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Movies that feel likeA Cinderella Story (2004)

Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.

If you loved A Cinderella Story, the closest films we have are The Parent Trap (1998), Chocolat (2000) and About a Boy (2002). All three share A Cinderella Story's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Italian for Beginners (2000).

🍅 11% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Mark Rosmanwittyplayfulwarmcozyromantictender
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If A Cinderella Story hit the spot, these will too

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The Parent Trap
1998 · dir. Nancy Meyers
🍅 86%★ 6.7comedy · family · romanceDisney+

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.

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Chocolat
2000 · dir. Lasse Hallström
🍅 63%★ 7.2comedy · drama · romanceParamount+

Cozy where it counts, romantic underneath

The difference: Easier on the warmth than A Cinderella Story

In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.

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About a Boy
2002 · dir. Chris Weitz
🍅 93%★ 7.1drama · comedy · romance

Both land warmth and tenderness at once

The difference: Trades the comfort of A Cinderella Story for an angle of its own

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.

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Italian for Beginners
2000 · dir. Lone Scherfig
🍅 87%★ 7comedy · drama · romance

Witty comedy in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into drama than A Cinderella Story does

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

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We Bought a Zoo
2011 · dir. Cameron Crowe
🍅 64%★ 7drama · comedy · familyDisney+

Playful family, and it commits to that

Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.

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Freaky Friday
2003 · dir. Mark Waters
🍅 88%★ 6.4comedy · family · fantasyDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: high school

Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.

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The Princess Diaries
2001 · dir. Garry Marshall
🍅 50%★ 6.4comedy · family · romanceDisney+

The same preoccupation in both: high school

A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.

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The Last Song
2010 · dir. Julie Anne Robinson
🍅 22%★ 6drama · family · romanceDisney+Paramount+

Romance built on warmth, twice over

A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.

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Cheaper by the Dozen
2003 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 25%★ 6comedy · familyDisney+

Comedy with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Kate, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.

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Bedtime Stories
2008 · dir. Adam Shankman
🍅 27%★ 6.1fantasy · comedy · familyDisney+

Both lean on romance more than on family

Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?

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He's Just Not That Into You
2009 · dir. Ken Kwapis
🍅 42%★ 6.4comedy · romance · dramaParamount+

Romance with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

Remember that really cute girl/guy who said they'd call – and didn't? Maybe they lost your number. Maybe they're in the hospital. Maybe they're awed by your looks, brains or success. Or maybe... They're just not that into you.

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Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007 · dir. Steve Bendelack
🍅 50%★ 6.4family · comedy

Comedy built on wit, twice over

Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.

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