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10 Best Movies Like What Happens Now?

If you loved What Happens Now?, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Bye Bye Love

Bye Bye Love

1995★ 6.0

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

With varying degrees of success, recently divorced friends Dave, Vic and Donny are trying to move on with their lives. Vic feels vilified by his ex-wife's parents, while Donny has ...

#2
Cousins

Cousins

1989★ 6.0

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

When Larry and Maria learn that their respective spouses are cheating on them, they try to turn the tables on them by pretending to have an affair. However, they soon find themselv...

#3
A Nice Girl Like You

A Nice Girl Like You

2020★ 5.8

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

Lucy Neal is thrown for a loop when she is accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend. In an effort to prove him wrong, Lucy creates a rather wild to-do list that sends her...

#4
Desperados

Desperados

2020★ 6.0

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

A panicked young woman and her two best friends fly to Mexico to delete a ranting email she sent to her new boyfriend. On arrival, they run into her former beau, who soon gets caug...

#5
Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib

1949★ 7.1

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

A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of t...

#6
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

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

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life fem...

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