Movies Like Wonderful Things

If you liked Wonderful Things (1958), a romance and comedy movie directed by Herbert Wilcox, 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
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…
2
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.
3
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.
4
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…
5
The Thrill of It All (1963)
★ 7/10Also comedy and romance
A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.
6
Mr Malcolm's List (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy
When she fails to meet an item on his list of requirements for a bride, Julia Thistlewaite is jilted by London’s most eligible bachelor, Mr. Malcolm. Feeling humiliated and determined to exact revenge, she convinces…
7
The Noel Diary (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy
Cleaning out his childhood home at Christmas, a novelist meets a woman searching for her birth mother. Will an old diary unlock their pasts — and hearts?
8
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.
9
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…
10
The Lost Husband (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance
Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.
11
Irish Wish (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy
Maddie's dream guy is days away from marrying her best friend when a wish for true love made on an ancient stone in Ireland magically alters her fate.
12
The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
13
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…
14
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.
15
Picture Perfect (1997)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy
A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.
16
Stargirl (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama
An unassuming high schooler finds himself inexplicably drawn to the free-spirited new girl, whose unconventional ways change how they see themselves…and their world.
17
The Big Picture (1989)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his…
18
Afterlife of the Party (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.
19
Irreplaceable You (2018)
★ 7/10Also comedy and drama
A stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childhood sweetheart Sam, who's clueless when it comes to dating.
20
The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance
One year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged…