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10 Best Movies Like Why Can't My Life Be a Rom-Com?

If you loved Why Can't My Life Be a Rom-Com?, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

2022★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why Can't My Life Be a Rom-Com? for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?...

#2
Knox Goes Away

Knox Goes Away

2024★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why Can't My Life Be a Rom-Com? for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But...

#3
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why Can't My Life Be a Rom-Com? for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#4
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why Can't My Life Be a Rom-Com? for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why Can't My Life Be a Rom-Com? for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#6
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why Can't My Life Be a Rom-Com? for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...