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10 Best Movies Like This Is Not What I Expected

If you loved This Is Not What I Expected, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

2020★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not What I Expected for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love....

#2
Love Is in the Air

Love Is in the Air

2023★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not What I Expected for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever....

#3
Cooking with Love

Cooking with Love

2018★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not What I Expected for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Optimistic and cheerful TV producer, Kelly, doesn’t have time for love. Bad boy celebrity chef, Stephen, doesn’t have time for anything besides cooking. Fun with a side of love ens...

#4
Boot Camp

Boot Camp

2024★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not What I Expected for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Unathletic Whitney Carmichael signs up for an intense summer boot camp to reinvent herself and falls for her personal trainer. She then finds the strength to embrace her true self ...

#5
The Royal Treatment

The Royal Treatment

2022★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not What I Expected for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Isabella runs her own salon and isn’t afraid to speak her mind, while Prince Thomas runs his own country and is about to marry for duty rather than love. When Izzy and her fellow s...

#6
Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not What I Expected for fans of Comedy & Romance. 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...

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