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Movies that feel likeManhattan (1979)

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

If you loved Manhattan, the closest films we have are Annie Hall (1977), Café Society (2016) and Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980). All three share Manhattan'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 Same Time, Next Year (1978).

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Annie Hall
1977 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 97%★ 7.9comedy · drama · romance

The same hand behind both of them: Woody Allen

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

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Café Society
2016 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 70%★ 6.6comedy · drama · romancePrime Video

Both are Woody Allen's work, and they rhyme

The difference: 37 years apart, and the 2010s show

The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

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Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
1980 · dir. Vladimir Menshov
🍅 40%★ 8drama · comedy · romance

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factory director, outpacing her old roommates career-wise, yet still alone but for her daughter. Love seems possible again when she meets a genial mechanic.

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Same Time, Next Year
1978 · dir. Robert Mulligan
🍅 40%★ 7.2comedy · drama · romance

Contemplative where it counts, romantic underneath

A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are happily married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree to meet on the same weekend each year—in the same hotel room—and the years pass each has some personal crisis that the other helps them through, often without both of them understanding what is going on.

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 80%★ 7.1drama · romance

Drama with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

The difference: Trades the wit of Manhattan for an angle of its own

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

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The Postman
1994 · dir. Michael Radford
🍅 92%★ 7.8comedy · drama · romance

Common ground: love

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

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Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003 · dir. Nikkhil Advani
🍅 75%★ 7.9comedy · drama · romanceNetflixPrime Video

Both rooted in New York City

An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.

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Match Point
2005 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 77%★ 7.6drama · romance · thrillerPrime VideoParamount+

One thread runs through both: adultery

The difference: Easier on the wit than Manhattan

Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed with Tom's fiancee, American actress Nola.

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Say Anything...
1989 · dir. Cameron Crowe
🍅 98%★ 7.3romance · comedy · drama

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Average student and eternal optimist Lloyd Dobler seeks to capture the heart of Diane Court, a beautiful but unattainable valedictorian classmate. He surprises just about everyone - including himself - when she returns the sentiment. However, Diane's divorced, over-protective father soon begins to disapprove of the match, and Lloyd realises that it's going to take more than just the power of love to conquer all.

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Two for the Road
1967 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 82%★ 7.3drama · romance · comedy

Both lean on play more than on romance

Architect Mark Wallace and his wife, Joanna, travel to France to meet with an affluent client. While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship, and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.

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Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961 · dir. Blake Edwards
🍅 87%★ 7.5comedy · romance · drama

The same preoccupation in both: writer

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.

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Strictly Ballroom
1992 · dir. Baz Luhrmann
★ 7.2comedy · drama · romancePrime Video

Comedy built on stillness, twice over

Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?

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