If You Liked Starting Over, Watch These Next
Finished Starting Over (1979) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Starting Over, most of them are comedy, romance.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.Bye Bye Love(1995)
6.0ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
With varying degrees of success, recently divorced friends Dave, Vic and Donny are trying to move on with their lives. Vic feels vilified by his ex-wife's parents, while Donny has a shaky bond with his teen daughter, Emma. Dave, meanwhile, has an enviable problem -- he has more dates than he can handle. As they…
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2.The Incredible Jessica James(2017)
6.2RomanceComedyAlso romance and comedy
Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.
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3.Splendor(1999)
6.2ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
Veronica is a white-bread beauty searching for a good man in Los Angeles. While slam dancing at a Halloween rave, she meets Abel, a sensitive poet. Then she meets Zed, a supersexy tattooed drummer with incredible biceps. Who will she choose? Does she go for true love or cheap sex? She can't decide so she chooses…
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4.Sex Appeal(2022)
6.6ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
Avery, a teenager with a tendency towards perfectionism, enlists her friend Larson to help her prepare for her first time with her long-distance boyfriend.
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5.¿Quieres ser mi hijo?(2023)
8.4ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
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 with a young womanizer.
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6.Mr. Jealousy(1998)
5.9ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia gets the best of him when he discovers that her most recent ex is successful novelist Dashiell Frank.…
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7.Dinner in America(2020)
7.6RomanceComedyAlso romance and comedy
An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with a local band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest.
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8.Feast of the Seven Fishes(2019)
6.6ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
A slice of life story that follows a large Italian family on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes, reminisce about the past and seek love in the future.
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9.Play It Again, Sam(1972)
7.4ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphrey Bogart.
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11.One Night Only(2026)
6.5RomanceComedyAlso romance and comedy
Two love-starved strangers crash into each other on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex.
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12.My Sassy Girl(2008)
6.8ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.
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13.Puppy Love(2023)
7.0ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
After a disastrous first date, wild-child Nicole and socially-anxious Max vow to lose each other’s numbers until they learn that their dogs found a love match, and now puppies are on the way! The hilariously mismatched Nicole and Max are forced to become responsible co-parents, but may end up finding love themselves.
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14.Cuban Fury(2014)
6.1ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.
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15.Picture This(2025)
6.0RomanceComedyAlso romance and comedy
Single and without a man on the horizon, Pia runs a failing photography studio in London with her best friend Jay. As her sister Sonal prepares for marriage and her mother Laxmi urges her to partner up, a spiritual guru predicts Pia will meet the love of her life among her next five dates. With her family…
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16.A Nice Girl Like You(2020)
5.9ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
Lucy Neal is thrown for a loop when she is accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend. In an effort to prove him wrong, Lucy creates a rather wild to-do list that sends her on a whirlwind and surprising journey of self-discovery, friendship, and new love.
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17.Playing It Cool(2014)
5.9ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.
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18.How I Got Into College(1989)
6.0ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
High school senior Marlon Bowne is smitten with overachieving classmate Jessica Kailo. But, if he wants to have a shot with her, he'll have to find a way to get into Ramsey College, Jessica's top choice of schools. It won't be easy, since the college is highly selective and Marlon's grades are hardly impressive. That…
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19.How to Be Single(2016)
6.3ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.
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20.Someone Like You...(2001)
6.0ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane begins an extensive study of the male animal, including her womanizing roommate Eddie. Jane puts her…
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