Movies Like Double Happiness
If you liked Double Happiness (1994), a comedy and romance movie directed by Mina Shum, 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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Spanglish (2004)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedyMexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her…
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LOL (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedyIn a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's…
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What a Girl Wants (2003)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaAmerican Daphne Reynolds heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her boho mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only…
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Guess Who (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romanceWhen a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected to mention one tiny detail – he's white.
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Laggies (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and dramaOvereducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to…
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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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Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and dramaGeorgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blonde, have a smaller nose and a…
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The Meddler (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaWith a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter…
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Anywhere but Here (1999)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedySingle mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to…
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Jersey Girl (2004)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceOllie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having…
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Mambo Italiano (2003)
★ 6/10Also comedy and romanceWhen an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.
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The Life List (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and comedyWhen her mother sends her on a quest to complete a teenage bucket list, a young woman uncovers family secrets, finds romance — and rediscovers herself.
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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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The Big Sick (2017)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and dramaPakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty…
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Only the Lonely (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romanceDanny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna, whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the…
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Because I Said So (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also romance and comedyIn an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good…
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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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I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and dramaA mother falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time.
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Definitely, Maybe (2008)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and romanceWhen Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.
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Dirty Dancing (1987)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and romanceExpecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly…