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10 Best Movies Like This Is Not What I Expected

If you loved This Is Not What I Expected, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Love Is in the Air

Love Is in the Air

2023★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not What I Expected for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever....

#2
The Royal Treatment

The Royal Treatment

2022★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not What I Expected for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Isabella runs her own salon and isn’t afraid to speak her mind, while Prince Thomas runs his own country and is about to marry for duty rather than love. When Izzy and her fellow s...

#3
Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not What I Expected 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...

#4
The Kissing Booth 2

The Kissing Booth 2

2020★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not What I Expected for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

With college decisions looming, Elle juggles her long-distance romance with Noah, changing relationship with bestie Lee and feelings for a new classmate....

#5
Easy Virtue

Easy Virtue

2008★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not What I Expected for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness...

#6
I Married an Anti-Fan

I Married an Anti-Fan

2016★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not What I Expected for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An entertainment reporter hates a star after she is fired for trying to reveal secrets about him. After a series of events, she starts to fall in love with the entertainer....

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