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10 Best Movies Like This Unexpected Love

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

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#1
What's Love Got to Do with It?

What's Love Got to Do with It?

2023★ 6.0

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

Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged ...

#2
Dean

Dean

2016★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Unexpected Love for fans of Romance & Comedy. 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...

#3
The Kissing Booth 2

The Kissing Booth 2

2020★ 7.6

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

With college decisions looming, Elle juggles her long-distance romance with Noah, changing relationship with bestie Lee and feelings for a new classmate....

#4
Which Brings Me to You

Which Brings Me to You

2023★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Unexpected Love for fans of Romance & Comedy. 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
Sidewalks of New York

Sidewalks of New York

2001★ 6.0

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

The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with sc...

#6
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

2022★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Unexpected Love for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?...

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