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Movies Like Bridget Jones's Diary

If you liked Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), a comedy and romance movie directed by Sharon Maguire, 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. 1Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

    Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    Bridget Jones is still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. However, while on assignment in Thailand with her disreputable ex, Daniel Cleaver, claiming to be reformed, Bridget questions…

  2. 2All of Us Strangers

    All of Us Strangers (2023)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama

    One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.

  3. 3Love & Sex

    Love & Sex (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back…

  4. 4Dot the I

    Dot the I (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and drama

    A fiery Spanish woman is about to marry a kind British man when she meets a Brazilian actor who ignites in her a flame of lust she can't ignore.

  5. 5Seven Minutes in Heaven

    Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who has run away from home, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as she…

  6. 6Jack & Sarah

    Jack & Sarah (1995)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama

    Jack always lands on his feet. He lands on his feet when he marries the beautiful Sarah. He lands on his feet when he buys a luxurious new home. However, when Sarah goes into labour, he takes a tumble down the stairs…

  7. 7Friends with Kids

    Friends with Kids (2012)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    In the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide to have a child together without becoming a couple. By becoming "time-share" parents, they reason, they can…

  8. 8Two Lovers

    Two Lovers (2008)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.

  9. 9Knocked Up

    Knocked Up (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    A slacker and a career-driven woman accidentally conceive a child after a one-night stand. As they try to make the relationship work, they must navigate the challenges of parenthood and their differences in lifestyle…

  10. 10Manhattan

    Manhattan (1979)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

  11. 11He Said, She Said

    He Said, She Said (1991)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions…

  12. 12Delirious

    Delirious (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance, Toby becomes romantically involved…

  13. 13Stuck in Love

    Stuck in Love (2013)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedy

    An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.

  14. 14Am I OK?

    Am I OK? (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    Lucy and Jane have been best friends for most of their lives and think they know everything there is to know about each other. But when Jane announces she's moving to London, Lucy reveals a long-held secret. As Jane…

  15. 15Man Up

    Man Up (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance and comedy

    A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling across London to toast another 10 years of her parents' successful happy magical marriage runs in…

  16. 16On Chesil Beach

    On Chesil Beach (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

  17. 17XX/XY

    XX/XY (2002)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and comedy

    Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.

  18. 18The Rules of Attraction

    The Rules of Attraction (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.

  19. 19Cashback

    Cashback (2007)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and comedy

    After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild.

  20. 20She Came to Me

    She Came to Me (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Composer Steven Lauddem is plagued by a creative block which leaves him unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. When his former therapist-turned-wife Patricia suggests he rekindle his creativity by…

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