Movies Like It Must Be Love
If you liked It Must Be Love (2004), a tv movie and comedy movie directed by Steven Schachter, 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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Emma (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and dramaEmma 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…
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'Tis the Season to be Merry (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie and comedyLooking for a fresh angle to her book on relationships, Merry heads to snow-covered Vermont. She finds a new perspective and Christmas cheer with charismatic aid worker Chris.
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Love, Classified (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also tv movie and comedyRomance novelist Emilia is a whirlwind who blows back into the lives of her adult children, Taylor and Zach, under the pretense of a book signing arranged by her hometown's local book shop. As Emilia tries to…
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Christmas at the Drive-In (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also tv movie and comedySadie Walker is starting over in her hometown of Chesterfield, New York, following a series of major life disruptions that include leaving her law practice after losing her biggest case and no longer being engaged.
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Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaCeleste 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…
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Haul Out the Holly (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie and comedyEmily arrives home, hoping to visit her parents, only to discover that they are leaving on a trip of their own. As she stays at their house for the holidays, their HOA is determined to get Emily to participate in the…
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A Merry Christmas Wish (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also tv movie and comedyJanie, a rising marketing executive living in The Big Apple, returns to her hometown of Woodland Falls when her Great-Uncle Randall passes away. Randall has even arranged for his farmhand, Dylan to help at the event…
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As Luck Would Have It (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also tv movie and comedyWhen 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.
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Next Stop, Christmas (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and dramaAngie wonders what her life would be like if she had married a former boyfriend who became a famous sportscaster. She takes the train home to spend Christmas with her family and inexplicably finds herself 10 years in…
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My Christmas Prince (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also tv movie and comedySamantha, a dedicated teacher in Manhattan, returns to her home town of Maple Falls, Wyoming every year for Christmas. This year, she’s delighted when her boyfriend Alex, a European diplomat from the tiny country of…
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A Maple Valley Christmas (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and comedyErica is a rancher who has spent her whole life working the family farm with her mother and sister. When Aaron arrives and disrupts her plans, she starts to question what it is she actually wants.
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Picture a Perfect Christmas (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and tv movieAn extreme-sports photographer returns home for the holiday to take care of her grandmother, only to have a neighbor grab her attention as he needs assistance watching his young nephew.
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Home by Spring (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceWhen an ambitious event planner gets an opportunity she can’t refuse, she goes undercover as her boss and returns to her rural hometown. With the help of her family and the man she left behind, she pulls off the…
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Father of the Bride (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedyA father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family.
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Twinkle All the Way (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and romanceTo pull off a spectacular Christmas-themed wedding, a wedding planner joins forces with the co-owner of a family-run Christmas decoration and house-lighting company.
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She's Having a Baby (1988)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaJake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly…
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Nothing in Common (1986)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and comedyA successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.
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The Royal Nanny (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and comedyClaire is an MI5 agent who goes undercover as the royal nanny. She must overcome the challenges of her assignment, like resisting the charms of Prince Colin, while keeping the family safe at Christmas.
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Solitary Man (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaA car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
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Hope Springs (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedyAfter thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.