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10 Best Movies Like Modern Persuasion

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

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#1
Broken English

Broken English

2007★ 5.9

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

Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is either in a relationship, married, or has children, while she's in her thirties, alone with job she's outgrown and a mother who ...

#2
Someone Great

Someone Great

2019★ 6.4

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

An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and...

#3
The Incredible Jessica James

The Incredible Jessica James

2017★ 6.2

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

Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date....

#4
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.9

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

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

#5
Sitting in Bars with Cake

Sitting in Bars with Cake

2023★ 7.0

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

Extrovert Corinne convinces Jane, a shy, talented baker, to commit to a year of bringing cakes to bars, to help her meet people and build confidence. But when Corinne receives a li...

#6
My Sassy Girl

My Sassy Girl

2008★ 6.7

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

A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman....

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