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10 Best Movies Like Running Mates

If you loved Running Mates, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Prom Pact

Prom Pact

2023★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Running Mates for fans of Comedy & Romance & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

It's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only focused on getting into her dr...

#2
You Cast A Spell On Me

You Cast A Spell On Me

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Running Mates for fans of Comedy & Romance & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Despite agreeing to an arranged marriage to a childhood friend, a successful businessman tries to track down a beautiful woman that he met at a Halloween party....

#3
Cosi

Cosi

1996★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Running Mates for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overru...

#4
Which Brings Me to You

Which Brings Me to You

2023★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Running Mates for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two romantic burnouts, Jane and Will, are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. After a disastrous hookup in the coatroom, the two spend the next 24 hours t...

#5
My Boyfriends' Dogs

My Boyfriends' Dogs

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Running Mates for fans of Comedy & Romance & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The owners of a small diner are surprised one rainy evening when, just after close, a young woman wearing a wedding dress with three dogs in tow begs to come into their restaurant....

#6
John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid

John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid

2015★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Running Mates for fans of Comedy & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Armed with boyish charm and a sharp wit, the former "SNL" writer offers sly takes on marriage, his beef with babies and the time he met Bill Clinton....

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