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10 Best Movies Like It Should Happen to You

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

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#1
The Game Plan

The Game Plan

2007★ 6.5

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

Bachelor football star Joe Kingman seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpec...

#2
Confessions of a Shopaholic

Confessions of a Shopaholic

2009★ 6.5

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

In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite ...

#3
That Touch of Mink

That Touch of Mink

1962★ 6.5

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

Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne covers her in mud. He sends his assistant, Roger, to apologize, but upon meeting C...

#4
Meet Me Next Christmas

Meet Me Next Christmas

2024★ 6.3

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

On a quest to reconnect with the man of her dreams, Layla races across New York City to find a ticket to a sold-out Pentatonix Christmas Eve concert....

#5
The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon

1953★ 7.2

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

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop....

#6
Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Should Happen to You 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...

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