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Movies that feel likeThis Is 40 (2012)

Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.

If you loved This Is 40, the closest films we have are Trainwreck (2015), To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020) and Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008). All three share This Is 40'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 Obvious Child (2014).

🍅 52% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Judd Apatowwittyplayfulromantic
8 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Disney Plus

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Knocked Up (2007)

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

Judd Apatow working the same nerve twice

The difference: Reviewed even better

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

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Leans harder into romance than This Is 40 does

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

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

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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Obvious Child
2014 · dir. Gillian Robespierre
🍅 90%★ 6.7comedy · romance

Comedy built on wit, twice over

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

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The 40 Year-Old Virgin
2005 · dir. Judd Apatow
🍅 85%★ 7.1comedy · romanceStarz

Judd Apatow directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.

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Set It Up
2018 · dir. Claire Scanlon
🍅 92%★ 6.5romance · comedyNetflix

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.

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Little Fockers
2010 · dir. Paul Weitz
🍅 9%★ 5.5comedy · romanceMax

The shared currency is romance

It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, Jack's suspicions about his favorite male nurse come roaring back. When Greg and Pam's entire clan descends for the twins' birthday party, Greg must prove to the skeptical Jack that he's fully capable as the man of the house.

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

Both sit in the same witty register

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

Both run playful where it counts

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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Valentine's Day
2010 · dir. Garry Marshall
🍅 18%★ 5.8comedy · romance

Both work the same romance

Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

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

Both are comedy through and through

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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Minha Vida em Marte
2018 · dir. Susana Garcia
★ 6.5comedy · romance

Comedy approached the same way

Fernanda is married to Tom, with whom she has a five-year-old daughter, Joana. The couple is in the midst of wear and tear caused by living together for many years, which generates constant friction. Who helps Fernanda to overcome the crisis is her partner Aníbal, inseparable partner during the arduous journey between saving the marriage or putting an end to it.

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