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Movies Like Once Upon a Date

If you liked Once Upon a Date (2017), a romance and tv movie movie directed by Lee Friedlander, 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. 1As Luck Would Have It

    As Luck Would Have It (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also tv movie and comedy

    When 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.

  2. 2Love on Harbor Island

    Love on Harbor Island (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and tv movie

    Interior designer Lily returns home to help her Aunt Maggie run her marina-side bed and breakfast when she meets Marcus, a handsome seaplane pilot whose work delivering rescue dogs helps Lily discover that home really…

  3. 3Prom Pact

    Prom Pact (2023)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romance

    It's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only focused on getting into her dream school Harvard, but as she starts…

  4. 4A Merry Christmas Wish

    A Merry Christmas Wish (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also tv movie and comedy

    Janie, 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…

  5. 5Christmas at the Drive-In

    Christmas at the Drive-In (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also tv movie and comedy

    Sadie 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.

  6. 6The Wrong Paris

    The Wrong Paris (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance and comedy

    Dawn thinks she's joining a dating show in Paris, France, only to land in Paris, Texas. She has an exit plan — until sparks fly with the cowboy bachelor.

  7. 7Beauty and the Billionaire

    Beauty and the Billionaire (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also tv movie and romance

    Addison travels with a picky billionaire as an assistant in her brother's place so he doesn't lose his job. She clashes with the billionaire until both start to see more in each other than they thought.

  8. 8Love Under the Stars

    Love Under the Stars (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and tv movie

    Young at heart graduate student Becca strikes up an unlikely friendship with Emily, a quiet girl who recently lost her mother. With every passing play date chaperoned by Emily's father, Becca helps Emily come out of…

  9. 9What's Love Got to Do with It?

    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.

  10. 10The Right Kind of Wrong

    The Right Kind of Wrong (2013)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy

    A stubborn idealist spies a bride on her way to her wedding and immediately falls in love with her.

  11. 11Relationship Goals

    Relationship Goals (2026)

    ★ 6.4/10Also romance and comedy

    When TV producer Leah Caldwell aims to become the first woman running New York's top morning show, her ex competes for the same role. Leah stays focused on her career, until chemistry with her ex challenges her…

  12. 12Anything for Love

    Anything for Love (2016)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and tv movie

    Katherine, a high-powered executive who believes men are intimidated by her career, is persuaded by her friend to create an internet dating profile claiming she is an executive assistant.

  13. 13Date with Love

    Date with Love (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and tv movie

    When a boy’s video to a female star goes viral, it scores him a date with his celebrity crush to the prom. Complications arise when the famous starlet falls for the boy’s small-town teacher.

  14. 14Catering Christmas

    Catering Christmas (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and comedy

    A fledgling caterer, Molly Frost, is hired by Jean Harrison, the perfectionistic director of the renowned Harrison Foundation, to cater this year’s annual Christmas Gala dinner. Things get complicated when Molly falls…

  15. 15Love Is in the Air

    Love Is in the Air (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy

    A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.

  16. 16Runaway Romance

    Runaway Romance (2018)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and tv movie

    When she’s written out of her show, her relationship and her seemingly perfect life, reality TV star Ann Stanway leaves Hollywood and finds herself marooned in Amish country. But when Ann is taken in by the owner of a…

  17. 17Love in Winterland

    Love in Winterland (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10Also tv movie and romance

    Ally, a final contestant on a dating show, must face her high school sweetheart when she is chosen for the Hometown Date.

  18. 18A Hollywood Christmas

    A Hollywood Christmas (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance

    Jessica, a young, up-and-coming filmmaker in Hollywood has made a name for herself directing Christmas movies. But when handsome network executive Christopher shows up threatening to halt production on her latest…

  19. 19Let's Make Love

    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.

  20. 20Holiday Harmony

    Holiday Harmony (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance and comedy

    A likeable and talented underdog gets momentarily sidelined from chasing her musical dreams when her van breaks down in a welcoming small town just before Christmas.

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