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10 Best Movies Like An Unlikely Couple

If you loved An Unlikely Couple, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Sex Is Comedy

Sex Is Comedy

2002★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unlikely Couple for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A director struggles with a difficult sex scene between a young actor and actress who can't stand one another. Aided by her loyal assistant, she is hell-bent on getting the scene r...

#2
All About Actresses

All About Actresses

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unlikely Couple for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A director wants to make a documentary about actresses, all actresses: the popular ones, the unknown ones, the intellectuals, the comedians, the forgotten ones... Filming everythin...

#3
The Day I Saw Your Heart

The Day I Saw Your Heart

2011★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unlikely Couple for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Justine, struggles with commitment, listens to old David Bowie covers, and uses her employer’s private MRI machines to make “X-Ray Art” After a trail of boyfriends, Justine thinks...

#4
The Crisis

The Crisis

1992★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unlikely Couple for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Victor is a legal advisor who finds himself abandoned by his wife and fired the same day. He tries to seek comfort from different friends and family members, but everyone he meets ...

#5
Somewhere in Queens

Somewhere in Queens

2023★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unlikely Couple for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tea...

#6
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unlikely Couple for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

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