feelsalike.comSign in
Isn't It Romantic poster

Movies that feel likeIsn't It Romantic (2019)

For a long time, Natalie, an Australian architect living in New York City, had always believed that what she had seen in rom-coms is all fantasy. But after thwarting a mugger at a subway station only to be knocked out while fleeing, Natalie wakes up and discovers that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare—a romantic comedy—and she is the leading lady.

If you loved Isn't It Romantic, the closest films we have are About Endlessness (2019), Ted (2012) and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020). All three share Isn't It Romantic'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 Ninotchka (1939).

🍅 70% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Todd Strauss-Schulsonwittyplayfuldreamlikeromanticdarkly funny
7 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

Can't choose? Answer three questions and get one movie for tonight.

Not on subscription streaming right now. Rent or buy below.

See it on the Mood Map

If Isn't It Romantic hit the spot, these will too

About Endlessness poster
About Endlessness
2019 · dir. Roy Andersson
🍅 95%★ 6.8drama · fantasy · comedyRent or buy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments have the same significance as historical events. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.

Ted poster
Ted
2012 · dir. Seth MacFarlane
🍅 68%★ 6.9comedy · fantasy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: satire

John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan poster
🍅 85%★ 6.6comedyPrime Video

One thread runs through both: satire

The difference: Takes it somewhere less dreamlike than Isn't It Romantic does

14 years after making a film about his journey across the USA, Borat risks life and limb when he returns to the United States with his young daughter, and reveals more about the culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.

The Mermaid poster
The Mermaid
2016 · dir. Stephen Chow
🍅 95%★ 6.2comedy · fantasy · romance

Dreamlike where it counts, romantic underneath

When Xuan's real estate project threatens the home of mermaids, Shan is sent to stop him. When they fall in love, he is encouraged to cancel the project. However, he must save them from bigger danger.

A Serious Man poster
A Serious Man
2009 · dir. Ethan Coen
🍅 89%★ 7comedy · dramaPrime Video

Darkly funny comedy in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Isn't It Romantic does

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. He scrambles to find a semblance of meaning as he loses control of nearly every aspect of his life.

Ninotchka poster
Ninotchka
1939 · dir. Ernst Lubitsch
🍅 95%★ 7.8comedy · romance

Common ground: amused

The difference: Made in the 1930s, in a different era of the craft

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Just Like Heaven poster
Just Like Heaven
2005 · dir. Mark Waters
🍅 54%★ 6.7comedy · romance · fantasy

Both are built on the same subject: romcom

Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.

The Invention of Lying poster
The Invention of Lying
2009 · dir. Ricky Gervais
🍅 56%★ 6.4comedy · fantasy · romance

The same preoccupation in both: romance

Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.

When We First Met poster
When We First Met
2018 · dir. Ari Sandel
🍅 45%★ 6.4comedy · romance · fantasyNetflix

Fantasy built on wit, twice over

Using a magical photo booth that sends him back in time, Noah relives the night he met Avery over and over, trying to persuade her to fall for him.

Dogma poster
Dogma
1999 · dir. Kevin Smith
🍅 72%★ 7.3fantasy · comedy · adventure

Both lean on play more than on romance

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Isn't It Romantic does

An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and re-enter Heaven.

Barbie poster
Barbie
2023 · dir. Greta Gerwig
🍅 88%★ 6.8comedy · adventure · fantasyMax

Dreamlike comedy, and it commits to that

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Look Who's Back poster
Look Who's Back
2015 · dir. David Wnendt
★ 7comedyRent or buy

Fantasy with a pulse of dark humor, in both cases

When Adolf Hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker in present-day Berlin, he is mistaken for a comedian and quickly becomes a media phenomenon.

In the mood for more witty?

all witty movies →

The best-reviewed films that share Isn't It Romantic’s defining feeling.