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Movies Like Searching for Love

If you liked Searching for Love (2004), a romance movie directed by Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes, 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. 1The Matchmaker's Playbook

    The Matchmaker's Playbook (2018)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance

    After a career-ending accident, former NFL recruit Ian Hunter is back on campus, and he's putting his extensive skills with women to work as one of the masterminds behind a successful and secretive dating service. But…

  2. 2Henry & June

    Henry & June (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also romance

    While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin…

  3. 3Safe Haven

    Safe Haven (2013)

    ★ 7.2/10Also romance

    A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

  4. 4Hawaii

    Hawaii (2013)

    ★ 7/10Also romance

    Eugenio spends the summer looking after his aunt and uncle’s house - a place that once belonged to him - while seeking inspiration for a screenplay he is writing. Martín, currently unemployed, offers to handle various…

  5. 5Runaway Romance

    Runaway Romance (2018)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance

    When she’s written out of her show, her relationship and her seemingly perfect life, reality TV star Ann Stanway leaves Hollywood and finds herself marooned in Amish country. But when Ann is taken in by the owner of a…

  6. 6Love and Sunshine

    Love and Sunshine (2019)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance

    Ally Craig has been fostering retired military dog, Sunshine, as she recovers from a broken engagement. But sparks fly again when Sunshine's military partner, Jake Terry, returns to claim the dog.

  7. 7Chateau Christmas

    Chateau Christmas (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance

    Margot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex who helps her rediscover her passion for music.

  8. 8Gabriel's Rapture: Part I

    Gabriel's Rapture: Part I (2021)

    ★ 7.8/10Also romance

    In the fourth instalment of the Gabriel's Inferno series, Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student Julia Mitchell, but when they return from their romantic…

  9. 9Paris, Wine & Romance

    Paris, Wine & Romance (2019)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance

    Isabella is the ambitious new owner of her family’s Oregon winery whose dream of becoming world-renowned takes a big step forward when she enters a prestigious wine competition in Paris. Upon arrival, Isabella meets…

  10. 10Love by Chance

    Love by Chance (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance

    Claire, an ambitious pastry chef, is busy running her new restaurant, but her meddling mom is preoccupied with her lack of love life. Without her knowledge, Claire’s mother finds her the perfect man, but when Claire…

  11. 11Holiday Date

    Holiday Date (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance

    When Brooke’s boyfriend, Ethan, breaks up with her just before the holidays, she agrees to go home with Joel, an actor who will pose as her boyfriend.

  12. 12Attraction

    Attraction (2001)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance

    A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.

  13. 13The Tourist

    The Tourist (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance

    American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.

  14. 14Sisters of the Groom

    Sisters of the Groom (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance

    When Sarah needs to impress a corporate bigwig in order to help her sister's catering business, she finds herself agreeing to be his son’s pretend date to a family wedding

  15. 15Love in the Sun

    Love in the Sun (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance

    When successful dating app creator Alana hesitantly gets engaged, she returns to her hometown in Florida to deliver the news to her dad. Upon returning home, she crosses paths with her former flame, Kai, and finds…

  16. 16X

    X (2011)

    ★ 6.4/10Also romance

    A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder which sends them on an out-of-control roller coaster ride through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.

  17. 17All of My Heart: The Wedding

    All of My Heart: The Wedding (2018)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance

    Brian and Jenny are planning their wedding at the Inn where they fell in love. When a distant relative arrives and stakes their claim to the Inn, Brian and Jenny must find a way to save their beloved Inn or risk having…

  18. 18All of My Heart: Inn Love

    All of My Heart: Inn Love (2017)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance

    Brian and Jenny are preparing for the grand opening of their bed and breakfast, Emily's Country Inn, when a big storm hits Buck County. Brian agrees to go back to Wall Street to boost their funds, while Jenny scrambles…

  19. 19Christmas Made to Order

    Christmas Made to Order (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance

    When architect and Christmas amateur Steven finds himself hosting his family for Christmas, he recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen to bring holiday joy to his home. Gretchen’s expert Christmas spirit brings Steven’s…

  20. 20Write Before Christmas

    Write Before Christmas (2019)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance

    A recently single Jessica sends Christmas cards to people who have impacted her life—the aunt who raised her, her younger brother in the military, a popstar who was part of the soundtrack of her life, the music teacher…

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