantasyAfter taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony Robbins. Intrigued by Hal's…
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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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All of Me (1984)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and fantasyJust before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb, to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the young, vibrant Terry Hoskins – but the spiritual transference goes…
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The Wedding Singer (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedyRobbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit it off, they find…