Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like By the Sea

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

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#1
Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Sea for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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...

#2
The Ladies Man

The Ladies Man

1961★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Sea for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women...

#3
Splendor

Splendor

1999★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Sea for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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 ...

#4
Girl on a Bicycle

Girl on a Bicycle

2013★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Sea for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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 wo...

#5
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Sea for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life fem...

#6
The Fireman

The Fireman

1916★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Sea for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance....

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