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Movies Like Just Short of Perfect

If you liked Just Short of Perfect (2021), a romance and comedy movie directed by Ale McHaddo, 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. 1Yoh! 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.

  2. 2Love, 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.

  3. 3The 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.

  4. 4Easy 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.

  5. 5Little 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?

  6. 6Boot Camp

    Boot Camp (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Unathletic Whitney Carmichael signs up for an intense summer boot camp to reinvent herself and falls for her personal trainer. She then finds the strength to embrace her true self and ignore the others' expectations.

  7. 7Wedding 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…

  8. 8Relationship 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…

  9. 9The 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.

  10. 10Chasing Papi

    Chasing Papi (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and romance

    Playboy Thomas Fuentes has so far been able to skate by in life on good looks and charm alone. But when his duplicitous relationships with three women -- impassioned waitress Cici, meticulous lawyer Lorena and bored…

  11. 11Speechless

    Speechless (1994)

    ★ 6/10Also romance and comedy

    In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides.

  12. 12Someone Borrowed

    Someone Borrowed (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    To fulfill his mother’s dying wish and avoid being removed from her will, an inflexible bachelor hires an actress to play his fiancée.

  13. 13She Said, He Said

    She Said, He Said (2019)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romance

    Rosa (Duda Matte) is dedicated to study, Leo (Marcus Bessa) is a good soccer player. She is always on time, he is always late. She hates Julia (Maisa), the most popular girl in high school, he kind of likes her. They…

  14. 14Any Stray Cat

    Any Stray Cat (2011)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    Tati is in love with Marcelo, a guy who enjoys dating lots of girls. Honest to a fault, Tati wears her heart on her sleeve, but her intense affection only drives Marcelo further away. After attending a lecture by a…

  15. 15Your Christmas or Mine?

    Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance

    Students Hayley and James are young and in love. After saying goodbye for Christmas at a London train station, they both make the same mad split-second decision to swap trains and surprise each other. Passing each…

  16. 16The Secret Diary of an Exchange Student

    The Secret Diary of an Exchange Student (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance

    Two best friends embark on a life-changing adventure abroad as exchange students.

  17. 17Only the Lonely

    Only the Lonely (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    Danny 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…

  18. 18Hollywood Stargirl

    Hollywood Stargirl (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and romance

    When Stargirl's mother is hired as the costume designer on a movie, they relocate to L.A., where Stargirl quickly becomes involved with an eclectic assortment of characters.

  19. 19The Other End of the Line

    The Other End of the Line (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and romance

    An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.

  20. 20The Kissing Booth 2

    The Kissing Booth 2 (2020)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy and romance

    With college decisions looming, Elle juggles her long-distance romance with Noah, changing relationship with bestie Lee and feelings for a new classmate.

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