Movies like Desk Set: 20 to watch next
If you loved Desk Set (1957) — a comedy and romance film directed by Walter Lang — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Desk Set most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like computer and office. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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What's Love Got to Do with It? 2023★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Comedy
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 marriage in Pakistan.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure 2010★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Romance
One year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige of Denmark receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy with her arranged marriage to the brooding and sinister Kah and is secretly in love with a young elephant handler named Alu.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters 2020★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Comedy
A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Good Advice 2001★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Little Italy 2018★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Chasing Papi 2003★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Playboy Thomas Fuentes has so far been able to skate by in life on good looks and charm alone. But when his duplicitous relationships with three women -- impassioned waitress Cici, meticulous lawyer Lorena and bored socialite Patricia -- spiral out of control, he suffers a mental breakdown. His doctor recommends that he choose just one girlfriend -- but can he choose in time before they discover his deception?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Watching the Detectives 2007★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Romance
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 femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Wrong Paris 2025★ 6.7
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Dawn thinks she's joining a dating show in Paris, France, only to land in Paris, Texas. She has an exit plan — until sparks fly with the cowboy bachelor.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Silk Stockings 1957★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Romance
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell—with the help of an American movie producer. A remake of Ninotchka (1939).
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Yoh! Bestie 2026★ 6.2
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Crossing Delancey 1988★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Isabelle is courted by a married, worldly author, Anton, yet can't seem to shake the down-to-earth appeal of Sam, a pickle vendor.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Thunderstruck 2012★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Disorderly Orderly 1964★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're hopelessly squeamish. So he settles for the job of orderly at the Whitestone Sanitarium, a career move that's guaranteed to keep the patients – and viewers – in stitches!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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This Little Love of Mine 2021★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Laura Price is a successful San Francisco lawyer on the cusp of promotion – a far cry from her childhood growing up on a tropical island with best friends Chip and Gem. When the firm’s biggest client – Chip’s grandfather – asks Laura to travel to the island and deliver a contract to make Chip his heir, she leaves behind her practice and fiancé Owen to convince her childhood friend to sign a contract that will make him a billionaire.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Much Ado About Nothing 2013★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Rewrite 2014★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Comedy
An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love Is in the Air 2023★ 6.2
Shares: Romance, Comedy
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.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Fun with Dick and Jane 1977★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1960★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wedding Season 2022★ 6.3
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Pressured by their immigrant parents to find spouses, two Indian-Americans pretend to date in order to survive a summer of weddings – but find themselves falling for each other as they struggle to balance who they are with who their parents want them to be.
Stream in India on Netflix