Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Paternity Leave

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

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#1
Babes

Babes

2024★ 5.9

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

After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond....

#2
Someone Like You...

Someone Like You...

2001★ 6.0

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

Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the rel...

#3
My Fake Boyfriend

My Fake Boyfriend

2022★ 5.9

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

A young man in a tricky situation follows the advice of his unconventional best friend and uses social media to create a fake boyfriend to keep his awful ex-lover out of his life. ...

#4
Bros

Bros

2022★ 6.7

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

Two gay men are possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They're both very busy....

#5
Everybody Loves Somebody

Everybody Loves Somebody

2017★ 6.5

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

On the surface, Clara Barron seems to have it all: a job as an OB-GYN; a great house in LA; and a loving family. But, the one thing Clara doesn't have figured out is her love life....

#6
Splendor

Splendor

1999★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paternity Leave 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 ...

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