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10 Best Movies Like This Is What It Is

If you loved This Is What It Is, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Dean

Dean

2016★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is What It Is for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A comedy about loss, grief, and the redemptive power of love. Dean is a NY illustrator who falls hard for an LA woman while trying to prevent his father from selling the family hom...

#2
(Untitled)

(Untitled)

2009★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is What It Is for fans of Romance. 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....

#3
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is What It Is for fans of Romance. 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
The Matchmaker's Playbook

The Matchmaker's Playbook

2018★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is What It Is for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

After a career-ending accident, former NFL recruit Ian Hunter is back on campus, and he's putting his extensive skills with women to work as one of the masterminds behind a success...

#5
Which Brings Me to You

Which Brings Me to You

2023★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is What It Is for fans of 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...

#6
How to Please a Woman

How to Please a Woman

2022★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is What It Is for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself....

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