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Movies Like The Fruit Is Ripe

If you liked The Fruit Is Ripe (1977), a comedy and romance movie directed by Sigi Rothemund, 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. 1Players

    Players (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    New York sportswriter Mack has spent years devising successful hook-up "plays" with her friends, but when she unexpectedly falls for one of her targets, she must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing…

  2. 2Zack and Miri Make a Porno

    Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each…

  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. 4Sex 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.

  5. 5My Sassy Girl

    My Sassy Girl (2008)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and romance

    A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.

  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. 7A 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…

  8. 8Puppy Love

    Puppy Love (2023)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and romance

    After a disastrous first date, wild-child Nicole and socially-anxious Max vow to lose each other’s numbers until they learn that their dogs found a love match, and now puppies are on the way! The hilariously mismatched…

  9. 9Dinner in America

    Dinner in America (2022)

    ★ 7.8/10Also romance and comedy

    An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with a local band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.

  10. 10Nightlife

    Nightlife (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and romance

    Milo works as a bartender in Berlin and one night gets to know his dream woman Sunny through a series of coincidences. The two meet for a date, but the perfect romantic evening so far.

  11. 11The Long Weekend

    The Long Weekend (2005)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and romance

    Cooper is an actor who sees life as one big party, while Ed is in advertising and takes life too seriously. When Ed gets stressed over a deadline he has to meet, his brother Cooper works hard in trying to get his…

  12. 12Splendor

    Splendor (1999)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    Veronica is a white-bread beauty searching for a good man in Los Angeles. While slam dancing at a Halloween rave, she meets Abel, a sensitive poet. Then she meets Zed, a supersexy tattooed drummer with incredible…

  13. 13The List

    The List (2023)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy

    After her fiance sleeps with a celebrity on his free pass list, Abby Meyers, with nothing but five names and a fantasy shared by millions, sets out for Los Angeles to sleep with someone from hers.

  14. 14One Night Only

    One Night Only (2026)

    ★ 6.4/10Also romance and comedy

    Two love-starved strangers crash into each other on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex.

  15. 15Someone Great

    Someone Great (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance

    An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one…

  16. 16The Last Summer

    The Last Summer (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and comedy

    Standing on the precipice of adulthood, a group of friends navigate new relationships, while reexamining others, during their final summer before college.

  17. 17Six Swedish Girls in Alps

    Six Swedish Girls in Alps (1983)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and comedy

    This comedy has everyone's favorite 6 Swedish gals enjoying their stay in the alps. When the girls aren't enjoying the pleasure of their own company they're out having a good time with nearly everyone else in town.

  18. 18French Girl

    French Girl (2024)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedy

    Sweet Gordon, an affable English teacher in Brooklyn, has beaten the odds; a French Girl has fallen in love with him and he’s fallen even harder back. But their future is thrown into limbo when she interviews for an…

  19. 19Someone Like You...

    Someone Like You... (2001)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and romance

    Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane…

  20. 20The 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.

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