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Movies that feel likeBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

Bridget Jones is still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. However, while on assignment in Thailand with her disreputable ex, Daniel Cleaver, claiming to be reformed, Bridget questions if she has everything she's ever dreamed of having.

If you loved Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, the closest films we have are Definitely, Maybe (2008), To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020) and The Holiday (2006). All three share Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason'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 Trainwreck (2015).

🍅 27% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Beeban Kidronwittyplayfulromantic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) · Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)

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Definitely, Maybe
2008 · dir. Adam Brooks
🍅 71%★ 7.1comedy · romanceApple TV+

One thread runs through both: falling in love

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second chance at the future.

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To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
2020 · dir. Michael Fimognari
🍅 78%★ 6.1romance · comedyNetflix

Witty and playful in the same breath

Lara Jean and Peter have just taken their romance from pretend to officially real when another recipient of one of her love letters enters the picture.

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The Holiday
2006 · dir. Nancy Meyers
🍅 51%★ 7comedy · romanceHulu

Both keep coming back to the same thing: vacation

Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.

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Trainwreck
2015 · dir. Judd Apatow
🍅 84%★ 6.2comedy · romance

Common ground: falling in love

Ever since her father drilled into her head that monogamy isn't realistic, magazine writer Amy has made promiscuity her credo. As much as she enjoys an uninhibited life free of commitment, Amy is really in a rut. While writing a profile about charming and successful sports doctor Aaron Conners, she finds herself actually falling in love for the first time -- and what's more, Aaron seems to really like her too. Amy starts to wonder if it's time to clean up her act and face her fears.

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You've Got Mail
1998 · dir. Nora Ephron
🍅 69%★ 6.8comedy · romanceParamount+

Comedy with a pulse of romance, in both cases

Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.

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Zack and Miri Make a Porno
2008 · dir. Kevin Smith
🍅 65%★ 6.5comedy · romance

Both lean on wit more than on romance

Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.

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She's Out of My League
2010 · dir. Jim Field Smith
🍅 57%★ 6.4romance · comedyParamount+

Two things both keep coming back to: ex-boyfriend and dating

When he starts dating drop-dead gorgeous Molly, insecure airport security agent Kirk can't believe it. As his friends and family share their doubts about the relationship lasting, Kirk does everything he can to avoid losing Molly forever.

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Along Came Polly
2004 · dir. John Hamburg
🍅 27%★ 6comedy · romanceParamount+

Comedy built on play, twice over

Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there.

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Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009 · dir. P.J. Hogan
🍅 26%★ 5.9comedy · romanceDisney+

Romantic romance in both cases

In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door – until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.

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The Break-Up
2006 · dir. Peyton Reed
🍅 34%★ 5.8romance · comedyStarz

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest 'why can't you do this one little thing for me?' argument, Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. What follows is a hilarious series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and undermining tricks – all encouraged by the former couple's friends and confidantes …and the occasional total stranger! When neither ex is willing to move out of their shared apartment, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until one of them reaches breaking point.

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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 · dir. Dennis Dugan
🍅 15%★ 5.9comedy · romanceStarz

Romance built on play, twice over

Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things get dicey when a bureaucrat comes calling, and the boys are forced to present a picture of domestic bliss.

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What's Your Number?
2011 · dir. Mark Mylod
🍅 23%★ 6.1comedy · romanceNetflix

Both work the same romance

Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers are unlikely to find a husband. Determined to turn her life around and prove the article wrong, Ally embarks on a mission to find the perfect mate from among her numerous ex-boyfriends.

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