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Movies like Love Actually (2003) Finished Love Actually and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with Love Actually, and what it does not.
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65% Reverina match Top pick 2011 · Film · Drama · Romance
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Why it matches Also about love and love Centres on the same reluctant leader figure Shares its wry and bleak register More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Builds as slowly What's different Not built around redemption Does not promise romantic comedy or romantic comedy Noticeably slower Commitment 1h 47m
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Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Love Actually.
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2001 · Film · Comedy · Romance
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Why it matches Also about love and love Watched for the same thing: romantic comedy and romantic comedy Centres on the same innocent figure Shares its stylised look What's different Not built around redemption Not about social class or heartbreak Noticeably slower Darkness Fairly light
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Why this ranked above the others
The closest in pace and structure when ranked against Love Actually.
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2013 · Film · Fantasy · Drama
Worth a look
Why it matches Also about love and love Watched for the same thing: romantic comedy and romantic comedy Centres on the same reluctant leader figure Shares its wry and bleak register What's different Not built around redemption Not about social class or heartbreak Noticeably slower Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Love Actually.
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(500) Days of Summer 2009 · 1h 35m
Also about heartbreak and heartbreak Watched for the same thing: romantic comedy and romantic comedy Coupling 2000
Also about love and love Watched for the same thing: romantic comedy and romantic comedy Friends 1994
Told the same way, ensemble Centres on the same reluctant leader figure 50 First Dates 2004
Also about love and love Watched for the same thing: romantic comedy and romantic comedy The Drama 2026 · 1h 45m
Also about love and love Watched for the same thing: romantic comedy and romantic comedy
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