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10 Best Movies Like The Rivals

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

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#1
Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rivals for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful...

#2
¿Quieres ser mi hijo?

¿Quieres ser mi hijo?

2023★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rivals for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship ...

#3
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rivals for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life fem...

#4
French Girl

French Girl

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rivals for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sweet Gordon, an affable English teacher in Brooklyn, has beaten the odds; a French Girl has fallen in love with him and he’s fallen even harder back. But their future is thrown in...

#5
The Ladies Man

The Ladies Man

1961★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rivals for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women...

#6
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(Untitled)

2009★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rivals for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art....

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