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
Penelope

Penelope

2007★ 6.7

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

Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soulmate when she's sequestered inside ...

#2
Irish Wish

Irish Wish

2024★ 6.1

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

Maddie's dream guy is days away from marrying her best friend when a wish for true love made on an ancient stone in Ireland magically alters her fate....

#3
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999★ 6.4

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

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic entanglements abound in the woods,...

#4
In Your Dreams

In Your Dreams

2025★ 7.0

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

Stevie and her little brother Elliot journey into the wildly absurd landscape of their own dreams to ask the Sandman to grant them the perfect family....

#5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947★ 6.8

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

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he acciden...

#6
Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales

1978★ 6.1

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

On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Princess Sleeping Beauty....

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