Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like It Had to be You

If you loved It Had to be You, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
What's in a Name

What's in a Name

2012★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Had to be You for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Vincent, a wealthy real estate agent, is invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband Peter, both professors in Paris. Claude, a childhood friend and trombonist in a s...

#2
Family Resemblances

Family Resemblances

1996★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Had to be You for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, ...

#3
Bernie

Bernie

1996★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Had to be You for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Bernie, a 30 years old orphan, decides to leave his orphanage and find his parents. After an investigation, he meets Marion, a young heroin addict and falls in love with her. He be...

#4
My Dog Stupid

My Dog Stupid

2019★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Had to be You for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration who has published nothing worthy of note in years. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his wife and four grown up deadbeat k...

#5
How to Murder Your Wife

How to Murder Your Wife

1965★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Had to be You for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charle...

#6
Duplex

Duplex

2003★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Had to be You for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!...

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