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Movies Like The firecracker

If you liked The firecracker (1970), a comedy and romance movie directed by Soulis Georgiades, 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. 1Sex Appeal

    Sex Appeal (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance

    Avery, a teenager with a tendency towards perfectionism, enlists her friend Larson to help her prepare for her first time with her long-distance boyfriend.

  2. 2Easy Virtue

    Easy Virtue (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance

    A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.

  3. 3¿Quieres ser mi hijo?

    ¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023)

    ★ 8.4/10Also comedy and romance

    Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.

  4. 4A 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…

  5. 5What'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.

  6. 6Desperados

    Desperados (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and romance

    A panicked young woman and her two best friends fly to Mexico to delete a ranting email she sent to her new boyfriend. On arrival, they run into her former beau, who soon gets caught up in their frantic scheme.

  7. 7Let'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.

  8. 8The Incredible Jessica James

    The Incredible Jessica James (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.

  9. 9The Color Wheel

    The Color Wheel (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    JR, an aspiring news-anchor, forces her younger brother Colin to embark on a road trip to move her belongings out of her professor-turned-lover’s place. Traveling through New England, they uncomfortably run into old…

  10. 10Yoh! Bestie

    Yoh! Bestie (2026)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy

    Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.

  11. 11Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

    Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and comedy

    A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.

  12. 12Bye Bye Love

    Bye Bye Love (1995)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance

    With varying degrees of success, recently divorced friends Dave, Vic and Donny are trying to move on with their lives. Vic feels vilified by his ex-wife's parents, while Donny has a shaky bond with his teen daughter…

  13. 13Relative Values

    Relative Values (2000)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance

    A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets. In 1952 England, Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda, upsetting both Nigel's mother, Countess Felicity, and Miranda's former love fellow…

  14. 14The 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.

  15. 15A Nice Girl Like You

    A Nice Girl Like You (2020)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and romance

    Lucy Neal is thrown for a loop when she is accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend. In an effort to prove him wrong, Lucy creates a rather wild to-do list that sends her on a whirlwind and surprising journey…

  16. 16Wedding Season

    Wedding Season (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy

    Pressured by their immigrant parents to find spouses, two Indian-Americans pretend to date in order to survive a summer of weddings – but find themselves falling for each other as they struggle to balance who they are…

  17. 17Girl on a Bicycle

    Girl on a Bicycle (2013)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romance

    Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day…

  18. 18Cuban Fury

    Cuban Fury (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance

    Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.

  19. 19Little Italy

    Little Italy (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance

    Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?

  20. 20How I Got Into College

    How I Got Into College (1989)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and romance

    High school senior Marlon Bowne is smitten with overachieving classmate Jessica Kailo. But, if he wants to have a shot with her, he'll have to find a way to get into Ramsey College, Jessica's top choice of schools. It…

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