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Movies that feel likeThe Man from the Future (2011)

Zero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.

If you loved The Man from the Future, the closest films we have are The Mermaid (2016), Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) and Palm Springs (2020). All three share The Man from the Future'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 The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985).

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

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Trades the ideas of The Man from the Future for an angle of its own

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.

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Safety Not Guaranteed
2012 · dir. Colin Trevorrow
🍅 91%★ 6.9comedy · romance · science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: time travel

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

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Palm Springs
2020 · dir. Max Barbakow
🍅 95%★ 7.4comedy · romance · science fictionHulu

One thread runs through both: time travel

When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

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Bedazzled
1967 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 74%★ 6.7fantasy · comedy · romance

Dreamlike and romantic in the same breath

The difference: 44 years apart, and the 1960s show

A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.

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I Am Dragon
2015 · dir. Indar Dzhendubaev
★ 6.8fantasy · romancePrime Video

Fantasy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

In the midst of the wedding princess Miroslava is kidnapped by a dragon and carried away into his castle on the remote island. Mira left everything behind in the past - family, friends and groom. Now the only things she had were a stone cage and a mysterious young man named Arman ... but who is he and what is he doing on that island? Miroslava will know the truth too late: loving a dragon will reveal the bitter truth - love is scary.

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The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 93%★ 7.6fantasy · comedy · romance

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

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

Romance built on play, 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.

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

Romantic science fiction, and it commits to that

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.

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The Invisible Woman
2009 · dir. Cláudio Torres
★ 6.3comedy

Cláudio Torres directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist!

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Practical Magic
1998 · dir. Griffin Dunne
🍅 31%★ 6.4romance · fantasy · comedyMax

Witty comedy in both cases

Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.

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If I Were You 2
2009 · dir. Daniel Filho
★ 5.6comedy · fantasy

Both lean on play more than on fantasy

Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more.

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50 First Dates
2004 · dir. Peter Segal
🍅 45%★ 6.8comedy · romanceParamount+

The same preoccupation in both: romantic

Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.

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