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Movies that feel likeWhat Happens in Vegas (2008)

During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.

If you loved What Happens in Vegas, the closest films we have are Trainwreck (2015), Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) and Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008). All three share What Happens in Vegas' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Set It Up (2018).

🍅 25% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Tom Vaughanwittyplayfulromantic
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Disney Plus

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

Two things both keep coming back to: romcom and drinking

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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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018 · dir. Ol Parker
🍅 80%★ 6.6comedy · romanceRent or buy

Both are built on the same subject: romcom

Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.

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

Witty and playful in the same breath

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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Wedding Crashers
2005 · dir. David Dobkin
🍅 75%★ 7comedy · romanceMax

Common ground: wedding

John and his buddy Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.

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My Best Friend's Wedding
1997 · dir. P.J. Hogan
🍅 75%★ 6.4comedy · romanceParamount+

The same preoccupation in both: wedding

When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.

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

Romantic comedy, and it commits to that

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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The Ugly Truth
2009 · dir. Robert Luketic
🍅 14%★ 6.4comedy · romance

One thread runs through both: opposites attract

A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

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27 Dresses
2008 · dir. Anne Fletcher
🍅 41%★ 6.2comedy · romanceDisney+Starz

Romance built on wit, twice over

Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.

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She's the Man
2006 · dir. Andy Fickman
🍅 45%★ 6.4comedy · romanceParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: roommates

Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.

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

Common ground: opposites attract

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

Comedy with a pulse of play, 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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What's Your Number?
2011 · dir. Mark Mylod
🍅 23%★ 6.1comedy · romanceNetflix

Both lean on romance more than on 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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